1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms.c b/kernel/kallsyms.c
index e694afa0eb8c..7b8b0f21a5b1 100644
--- a/kernel/kallsyms.c
+++ b/kernel/kallsyms.c
@@ -30,19 +30,20 @@
 #define all_var 0
 #endif
 
-extern const unsigned long kallsyms_addresses[];
-extern const u8 kallsyms_names[];
+/* These will be re-linked against their real values during the second link stage */
+extern const unsigned long kallsyms_addresses[] __attribute__((weak));
+extern const u8 kallsyms_names[] __attribute__((weak));
 
 /* tell the compiler that the count isn't in the small data section if the arch
  * has one (eg: FRV)
  */
 extern const unsigned long kallsyms_num_syms
-        __attribute__((__section__(".rodata")));
+__attribute__((weak, section(".rodata")));
 
-extern const u8 kallsyms_token_table[];
-extern const u16 kallsyms_token_index[];
+extern const u8 kallsyms_token_table[] __attribute__((weak));
+extern const u16 kallsyms_token_index[] __attribute__((weak));
 
-extern const unsigned long kallsyms_markers[];
+extern const unsigned long kallsyms_markers[] __attribute__((weak));
 
 static inline int is_kernel_inittext(unsigned long addr)
 {
@@ -167,6 +168,9 @@ static unsigned long get_symbol_pos(unsigned long addr,
         unsigned long symbol_start = 0, symbol_end = 0;
         unsigned long i, low, high, mid;
 
+        /* This kernel should never had been booted. */
+        BUG_ON(!kallsyms_addresses);
+
         /* do a binary search on the sorted kallsyms_addresses array */
         low = 0;
         high = kallsyms_num_syms;