sparc: use .data.init_task section for init_thread_union

Use a dedicated aligned section for the init_thread_union
variable and declare this section in vmlinux.lds.

This align sparc with most other architectures.  Eventually this allow
the init_task bits to be unified across all architectures.

Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/init_task.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/init_task.c
index 8e64ebc445ef..62126e4cec54 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/init_task.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/init_task.c
@@ -23,6 +23,5 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_task);
  * in etrap.S which assumes it.
  */
 union thread_union init_thread_union
-        __attribute__((section (".text\"\n\t#")))
-        __attribute__((aligned (THREAD_SIZE)))
+        __attribute__((section (".data.init_task")))
         = { INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 4bfbeffb7320..59c8d090920c 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 /* ld script for sparc32/sparc64 kernel */
 
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
+
 #include <asm/page.h>
+#include <asm/thread_info.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARC32
 #define INITIAL_ADDRESS  0x10000 + SIZEOF_HEADERS
@@ -65,8 +67,15 @@ SECTIONS
         .data.read_mostly : {
                 *(.data.read_mostly)
         }
+        /* End of data section */
         _edata = .;
         PROVIDE (edata = .);
+
+        /* init_task */
+        . = ALIGN(THREAD_SIZE);
+        .data.init_task : {
+                *(.data.init_task)
+        }
         .fixup : {
                 __start___fixup = .;
                 *(.fixup)