[PATCH] treewide: Convert macro and uses of __section(foo) to __section("foo")

[Joe Perches]

Use a more generic form for __section that requires quotes to avoid
complications with clang and gcc differences.

Remove the quote operator # from compiler_attributes.h __section macro.

Convert all unquoted __section(foo) uses to quoted __section("foo").
Also convert __attribute__((section("foo"))) uses to __section("foo")
even if the __attribute__ has multiple list entry forms.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/arc/include/asm/linkage.h                    |  8 +++---
 arch/arc/include/asm/mach_desc.h                  |  2 +-
 arch/arc/plat-hsdk/platform.c                     |  2 +-
 arch/arm/include/asm/cache.h                      |  2 +-
 arch/arm/include/asm/cpuidle.h                    |  2 +-
 arch/arm/include/asm/idmap.h                      |  2 +-
 arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_hyp.h                    |  2 +-
 arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h                  |  4 +--
 arch/arm/include/asm/setup.h                      |  2 +-
 arch/arm/include/asm/smp.h                        |  2 +-
 arch/arm/include/asm/tcm.h                        |  8 +++---
 arch/arm/kernel/cpuidle.c                         |  2 +-
 arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c                         |  2 +-
 arch/arm64/include/asm/cache.h                    |  2 +-
 arch/arm64/include/asm/exception.h                |  2 +-
 arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_hyp.h                  |  2 +-
 arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c                           |  2 +-
 arch/arm64/kernel/smp_spin_table.c                |  2 +-
 arch/ia64/include/asm/cache.h                     |  2 +-
 arch/microblaze/kernel/setup.c                    |  2 +-
 arch/mips/include/asm/cache.h                     |  2 +-
 arch/mips/include/asm/mach-pmcs-msp71xx/msp_pci.h |  4 +--
 arch/mips/include/asm/machine.h                   |  2 +-
 arch/mips/include/asm/mips_machine.h              |  2 +-
 arch/mips/kernel/setup.c                          |  2 +-
 arch/mips/mm/init.c                               |  2 +-
 arch/parisc/include/asm/cache.h                   |  2 +-
 arch/parisc/include/asm/ldcw.h                    |  2 +-
 arch/parisc/kernel/ftrace.c                       |  2 +-
 arch/parisc/mm/init.c                             |  6 ++--
 arch/powerpc/boot/main.c                          |  2 +-
 arch/powerpc/boot/ps3.c                           |  2 +-
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/cache.h                  |  2 +-
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h                |  2 +-
 arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c                       |  2 +-
 arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c                   |  2 +-
 arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio_hv.c               |  2 +-
 arch/s390/boot/compressed/decompressor.c          |  2 +-
 arch/s390/boot/ipl_parm.c                         |  4 +--
 arch/s390/boot/startup.c                          |  2 +-
 arch/s390/include/asm/cache.h                     |  2 +-
 arch/s390/include/asm/sections.h                  |  4 +--
 arch/s390/kernel/setup.c                          |  2 +-
 arch/s390/mm/init.c                               |  2 +-
 arch/sh/boards/of-generic.c                       |  2 +-
 arch/sh/include/asm/cache.h                       |  2 +-
 arch/sh/include/asm/machvec.h                     |  2 +-
 arch/sh/include/asm/smp.h                         |  2 +-
 arch/sparc/include/asm/cache.h                    |  2 +-
 arch/sparc/kernel/btext.c                         |  2 +-
 arch/um/include/shared/init.h                     | 22 +++++++--------
 arch/um/kernel/skas/clone.c                       |  2 +-
 arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c                          |  2 +-
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c             |  2 +-
 arch/x86/boot/tty.c                               |  8 +++---
 arch/x86/boot/video.h                             |  2 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h                       |  4 +--
 arch/x86/include/asm/cache.h                      |  2 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/intel-mid.h                  |  2 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/iommu_table.h                |  2 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h                   |  2 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/mem_encrypt.h                |  2 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h                      |  2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h                         |  2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c                          |  2 +-
 arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt.c                         |  4 +--
 arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_identity.c                |  2 +-
 arch/x86/platform/pvh/enlighten.c                 |  4 +--
 arch/x86/purgatory/purgatory.c                    | 10 +++----
 arch/x86/um/stub_segv.c                           |  2 +-
 arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c                          |  2 +-
 arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pvh.c                      |  2 +-
 arch/xtensa/kernel/setup.c                        |  2 +-
 drivers/clk/clk.c                                 |  2 +-
 drivers/clocksource/timer-probe.c                 |  2 +-
 drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c    |  6 ++--
 drivers/irqchip/irqchip.c                         |  2 +-
 drivers/of/of_reserved_mem.c                      |  2 +-
 drivers/s390/char/sclp_early_core.c               |  4 +--
 drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h                    |  2 +-
 include/asm-generic/bug.h                         |  6 ++--
 include/asm-generic/error-injection.h             |  2 +-
 include/asm-generic/kprobes.h                     |  4 +--
 include/linux/acpi.h                              |  2 +-
 include/linux/cache.h                             |  4 +--
 include/linux/compiler.h                          |  8 +++---
 include/linux/compiler_attributes.h               | 12 +-------
 include/linux/cpu.h                               |  2 +-
 include/linux/dynamic_debug.h                     |  2 +-
 include/linux/export.h                            |  4 +--
 include/linux/firmware.h                          |  2 +-
 include/linux/frame.h                             |  2 +-
 include/linux/init.h                              | 34 +++++++++++------------
 include/linux/init_task.h                         |  4 +--
 include/linux/interrupt.h                         |  4 +--
 include/linux/kernel.h                            |  6 ++--
 include/linux/linkage.h                           |  4 +--
 include/linux/lsm_hooks.h                         |  4 +--
 include/linux/module.h                            |  2 +-
 include/linux/moduleparam.h                       |  4 +--
 include/linux/mtd/xip.h                           |  2 +-
 include/linux/of.h                                |  2 +-
 include/linux/percpu-defs.h                       |  2 +-
 include/linux/printk.h                            |  4 +--
 include/linux/rcupdate.h                          |  2 +-
 include/linux/sched/debug.h                       |  2 +-
 include/linux/serial_core.h                       |  2 +-
 include/linux/spinlock.h                          |  2 +-
 include/linux/srcutree.h                          |  2 +-
 include/linux/syscalls.h                          |  6 ++--
 include/linux/trace_events.h                      |  2 +-
 include/linux/tracepoint.h                        |  8 +++---
 include/trace/bpf_probe.h                         |  2 +-
 include/trace/trace_events.h                      | 10 +++----
 kernel/kallsyms.c                                 |  4 +--
 kernel/trace/trace_export.c                       |  2 +-
 116 files changed, 193 insertions(+), 203 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/linkage.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/linkage.h
index d9ee43c6b7db..ec4edf654ae0 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/linkage.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/linkage.h
@@ -62,15 +62,15 @@
 #else	/* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARC_HAS_ICCM
-#define __arcfp_code __section(.text.arcfp)
+#define __arcfp_code __section(".text.arcfp")
 #else
-#define __arcfp_code __section(.text)
+#define __arcfp_code __section(".text")
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARC_HAS_DCCM
-#define __arcfp_data __section(.data.arcfp)
+#define __arcfp_data __section(".data.arcfp")
 #else
-#define __arcfp_data __section(.data)
+#define __arcfp_data __section(".data")
 #endif
 
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/mach_desc.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/mach_desc.h
index 73746ed5b834..c4e197059379 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/mach_desc.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/mach_desc.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ extern const struct machine_desc __arch_info_begin[], __arch_info_end[];
  */
 #define MACHINE_START(_type, _name)			\
 static const struct machine_desc __mach_desc_##_type	\
-__used __section(.arch.info.init) = {			\
+__used __section(".arch.info.init") = {			\
 	.name		= _name,
 
 #define MACHINE_END				\
diff --git a/arch/arc/plat-hsdk/platform.c b/arch/arc/plat-hsdk/platform.c
index 0b961a2a10b8..0b63fc095b99 100644
--- a/arch/arc/plat-hsdk/platform.c
+++ b/arch/arc/plat-hsdk/platform.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/mach_desc.h>
 
-int arc_hsdk_axi_dmac_coherent __section(.data) = 0;
+int arc_hsdk_axi_dmac_coherent __section(".data") = 0;
 
 #define ARC_CCM_UNUSED_ADDR	0x60000000
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/cache.h
index cc06079600e0..e3ea34558ada 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@
 #define ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN 8
 #endif
 
-#define __read_mostly __section(.data..read_mostly)
+#define __read_mostly __section(".data..read_mostly")
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/cpuidle.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/cpuidle.h
index 6b2ff7243b4b..0d67ed682e07 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/cpuidle.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/cpuidle.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ struct of_cpuidle_method {
 
 #define CPUIDLE_METHOD_OF_DECLARE(name, _method, _ops)			\
 	static const struct of_cpuidle_method __cpuidle_method_of_table_##name \
-	__used __section(__cpuidle_method_of_table)			\
+	__used __section("__cpuidle_method_of_table")			\
 	= { .method = _method, .ops = _ops }
 
 extern int arm_cpuidle_suspend(int index);
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/idmap.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/idmap.h
index 73ba956e379f..25eb8b3a131d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/idmap.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/idmap.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 
 /* Tag a function as requiring to be executed via an identity mapping. */
-#define __idmap __section(.idmap.text) noinline notrace
+#define __idmap __section(".idmap.text") noinline notrace
 
 extern pgd_t *idmap_pgd;
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_hyp.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_hyp.h
index 40e9034db601..58665df3da01 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_hyp.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_hyp.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <asm/cp15.h>
 #include <asm/vfp.h>
 
-#define __hyp_text __section(.hyp.text) notrace
+#define __hyp_text __section(".hyp.text") notrace
 
 #define __ACCESS_VFP(CRn)			\
 	"mrc", "mcr", __stringify(p10, 7, %0, CRn, cr0, 0), u32
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h
index 2986f6b4862d..6a2111fdf117 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ extern const struct machine_desc __arch_info_begin[], __arch_info_end[];
 #define MACHINE_START(_type,_name)			\
 static const struct machine_desc __mach_desc_##_type	\
  __used							\
- __section(.arch.info.init) = {	\
+ __section(".arch.info.init") = {\
 	.nr		= MACH_TYPE_##_type,		\
 	.name		= _name,
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static const struct machine_desc __mach_desc_##_type	\
 #define DT_MACHINE_START(_name, _namestr)		\
 static const struct machine_desc __mach_desc_##_name	\
  __used							\
- __section(.arch.info.init) = {	\
+ __section(".arch.info.init") = {\
 	.nr		= ~0,				\
 	.name		= _namestr,
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/setup.h
index 00190f1f0574..3ae68a1b3de6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <uapi/asm/setup.h>
 
 
-#define __tag __used __section(.taglist.init)
+#define __tag __used __section(".taglist.init")
 #define __tagtable(tag, fn) \
 static const struct tagtable __tagtable_##fn __tag = { tag, fn }
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/smp.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/smp.h
index a91f21e3c5b5..8fc46d7654d6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/smp.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/smp.h
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ struct of_cpu_method {
 
 #define CPU_METHOD_OF_DECLARE(name, _method, _ops)			\
 	static const struct of_cpu_method __cpu_method_of_table_##name	\
-		__used __section(__cpu_method_of_table)			\
+		__used __section("__cpu_method_of_table")		\
 		= { .method = _method, .ops = _ops }
 /*
  * set platform specific SMP operations
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/tcm.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/tcm.h
index b845b10fe29a..d8bd8a4b0ede 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/tcm.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/tcm.h
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 
 /* Tag variables with this */
-#define __tcmdata __section(.tcm.data)
+#define __tcmdata __section(".tcm.data")
 /* Tag constants with this */
-#define __tcmconst __section(.tcm.rodata)
+#define __tcmconst __section(".tcm.rodata")
 /* Tag functions inside TCM called from outside TCM with this */
-#define __tcmfunc __attribute__((long_call)) __section(.tcm.text) noinline
+#define __tcmfunc __attribute__((long_call)) __section(".tcm.text") noinline
 /* Tag function inside TCM called from inside TCM  with this */
-#define __tcmlocalfunc __section(.tcm.text)
+#define __tcmlocalfunc __section(".tcm.text")
 
 void *tcm_alloc(size_t len);
 void tcm_free(void *addr, size_t len);
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/cpuidle.c b/arch/arm/kernel/cpuidle.c
index 093368e0d020..e1684623e1b2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/cpuidle.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/cpuidle.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 extern struct of_cpuidle_method __cpuidle_method_of_table[];
 
 static const struct of_cpuidle_method __cpuidle_method_of_table_sentinel
-	__used __section(__cpuidle_method_of_table_end);
+	__used __section("__cpuidle_method_of_table_end");
 
 static struct cpuidle_ops cpuidle_ops[NR_CPUS] __ro_after_init;
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c b/arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c
index 39c978698406..7f0745a97e20 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 extern struct of_cpu_method __cpu_method_of_table[];
 
 static const struct of_cpu_method __cpu_method_of_table_sentinel
-	__used __section(__cpu_method_of_table_end);
+	__used __section("__cpu_method_of_table_end");
 
 
 static int __init set_smp_ops_by_method(struct device_node *node)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cache.h
index 43da6dd29592..25f85bb15f78 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static inline u32 cache_type_cwg(void)
 	return (read_cpuid_cachetype() >> CTR_CWG_SHIFT) & CTR_CWG_MASK;
 }
 
-#define __read_mostly __section(.data..read_mostly)
+#define __read_mostly __section(".data..read_mostly")
 
 static inline int cache_line_size_of_cpu(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/exception.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/exception.h
index a17393ff6677..a8547628e339 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/exception.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/exception.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 
-#define __exception	__attribute__((section(".exception.text")))
+#define __exception	__section(".exception.text")
 #ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
 #define __exception_irq_entry	__irq_entry
 #else
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_hyp.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_hyp.h
index 86825aa20852..69b657b941f8 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_hyp.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_hyp.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <asm/kvm_mmu.h>
 #include <asm/sysreg.h>
 
-#define __hyp_text __section(.hyp.text) notrace
+#define __hyp_text __section(".hyp.text") notrace
 
 #define read_sysreg_elx(r,nvh,vh)					\
 	({								\
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c
index d0cf596db82c..fa02efb28e88 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static __init pteval_t create_mapping_protection(efi_memory_desc_t *md)
 }
 
 /* we will fill this structure from the stub, so don't put it in .bss */
-struct screen_info screen_info __section(.data);
+struct screen_info screen_info __section(".data");
 
 int __init efi_create_mapping(struct mm_struct *mm, efi_memory_desc_t *md)
 {
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp_spin_table.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp_spin_table.c
index c8a3fee00c11..76c2739ba8a4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/smp_spin_table.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/smp_spin_table.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include <asm/smp_plat.h>
 
 extern void secondary_holding_pen(void);
-volatile unsigned long __section(.mmuoff.data.read)
+volatile unsigned long __section(".mmuoff.data.read")
 secondary_holding_pen_release = INVALID_HWID;
 
 static phys_addr_t cpu_release_addr[NR_CPUS];
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/cache.h
index 7decf91ca11a..2f1c70647068 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@
 # define SMP_CACHE_BYTES	(1 << 3)
 #endif
 
-#define __read_mostly __section(.data..read_mostly)
+#define __read_mostly __section(".data..read_mostly")
 
 #endif /* _ASM_IA64_CACHE_H */
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/setup.c b/arch/microblaze/kernel/setup.c
index 522a0c5d9c59..45a4e8e215d4 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/setup.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ unsigned int boot_cpuid;
  * ASM code. Default position is BSS section which is cleared
  * in machine_early_init().
  */
-char cmd_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE] __attribute__ ((section(".data")));
+char cmd_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE] __section(".data");
 
 void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 {
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/cache.h
index af2d943580ee..29187e12b861 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
 #define L1_CACHE_SHIFT		CONFIG_MIPS_L1_CACHE_SHIFT
 #define L1_CACHE_BYTES		(1 << L1_CACHE_SHIFT)
 
-#define __read_mostly __section(.data..read_mostly)
+#define __read_mostly __section(".data..read_mostly")
 
 #endif /* _ASM_CACHE_H */
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-pmcs-msp71xx/msp_pci.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-pmcs-msp71xx/msp_pci.h
index 5b2535efceb2..94531cfb8668 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-pmcs-msp71xx/msp_pci.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-pmcs-msp71xx/msp_pci.h
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ struct msp_pci_regs
 #define BPCI_RESETCTL_RI (1<<14)   /* PCI reset in */
 
 extern struct msp_pci_regs msp_pci_regs
-			__attribute__((section(".register")));
+			__section(".register");
 extern unsigned long msp_pci_config_space
-			__attribute__((section(".register")));
+			__section(".register");
 
 #endif /* !_MSP_PCI_H_ */
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/machine.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/machine.h
index 29ca344a8cab..fc64cce270f0 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/machine.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/machine.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ extern long __mips_machines_end;
 
 #define MIPS_MACHINE(name)						\
 	static const struct mips_machine __mips_mach_##name		\
-		__used __section(.mips.machines.init)
+		__used __section(".mips.machines.init")
 
 #define for_each_mips_machine(mach)					\
 	for ((mach) = (struct mips_machine *)&__mips_machines_start;	\
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mips_machine.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mips_machine.h
index 4efecb70c24e..91d8fd4305c1 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mips_machine.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mips_machine.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static const char machine_name_##_type[] __initconst		\
 static const char machine_id_##_type[] __initconst		\
 			__aligned(1) = _id;			\
 static struct mips_machine machine_##_type			\
-		__used __section(.mips.machines.init) =		\
+		__used __section(".mips.machines.init") =	\
 {								\
 	.mach_type	= _type,				\
 	.mach_id	= machine_id_##_type,			\
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
index b8249c233754..be5bb90e0688 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 #include <asm/prom.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_ELF_APPENDED_DTB
-const char __section(.appended_dtb) __appended_dtb[0x100000];
+const char __section(".appended_dtb") __appended_dtb[0x100000];
 #endif /* CONFIG_MIPS_ELF_APPENDED_DTB */
 
 struct cpuinfo_mips cpu_data[NR_CPUS] __read_mostly;
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/init.c b/arch/mips/mm/init.c
index 6fea3b54c961..2c6f5ed12f24 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/init.c
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ unsigned long pgd_current[NR_CPUS];
  * size, and waste space.  So we place it in its own section and align
  * it in the linker script.
  */
-pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[PTRS_PER_PGD] __section(.bss..swapper_pg_dir);
+pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[PTRS_PER_PGD] __section(".bss..swapper_pg_dir");
 #ifndef __PAGETABLE_PUD_FOLDED
 pud_t invalid_pud_table[PTRS_PER_PUD] __page_aligned_bss;
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/cache.h
index e5de3f897633..d53e9e27dba0 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #define ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN	L1_CACHE_BYTES
 
-#define __read_mostly __section(.data..read_mostly)
+#define __read_mostly __section(".data..read_mostly")
 
 void parisc_cache_init(void);	/* initializes cache-flushing */
 void disable_sr_hashing_asm(int); /* low level support for above */
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/ldcw.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/ldcw.h
index e080143e79a3..6d28b5514699 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/ldcw.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/ldcw.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 })
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-# define __lock_aligned __section(.data..lock_aligned)
+# define __lock_aligned __section(".data..lock_aligned")
 #endif
 
 #endif /* __PARISC_LDCW_H */
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/ftrace.c
index b836fc61a24f..798b9a9de60c 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include <asm/ftrace.h>
 #include <asm/patch.h>
 
-#define __hot __attribute__ ((__section__ (".text.hot")))
+#define __hot __section(".text.hot")
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
 /*
diff --git a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
index ddca8287d43b..94ebb5bc18c4 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ extern void parisc_kernel_start(void);	/* Kernel entry point in head.S */
  * guarantee that global objects will be laid out in memory in the same order
  * as the order of declaration, so put these in different sections and use
  * the linker script to order them. */
-pmd_t pmd0[PTRS_PER_PMD] __attribute__ ((__section__ (".data..vm0.pmd"), aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
+pmd_t pmd0[PTRS_PER_PMD] __section(".data..vm0.pmd") __attribute__ ((aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
 #endif
 
-pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[PTRS_PER_PGD] __attribute__ ((__section__ (".data..vm0.pgd"), aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
-pte_t pg0[PT_INITIAL * PTRS_PER_PTE] __attribute__ ((__section__ (".data..vm0.pte"), aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
+pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[PTRS_PER_PGD] __section(".data..vm0.pgd") __attribute__ ((aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
+pte_t pg0[PT_INITIAL * PTRS_PER_PTE] __section(".data..vm0.pte") __attribute__ ((aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
 
 static struct resource data_resource = {
 	.name	= "Kernel data",
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/main.c b/arch/powerpc/boot/main.c
index a9d209135975..a53e028ad14c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/main.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/main.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ static inline void prep_esm_blob(struct addr_range vmlinux, void *chosen) { }
  * The buffer is put in it's own section so that tools may locate it easier.
  */
 static char cmdline[BOOT_COMMAND_LINE_SIZE]
-	__attribute__((__section__("__builtin_cmdline")));
+	__section("__builtin_cmdline");
 
 static void prep_cmdline(void *chosen)
 {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/ps3.c b/arch/powerpc/boot/ps3.c
index c52552a681c5..1cc9a5d515c6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/ps3.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/ps3.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ BSS_STACK(4096);
  */
 
 static char cmdline[BOOT_COMMAND_LINE_SIZE]
-	__attribute__((__section__("__builtin_cmdline")));
+	__section("__builtin_cmdline");
 
 static void prep_cmdline(void *chosen)
 {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cache.h
index 45e3137ccd71..afc4f1c1220b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static inline u32 l1_cache_bytes(void)
 	isync
 
 #else
-#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data..read_mostly")))
+#define __read_mostly __section(".data..read_mostly")
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_32
 extern long _get_L2CR(void);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
index 657ec893bdcb..0cb15d8a22e4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ extern void book3e_idle(void);
 extern struct machdep_calls ppc_md;
 extern struct machdep_calls *machine_id;
 
-#define __machine_desc __attribute__ ((__section__ (".machine.desc")))
+#define __machine_desc __section(".machine.desc")
 
 #define define_machine(name)					\
 	extern struct machdep_calls mach_##name;		\
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c
index 6dfceaa820e4..cab345edb75e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 static void scrollscreen(void);
 #endif
 
-#define __force_data __attribute__((__section__(".data")))
+#define __force_data __section(".data")
 
 static int g_loc_X __force_data;
 static int g_loc_Y __force_data;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
index a4e7762dd286..03e19809e6dd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 #include <linux/linux_logo.h>
 
 /* All of prom_init bss lives here */
-#define __prombss __section(.bss.prominit)
+#define __prombss __section(".bss.prominit")
 
 /*
  * Eventually bump that one up
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio_hv.c
index ab6eeb8e753e..2e77140b65d0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio_hv.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_BUG
 
 #define WARN_ON_ONCE_RM(condition)	({			\
-	static bool __section(.data.unlikely) __warned;		\
+	static bool __section(".data.unlikely") __warned;	\
 	int __ret_warn_once = !!(condition);			\
 								\
 	if (unlikely(__ret_warn_once && !__warned)) {		\
diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/compressed/decompressor.c b/arch/s390/boot/compressed/decompressor.c
index 45046630c56a..08c41e5ebf22 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/compressed/decompressor.c
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/compressed/decompressor.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * gzip declarations
  */
 #define STATIC static
-#define STATIC_RW_DATA static __section(.data)
+#define STATIC_RW_DATA static __section(".data")
 
 #undef memset
 #undef memcpy
diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/ipl_parm.c b/arch/s390/boot/ipl_parm.c
index 24ef67eb1cef..a4db9dc42080 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/ipl_parm.c
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/ipl_parm.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ unsigned long __bootdata(memory_end);
 int __bootdata(memory_end_set);
 int __bootdata(noexec_disabled);
 
-int kaslr_enabled __section(.data);
+int kaslr_enabled __section(".data");
 
 static inline int __diag308(unsigned long subcode, void *addr)
 {
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static void modify_fac_list(char *str)
 	check_cleared_facilities();
 }
 
-static char command_line_buf[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE] __section(.data);
+static char command_line_buf[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE] __section(".data");
 void parse_boot_command_line(void)
 {
 	char *param, *val;
diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/startup.c b/arch/s390/boot/startup.c
index 1a41545becec..596ca7cc4d7b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/startup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/startup.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ struct diag_ops __bootdata_preserved(diag_dma_ops) = {
 	.diag0c = _diag0c_dma,
 	.diag308_reset = _diag308_reset_dma
 };
-static struct diag210 _diag210_tmp_dma __section(.dma.data);
+static struct diag210 _diag210_tmp_dma __section(".dma.data");
 struct diag210 *__bootdata_preserved(__diag210_tmp_dma) = &_diag210_tmp_dma;
 void _swsusp_reset_dma(void);
 unsigned long __bootdata_preserved(__swsusp_reset_dma) = __pa(_swsusp_reset_dma);
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/cache.h
index d5e22e837416..00128174c025 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
 #define L1_CACHE_SHIFT     8
 #define NET_SKB_PAD	   32
 
-#define __read_mostly __section(.data..read_mostly)
+#define __read_mostly __section(".data..read_mostly")
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/sections.h
index 42de04ad9c07..a996d3990a02 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/sections.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ static inline int arch_is_kernel_initmem_freed(unsigned long addr)
  * final .boot.data section, which should be identical in the decompressor and
  * the decompressed kernel (that is checked during the build).
  */
-#define __bootdata(var) __section(.boot.data.var) var
+#define __bootdata(var) __section(".boot.data.var") var
 
 /*
  * .boot.preserved.data is similar to .boot.data, but it is not part of the
  * .init section and thus will be preserved for later use in the decompressed
  * kernel.
  */
-#define __bootdata_preserved(var) __section(.boot.preserved.data.var) var
+#define __bootdata_preserved(var) __section(".boot.preserved.data.var") var
 
 extern unsigned long __sdma, __edma;
 extern unsigned long __stext_dma, __etext_dma;
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
index 216843fd4cf4..b24b725e7f1a 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ void machine_power_off(void)
 void (*pm_power_off)(void) = machine_power_off;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pm_power_off);
 
-void *restart_stack __section(.data);
+void *restart_stack __section(".data");
 
 unsigned long stack_alloc(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/init.c b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
index a124f19f7b3c..8f2d6aa51281 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 #include <asm/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <asm/uv.h>
 
-pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[PTRS_PER_PGD] __section(.bss..swapper_pg_dir);
+pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[PTRS_PER_PGD] __section(".bss..swapper_pg_dir");
 
 unsigned long empty_zero_page, zero_page_mask;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page);
diff --git a/arch/sh/boards/of-generic.c b/arch/sh/boards/of-generic.c
index d91065e81a4e..bffbe69b2236 100644
--- a/arch/sh/boards/of-generic.c
+++ b/arch/sh/boards/of-generic.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static struct plat_smp_ops dummy_smp_ops = {
 
 extern const struct of_cpu_method __cpu_method_of_table[];
 const struct of_cpu_method __cpu_method_of_table_sentinel
-	__section(__cpu_method_of_table_end);
+	__section("__cpu_method_of_table_end");
 
 static void sh_of_smp_probe(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/cache.h
index 07ddf31124a3..54a4674b1a0d 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 #define L1_CACHE_BYTES		(1 << L1_CACHE_SHIFT)
 
-#define __read_mostly __section(.data..read_mostly)
+#define __read_mostly __section(".data..read_mostly")
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 struct cache_info {
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/machvec.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/machvec.h
index f7d05546beca..2b4b085e8f21 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/machvec.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/machvec.h
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ extern struct sh_machine_vector sh_mv;
 #define get_system_type()	sh_mv.mv_name
 
 #define __initmv \
-	__used __section(.machvec.init)
+	__used __section(".machvec.init")
 
 #endif /* _ASM_SH_MACHVEC_H */
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/smp.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/smp.h
index 1a0d7cf71c10..448538a3d4e8 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/smp.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/smp.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ struct of_cpu_method {
 
 #define CPU_METHOD_OF_DECLARE(name, _method, _ops)			\
 	static const struct of_cpu_method __cpu_method_of_table_##name	\
-		__used __section(__cpu_method_of_table)			\
+		__used __section("__cpu_method_of_table")		\
 		= { .method = _method, .ops = _ops }
 
 #else
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/cache.h
index 9a9effdd01e2..e62fd0e72606 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@
 
 #define SMP_CACHE_BYTES (1 << SMP_CACHE_BYTES_SHIFT)
 
-#define __read_mostly __section(.data..read_mostly)
+#define __read_mostly __section(".data..read_mostly")
 
 #endif /* !(_SPARC_CACHE_H) */
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/btext.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/btext.c
index b2eff8f8f27b..e2d3f0d2971f 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/btext.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/btext.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static void draw_byte_32(unsigned char *bits, unsigned int *base, int rb);
 static void draw_byte_16(unsigned char *bits, unsigned int *base, int rb);
 static void draw_byte_8(unsigned char *bits, unsigned int *base, int rb);
 
-#define __force_data __section(.data)
+#define __force_data __section(".data")
 
 static int g_loc_X __force_data;
 static int g_loc_Y __force_data;
diff --git a/arch/um/include/shared/init.h b/arch/um/include/shared/init.h
index c66de434a983..1a659e2e8cc3 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/shared/init.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/shared/init.h
@@ -45,15 +45,15 @@ typedef void (*exitcall_t)(void);
 
 /* These are for everybody (although not all archs will actually
    discard it in modules) */
-#define __init		__section(.init.text)
-#define __initdata	__section(.init.data)
-#define __exitdata	__section(.exit.data)
-#define __exit_call	__used __section(.exitcall.exit)
+#define __init		__section(".init.text")
+#define __initdata	__section(".init.data")
+#define __exitdata	__section(".exit.data")
+#define __exit_call	__used __section(".exitcall.exit")
 
 #ifdef MODULE
-#define __exit		__section(.exit.text)
+#define __exit		__section(".exit.text")
 #else
-#define __exit		__used __section(.exit.text)
+#define __exit		__used __section(".exit.text")
 #endif
 
 #endif
@@ -102,10 +102,10 @@ extern struct uml_param __uml_setup_start, __uml_setup_end;
  * Mark functions and data as being only used at initialization
  * or exit time.
  */
-#define __uml_init_setup	__used __section(.uml.setup.init)
-#define __uml_setup_help	__used __section(.uml.help.init)
-#define __uml_postsetup_call	__used __section(.uml.postsetup.init)
-#define __uml_exit_call		__used __section(.uml.exitcall.exit)
+#define __uml_init_setup	__used __section(".uml.setup.init")
+#define __uml_setup_help	__used __section(".uml.help.init")
+#define __uml_postsetup_call	__used __section(".uml.postsetup.init")
+#define __uml_exit_call		__used __section(".uml.exitcall.exit")
 
 #ifdef __UM_HOST__
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ extern struct uml_param __uml_setup_start, __uml_setup_end;
 
 #define __exitcall(fn) static exitcall_t __exitcall_##fn __exit_call = fn
 
-#define __init_call	__used __section(.initcall.init)
+#define __init_call	__used __section(".initcall.init")
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/skas/clone.c b/arch/um/kernel/skas/clone.c
index 0f25d41b1031..d715b5758851 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/skas/clone.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/skas/clone.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  * on some systems.
  */
 
-void __attribute__ ((__section__ (".__syscall_stub")))
+void __section(".__syscall_stub")
 stub_clone_handler(void)
 {
 	struct stub_data *data = (struct stub_data *) STUB_DATA;
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c b/arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c
index 18e0287dd97e..c5d6f68df1b5 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ struct cpuinfo_um boot_cpu_data = {
 	.ipi_pipe		= { -1, -1 }
 };
 
-union thread_union cpu0_irqstack __section(.data..init_irqstack) = {
+union thread_union cpu0_irqstack __section(".data..init_irqstack") = {
 	.thread_info = INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task)
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c
index c8862696a47b..968c71725492 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static char trampoline_save[TRAMPOLINE_32BIT_SIZE];
  * Avoid putting the pointer into .bss as it will be cleared between
  * paging_prepare() and extract_kernel().
  */
-unsigned long *trampoline_32bit __section(.data);
+unsigned long *trampoline_32bit __section(".data");
 
 extern struct boot_params *boot_params;
 int cmdline_find_option_bool(const char *option);
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/tty.c b/arch/x86/boot/tty.c
index 1fedabdb95ad..f7eb976b0a4b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/tty.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/tty.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ int early_serial_base;
  * error during initialization.
  */
 
-static void __attribute__((section(".inittext"))) serial_putchar(int ch)
+static void __section(".inittext") serial_putchar(int ch)
 {
 	unsigned timeout = 0xffff;
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static void __attribute__((section(".inittext"))) serial_putchar(int ch)
 	outb(ch, early_serial_base + TXR);
 }
 
-static void __attribute__((section(".inittext"))) bios_putchar(int ch)
+static void __section(".inittext") bios_putchar(int ch)
 {
 	struct biosregs ireg;
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static void __attribute__((section(".inittext"))) bios_putchar(int ch)
 	intcall(0x10, &ireg, NULL);
 }
 
-void __attribute__((section(".inittext"))) putchar(int ch)
+void __section(".inittext") putchar(int ch)
 {
 	if (ch == '\n')
 		putchar('\r');	/* \n -> \r\n */
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void __attribute__((section(".inittext"))) putchar(int ch)
 		serial_putchar(ch);
 }
 
-void __attribute__((section(".inittext"))) puts(const char *str)
+void __section(".inittext") puts(const char *str)
 {
 	while (*str)
 		putchar(*str++);
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/video.h b/arch/x86/boot/video.h
index cbf7fed22441..04bde0bb2003 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/video.h
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/video.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ struct card_info {
 	u16 xmode_n;		/* Size of unprobed mode range */
 };
 
-#define __videocard struct card_info __attribute__((used,section(".videocards")))
+#define __videocard struct card_info __section(".videocards") __attribute__((used))
 extern struct card_info video_cards[], video_cards_end[];
 
 int mode_defined(u16 mode);	/* video.c */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
index 2ebc17d9c72c..da1c269854c6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
@@ -372,12 +372,12 @@ extern struct apic *apic;
 #define apic_driver(sym)					\
 	static const struct apic *__apicdrivers_##sym __used		\
 	__aligned(sizeof(struct apic *))			\
-	__section(.apicdrivers) = { &sym }
+	__section(".apicdrivers") = { &sym }
 
 #define apic_drivers(sym1, sym2)					\
 	static struct apic *__apicdrivers_##sym1##sym2[2] __used	\
 	__aligned(sizeof(struct apic *))				\
-	__section(.apicdrivers) = { &sym1, &sym2 }
+	__section(".apicdrivers") = { &sym1, &sym2 }
 
 extern struct apic *__apicdrivers[], *__apicdrivers_end[];
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cache.h
index bb9f4bf4ec02..69404eae9983 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #define L1_CACHE_SHIFT	(CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT)
 #define L1_CACHE_BYTES	(1 << L1_CACHE_SHIFT)
 
-#define __read_mostly __section(.data..read_mostly)
+#define __read_mostly __section(".data..read_mostly")
 
 #define INTERNODE_CACHE_SHIFT CONFIG_X86_INTERNODE_CACHE_SHIFT
 #define INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES (1 << INTERNODE_CACHE_SHIFT)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/intel-mid.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/intel-mid.h
index f51f04aefe1b..73041b7b05dd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/intel-mid.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/intel-mid.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ struct devs_id {
 
 #define sfi_device(i)								\
 	static const struct devs_id *const __intel_mid_sfi_##i##_dev __used	\
-	__section(.x86_intel_mid_dev.init) = &i
+	__section(".x86_intel_mid_dev.init") = &i
 
 /**
 * struct mid_sd_board_info - template for SD device creation
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/iommu_table.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/iommu_table.h
index 6a1a70c55ab5..3856255a3605 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/iommu_table.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/iommu_table.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ struct iommu_table_entry {
 #define __IOMMU_INIT(_detect, _depend, _early_init, _late_init, _finish)\
 	static const struct iommu_table_entry				\
 		__iommu_entry_##_detect __used __maybe_unused		\
-		__section(.iommu_table) __aligned((sizeof(void *)))	\
+		__section(".iommu_table") __aligned((sizeof(void *)))	\
 	= {_detect, _depend, _early_init, _late_init,			\
 	   _finish ? IOMMU_FINISH_IF_DETECTED : 0}
 /*
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h
index 68db90bca813..7b385e0745dc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <asm/nospec-branch.h>
 
 /* Provide __cpuidle; we can't safely include <linux/cpu.h> */
-#define __cpuidle __section(.cpuidle.text)
+#define __cpuidle __section(".cpuidle.text")
 
 /*
  * Interrupt control:
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mem_encrypt.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mem_encrypt.h
index 5f741116cb48..e55288c2c62a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mem_encrypt.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mem_encrypt.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ void __init mem_encrypt_free_decrypted_mem(void);
 bool sme_active(void);
 bool sev_active(void);
 
-#define __bss_decrypted __section(.bss..decrypted)
+#define __bss_decrypted __section(".bss..decrypted")
 
 #else	/* !CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT */
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
index ed8ec011a9fd..ff0c5e67a74b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ void *extend_brk(size_t size, size_t align);
  * executable.)
  */
 #define RESERVE_BRK(name,sz)						\
-	static void __section(.discard.text) __used notrace		\
+	static void __section(".discard.text") __used notrace		\
 	__brk_reservation_fn_##name##__(void) {				\
 		asm volatile (						\
 			".pushsection .brk_reservation,\"aw\",@nobits;" \
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h
index 7ff9dc41a603..a3bb2d974f09 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpu.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ struct _tlb_table {
 
 #define cpu_dev_register(cpu_devX) \
 	static const struct cpu_dev *const __cpu_dev_##cpu_devX __used \
-	__section(.x86_cpu_dev.init) = &cpu_devX;
+	__section(".x86_cpu_dev.init") = &cpu_devX;
 
 extern const struct cpu_dev *const __x86_cpu_dev_start[],
 			    *const __x86_cpu_dev_end[];
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
index 29ffa495bd1c..54ffd19d13c4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ unsigned long vmemmap_base __ro_after_init = __VMEMMAP_BASE_L4;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmemmap_base);
 #endif
 
-#define __head	__section(.head.text)
+#define __head	__section(".head.text")
 
 static void __head *fixup_pointer(void *ptr, unsigned long physaddr)
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt.c b/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt.c
index 9268c12458c8..9b47982fce68 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt.c
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@
  * reside in the .data section so as not to be zeroed out when the .bss
  * section is later cleared.
  */
-u64 sme_me_mask __section(.data) = 0;
+u64 sme_me_mask __section(".data") = 0;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sme_me_mask);
 DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(sev_enable_key);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sev_enable_key);
 
-bool sev_enabled __section(.data);
+bool sev_enabled __section(".data");
 
 /* Buffer used for early in-place encryption by BSP, no locking needed */
 static char sme_early_buffer[PAGE_SIZE] __initdata __aligned(PAGE_SIZE);
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_identity.c b/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_identity.c
index e2b0e2ac07bb..afe8557860a9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_identity.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_identity.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ struct sme_populate_pgd_data {
  * section is 2MB aligned to allow for simple pagetable setup using only
  * PMD entries (see vmlinux.lds.S).
  */
-static char sme_workarea[2 * PMD_PAGE_SIZE] __section(.init.scratch);
+static char sme_workarea[2 * PMD_PAGE_SIZE] __section(".init.scratch");
 
 static char sme_cmdline_arg[] __initdata = "mem_encrypt";
 static char sme_cmdline_on[]  __initdata = "on";
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/pvh/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/platform/pvh/enlighten.c
index c0a502f7e3a7..9ac7457f52a3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/pvh/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/pvh/enlighten.c
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
  * pvh_bootparams and pvh_start_info need to live in the data segment since
  * they are used after startup_{32|64}, which clear .bss, are invoked.
  */
-struct boot_params pvh_bootparams __attribute__((section(".data")));
-struct hvm_start_info pvh_start_info __attribute__((section(".data")));
+struct boot_params pvh_bootparams __section(".data");
+struct hvm_start_info pvh_start_info __section(".data");
 
 unsigned int pvh_start_info_sz = sizeof(pvh_start_info);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/purgatory/purgatory.c b/arch/x86/purgatory/purgatory.c
index 7f90a86eff49..5353f7e64a35 100644
--- a/arch/x86/purgatory/purgatory.c
+++ b/arch/x86/purgatory/purgatory.c
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
 
 #include "../boot/string.h"
 
-unsigned long purgatory_backup_dest __section(.kexec-purgatory);
-unsigned long purgatory_backup_src __section(.kexec-purgatory);
-unsigned long purgatory_backup_sz __section(.kexec-purgatory);
+unsigned long purgatory_backup_dest __section(".kexec-purgatory");
+unsigned long purgatory_backup_src __section(".kexec-purgatory");
+unsigned long purgatory_backup_sz __section(".kexec-purgatory");
 
-u8 purgatory_sha256_digest[SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE] __section(.kexec-purgatory);
+u8 purgatory_sha256_digest[SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE] __section(".kexec-purgatory");
 
-struct kexec_sha_region purgatory_sha_regions[KEXEC_SEGMENT_MAX] __section(.kexec-purgatory);
+struct kexec_sha_region purgatory_sha_regions[KEXEC_SEGMENT_MAX] __section(".kexec-purgatory");
 
 /*
  * On x86, second kernel requries first 640K of memory to boot. Copy
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/stub_segv.c b/arch/x86/um/stub_segv.c
index 27361cbb7ca9..fdcd58af707a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/stub_segv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/um/stub_segv.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <sysdep/mcontext.h>
 #include <sys/ucontext.h>
 
-void __attribute__ ((__section__ (".__syscall_stub")))
+void __section(".__syscall_stub")
 stub_segv_handler(int sig, siginfo_t *info, void *p)
 {
 	ucontext_t *uc = p;
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
index 750f46ad018a..9a1e090c9a8b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xen_have_vector_callback);
  * NB: needs to live in .data because it's used by xen_prepare_pvh which runs
  * before clearing the bss.
  */
-uint32_t xen_start_flags __attribute__((section(".data"))) = 0;
+uint32_t xen_start_flags __section(".data") = 0;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(xen_start_flags);
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pvh.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pvh.c
index 80a79db72fcf..0d5e34b9e6f9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pvh.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pvh.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  * The variable xen_pvh needs to live in the data segment since it is used
  * after startup_{32|64} is invoked, which will clear the .bss segment.
  */
-bool xen_pvh __attribute__((section(".data"))) = 0;
+bool xen_pvh __section(".data") = 0;
 
 void __init xen_pvh_init(struct boot_params *boot_params)
 {
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/setup.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/setup.c
index e0e1e1892b86..6203d8eea03e 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/setup.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ typedef struct tagtable {
 } tagtable_t;
 
 #define __tagtable(tag, fn) static tagtable_t __tagtable_##fn 		\
-	__attribute__((used, section(".taglist"))) = { tag, fn }
+	__section(".taglist") __attribute__((used)) = { tag, fn }
 
 /* parse current tag */
 
diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index 2ba52b8dafcc..6b68b7b4d000 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -4161,7 +4161,7 @@ struct of_clk_provider {
 
 extern struct of_device_id __clk_of_table;
 static const struct of_device_id __clk_of_table_sentinel
-	__used __section(__clk_of_table_end);
+	__used __section("__clk_of_table_end");
 
 static LIST_HEAD(of_clk_providers);
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(of_clk_mutex);
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-probe.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-probe.c
index ee9574da53c0..b7860bc0db4b 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-probe.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 extern struct of_device_id __timer_of_table[];
 
 static const struct of_device_id __timer_of_table_sentinel
-	__used __section(__timer_of_table_end);
+	__used __section("__timer_of_table_end");
 
 void __init timer_probe(void)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c
index 3caae7f2cf56..f24df731008c 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
 
 static unsigned long __chunk_size = EFI_READ_CHUNK_SIZE;
 
-static int __section(.data) __nokaslr;
-static int __section(.data) __quiet;
-static int __section(.data) __novamap;
+static int __section(".data") __nokaslr;
+static int __section(".data") __quiet;
+static int __section(".data") __novamap;
 
 int __pure nokaslr(void)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irqchip.c b/drivers/irqchip/irqchip.c
index 2b35e68bea82..3c06fbe7d692 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irqchip.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irqchip.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  * special section.
  */
 static const struct of_device_id
-irqchip_of_match_end __used __section(__irqchip_of_table_end);
+irqchip_of_match_end __used __section("__irqchip_of_table_end");
 
 extern struct of_device_id __irqchip_of_table[];
 
diff --git a/drivers/of/of_reserved_mem.c b/drivers/of/of_reserved_mem.c
index 7989703b883c..136b5c8d4450 100644
--- a/drivers/of/of_reserved_mem.c
+++ b/drivers/of/of_reserved_mem.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static int __init __reserved_mem_alloc_size(unsigned long node,
 }
 
 static const struct of_device_id __rmem_of_table_sentinel
-	__used __section(__reservedmem_of_table_end);
+	__used __section("__reservedmem_of_table_end");
 
 /**
  * res_mem_init_node() - call region specific reserved memory init code
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/sclp_early_core.c b/drivers/s390/char/sclp_early_core.c
index 7737470f8498..fab99d8bc767 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/sclp_early_core.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/sclp_early_core.c
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
 static struct read_info_sccb __bootdata(sclp_info_sccb);
 static int __bootdata(sclp_info_sccb_valid);
 char *sclp_early_sccb = (char *) EARLY_SCCB_OFFSET;
-int sclp_init_state __section(.data) = sclp_init_state_uninitialized;
+int sclp_init_state __section(".data") = sclp_init_state_uninitialized;
 /*
  * Used to keep track of the size of the event masks. Qemu until version 2.11
  * only supports 4 and needs a workaround.
  */
-bool sclp_mask_compat_mode __section(.data);
+bool sclp_mask_compat_mode __section(".data");
 
 void sclp_early_wait_irq(void)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h
index 207b0cda70da..1b7cda17c34e 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ extern struct thermal_governor *__governor_thermal_table_end[];
 
 #define THERMAL_TABLE_ENTRY(table, name)			\
 	static typeof(name) *__thermal_table_entry_##name	\
-	__used __section(__##table##_thermal_table) = &name
+	__used __section("__" ## table ## "_thermal_table") = &name
 
 #define THERMAL_GOVERNOR_DECLARE(name)	THERMAL_TABLE_ENTRY(governor, name)
 
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bug.h b/include/asm-generic/bug.h
index 384b5c835ced..76b0fc545b89 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/bug.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bug.h
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ void __warn(const char *file, int line, void *caller, unsigned taint,
 
 #ifndef WARN_ON_ONCE
 #define WARN_ON_ONCE(condition)	({				\
-	static bool __section(.data.once) __warned;		\
+	static bool __section(".data.once") __warned;		\
 	int __ret_warn_once = !!(condition);			\
 								\
 	if (unlikely(__ret_warn_once && !__warned)) {		\
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ void __warn(const char *file, int line, void *caller, unsigned taint,
 #endif
 
 #define WARN_ONCE(condition, format...)	({			\
-	static bool __section(.data.once) __warned;		\
+	static bool __section(".data.once") __warned;		\
 	int __ret_warn_once = !!(condition);			\
 								\
 	if (unlikely(__ret_warn_once && !__warned)) {		\
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ void __warn(const char *file, int line, void *caller, unsigned taint,
 })
 
 #define WARN_TAINT_ONCE(condition, taint, format...)	({	\
-	static bool __section(.data.once) __warned;		\
+	static bool __section(".data.once") __warned;		\
 	int __ret_warn_once = !!(condition);			\
 								\
 	if (unlikely(__ret_warn_once && !__warned)) {		\
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/error-injection.h b/include/asm-generic/error-injection.h
index 30bd9dcab52d..7ddd9dc10ce9 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/error-injection.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/error-injection.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ struct pt_regs;
  */
 #define ALLOW_ERROR_INJECTION(fname, _etype)				\
 static struct error_injection_entry __used				\
-	__section(_error_injection_whitelist)				\
+	__section("_error_injection_whitelist")				\
 	_eil_addr_##fname = {						\
 		.addr = (unsigned long)fname,				\
 		.etype = EI_ETYPE_##_etype,				\
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/kprobes.h b/include/asm-generic/kprobes.h
index 20d69719270f..380cc06b7478 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/kprobes.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/kprobes.h
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
  * by using this macro.
  */
 # define __NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(fname)				\
-static unsigned long __used __section(_kprobe_blacklist)	\
+static unsigned long __used __section("_kprobe_blacklist")	\
 	_kbl_addr_##fname = (unsigned long)fname;
 # define NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(fname)	__NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(fname)
 /* Use this to forbid a kprobes attach on very low level functions */
-# define __kprobes	__section(.kprobes.text)
+# define __kprobes	__section(".kprobes.text")
 # define nokprobe_inline	__always_inline
 #else
 # define NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(fname)
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index 8b4e516bac00..24c1293d8717 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ struct acpi_probe_entry {
 
 #define ACPI_DECLARE_PROBE_ENTRY(table, name, table_id, subtable, valid, data, fn)	\
 	static const struct acpi_probe_entry __acpi_probe_##name	\
-		__used __section(__##table##_acpi_probe_table)		\
+		__used __section("__" ## table ## "_acpi_probe_table")	\
 		 = {							\
 			.id = table_id,					\
 			.type = subtable,				\
diff --git a/include/linux/cache.h b/include/linux/cache.h
index 3f4df9eef1e1..72286e278abe 100644
--- a/include/linux/cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/cache.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  * but may get written to during init, so can't live in .rodata (via "const").
  */
 #ifndef __ro_after_init
-#define __ro_after_init __section(.data..ro_after_init)
+#define __ro_after_init __section(".data..ro_after_init")
 #endif
 
 #ifndef ____cacheline_aligned
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 #ifndef __cacheline_aligned
 #define __cacheline_aligned					\
 	__aligned(SMP_CACHE_BYTES)				\
-	__section(.data..cacheline_aligned)
+	__section(".data..cacheline_aligned")
 #endif /* __cacheline_aligned */
 
 #ifndef __cacheline_aligned_in_smp
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index f01c1e527f85..04417730963f 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ void ftrace_likely_update(struct ftrace_likely_data *f, int val,
 			long ______r;					\
 			static struct ftrace_likely_data		\
 				__aligned(4)				\
-				__section(_ftrace_annotated_branch)	\
+				__section("_ftrace_annotated_branch")	\
 				______f = {				\
 				.data.func = __func__,			\
 				.data.file = __FILE__,			\
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ void ftrace_likely_update(struct ftrace_likely_data *f, int val,
 #define __trace_if_value(cond) ({			\
 	static struct ftrace_branch_data		\
 		__aligned(4)				\
-		__section(_ftrace_branch)		\
+		__section("_ftrace_branch")		\
 		__if_trace = {				\
 			.func = __func__,		\
 			.file = __FILE__,		\
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ void ftrace_likely_update(struct ftrace_likely_data *f, int val,
 	".popsection\n\t"
 
 /* Annotate a C jump table to allow objtool to follow the code flow */
-#define __annotate_jump_table __section(.rodata..c_jump_table)
+#define __annotate_jump_table __section(".rodata..c_jump_table")
 
 #else
 #define annotate_reachable()
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ unsigned long read_word_at_a_time(const void *addr)
  * visible to the compiler.
  */
 #define __ADDRESSABLE(sym) \
-	static void * __section(.discard.addressable) __used \
+	static void * __section(".discard.addressable") __used \
 		__PASTE(__addressable_##sym, __LINE__) = (void *)&sym;
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
index 9ca040fa1cc6..88d3eea1cbba 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
@@ -225,21 +225,11 @@
 #define __pure                          __attribute__((__pure__))
 
 /*
- * Note: Since this macro makes use of the "stringification operator" `#`,
- * a quoted string literal should not be passed to it. eg. prefer:
- *     __section(.foo)
- * to:
- *     __section(".foo")
- * unless the section name is dynamically built up, in which case the
- * verbose __attribute__((__section__(".foo" x))) should be preferred.
- *
- * See also: https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42950
- *
  *   gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Function-Attributes.html#index-section-function-attribute
  *   gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Variable-Attributes.html#index-section-variable-attribute
  * clang: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/AttributeReference.html#section-declspec-allocate
  */
-#define __section(S)                    __attribute__((__section__(#S)))
+#define __section(section)              __attribute__((__section__(section)))
 
 /*
  *   gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Function-Attributes.html#index-unused-function-attribute
diff --git a/include/linux/cpu.h b/include/linux/cpu.h
index 186bbd79d6ce..7d874d8fc845 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpu.h
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ void cpu_startup_entry(enum cpuhp_state state);
 void cpu_idle_poll_ctrl(bool enable);
 
 /* Attach to any functions which should be considered cpuidle. */
-#define __cpuidle	__section(.cpuidle.text)
+#define __cpuidle	__section(".cpuidle.text")
 
 bool cpu_in_idle(unsigned long pc);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h b/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
index 6c809440f319..1d1c355cf63f 100644
--- a/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
+++ b/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ void __dynamic_ibdev_dbg(struct _ddebug *descriptor,
 
 #define DEFINE_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_METADATA(name, fmt)		\
 	static struct _ddebug  __aligned(8)			\
-	__attribute__((section("__verbose"))) name = {		\
+	__section("__verbose") name = {				\
 		.modname = KBUILD_MODNAME,			\
 		.function = __func__,				\
 		.filename = __FILE__,				\
diff --git a/include/linux/export.h b/include/linux/export.h
index 808c1a0c2ef9..0a39a528b7a0 100644
--- a/include/linux/export.h
+++ b/include/linux/export.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct kernel_symbol {
 	extern typeof(sym) sym;						\
 	__CRC_SYMBOL(sym, sec)						\
 	static const char __kstrtab_##sym[]				\
-	__attribute__((section("__ksymtab_strings"), used, aligned(1)))	\
+	__section("__ksymtab_strings") __attribute__((used, aligned(1)))\
 	= #sym;								\
 	__KSYMTAB_ENTRY(sym, sec)
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ struct kernel_symbol {
  * discarded in the final link stage.
  */
 #define __ksym_marker(sym)	\
-	static int __ksym_marker_##sym[0] __section(.discard.ksym) __used
+	static int __ksym_marker_##sym[0] __section(".discard.ksym") __used
 
 #define __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec)				\
 	__ksym_marker(sym);					\
diff --git a/include/linux/firmware.h b/include/linux/firmware.h
index 2dd566c91d44..ba31f2f893a1 100644
--- a/include/linux/firmware.h
+++ b/include/linux/firmware.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ struct builtin_fw {
 
 #define DECLARE_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE_SIZE(name, blob, size)			     \
 	static const struct builtin_fw __fw_concat(__builtin_fw,__COUNTER__) \
-	__used __section(.builtin_fw) = { name, blob, size }
+	__used __section(".builtin_fw") = { name, blob, size }
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_FW_LOADER) || (defined(CONFIG_FW_LOADER_MODULE) && defined(MODULE))
 int request_firmware(const struct firmware **fw, const char *name,
diff --git a/include/linux/frame.h b/include/linux/frame.h
index 02d3ca2d9598..6d19d27dab4e 100644
--- a/include/linux/frame.h
+++ b/include/linux/frame.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * For more information, see tools/objtool/Documentation/stack-validation.txt.
  */
 #define STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD(func) \
-	static void __used __section(.discard.func_stack_frame_non_standard) \
+	static void __used __section(".discard.func_stack_frame_non_standard") \
 		*__func_stack_frame_non_standard_##func = func
 
 #else /* !CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION */
diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index 212fc9e2f691..7b53cb3092ee 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@
 
 /* These are for everybody (although not all archs will actually
    discard it in modules) */
-#define __init		__section(.init.text) __cold  __latent_entropy __noinitretpoline
-#define __initdata	__section(.init.data)
-#define __initconst	__section(.init.rodata)
-#define __exitdata	__section(.exit.data)
-#define __exit_call	__used __section(.exitcall.exit)
+#define __init		__section(".init.text") __cold  __latent_entropy __noinitretpoline
+#define __initdata	__section(".init.data")
+#define __initconst	__section(".init.rodata")
+#define __exitdata	__section(".exit.data")
+#define __exit_call	__used __section(".exitcall.exit")
 
 /*
  * modpost check for section mismatches during the kernel build.
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@
  *
  * The markers follow same syntax rules as __init / __initdata.
  */
-#define __ref            __section(.ref.text) noinline
-#define __refdata        __section(.ref.data)
-#define __refconst       __section(.ref.rodata)
+#define __ref            __section(".ref.text") noinline
+#define __refdata        __section(".ref.data")
+#define __refconst       __section(".ref.rodata")
 
 #ifdef MODULE
 #define __exitused
@@ -80,16 +80,16 @@
 #define __exitused  __used
 #endif
 
-#define __exit          __section(.exit.text) __exitused __cold notrace
+#define __exit          __section(".exit.text") __exitused __cold notrace
 
 /* Used for MEMORY_HOTPLUG */
-#define __meminit        __section(.meminit.text) __cold notrace \
+#define __meminit        __section(".meminit.text") __cold notrace \
 						  __latent_entropy
-#define __meminitdata    __section(.meminit.data)
-#define __meminitconst   __section(.meminit.rodata)
-#define __memexit        __section(.memexit.text) __exitused __cold notrace
-#define __memexitdata    __section(.memexit.data)
-#define __memexitconst   __section(.memexit.rodata)
+#define __meminitdata    __section(".meminit.data")
+#define __meminitconst   __section(".meminit.rodata")
+#define __memexit        __section(".memexit.text") __exitused __cold notrace
+#define __memexitdata    __section(".memexit.data")
+#define __memexitconst   __section(".memexit.rodata")
 
 /* For assembly routines */
 #define __HEAD		.section	".head.text","ax"
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ struct obs_kernel_param {
 	static const char __setup_str_##unique_id[] __initconst		\
 		__aligned(1) = str; 					\
 	static struct obs_kernel_param __setup_##unique_id		\
-		__used __section(.init.setup)				\
+		__used __section(".init.setup")				\
 		__attribute__((aligned((sizeof(long)))))		\
 		= { __setup_str_##unique_id, fn, early }
 
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ void __init parse_early_options(char *cmdline);
 #endif
 
 /* Data marked not to be saved by software suspend */
-#define __nosavedata __section(.data..nosave)
+#define __nosavedata __section(".data..nosave")
 
 #ifdef MODULE
 #define __exit_p(x) x
diff --git a/include/linux/init_task.h b/include/linux/init_task.h
index 1f8ee80e0e20..b2412b4d4c20 100644
--- a/include/linux/init_task.h
+++ b/include/linux/init_task.h
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ extern struct cred init_cred;
 
 /* Attach to the init_task data structure for proper alignment */
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_TASK_STRUCT_ON_STACK
-#define __init_task_data __section(.data..init_task)
+#define __init_task_data __section(".data..init_task")
 #else
 #define __init_task_data /**/
 #endif
 
 /* Attach to the thread_info data structure for proper alignment */
-#define __init_thread_info __section(.data..init_thread_info)
+#define __init_thread_info __section(".data..init_thread_info")
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index 3decd798a58c..03c3028f0a19 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ extern int arch_early_irq_init(void);
 /*
  * We want to know which function is an entrypoint of a hardirq or a softirq.
  */
-#define __irq_entry	__section(.irqentry.text)
-#define __softirq_entry	__section(.softirqentry.text)
+#define __irq_entry	__section(".irqentry.text")
+#define __softirq_entry	__section(".softirqentry.text")
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 4fa360a13c1e..927056b7aded 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ do {							\
 #define do_trace_printk(fmt, args...)					\
 do {									\
 	static const char *trace_printk_fmt __used			\
-		__attribute__((section("__trace_printk_fmt"))) =	\
+		__section("__trace_printk_fmt") =			\
 		__builtin_constant_p(fmt) ? fmt : NULL;			\
 									\
 	__trace_printk_check_format(fmt, ##args);			\
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ int __trace_printk(unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, ...);
 
 #define trace_puts(str) ({						\
 	static const char *trace_printk_fmt __used			\
-		__attribute__((section("__trace_printk_fmt"))) =	\
+		__section("__trace_printk_fmt") =			\
 		__builtin_constant_p(str) ? str : NULL;			\
 									\
 	if (__builtin_constant_p(str))					\
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ extern void trace_dump_stack(int skip);
 do {									\
 	if (__builtin_constant_p(fmt)) {				\
 		static const char *trace_printk_fmt __used		\
-		  __attribute__((section("__trace_printk_fmt"))) =	\
+		  __section("__trace_printk_fmt") =			\
 			__builtin_constant_p(fmt) ? fmt : NULL;		\
 									\
 		__ftrace_vbprintk(_THIS_IP_, trace_printk_fmt, vargs);	\
diff --git a/include/linux/linkage.h b/include/linux/linkage.h
index 7e020782ade2..e10b80a75202 100644
--- a/include/linux/linkage.h
+++ b/include/linux/linkage.h
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
 		  __stringify(name))
 #endif
 
-#define __page_aligned_data	__section(.data..page_aligned) __aligned(PAGE_SIZE)
-#define __page_aligned_bss	__section(.bss..page_aligned) __aligned(PAGE_SIZE)
+#define __page_aligned_data	__section(".data..page_aligned") __aligned(PAGE_SIZE)
+#define __page_aligned_bss	__section(".bss..page_aligned") __aligned(PAGE_SIZE)
 
 /*
  * For assembly routines.
diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
index 8e1cbc27fc62..7a8b43a9bc1c 100644
--- a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
+++ b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
@@ -2160,12 +2160,12 @@ extern struct lsm_info __start_early_lsm_info[], __end_early_lsm_info[];
 
 #define DEFINE_LSM(lsm)							\
 	static struct lsm_info __lsm_##lsm				\
-		__used __section(.lsm_info.init)			\
+		__used __section(".lsm_info.init")			\
 		__aligned(sizeof(unsigned long))
 
 #define DEFINE_EARLY_LSM(lsm)						\
 	static struct lsm_info __early_lsm_##lsm			\
-		__used __section(.early_lsm_info.init)			\
+		__used __section(".early_lsm_info.init")		\
 		__aligned(sizeof(unsigned long))
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX_DISABLE
diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index f6fc1dae74f4..8af675b9e665 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ extern typeof(name) __mod_##type##__##name##_device_table		\
 		.version	= _version,				\
 	};								\
 	static const struct module_version_attribute			\
-	__used __attribute__ ((__section__ ("__modver")))		\
+	__used __section("__modver")					\
 	* __moduleparam_const __modver_attr = &___modver_attr
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
index 5ba250d9172a..b420aa4c54e0 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #define __MODULE_INFO(tag, name, info)					  \
 static const char __UNIQUE_ID(name)[]					  \
-  __used __attribute__((section(".modinfo"), unused, aligned(1)))	  \
+  __used __section(".modinfo") __attribute__((unused, aligned(1)))	  \
   = __MODULE_INFO_PREFIX __stringify(tag) "=" info
 
 #define __MODULE_PARM_TYPE(name, _type)					  \
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ struct kparam_array
 	static const char __param_str_##name[] = prefix #name;		\
 	static struct kernel_param __moduleparam_const __param_##name	\
 	__used								\
-    __attribute__ ((unused,__section__ ("__param"),aligned(sizeof(void *)))) \
+    __section("__param") __attribute__ ((unused, aligned(sizeof(void *)))) \
 	= { __param_str_##name, THIS_MODULE, ops,			\
 	    VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS(perm), level, flags, { arg } }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/xip.h b/include/linux/mtd/xip.h
index a4e352b1dfe6..3cac9360588f 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/xip.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/xip.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  * those functions so they get relocated to ram.
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
-#define __xipram noinline __attribute__ ((__section__ (".xiptext")))
+#define __xipram noinline __section(".xiptext")
 #endif
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/of.h b/include/linux/of.h
index 844f89e1b039..71e74771ce35 100644
--- a/include/linux/of.h
+++ b/include/linux/of.h
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ static inline int of_get_available_child_count(const struct device_node *np)
 #if defined(CONFIG_OF) && !defined(MODULE)
 #define _OF_DECLARE(table, name, compat, fn, fn_type)			\
 	static const struct of_device_id __of_table_##name		\
-		__used __section(__##table##_of_table)			\
+		__used __section("__" ## table ## "_of_table")		\
 		 = { .compatible = compat,				\
 		     .data = (fn == (fn_type)NULL) ? fn : fn  }
 #else
diff --git a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
index a6fabd865211..c344b3177005 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 	PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES
 
 #define __PCPU_DUMMY_ATTRS						\
-	__attribute__((section(".discard"), unused))
+	__section(".discard") __attribute__((unused))
 
 /*
  * s390 and alpha modules require percpu variables to be defined as
diff --git a/include/linux/printk.h b/include/linux/printk.h
index c09d67edda3a..290a8a94fbf5 100644
--- a/include/linux/printk.h
+++ b/include/linux/printk.h
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ extern int kptr_restrict;
 #ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
 #define printk_once(fmt, ...)					\
 ({								\
-	static bool __section(.data.once) __print_once;		\
+	static bool __section(".data.once") __print_once;	\
 	bool __ret_print_once = !__print_once;			\
 								\
 	if (!__print_once) {					\
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ extern int kptr_restrict;
 })
 #define printk_deferred_once(fmt, ...)				\
 ({								\
-	static bool __section(.data.once) __print_once;		\
+	static bool __section(".data.once") __print_once;	\
 	bool __ret_print_once = !__print_once;			\
 								\
 	if (!__print_once) {					\
diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 75a2eded7aa2..07852adee0c9 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static inline int rcu_read_lock_any_held(void)
  */
 #define RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(c, s)						\
 	do {								\
-		static bool __section(.data.unlikely) __warned;		\
+		static bool __section(".data.unlikely") __warned;	\
 		if (debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled() && !__warned && (c)) {	\
 			__warned = true;				\
 			lockdep_rcu_suspicious(__FILE__, __LINE__, s);	\
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/debug.h b/include/linux/sched/debug.h
index e17b66221fdd..10b686325b6f 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/debug.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/debug.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ extern void proc_sched_set_task(struct task_struct *p);
 #endif
 
 /* Attach to any functions which should be ignored in wchan output. */
-#define __sched		__section(.sched.text)
+#define __sched		__section(".sched.text")
 
 /* Linker adds these: start and end of __sched functions */
 extern char __sched_text_start[], __sched_text_end[];
diff --git a/include/linux/serial_core.h b/include/linux/serial_core.h
index 2b78cc734719..b0f8b3d9b247 100644
--- a/include/linux/serial_core.h
+++ b/include/linux/serial_core.h
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ extern const struct earlycon_id *__earlycon_table_end[];
 		    .compatible = compat,				\
 		    .setup = fn  };					\
 	static const struct earlycon_id EARLYCON_USED_OR_UNUSED		\
-		__section(__earlycon_table)				\
+		__section("__earlycon_table")				\
 		* const __PASTE(__p, unique_id) = &unique_id
 
 #define OF_EARLYCON_DECLARE(_name, compat, fn)				\
diff --git a/include/linux/spinlock.h b/include/linux/spinlock.h
index 031ce8617df8..45ee3edf17af 100644
--- a/include/linux/spinlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/spinlock.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 #define LOCK_SECTION_END                        \
         ".previous\n\t"
 
-#define __lockfunc __attribute__((section(".spinlock.text")))
+#define __lockfunc __section(".spinlock.text")
 
 /*
  * Pull the arch_spinlock_t and arch_rwlock_t definitions:
diff --git a/include/linux/srcutree.h b/include/linux/srcutree.h
index 9de652f4e1bd..9cfcc8a756ae 100644
--- a/include/linux/srcutree.h
+++ b/include/linux/srcutree.h
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ struct srcu_struct {
 # define __DEFINE_SRCU(name, is_static)					\
 	is_static struct srcu_struct name;				\
 	struct srcu_struct * const __srcu_struct_##name			\
-		__section(___srcu_struct_ptrs) = &name
+		__section("___srcu_struct_ptrs") = &name
 #else
 # define __DEFINE_SRCU(name, is_static)					\
 	static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct srcu_data, name##_srcu_data);	\
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 5bac5daec51e..139afb8a244b 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ extern struct trace_event_functions exit_syscall_print_funcs;
 		.flags                  = TRACE_EVENT_FL_CAP_ANY,	\
 	};								\
 	static struct trace_event_call __used				\
-	  __attribute__((section("_ftrace_events")))			\
+	  __section("_ftrace_events")					\
 	 *__event_enter_##sname = &event_enter_##sname;
 
 #define SYSCALL_TRACE_EXIT_EVENT(sname)					\
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ extern struct trace_event_functions exit_syscall_print_funcs;
 		.flags                  = TRACE_EVENT_FL_CAP_ANY,	\
 	};								\
 	static struct trace_event_call __used				\
-	  __attribute__((section("_ftrace_events")))			\
+	  __section("_ftrace_events")					\
 	*__event_exit_##sname = &event_exit_##sname;
 
 #define SYSCALL_METADATA(sname, nb, ...)			\
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ extern struct trace_event_functions exit_syscall_print_funcs;
 		.enter_fields	= LIST_HEAD_INIT(__syscall_meta_##sname.enter_fields), \
 	};							\
 	static struct syscall_metadata __used			\
-	  __attribute__((section("__syscalls_metadata")))	\
+	  __section("__syscalls_metadata")			\
 	 *__p_syscall_meta_##sname = &__syscall_meta_##sname;
 
 static inline int is_syscall_trace_event(struct trace_event_call *tp_event)
diff --git a/include/linux/trace_events.h b/include/linux/trace_events.h
index 30a8cdcfd4a4..b391fea86ff3 100644
--- a/include/linux/trace_events.h
+++ b/include/linux/trace_events.h
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ do {									\
 	tracing_record_cmdline(current);				\
 	if (__builtin_constant_p(fmt)) {				\
 		static const char *trace_printk_fmt			\
-		  __attribute__((section("__trace_printk_fmt"))) =	\
+		  __section("__trace_printk_fmt") =			\
 			__builtin_constant_p(fmt) ? fmt : NULL;		\
 									\
 		__trace_bprintk(ip, trace_printk_fmt, ##args);		\
diff --git a/include/linux/tracepoint.h b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
index 1fb11daa5c53..bd24b6f33cc8 100644
--- a/include/linux/tracepoint.h
+++ b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static inline struct tracepoint *tracepoint_ptr_deref(tracepoint_ptr_t *p)
 
 #define __TRACEPOINT_ENTRY(name)					 \
 	static tracepoint_ptr_t __tracepoint_ptr_##name __used		 \
-	__attribute__((section("__tracepoints_ptrs"))) =		 \
+	__section("__tracepoints_ptrs") =		 \
 		&__tracepoint_##name
 #endif
 
@@ -281,9 +281,9 @@ static inline struct tracepoint *tracepoint_ptr_deref(tracepoint_ptr_t *p)
  */
 #define DEFINE_TRACE_FN(name, reg, unreg)				 \
 	static const char __tpstrtab_##name[]				 \
-	__attribute__((section("__tracepoints_strings"))) = #name;	 \
+	__section("__tracepoints_strings") = #name;	 \
 	struct tracepoint __tracepoint_##name				 \
-	__attribute__((section("__tracepoints"), used)) =		 \
+	__section("__tracepoints") __attribute__((used)) =		 \
 		{ __tpstrtab_##name, STATIC_KEY_INIT_FALSE, reg, unreg, NULL };\
 	__TRACEPOINT_ENTRY(name);
 
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ static inline struct tracepoint *tracepoint_ptr_deref(tracepoint_ptr_t *p)
 		static const char *___tp_str __tracepoint_string = str; \
 		___tp_str;						\
 	})
-#define __tracepoint_string	__attribute__((section("__tracepoint_str")))
+#define __tracepoint_string	__section("__tracepoint_str")
 #else
 /*
  * tracepoint_string() is used to save the string address for userspace
diff --git a/include/trace/bpf_probe.h b/include/trace/bpf_probe.h
index d6e556c0a085..95ab5c63a74c 100644
--- a/include/trace/bpf_probe.h
+++ b/include/trace/bpf_probe.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static inline void bpf_test_probe_##call(void)				\
 	check_trace_callback_type_##call(__bpf_trace_##template);	\
 }									\
 static struct bpf_raw_event_map	__used					\
-	__attribute__((section("__bpf_raw_tp_map")))			\
+	__section("__bpf_raw_tp_map")					\
 __bpf_trace_tp_map_##call = {						\
 	.tp		= &__tracepoint_##call,				\
 	.bpf_func	= (void *)__bpf_trace_##template,		\
diff --git a/include/trace/trace_events.h b/include/trace/trace_events.h
index 4ecdfe2e3580..cdd536863620 100644
--- a/include/trace/trace_events.h
+++ b/include/trace/trace_events.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ TRACE_MAKE_SYSTEM_STR();
 		.eval_value = a				\
 	};						\
 	static struct trace_eval_map __used		\
-	__attribute__((section("_ftrace_eval_map")))	\
+	__section("_ftrace_eval_map")			\
 	*TRACE_SYSTEM##_##a = &__##TRACE_SYSTEM##_##a
 
 #undef TRACE_DEFINE_SIZEOF
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ TRACE_MAKE_SYSTEM_STR();
 		.eval_value = sizeof(a)			\
 	};						\
 	static struct trace_eval_map __used		\
-	__attribute__((section("_ftrace_eval_map")))	\
+	__section("_ftrace_eval_map")			\
 	*TRACE_SYSTEM##_##a = &__##TRACE_SYSTEM##_##a
 
 /*
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ static inline notrace int trace_event_get_offsets_##call(		\
  * // its only safe to use pointers when doing linker tricks to
  * // create an array.
  * static struct trace_event_call __used
- * __attribute__((section("_ftrace_events"))) *__event_<call> = &event_<call>;
+ * __section("_ftrace_events") *__event_<call> = &event_<call>;
  *
  */
 
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ static struct trace_event_call __used event_##call = {			\
 	.flags			= TRACE_EVENT_FL_TRACEPOINT,		\
 };									\
 static struct trace_event_call __used					\
-__attribute__((section("_ftrace_events"))) *__event_##call = &event_##call
+__section("_ftrace_events") *__event_##call = &event_##call
 
 #undef DEFINE_EVENT_PRINT
 #define DEFINE_EVENT_PRINT(template, call, proto, args, print)		\
@@ -799,6 +799,6 @@ static struct trace_event_call __used event_##call = {			\
 	.flags			= TRACE_EVENT_FL_TRACEPOINT,		\
 };									\
 static struct trace_event_call __used					\
-__attribute__((section("_ftrace_events"))) *__event_##call = &event_##call
+__section("_ftrace_events") *__event_##call = &event_##call
 
 #include TRACE_INCLUDE(TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE)
diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms.c b/kernel/kallsyms.c
index 136ce049c4ad..61474906187a 100644
--- a/kernel/kallsyms.c
+++ b/kernel/kallsyms.c
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ extern const u8 kallsyms_names[] __weak;
  * has one (eg: FRV).
  */
 extern const unsigned int kallsyms_num_syms
-__attribute__((weak, section(".rodata")));
+__section(".rodata") __attribute__((weak));
 
 extern const unsigned long kallsyms_relative_base
-__attribute__((weak, section(".rodata")));
+__section(".rodata") __attribute__((weak));
 
 extern const u8 kallsyms_token_table[] __weak;
 extern const u16 kallsyms_token_index[] __weak;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_export.c b/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
index 45630a76ed3a..6f4ca26fd29f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ struct trace_event_call __used event_##call = {				\
 	.flags			= TRACE_EVENT_FL_IGNORE_ENABLE,		\
 };									\
 struct trace_event_call __used						\
-__attribute__((section("_ftrace_events"))) *__event_##call = &event_##call;
+__section("_ftrace_events") *__event_##call = &event_##call;
 
 #undef FTRACE_ENTRY
 #define FTRACE_ENTRY(call, struct_name, etype, tstruct, print, filter)	\
-- 
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