7 files changed, 31 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index dff1c9e1c2ee..8cb5dbbd9c2e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ __setup("noreplace-paravirt", setup_noreplace_paravirt);
 /* Use inline assembly to define this because the nops are defined
    as inline assembly strings in the include files and we cannot
    get them easily into strings. */
-asm("\t.data\nintelnops: "
+asm("\t.section .rodata, \"a\"\nintelnops: "
         GENERIC_NOP1 GENERIC_NOP2 GENERIC_NOP3 GENERIC_NOP4 GENERIC_NOP5 GENERIC_NOP6
         GENERIC_NOP7 GENERIC_NOP8);
-extern unsigned char intelnops[];
-static unsigned char *intel_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
+extern const unsigned char intelnops[];
+static const unsigned char *const intel_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
         NULL,
         intelnops,
         intelnops + 1,
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ static unsigned char *intel_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
 #endif
 
 #ifdef K8_NOP1
-asm("\t.data\nk8nops: "
+asm("\t.section .rodata, \"a\"\nk8nops: "
         K8_NOP1 K8_NOP2 K8_NOP3 K8_NOP4 K8_NOP5 K8_NOP6
         K8_NOP7 K8_NOP8);
-extern unsigned char k8nops[];
-static unsigned char *k8_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
+extern const unsigned char k8nops[];
+static const unsigned char *const k8_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
         NULL,
         k8nops,
         k8nops + 1,
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@ static unsigned char *k8_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
 #endif
 
 #ifdef K7_NOP1
-asm("\t.data\nk7nops: "
+asm("\t.section .rodata, \"a\"\nk7nops: "
         K7_NOP1 K7_NOP2 K7_NOP3 K7_NOP4 K7_NOP5 K7_NOP6
         K7_NOP7 K7_NOP8);
-extern unsigned char k7nops[];
-static unsigned char *k7_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
+extern const unsigned char k7nops[];
+static const unsigned char *const k7_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
         NULL,
         k7nops,
         k7nops + 1,
@@ -119,25 +119,25 @@ static unsigned char *k7_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 
 extern char __vsyscall_0;
-static inline unsigned char** find_nop_table(void)
+static inline const unsigned char*const * find_nop_table(void)
 {
         return k8_nops;
 }
 
 #else /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
 
-static struct nop {
+static const struct nop {
         int cpuid;
-        unsigned char **noptable;
+        const unsigned char *const *noptable;
 } noptypes[] = {
         { X86_FEATURE_K8, k8_nops },
         { X86_FEATURE_K7, k7_nops },
         { -1, NULL }
 };
 
-static unsigned char** find_nop_table(void)
+static const unsigned char*const * find_nop_table(void)
 {
-        unsigned char **noptable = intel_nops;
+        const unsigned char *const *noptable = intel_nops;
         int i;
 
         for (i = 0; noptypes[i].cpuid >= 0; i++) {
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static unsigned char** find_nop_table(void)
 /* Use this to add nops to a buffer, then text_poke the whole buffer. */
 static void add_nops(void *insns, unsigned int len)
 {
-        unsigned char **noptable = find_nop_table();
+        const unsigned char *const *noptable = find_nop_table();
 
         while (len > 0) {
                 unsigned int noplen = len;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
index 8159bf0be17a..5b5e0781d5b6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ static int show_cpuinfo(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
          * applications want to get the raw CPUID data, they should access
          * /dev/cpu/<cpu_nr>/cpuid instead.
          */
-        static char *x86_cap_flags[] = {
+        static const char *const x86_cap_flags[] = {
                 /* Intel-defined */
                 "fpu", "vme", "de", "pse", "tsc", "msr", "pae", "mce",
                 "cx8", "apic", NULL, "sep", "mtrr", "pge", "mca", "cmov",
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ static int show_cpuinfo(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
                 NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
                 NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
         };
-        static char *x86_power_flags[] = { 
+        static const char *const x86_power_flags[] = {
                 "ts",   /* temperature sensor */
                 "fid",  /* frequency id control */
                 "vid",  /* voltage id control */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_32.c
index 83e4f40f8dc9..be3faac04719 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_32.c
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ u8 apicid_2_node[MAX_APICID];
  * Trampoline 80x86 program as an array.
  */
 
-extern unsigned char trampoline_data [];
-extern unsigned char trampoline_end  [];
+extern const unsigned char trampoline_data [];
+extern const unsigned char trampoline_end  [];
 static unsigned char *trampoline_base;
 static int trampoline_exec;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_64.c
index 0faa0a0af272..e5f08de9db88 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_64.c
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(cpu_core_map);
  * Trampoline 80x86 program as an array.
  */
 
-extern unsigned char trampoline_data[];
-extern unsigned char trampoline_end[];
+extern const unsigned char trampoline_data[];
+extern const unsigned char trampoline_end[];
 
 /* State of each CPU */
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, cpu_state) = { 0 };
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/trampoline_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/trampoline_32.S
index f62815f8d06a..9bcc1c6aca3d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/trampoline_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/trampoline_32.S
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@
 #include <asm/segment.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 
-.data
-
 /* We can free up trampoline after bootup if cpu hotplug is not supported. */
 #ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 .section ".init.data","aw",@progbits
+#else
+.section .rodata,"a",@progbits
 #endif
 
 .code16
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/trampoline_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/trampoline_64.S
index 607983b0d27b..e30b67c6a9f5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/trampoline_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/trampoline_64.S
@@ -33,7 +33,12 @@
 #include <asm/msr.h>
 #include <asm/segment.h>
 
-.data
+/* We can free up trampoline after bootup if cpu hotplug is not supported. */
+#ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+.section .init.data, "aw", @progbits
+#else
+.section .rodata, "a", @progbits
+#endif
 
 .code16
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c b/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c
index b87f8548e75a..1f86b529dbbb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c
@@ -442,8 +442,8 @@ static __u32 __init
 setup_trampoline(void)
 {
         /* these two are global symbols in trampoline.S */
-        extern __u8 trampoline_end[];
-        extern __u8 trampoline_data[];
+        extern const __u8 trampoline_end[];
+        extern const __u8 trampoline_data[];
 
         memcpy((__u8 *)trampoline_base, trampoline_data,
                trampoline_end - trampoline_data);