Merge tag 'for-linus' of git://git.armlinux.org.uk/~rmk/linux-arm

Pull ARM updates from Russell King:

 - improve ARM implementation of pfn_valid()

 - various sparse fixes

 - spelling fixes

 - add further ARMv8 debug architecture versions

 - clang fix for decompressor

 - update to generic vDSO

 - remove Brahma-B53 from spectre hardening

 - initialise broadcast hrtimer device

 - use correct nm executable in decompressor

 - remove old mcount et.al.

* tag 'for-linus' of git://git.armlinux.org.uk/~rmk/linux-arm: (26 commits)
  ARM: 8940/1: ftrace: remove mcount(),ftrace_caller_old() and ftrace_call_old()
  ARM: 8939/1: kbuild: use correct nm executable
  ARM: 8938/1: kernel: initialize broadcast hrtimer based clock event device
  ARM: 8937/1: spectre-v2: remove Brahma-B53 from hardening
  ARM: 8933/1: replace Sun/Solaris style flag on section directive
  ARM: 8932/1: Add clock_gettime64 entry point
  ARM: 8931/1: Add clock_getres entry point
  ARM: 8930/1: Add support for generic vDSO
  ARM: 8929/1: use APSR_nzcv instead of r15 as mrc operand
  ARM: 8927/1: ARM/hw_breakpoint: add more ARMv8 debug architecture versions support
  ARM: 8918/2: only build return_address() if needed
  ARM: 8928/1: ARM_ERRATA_775420: Spelling s/date/data/
  ARM: 8925/1: tcm: include <asm/tcm.h> for missing declarations
  ARM: 8924/1: tcm: make dtcm_end and itcm_end static
  ARM: 8923/1: mm: include <asm/vga.h> for vga_base
  ARM: 8922/1: parse_dt_topology() rate is pointer to __be32
  ARM: 8920/1: share get_signal_page from signal.c to process.c
  ARM: 8919/1: make unexported functions static
  ARM: 8917/1: mm: include <asm/set_memory.h>
  ARM: 8916/1: mm: make set_section_perms() static
  ...

29 files changed, 60 insertions, 47 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
index 0ab3a86b1f52..f112dde735de 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
@@ -896,7 +896,10 @@ config VDSO
 	bool "Enable VDSO for acceleration of some system calls"
 	depends on AEABI && MMU && CPU_V7
 	default y if ARM_ARCH_TIMER
+	select HAVE_GENERIC_VDSO
 	select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
+	select GENERIC_VDSO_32
+	select GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY
 	help
 	  Place in the process address space an ELF shared object
 	  providing fast implementations of gettimeofday and
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c b/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
index da1a32b5e192..1df6eb42f22e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
@@ -1559,7 +1559,7 @@ static int arm_coherent_iommu_mmap_attrs(struct device *dev,
  * free a page as defined by the above mapping.
  * Must not be called with IRQs disabled.
  */
-void __arm_iommu_free_attrs(struct device *dev, size_t size, void *cpu_addr,
+static void __arm_iommu_free_attrs(struct device *dev, size_t size, void *cpu_addr,
 	dma_addr_t handle, unsigned long attrs, int coherent_flag)
 {
 	struct page **pages;
@@ -1583,13 +1583,14 @@ void __arm_iommu_free_attrs(struct device *dev, size_t size, void *cpu_addr,
 	__iommu_free_buffer(dev, pages, size, attrs);
 }
 
-void arm_iommu_free_attrs(struct device *dev, size_t size,
-		    void *cpu_addr, dma_addr_t handle, unsigned long attrs)
+static void arm_iommu_free_attrs(struct device *dev, size_t size,
+				 void *cpu_addr, dma_addr_t handle,
+				 unsigned long attrs)
 {
 	__arm_iommu_free_attrs(dev, size, cpu_addr, handle, attrs, NORMAL);
 }
 
-void arm_coherent_iommu_free_attrs(struct device *dev, size_t size,
+static void arm_coherent_iommu_free_attrs(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 		    void *cpu_addr, dma_addr_t handle, unsigned long attrs)
 {
 	__arm_iommu_free_attrs(dev, size, cpu_addr, handle, attrs, COHERENT);
@@ -1713,7 +1714,7 @@ bad_mapping:
  * possible) and tagged with the appropriate dma address and length. They are
  * obtained via sg_dma_{address,length}.
  */
-int arm_coherent_iommu_map_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
+static int arm_coherent_iommu_map_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
 		int nents, enum dma_data_direction dir, unsigned long attrs)
 {
 	return __iommu_map_sg(dev, sg, nents, dir, attrs, true);
@@ -1731,7 +1732,7 @@ int arm_coherent_iommu_map_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
  * tagged with the appropriate dma address and length. They are obtained via
  * sg_dma_{address,length}.
  */
-int arm_iommu_map_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
+static int arm_iommu_map_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
 		int nents, enum dma_data_direction dir, unsigned long attrs)
 {
 	return __iommu_map_sg(dev, sg, nents, dir, attrs, false);
@@ -1764,8 +1765,8 @@ static void __iommu_unmap_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
  * Unmap a set of streaming mode DMA translations.  Again, CPU access
  * rules concerning calls here are the same as for dma_unmap_single().
  */
-void arm_coherent_iommu_unmap_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
-		int nents, enum dma_data_direction dir,
+static void arm_coherent_iommu_unmap_sg(struct device *dev,
+		struct scatterlist *sg, int nents, enum dma_data_direction dir,
 		unsigned long attrs)
 {
 	__iommu_unmap_sg(dev, sg, nents, dir, attrs, true);
@@ -1781,9 +1782,10 @@ void arm_coherent_iommu_unmap_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
  * Unmap a set of streaming mode DMA translations.  Again, CPU access
  * rules concerning calls here are the same as for dma_unmap_single().
  */
-void arm_iommu_unmap_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg, int nents,
-			enum dma_data_direction dir,
-			unsigned long attrs)
+static void arm_iommu_unmap_sg(struct device *dev,
+			       struct scatterlist *sg, int nents,
+			       enum dma_data_direction dir,
+			       unsigned long attrs)
 {
 	__iommu_unmap_sg(dev, sg, nents, dir, attrs, false);
 }
@@ -1795,7 +1797,8 @@ void arm_iommu_unmap_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg, int nents,
  * @nents: number of buffers to map (returned from dma_map_sg)
  * @dir: DMA transfer direction (same as was passed to dma_map_sg)
  */
-void arm_iommu_sync_sg_for_cpu(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
+static void arm_iommu_sync_sg_for_cpu(struct device *dev,
+			struct scatterlist *sg,
 			int nents, enum dma_data_direction dir)
 {
 	struct scatterlist *s;
@@ -1813,7 +1816,8 @@ void arm_iommu_sync_sg_for_cpu(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
  * @nents: number of buffers to map (returned from dma_map_sg)
  * @dir: DMA transfer direction (same as was passed to dma_map_sg)
  */
-void arm_iommu_sync_sg_for_device(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
+static void arm_iommu_sync_sg_for_device(struct device *dev,
+			struct scatterlist *sg,
 			int nents, enum dma_data_direction dir)
 {
 	struct scatterlist *s;
@@ -2015,7 +2019,7 @@ static void arm_iommu_sync_single_for_device(struct device *dev,
 	__dma_page_cpu_to_dev(page, offset, size, dir);
 }
 
-const struct dma_map_ops iommu_ops = {
+static const struct dma_map_ops iommu_ops = {
 	.alloc		= arm_iommu_alloc_attrs,
 	.free		= arm_iommu_free_attrs,
 	.mmap		= arm_iommu_mmap_attrs,
@@ -2037,7 +2041,7 @@ const struct dma_map_ops iommu_ops = {
 	.dma_supported		= arm_dma_supported,
 };
 
-const struct dma_map_ops iommu_coherent_ops = {
+static const struct dma_map_ops iommu_coherent_ops = {
 	.alloc		= arm_coherent_iommu_alloc_attrs,
 	.free		= arm_coherent_iommu_free_attrs,
 	.mmap		= arm_coherent_iommu_mmap_attrs,
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/init.c b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
index b4be3baa83d4..3ef204137e73 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <asm/prom.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h>
+#include <asm/set_memory.h>
 #include <asm/system_info.h>
 #include <asm/tlb.h>
 #include <asm/fixmap.h>
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ int pfn_valid(unsigned long pfn)
 	if (__phys_to_pfn(addr) != pfn)
 		return 0;
 
-	return memblock_is_map_memory(__pfn_to_phys(pfn));
+	return memblock_is_map_memory(addr);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pfn_valid);
 #endif
@@ -593,8 +594,8 @@ static inline bool arch_has_strict_perms(void)
 	return !!(get_cr() & CR_XP);
 }
 
-void set_section_perms(struct section_perm *perms, int n, bool set,
-			struct mm_struct *mm)
+static void set_section_perms(struct section_perm *perms, int n, bool set,
+			      struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	size_t i;
 	unsigned long addr;
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/iomap.c b/arch/arm/mm/iomap.c
index 091ddc56827e..415d0a454237 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/iomap.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/iomap.c
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 
+#include <asm/vga.h>
+
 unsigned long vga_base;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vga_base);
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm1020.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm1020.S
index 4fa5371bc662..2785da387c91 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm1020.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm1020.S
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ cpu_arm1020_name:
 
 	.align
 
-	.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc
+	.section ".proc.info.init", "a"
 
 	.type	__arm1020_proc_info,#object
 __arm1020_proc_info:
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm1020e.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm1020e.S
index 5d8a8339e09a..e9ea237ed785 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm1020e.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm1020e.S
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ arm1020e_crval:
 
 	.align
 
-	.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc
+	.section ".proc.info.init", "a"
 
 	.type	__arm1020e_proc_info,#object
 __arm1020e_proc_info:
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm1022.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm1022.S
index b3dd95c345e4..920c279e7879 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm1022.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm1022.S
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ arm1022_crval:
 
 	.align
 
-	.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc
+	.section ".proc.info.init", "a"
 
 	.type	__arm1022_proc_info,#object
 __arm1022_proc_info:
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm1026.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm1026.S
index ac5afde12f35..0bdf25a95b10 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm1026.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm1026.S
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ ENTRY(arm1026_flush_kern_cache_all)
 	mov	ip, #0
 __flush_whole_cache:
 #ifndef CONFIG_CPU_DCACHE_DISABLE
-1:	mrc	p15, 0, r15, c7, c14, 3		@ test, clean, invalidate
+1:	mrc	p15, 0, APSR_nzcv, c7, c14, 3		@ test, clean, invalidate
 	bne	1b
 #endif
 	tst	r2, #VM_EXEC
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ ENTRY(cpu_arm1026_switch_mm)
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 	mov	r1, #0
 #ifndef CONFIG_CPU_DCACHE_DISABLE
-1:	mrc	p15, 0, r15, c7, c14, 3		@ test, clean, invalidate
+1:	mrc	p15, 0, APSR_nzcv, c7, c14, 3		@ test, clean, invalidate
 	bne	1b
 #endif
 #ifndef CONFIG_CPU_ICACHE_DISABLE
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ arm1026_crval:
 	string	cpu_arm1026_name, "ARM1026EJ-S"
 	.align
 
-	.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc
+	.section ".proc.info.init", "a"
 
 	.type	__arm1026_proc_info,#object
 __arm1026_proc_info:
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm720.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm720.S
index c99d24363f32..39361e196d61 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm720.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm720.S
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ arm720_crval:
  * See <asm/procinfo.h> for a definition of this structure.
  */
 	
-		.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc
+		.section ".proc.info.init", "a"
 
 .macro arm720_proc_info name:req, cpu_val:req, cpu_mask:req, cpu_name:req, cpu_flush:req
 		.type	__\name\()_proc_info,#object
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm740.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm740.S
index 1b4a3838393f..1a94bbf6e53f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm740.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm740.S
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ __arm740_setup:
 
 	.align
 
-	.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc
+	.section ".proc.info.init", "a"
 	.type	__arm740_proc_info,#object
 __arm740_proc_info:
 	.long	0x41807400
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm7tdmi.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm7tdmi.S
index 17a4687065c7..52b66cf0259e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm7tdmi.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm7tdmi.S
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ __arm7tdmi_setup:
 
 		.align
 
-		.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc
+		.section ".proc.info.init", "a"
 
 .macro arm7tdmi_proc_info name:req, cpu_val:req, cpu_mask:req, cpu_name:req, \
 	extra_hwcaps=0
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm920.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm920.S
index 298c76b47749..31ac8acc34dc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm920.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm920.S
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ arm920_crval:
 
 	.align
 
-	.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc
+	.section ".proc.info.init", "a"
 
 	.type	__arm920_proc_info,#object
 __arm920_proc_info:
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm922.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm922.S
index 824be3a0bc23..ca2c7ca8af21 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm922.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm922.S
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ arm922_crval:
 
 	.align
 
-	.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc
+	.section ".proc.info.init", "a"
 
 	.type	__arm922_proc_info,#object
 __arm922_proc_info:
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm925.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm925.S
index d40cff8f102c..a381a0c9f109 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm925.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm925.S
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ arm925_crval:
 
 	.align
 
-	.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc
+	.section ".proc.info.init", "a"
 
 .macro arm925_proc_info name:req, cpu_val:req, cpu_mask:req, cpu_name:req, cache
 	.type	__\name\()_proc_info,#object
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm926.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm926.S
index f3cd08f353f0..1ba253c2bce1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm926.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm926.S
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ __flush_whole_cache:
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_DCACHE_WRITETHROUGH
 	mcr	p15, 0, ip, c7, c6, 0		@ invalidate D cache
 #else
-1:	mrc	p15, 0, r15, c7, c14, 3 	@ test,clean,invalidate
+1:	mrc	p15, 0, APSR_nzcv, c7, c14, 3 	@ test,clean,invalidate
 	bne	1b
 #endif
 	tst	r2, #VM_EXEC
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ ENTRY(cpu_arm926_switch_mm)
 	mcr	p15, 0, ip, c7, c6, 0		@ invalidate D cache
 #else
 @ && 'Clean & Invalidate whole DCache'
-1:	mrc	p15, 0, r15, c7, c14, 3 	@ test,clean,invalidate
+1:	mrc	p15, 0, APSR_nzcv, c7, c14, 3 	@ test,clean,invalidate
 	bne	1b
 #endif
 	mcr	p15, 0, ip, c7, c5, 0		@ invalidate I cache
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ arm926_crval:
 
 	.align
 
-	.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc
+	.section ".proc.info.init", "a"
 
 	.type	__arm926_proc_info,#object
 __arm926_proc_info:
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm940.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm940.S
index 1c26d991386d..4b8a00220cc9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm940.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm940.S
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ __arm940_setup:
 
 	.align
 
-	.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc
+	.section ".proc.info.init", "a"
 
 	.type	__arm940_proc_info,#object
 __arm940_proc_info:
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm946.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm946.S
index 2dc1c75a4fd4..555becf9c758 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm946.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm946.S
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ __arm946_setup:
 
 	.align
 
-	.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc
+	.section ".proc.info.init", "a"
 	.type	__arm946_proc_info,#object
 __arm946_proc_info:
 	.long	0x41009460
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm9tdmi.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm9tdmi.S
index 913c06e590af..ef517530130b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm9tdmi.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm9tdmi.S
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ __arm9tdmi_setup:
 
 		.align
 
-		.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc
+		.section ".proc.info.init", "a"
 
 .macro arm9tdmi_proc_info name:req, cpu_val:req, cpu_mask:req, cpu_name:req
 		.type	__\name\()_proc_info, #object
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-fa526.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-fa526.S
index 8120b6f4dbb8..dddf833fe000 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-fa526.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-fa526.S
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ fa526_cr1_set:
 
 	.align
 
-	.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc
+	.section ".proc.info.init", "a"
 
 	.type	__fa526_proc_info,#object
 __fa526_proc_info:
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-feroceon.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-feroceon.S
index bb6dc34d42a3..b12b76bc8d30 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-feroceon.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-feroceon.S
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ feroceon_crval:
 
 	.align
 
-	.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc
+	.section ".proc.info.init", "a"
 
 .macro feroceon_proc_info name:req, cpu_val:req, cpu_mask:req, cpu_name:req, cache:req
 	.type	__\name\()_proc_info,#object
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-mohawk.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-mohawk.S
index f08308578885..d47d6c5cee63 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-mohawk.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-mohawk.S
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ mohawk_crval:
 
 	.align
 
-	.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc
+	.section ".proc.info.init", "a"
 
 	.type	__88sv331x_proc_info,#object
 __88sv331x_proc_info:
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-sa110.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-sa110.S
index d5bc5d702563..baba503ba816 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-sa110.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-sa110.S
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ sa110_crval:
 
 	.align
 
-	.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc
+	.section ".proc.info.init", "a"
 
 	.type	__sa110_proc_info,#object
 __sa110_proc_info:
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-sa1100.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-sa1100.S
index be7b611c76c7..75ebacc8e4e5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-sa1100.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-sa1100.S
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ sa1100_crval:
 
 	.align
 
-	.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc
+	.section ".proc.info.init", "a"
 
 .macro sa1100_proc_info name:req, cpu_val:req, cpu_mask:req, cpu_name:req
 	.type	__\name\()_proc_info,#object
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v6.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v6.S
index c1c85eb3484f..1dd0d5ca27da 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v6.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v6.S
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ v6_crval:
 	string	cpu_elf_name, "v6"
 	.align
 
-	.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc
+	.section ".proc.info.init", "a"
 
 	/*
 	 * Match any ARMv6 processor core.
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7-bugs.c b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7-bugs.c
index 7c90b4c615a5..c0fbfca5da8b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7-bugs.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7-bugs.c
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ static void cpu_v7_spectre_init(void)
 		break;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_PSCI
+	case ARM_CPU_PART_BRAHMA_B53:
+		/* Requires no workaround */
+		break;
 	default:
 		/* Other ARM CPUs require no workaround */
 		if (read_cpuid_implementor() == ARM_CPU_IMP_ARM)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
index c4e8006a1a8c..48e0ef6f0dcc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ __v7_setup_stack:
 	string	cpu_elf_name, "v7"
 	.align
 
-	.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc
+	.section ".proc.info.init", "a"
 
 	/*
 	 * Standard v7 proc info content
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7m.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7m.S
index 1a49d503eafc..84459c1d31b8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7m.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7m.S
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ ENTRY(cpu_cm7_proc_fin)
 	ret	lr
 ENDPROC(cpu_cm7_proc_fin)
 
-	.section ".init.text", #alloc, #execinstr
+	.section ".init.text", "ax"
 
 __v7m_cm7_setup:
 	mov	r8, #(V7M_SCB_CCR_DC | V7M_SCB_CCR_IC| V7M_SCB_CCR_BP)
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ ENDPROC(__v7m_setup)
 	string cpu_elf_name "v7m"
 	string cpu_v7m_name "ARMv7-M"
 
-	.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc
+	.section ".proc.info.init", "a"
 
 .macro __v7m_proc name, initfunc, cache_fns = nop_cache_fns, hwcaps = 0,  proc_fns = v7m_processor_functions
 	.long	0			/* proc_info_list.__cpu_mm_mmu_flags */
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-xsc3.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-xsc3.S
index 1ac0fbbe9f12..42eaecc43cfe 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-xsc3.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-xsc3.S
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ xsc3_crval:
 
 	.align
 
-	.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc
+	.section ".proc.info.init", "a"
 
 .macro xsc3_proc_info name:req, cpu_val:req, cpu_mask:req
 	.type	__\name\()_proc_info,#object
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-xscale.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-xscale.S
index bdb2b7749b03..18ac5a1f8922 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-xscale.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-xscale.S
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ xscale_crval:
 
 	.align
 
-	.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc
+	.section ".proc.info.init", "a"
 
 .macro xscale_proc_info name:req, cpu_val:req, cpu_mask:req, cpu_name:req, cache
 	.type	__\name\()_proc_info,#object