Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild-fix

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild-fix:
  mm/slab: fix section mismatch warning
  mm: fix section mismatch warnings
  init/main: use __init_refok to fix section mismatch
  kbuild: introduce __init_refok/__initdata_refok to supress section mismatch warnings
  all-archs: consolidate .data section definition in asm-generic
  all-archs: consolidate .text section definition in asm-generic
  kbuild: add "Section mismatch" warning whitelist for powerpc
  kbuild: make better section mismatch reports on i386, arm and mips
  kbuild: make modpost section warnings clearer
  kconfig: search harder for curses library in check-lxdialog.sh
  kbuild: include limits.h in sumversion.c for PATH_MAX
  powerpc: Fix the MODALIAS generation in modpost for of devices

39 files changed, 234 insertions, 132 deletions

diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index cf1e6fc6c68..449e76f118d 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
   _text = .;					/* Text and read-only data */
   .text : { 
-	*(.text) 
+	TEXT_TEXT
 	SCHED_TEXT
 	LOCK_TEXT
 	*(.fixup)
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
   _data = .;
   .data : {					/* Data */
-	*(.data)
+	DATA_DATA
 	CONSTRUCTORS
   }
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index e4156e7868c..2b7a8f5d8cf 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ SECTIONS
 			__exception_text_start = .;
 			*(.exception.text)
 			__exception_text_end = .;
-			*(.text)
+			TEXT_TEXT
 			SCHED_TEXT
 			LOCK_TEXT
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		/*
 		 * and the usual data section
 		 */
-		*(.data)
+		DATA_DATA
 		CONSTRUCTORS
 
 		_edata = .;
diff --git a/arch/arm26/kernel/vmlinux-arm26-xip.lds.in b/arch/arm26/kernel/vmlinux-arm26-xip.lds.in
index 046a8505401..4ec715c25de 100644
--- a/arch/arm26/kernel/vmlinux-arm26-xip.lds.in
+++ b/arch/arm26/kernel/vmlinux-arm26-xip.lds.in
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	.text : {			/* Real text segment		*/
 		_text = .;		/* Text and read-only data	*/
-			*(.text)
+			TEXT_TEXT
 			SCHED_TEXT
 			LOCK_TEXT       /* FIXME - borrowed from arm32 - check*/
 			*(.fixup)
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		/*
 		 * and the usual data section
 		 */
-		*(.data)
+		DATA_DATA
 		CONSTRUCTORS
 
 		*(.init.data)
diff --git a/arch/arm26/kernel/vmlinux-arm26.lds.in b/arch/arm26/kernel/vmlinux-arm26.lds.in
index 1d2949e83be..6c44f6a17bf 100644
--- a/arch/arm26/kernel/vmlinux-arm26.lds.in
+++ b/arch/arm26/kernel/vmlinux-arm26.lds.in
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	.text : {			/* Real text segment		*/
 		_text = .;		/* Text and read-only data	*/
-			*(.text)
+			TEXT_TEXT
 			SCHED_TEXT
 			LOCK_TEXT
 			*(.fixup)
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		/*
 		 * and the usual data section
 		 */
-		*(.data)
+		DATA_DATA
 		CONSTRUCTORS
 
 		_edata = .;
diff --git a/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.c b/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.c
index e7f72c995a3..db0438f35c0 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		. = 0x100;
 		*(.scall.text)
 		*(.irq.text)
-		*(.text)
+		TEXT_TEXT
 		SCHED_TEXT
 		LOCK_TEXT
 		KPROBES_TEXT
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 		/* And the rest... */
 		*(.data.rel*)
-		*(.data)
+		DATA_DATA
 		CONSTRUCTORS
 
 		_edata = .;
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 6ae9ebbd8e5..86fe6799580 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	{
 		 _text = .;
 		 __stext = .;
-		*(.text)
+		TEXT_TEXT
 		SCHED_TEXT
 		*(.text.lock)
 		. = ALIGN(16);
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		 __sdata = .;
 		. = ALIGN(0x2000);
 		*(.data.init_task)
-		*(.data)
+		DATA_DATA
 
 		. = ALIGN(32);
 		*(.data.cacheline_aligned)
diff --git a/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 28eae9735ad..481dc137464 100644
--- a/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -101,13 +101,14 @@ SECTIONS
   _stext = .;
   .text : {
 	*(
-		.text.start .text .text.*
+		.text.start .text.*
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO
 	.init.text
 	.exit.text
 	.exitcall.exit
 #endif
 	)
+	TEXT_TEXT
 	SCHED_TEXT
 	LOCK_TEXT
 	*(.fixup)
@@ -135,7 +136,8 @@ SECTIONS
 
   _sdata = .;
   .data : {			/* Data */
-	*(.data .data.*)
+	DATA_DATA
+	*(.data.*)
 	*(.exit.data)
 	CONSTRUCTORS
 	}
diff --git a/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 65f1cdc5ee0..a2e72d49555 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	*(.int_redirect)
 #endif
 	__stext = . ;
-        	*(.text)
+	TEXT_TEXT
 	SCHED_TEXT
 	LOCK_TEXT
 	__etext = . ;
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(0x2000) ;
 		*(.data.init_task)
 	. = ALIGN(0x4) ;
-		*(.data)
+		DATA_DATA
 	. = ALIGN(0x4) ;
 		*(.data.*)	
 
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 80bec664023..aa87b06c7c8 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
   /* read-only */
   .text : AT(ADDR(.text) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
-	*(.text)
+	TEXT_TEXT
 	SCHED_TEXT
 	LOCK_TEXT
 	KPROBES_TEXT
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ SECTIONS
   /* writeable */
   . = ALIGN(4096);
   .data : AT(ADDR(.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {	/* Data */
-	*(.data)
+	DATA_DATA
 	CONSTRUCTORS
 	} :data
 
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 69238264211..5a65965c8b5 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ SECTIONS
   .text : AT(ADDR(.text) - LOAD_OFFSET)
     {
 	IVT_TEXT
-	*(.text)
+	TEXT_TEXT
 	SCHED_TEXT
 	LOCK_TEXT
 	KPROBES_TEXT
@@ -214,7 +214,12 @@ SECTIONS
 
   data : { } :data
   .data : AT(ADDR(.data) - LOAD_OFFSET)
-	{ *(.data) *(.data1) *(.gnu.linkonce.d*) CONSTRUCTORS }
+	{
+		DATA_DATA
+		*(.data1)
+		*(.gnu.linkonce.d*)
+		CONSTRUCTORS
+	}
 
   . = ALIGN(16);	/* gp must be 16-byte aligned for exc. table */
   .got : AT(ADDR(.got) - LOAD_OFFSET)
diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 6c73bca3f47..4e2d5b9f0a9 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ SECTIONS
   _text = .;			/* Text and read-only data */
   .boot : { *(.boot) } = 0
   .text : {
-	*(.text)
+	TEXT_TEXT
 	SCHED_TEXT
 	LOCK_TEXT
 	*(.fixup)
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ SECTIONS
   .data : {			/* Data */
 	*(.spu)
 	*(.spi)
-	*(.data)
+	DATA_DATA
 	CONSTRUCTORS
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
index 437b4f8d86c..78f139226a1 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SECTIONS
   . = 0x1000;
   _text = .;			/* Text and read-only data */
   .text : {
-	*(.text)
+	TEXT_TEXT
 	SCHED_TEXT
 	LOCK_TEXT
 	*(.fixup)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ SECTIONS
   _etext = .;			/* End of text section */
 
   .data : {			/* Data */
-	*(.data)
+	DATA_DATA
 	CONSTRUCTORS
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds
index 2868e206fc7..c8999b2db23 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SECTIONS
   _text = .;			/* Text and read-only data */
   .text : {
 	*(.head)
-	*(.text)
+	TEXT_TEXT
 	SCHED_TEXT
 	LOCK_TEXT
 	*(.fixup)
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ SECTIONS
   _etext = .;			/* End of text section */
 
   .data : {			/* Data */
-	*(.data)
+	DATA_DATA
 	CONSTRUCTORS
 	. = ALIGN(16);		/* Exception table */
 	__start___ex_table = .;
diff --git a/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index c86a1bf589d..07a0055602f 100644
--- a/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ SECTIONS {
 	.text : {
 		_text = .;
 		_stext = . ;
-        	*(.text)
+		TEXT_TEXT
 		SCHED_TEXT
         	*(.text.lock)
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ SECTIONS {
 	.data DATA_ADDR : {
 		. = ALIGN(4);
 		_sdata = . ;
-		*(.data)
+		DATA_DATA
 		. = ALIGN(8192) ;
 		*(.data.init_task)
 		_edata = . ;
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 043f637e3d1..9b9992cd562 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ SECTIONS
   /* read-only */
   _text = .;			/* Text and read-only data */
   .text : {
-    *(.text)
+    TEXT_TEXT
     SCHED_TEXT
     LOCK_TEXT
     *(.fixup)
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ SECTIONS
     . = ALIGN(_PAGE_SIZE);
     *(.data.init_task)
 
-    *(.data)
+    DATA_DATA
 
     CONSTRUCTORS
   }
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index c7458599059..4d96ba4b984 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
   _text = .;			/* Text and read-only data */
   .text ALIGN(16) : {
-	*(.text)
+	TEXT_TEXT
 	SCHED_TEXT
 	LOCK_TEXT
 	*(.text.do_softirq)
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
   . = ALIGN(L1_CACHE_BYTES);
   .data : {			/* Data */
-	*(.data)
+	DATA_DATA
 	CONSTRUCTORS
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 13206731314..f7d7bf19e4f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ SECTIONS
 	/* Text and gots */
 	.text : {
 		_text = .;
-		*(.text .text.*)
+		*(.text.*)
+		TEXT_TEXT
 		SCHED_TEXT
 		LOCK_TEXT
 		KPROBES_TEXT
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ SECTIONS
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
 	.data    :
 	{
-		*(.data)
+		DATA_DATA
 		*(.sdata)
 		*(.got.plt) *(.got)
 	}
diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/ppc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 44cd128fb71..19db8746ff1 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ SECTIONS
   .text      :
   {
     _text = .;
-    *(.text)
+    TEXT_TEXT
     SCHED_TEXT
     LOCK_TEXT
     *(.fixup)
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ SECTIONS
   . = ALIGN(4096);
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
+    DATA_DATA
     *(.data1)
     *(.sdata)
     *(.sdata2)
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index e9d3432aba6..7158a804a5e 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ SECTIONS
   . = 0x00000000;
   _text = .;			/* Text and read-only data */
   .text : {
-	*(.text)
+	TEXT_TEXT
 	SCHED_TEXT
 	LOCK_TEXT
 	KPROBES_TEXT
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ SECTIONS
   BUG_TABLE
 
   .data : {			/* Data */
-	*(.data)
+	DATA_DATA
 	CONSTRUCTORS
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index d83143cc5ca..4c5b57e9c3c 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	*(.empty_zero_page)
 	} = 0
   .text : {
-	*(.text)
+	TEXT_TEXT
 	SCHED_TEXT
 	LOCK_TEXT
 	*(.fixup)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ SECTIONS
   BUG_TABLE
 
   .data : {			/* Data */
-	*(.data)
+	DATA_DATA
 
  	 /* Align the initial ramdisk image (INITRD) on page boundaries. */
  	 . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
diff --git a/arch/sh64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sh64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 4f9616f3983..02aea86c590 100644
--- a/arch/sh64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sh64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	} = 0
 
   .text : C_PHYS(.text) {
-	*(.text)
+	TEXT_TEXT
 	*(.text64)
         *(.text..SHmedia32)
 	SCHED_TEXT
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ SECTIONS
   _etext = .;			/* End of text section */
 
   .data : C_PHYS(.data) {			/* Data */
-	*(.data)
+	DATA_DATA
 	CONSTRUCTORS
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index f0bb6e60e62..f75a1b82278 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SECTIONS
   .text 0xf0004000 :
   {
     _text = .;
-    *(.text)
+    TEXT_TEXT
     SCHED_TEXT
     LOCK_TEXT
     *(.gnu.warning)
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ SECTIONS
   RODATA
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
+    DATA_DATA
     CONSTRUCTORS
   }
   .data1   : { *(.data1) }
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sparc64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 13fa2a2e451..fb648de18a8 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SECTIONS
   .text 0x0000000000404000 :
   {
     _text = .;
-    *(.text)
+    TEXT_TEXT
     SCHED_TEXT
     LOCK_TEXT
     KPROBES_TEXT
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
+    DATA_DATA
     CONSTRUCTORS
   }
   .data1   : { *(.data1) }
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S b/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
index 87a4e4427d8..24547741b20 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ SECTIONS
   } =0x90909090
   .plt            : { *(.plt) }
   .text           : {
-    *(.text)
+    TEXT_TEXT
     SCHED_TEXT
     LOCK_TEXT
     *(.fixup)
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ SECTIONS
     *(.data.init_task)
     . = ALIGN(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE);
     *(.data.init_irqstack)
-    *(.data .data.* .gnu.linkonce.d.*)
+    DATA_DATA
+    *(.data.* .gnu.linkonce.d.*)
     SORT(CONSTRUCTORS)
   }
   .data1          : { *(.data1) }
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S b/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
index bc59f97e34d..307b9373676 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
   .text      :
   {
-    *(.text)
+    TEXT_TEXT
     SCHED_TEXT
     LOCK_TEXT
     *(.fixup)
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ SECTIONS
     *(.data.init_task)
     . = ALIGN(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE);
     *(.data.init_irqstack)
-    *(.data)
+    DATA_DATA
     *(.gnu.linkonce.d*)
     CONSTRUCTORS
   }
diff --git a/arch/v850/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/v850/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 35630822125..6172599b4ce 100644
--- a/arch/v850/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/v850/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 #define TEXT_CONTENTS							      \
 		_text = .;						      \
 		__stext = . ;						      \
-        	*(.text)						      \
+		TEXT_TEXT						      \
 		SCHED_TEXT						      \
 			*(.exit.text)	/* 2.5 convention */		      \
 			*(.text.exit)	/* 2.4 convention */		      \
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 /* Kernel data segment.  */
 #define DATA_CONTENTS							      \
 		__sdata = . ;						      \
-        	*(.data)						      \
+		DATA_DATA						      \
 			*(.exit.data)	/* 2.5 convention */		      \
 			*(.data.exit)	/* 2.4 convention */		      \
 		. = ALIGN (16) ;					      \
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 88cfa50b424..dbccfda8364 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	*(.bootstrap.text)
 	_stext = .;
 	/* Then the rest */
-	*(.text)
+	TEXT_TEXT
 	SCHED_TEXT
 	LOCK_TEXT
 	KPROBES_TEXT
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ SECTIONS
   . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);        /* Align data segment to page size boundary */
 				/* Data */
   .data : AT(ADDR(.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
-	*(.data)
+	DATA_DATA
 	CONSTRUCTORS
 	} :data
 
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 4fbd66a52a8..4b7b4ff7997 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ SECTIONS
   {
     /* The .head.text section must be the first section! */
     *(.head.text)
-    *(.literal .text)
+    *(.literal)
+    TEXT_TEXT
     *(.srom.text)
     VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__sched_text_start) = .;
     *(.sched.literal .sched.text)
@@ -144,7 +145,8 @@ SECTIONS
   _fdata = .;
   .data :
   {
-    *(.data) CONSTRUCTORS
+    DATA_DATA
+    CONSTRUCTORS
     . = ALIGN(XCHAL_ICACHE_LINESIZE);
     *(.data.cacheline_aligned)
   }
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index f3806a74c47..8307b1bb337 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 /* Align . to a 8 byte boundary equals to maximum function alignment. */
 #define ALIGN_FUNCTION()  . = ALIGN(8)
 
+/* .data section */
+#define DATA_DATA							\
+	*(.data)							\
+	*(.data.init.refok)
+
 #define RODATA								\
 	. = ALIGN(4096);						\
 	.rodata           : AT(ADDR(.rodata) - LOAD_OFFSET) {		\
@@ -139,6 +144,13 @@
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__security_initcall_end) = .;		\
 	}
 
+/* .text section. Map to function alignment to avoid address changes
+ * during second ld run in second ld pass when generating System.map */
+#define TEXT_TEXT							\
+		ALIGN_FUNCTION();					\
+		*(.text)						\
+		*(.text.init.refok)
+
 /* sched.text is aling to function alignment to secure we have same
  * address even at second ld pass when generating System.map */
 #define SCHED_TEXT							\
diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index e007ae4dc41..56ec4c62eee 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -45,6 +45,19 @@
 #define __exitdata	__attribute__ ((__section__(".exit.data")))
 #define __exit_call	__attribute_used__ __attribute__ ((__section__ (".exitcall.exit")))
 
+/* modpost check for section mismatches during the kernel build.
+ * A section mismatch happens when there are references from a
+ * code or data section to an init section (both code or data).
+ * The init sections are (for most archs) discarded by the kernel
+ * when early init has completed so all such references are potential bugs.
+ * For exit sections the same issue exists.
+ * The following markers are used for the cases where the reference to
+ * the init/exit section (code or data) is valid and will teach modpost
+ * not to issue a warning.
+ * The markers follow same syntax rules as __init / __initdata. */
+#define __init_refok     noinline __attribute__ ((__section__ (".text.init.refok")))
+#define __initdata_refok          __attribute__ ((__section__ (".data.init.refok")))
+
 #ifdef MODULE
 #define __exit		__attribute__ ((__section__(".exit.text")))
 #else
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 1940fa75e82..eb8bdbae4fc 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ static void __init setup_command_line(char *command_line)
  * gcc-3.4 accidentally inlines this function, so use noinline.
  */
 
-static void noinline rest_init(void)
+static void noinline __init_refok rest_init(void)
 	__releases(kernel_lock)
 {
 	int pid;
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index ae96dd84443..8b000d6803c 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2165,7 +2165,7 @@ void __init setup_per_cpu_pageset(void)
 
 #endif
 
-static __meminit noinline
+static noinline __init_refok
 int zone_wait_table_init(struct zone *zone, unsigned long zone_size_pages)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -2678,7 +2678,7 @@ static void __meminit free_area_init_core(struct pglist_data *pgdat,
 	}
 }
 
-static void __meminit alloc_node_mem_map(struct pglist_data *pgdat)
+static void __init_refok alloc_node_mem_map(struct pglist_data *pgdat)
 {
 	/* Skip empty nodes */
 	if (!pgdat->node_spanned_pages)
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 528243e15cc..2e71a328aa0 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -2037,7 +2037,7 @@ static size_t calculate_slab_order(struct kmem_cache *cachep,
 	return left_over;
 }
 
-static int setup_cpu_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
+static int __init_refok setup_cpu_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
 {
 	if (g_cpucache_up == FULL)
 		return enable_cpucache(cachep);
diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 6f3fff907bc..1302f8348d5 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_to_nid);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_EXTREME
-static struct mem_section noinline *sparse_index_alloc(int nid)
+static struct mem_section noinline __init_refok *sparse_index_alloc(int nid)
 {
 	struct mem_section *section = NULL;
 	unsigned long array_size = SECTIONS_PER_ROOT *
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
index 120d624e672..cdca7388e0f 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
@@ -4,21 +4,15 @@
 # What library to link
 ldflags()
 {
-	$cc -print-file-name=libncursesw.so | grep -q /
-	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-		echo '-lncursesw'
-		exit
-	fi
-	$cc -print-file-name=libncurses.so | grep -q /
-	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-		echo '-lncurses'