1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/cache.h b/include/linux/cache.h
index 4d767b93738a..2b66a36d85f0 100644
--- a/include/linux/cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/cache.h
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@
 #define SMP_CACHE_BYTES L1_CACHE_BYTES
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86
+#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
+#else
+#define __read_mostly
+#endif
+
 #ifndef ____cacheline_aligned
 #define ____cacheline_aligned __attribute__((__aligned__(SMP_CACHE_BYTES)))
 #endif