Merge commit 'v3.7-rc1' into stable/for-linus-3.7

* commit 'v3.7-rc1': (10892 commits)
  Linux 3.7-rc1
  x86, boot: Explicitly include autoconf.h for hostprogs
  perf: Fix UAPI fallout
  ARM: config: make sure that platforms are ordered by option string
  ARM: config: sort select statements alphanumerically
  UAPI: (Scripted) Disintegrate include/linux/byteorder
  UAPI: (Scripted) Disintegrate include/linux
  UAPI: Unexport linux/blk_types.h
  UAPI: Unexport part of linux/ppp-comp.h
  perf: Handle new rbtree implementation
  procfs: don't need a PATH_MAX allocation to hold a string representation of an int
  vfs: embed struct filename inside of names_cache allocation if possible
  audit: make audit_inode take struct filename
  vfs: make path_openat take a struct filename pointer
  vfs: turn do_path_lookup into wrapper around struct filename variant
  audit: allow audit code to satisfy getname requests from its names_list
  vfs: define struct filename and have getname() return it
  btrfs: Fix compilation with user namespace support enabled
  userns: Fix posix_acl_file_xattr_userns gid conversion
  userns: Properly print bluetooth socket uids
  ...

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index 5e664f671615..e59041e21df3 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -43,11 +43,22 @@
    discard it in modules) */
 #define __init          __section(.init.text) __cold notrace
 #define __initdata      __section(.init.data)
-#define __initconst     __section(.init.rodata)
+#define __initconst     __constsection(.init.rodata)
 #define __exitdata      __section(.exit.data)
 #define __exit_call     __used __section(.exitcall.exit)
 
 /*
+ * Some architecture have tool chains which do not handle rodata attributes
+ * correctly. For those disable special sections for const, so that other
+ * architectures can annotate correctly.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_BROKEN_RODATA
+#define __constsection(x)
+#else
+#define __constsection(x) __section(x)
+#endif
+
+/*
  * 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).
@@ -66,7 +77,7 @@
  */
 #define __ref            __section(.ref.text) noinline
 #define __refdata        __section(.ref.data)
-#define __refconst       __section(.ref.rodata)
+#define __refconst       __constsection(.ref.rodata)
 
 /* compatibility defines */
 #define __init_refok     __ref
@@ -85,26 +96,26 @@
 /* Used for HOTPLUG */
 #define __devinit        __section(.devinit.text) __cold notrace
 #define __devinitdata    __section(.devinit.data)
-#define __devinitconst   __section(.devinit.rodata)
+#define __devinitconst   __constsection(.devinit.rodata)
 #define __devexit        __section(.devexit.text) __exitused __cold notrace
 #define __devexitdata    __section(.devexit.data)
-#define __devexitconst   __section(.devexit.rodata)
+#define __devexitconst   __constsection(.devexit.rodata)
 
 /* Used for HOTPLUG_CPU */
 #define __cpuinit        __section(.cpuinit.text) __cold notrace
 #define __cpuinitdata    __section(.cpuinit.data)
-#define __cpuinitconst   __section(.cpuinit.rodata)
+#define __cpuinitconst   __constsection(.cpuinit.rodata)
 #define __cpuexit        __section(.cpuexit.text) __exitused __cold notrace
 #define __cpuexitdata    __section(.cpuexit.data)
-#define __cpuexitconst   __section(.cpuexit.rodata)
+#define __cpuexitconst   __constsection(.cpuexit.rodata)
 
 /* Used for MEMORY_HOTPLUG */
 #define __meminit        __section(.meminit.text) __cold notrace
 #define __meminitdata    __section(.meminit.data)
-#define __meminitconst   __section(.meminit.rodata)
+#define __meminitconst   __constsection(.meminit.rodata)
 #define __memexit        __section(.memexit.text) __exitused __cold notrace
 #define __memexitdata    __section(.memexit.data)
-#define __memexitconst   __section(.memexit.rodata)
+#define __memexitconst   __constsection(.memexit.rodata)
 
 /* For assembly routines */
 #define __HEAD          .section        ".head.text","ax"