Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  x86: Remove redundant non-NUMA topology functions
  x86: early_printk: Protect against using the same device twice
  x86: Reduce verbosity of "PAT enabled" kernel message
  x86: Reduce verbosity of "TSC is reliable" message
  x86: mce: Use safer ways to access MCE registers
  x86: mce, inject: Use real inject-msg in raise_local
  x86: mce: Fix thermal throttling message storm
  x86: mce: Clean up thermal throttling state tracking code
  x86: split NX setup into separate file to limit unstack-protected code
  xen: check EFER for NX before setting up GDT mapping
  x86: Cleanup linker script using new linker script macros.
  x86: Use section .data.page_aligned for the idt_table.
  x86: convert to use __HEAD and HEAD_TEXT macros.
  x86: convert compressed loader to use __HEAD and HEAD_TEXT macros.
  x86: fix fragile computation of vsyscall address

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
index a665c71352b8..7e37dcee0cc3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -72,11 +72,9 @@ char ignore_fpu_irq;
 
 /*
  * The IDT has to be page-aligned to simplify the Pentium
- * F0 0F bug workaround.. We have a special link segment
- * for this.
+ * F0 0F bug workaround.
  */
-gate_desc idt_table[NR_VECTORS]
-        __attribute__((__section__(".data.idt"))) = { { { { 0, 0 } } }, };
+gate_desc idt_table[NR_VECTORS] __page_aligned_data = { { { { 0, 0 } } }, };
 #endif
 
 DECLARE_BITMAP(used_vectors, NR_VECTORS);