1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/word-at-a-time.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/word-at-a-time.h
index 07cc121e8a79..ea52b51be401 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/word-at-a-time.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/word-at-a-time.h
@@ -116,6 +116,15 @@ static inline unsigned long prep_zero_mask(unsigned long a, unsigned long bits,
 
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * We use load_unaligned_zero() in a selftest, which builds a userspace
+ * program. Some linker scripts seem to discard the .fixup section, so allow
+ * the test code to use a different section name.
+ */
+#ifndef FIXUP_SECTION
+#define FIXUP_SECTION ".fixup"
+#endif
+
 static inline unsigned long load_unaligned_zeropad(const void *addr)
 {
         unsigned long ret, offset, tmp;
@@ -123,7 +132,7 @@ static inline unsigned long load_unaligned_zeropad(const void *addr)
         asm(
         "1:     " PPC_LL "%[ret], 0(%[addr])\n"
         "2:\n"
-        ".section .fixup,\"ax\"\n"
+        ".section " FIXUP_SECTION ",\"ax\"\n"
         "3:     "
 #ifdef __powerpc64__
         "clrrdi         %[tmp], %[addr], 3\n\t"
@@ -156,4 +165,6 @@ static inline unsigned long load_unaligned_zeropad(const void *addr)
         return ret;
 }
 
+#undef FIXUP_SECTION
+
 #endif /* _ASM_WORD_AT_A_TIME_H */