1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 0bb9cd889456..79f0317d84ac 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -50,6 +50,16 @@ SECTIONS
   /* writeable */
   .data : {                     /* Data */
     . = . + DATAOFFSET;         /* for CONFIG_MAPPED_KERNEL */
+    /*
+     * This ALIGN is needed as a workaround for a bug a gcc bug upto 4.1 which
+     * limits the maximum alignment to at most 32kB and results in the following
+     * warning:
+     *
+     *  CC      arch/mips/kernel/init_task.o
+     * arch/mips/kernel/init_task.c:30: warning: alignment of ‘init_thread_union’
+     * is greater than maximum object file alignment.  Using 32768
+     */
+    . = ALIGN(_PAGE_SIZE);
     *(.data.init_task)
 
     *(.data)
@@ -91,13 +101,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
   __initcall_start = .;
   .initcall.init : {
-        *(.initcall1.init)
-        *(.initcall2.init)
-        *(.initcall3.init)
-        *(.initcall4.init)
-        *(.initcall5.init)
-        *(.initcall6.init)
-        *(.initcall7.init)
+        INITCALLS
   }
   __initcall_end = .;