Merge commit 'v2.6.35-rc3' into perf/core

Merge reason: Go from -rc1 base to -rc3 base, merge in fixes.

45 files changed, 530 insertions, 155 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/percpu.h b/include/asm-generic/percpu.h
index 04f91c2d3f7b..b5043a9890d8 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/percpu.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/percpu.h
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ extern void setup_per_cpu_areas(void);
 
 #ifndef PER_CPU_BASE_SECTION
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-#define PER_CPU_BASE_SECTION ".data.percpu"
+#define PER_CPU_BASE_SECTION ".data..percpu"
 #else
 #define PER_CPU_BASE_SECTION ".data"
 #endif
@@ -92,15 +92,15 @@ extern void setup_per_cpu_areas(void);
 #define PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED_SECTION ""
 #define PER_CPU_ALIGNED_SECTION ""
 #else
-#define PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED_SECTION ".shared_aligned"
-#define PER_CPU_ALIGNED_SECTION ".shared_aligned"
+#define PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED_SECTION "..shared_aligned"
+#define PER_CPU_ALIGNED_SECTION "..shared_aligned"
 #endif
-#define PER_CPU_FIRST_SECTION ".first"
+#define PER_CPU_FIRST_SECTION "..first"
 
 #else
 
 #define PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED_SECTION ""
-#define PER_CPU_ALIGNED_SECTION ".shared_aligned"
+#define PER_CPU_ALIGNED_SECTION "..shared_aligned"
 #define PER_CPU_FIRST_SECTION ""
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index ef779c6fc3d7..48c5299cbf26 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -175,25 +175,25 @@
 #define NOSAVE_DATA                                                     \
         . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);                                           \
         VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__nosave_begin) = .;                             \
-        *(.data.nosave)                                                 \
+        *(.data..nosave)                                                \
         . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);                                           \
         VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__nosave_end) = .;
 
 #define PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA(page_align)                                   \
         . = ALIGN(page_align);                                          \
-        *(.data.page_aligned)
+        *(.data..page_aligned)
 
 #define READ_MOSTLY_DATA(align)                                         \
         . = ALIGN(align);                                               \
-        *(.data.read_mostly)
+        *(.data..read_mostly)
 
 #define CACHELINE_ALIGNED_DATA(align)                                   \
         . = ALIGN(align);                                               \
-        *(.data.cacheline_aligned)
+        *(.data..cacheline_aligned)
 
 #define INIT_TASK_DATA(align)                                           \
         . = ALIGN(align);                                               \
-        *(.data.init_task)
+        *(.data..init_task)
 
 /*
  * Read only Data
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
  */
 #define INIT_TASK_DATA_SECTION(align)                                   \
         . = ALIGN(align);                                               \
-        .data.init_task : {                                             \
+        .data..init_task : {                                            \
                 INIT_TASK_DATA(align)                                   \
         }
 
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@
 #define BSS(bss_align)                                                  \
         . = ALIGN(bss_align);                                           \
         .bss : AT(ADDR(.bss) - LOAD_OFFSET) {                           \
-                *(.bss.page_aligned)                                    \
+                *(.bss..page_aligned)                                   \
                 *(.dynbss)                                              \
                 *(.bss)                                                 \
                 *(COMMON)                                               \
@@ -666,16 +666,16 @@
  */
 #define PERCPU_VADDR(vaddr, phdr)                                       \
         VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__per_cpu_load) = .;                             \
-        .data.percpu vaddr : AT(VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__per_cpu_load)          \
+        .data..percpu vaddr : AT(VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__per_cpu_load)         \
                                 - LOAD_OFFSET) {                        \
                 VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__per_cpu_start) = .;                    \