diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index ab60e81..449e76f 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 
   _data = .;
   .data : {					/* Data */
-	*(.data)
+	DATA_DATA
 	CONSTRUCTORS
   }
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 8d4e248..2b7a8f5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 		/*
 		 * and the usual data section
 		 */
-		*(.data)
+		DATA_DATA
 		CONSTRUCTORS
 
 		_edata = .;
diff --git a/arch/arm26/kernel/vmlinux-arm26-xip.lds.in b/arch/arm26/kernel/vmlinux-arm26-xip.lds.in
index 89c806a..4ec715c 100644
--- a/arch/arm26/kernel/vmlinux-arm26-xip.lds.in
+++ b/arch/arm26/kernel/vmlinux-arm26-xip.lds.in
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 		/*
 		 * and the usual data section
 		 */
-		*(.data)
+		DATA_DATA
 		CONSTRUCTORS
 
 		*(.init.data)
diff --git a/arch/arm26/kernel/vmlinux-arm26.lds.in b/arch/arm26/kernel/vmlinux-arm26.lds.in
index e3f9b18..6c44f6a 100644
--- a/arch/arm26/kernel/vmlinux-arm26.lds.in
+++ b/arch/arm26/kernel/vmlinux-arm26.lds.in
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 		/*
 		 * and the usual data section
 		 */
-		*(.data)
+		DATA_DATA
 		CONSTRUCTORS
 
 		_edata = .;
diff --git a/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.c b/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.c
index dbba391..db0438f 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 
 		/* And the rest... */
 		*(.data.rel*)
-		*(.data)
+		DATA_DATA
 		CONSTRUCTORS
 
 		_edata = .;
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 36fcc77..86fe679 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
 		 __sdata = .;
 		. = ALIGN(0x2000);
 		*(.data.init_task)
-		*(.data)
+		DATA_DATA
 
 		. = ALIGN(32);
 		*(.data.cacheline_aligned)
diff --git a/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 7e0998f..481dc13 100644
--- a/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/frv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@
 
   _sdata = .;
   .data : {			/* Data */
-	*(.data .data.*)
+	DATA_DATA
+	*(.data.*)
 	*(.exit.data)
 	CONSTRUCTORS
 	}
diff --git a/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 4365162..a2e72d4 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 	. = ALIGN(0x2000) ;
 		*(.data.init_task)
 	. = ALIGN(0x4) ;
-		*(.data)
+		DATA_DATA
 	. = ALIGN(0x4) ;
 		*(.data.*)	
 
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index dfc439a..aa87b06 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
   /* writeable */
   . = ALIGN(4096);
   .data : AT(ADDR(.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {	/* Data */
-	*(.data)
+	DATA_DATA
 	CONSTRUCTORS
 	} :data
 
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 19108d0..5a65965 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -214,7 +214,12 @@
 
   data : { } :data
   .data : AT(ADDR(.data) - LOAD_OFFSET)
-	{ *(.data) *(.data1) *(.gnu.linkonce.d*) CONSTRUCTORS }
+	{
+		DATA_DATA
+		*(.data1)
+		*(.gnu.linkonce.d*)
+		CONSTRUCTORS
+	}
 
   . = ALIGN(16);	/* gp must be 16-byte aligned for exc. table */
   .got : AT(ADDR(.got) - LOAD_OFFSET)
diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index bb1a2f5..4e2d5b9 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
   .data : {			/* Data */
 	*(.spu)
 	*(.spi)
-	*(.data)
+	DATA_DATA
 	CONSTRUCTORS
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
index a65cef8..78f1392 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-std.lds
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   _etext = .;			/* End of text section */
 
   .data : {			/* Data */
-	*(.data)
+	DATA_DATA
 	CONSTRUCTORS
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds
index fa44d6c..c8999b2 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/vmlinux-sun3.lds
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   _etext = .;			/* End of text section */
 
   .data : {			/* Data */
-	*(.data)
+	DATA_DATA
 	CONSTRUCTORS
 	. = ALIGN(16);		/* Exception table */
 	__start___ex_table = .;
diff --git a/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 6d4585e..07a0055 100644
--- a/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/m68knommu/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 	.data DATA_ADDR : {
 		. = ALIGN(4);
 		_sdata = . ;
-		*(.data)
+		DATA_DATA
 		. = ALIGN(8192) ;
 		*(.data.init_task)
 		_edata = . ;
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index cfe4b67..9b9992c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     . = ALIGN(_PAGE_SIZE);
     *(.data.init_task)
 
-    *(.data)
+    DATA_DATA
 
     CONSTRUCTORS
   }
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 321de82..4d96ba4 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 
   . = ALIGN(L1_CACHE_BYTES);
   .data : {			/* Data */
-	*(.data)
+	DATA_DATA
 	CONSTRUCTORS
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index f266209..f7d7bf1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
 	.data    :
 	{
-		*(.data)
+		DATA_DATA
 		*(.sdata)
 		*(.got.plt) *(.got)
 	}
diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/ppc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 419ef7e..19db874 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
   . = ALIGN(4096);
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
+    DATA_DATA
     *(.data1)
     *(.sdata)
     *(.sdata2)
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 89c2ec5..7158a80 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   BUG_TABLE
 
   .data : {			/* Data */
-	*(.data)
+	DATA_DATA
 	CONSTRUCTORS
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 2367869..4c5b57e 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   BUG_TABLE
 
   .data : {			/* Data */
-	*(.data)
+	DATA_DATA
 
  	 /* Align the initial ramdisk image (INITRD) on page boundaries. */
  	 . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
diff --git a/arch/sh64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sh64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index fdf72ce..02aea86 100644
--- a/arch/sh64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sh64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
   _etext = .;			/* End of text section */
 
   .data : C_PHYS(.data) {			/* Data */
-	*(.data)
+	DATA_DATA
 	CONSTRUCTORS
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 5cb600e..f75a1b8 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   RODATA
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
+    DATA_DATA
     CONSTRUCTORS
   }
   .data1   : { *(.data1) }
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sparc64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index f06da20..fb648de 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
+    DATA_DATA
     CONSTRUCTORS
   }
   .data1   : { *(.data1) }
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S b/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
index ec8477d..2454774 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@
     *(.data.init_task)
     . = ALIGN(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE);
     *(.data.init_irqstack)
-    *(.data .data.* .gnu.linkonce.d.*)
+    DATA_DATA
+    *(.data.* .gnu.linkonce.d.*)
     SORT(CONSTRUCTORS)
   }
   .data1          : { *(.data1) }
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S b/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
index 8435105..307b937 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     *(.data.init_task)
     . = ALIGN(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE);
     *(.data.init_irqstack)
-    *(.data)
+    DATA_DATA
     *(.gnu.linkonce.d*)
     CONSTRUCTORS
   }
diff --git a/arch/v850/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/v850/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 9e2b4bc..6172599 100644
--- a/arch/v850/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/v850/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 /* Kernel data segment.  */
 #define DATA_CONTENTS							      \
 		__sdata = . ;						      \
-        	*(.data)						      \
+		DATA_DATA						      \
 			*(.exit.data)	/* 2.5 convention */		      \
 			*(.data.exit)	/* 2.4 convention */		      \
 		. = ALIGN (16) ;					      \
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index c77142d..dbccfda 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
   . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);        /* Align data segment to page size boundary */
 				/* Data */
   .data : AT(ADDR(.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
-	*(.data)
+	DATA_DATA
 	CONSTRUCTORS
 	} :data
 
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 7d2dfb2..4b7b4ff 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@
   _fdata = .;
   .data :
   {
-    *(.data) CONSTRUCTORS
+    DATA_DATA
+    CONSTRUCTORS
     . = ALIGN(XCHAL_ICACHE_LINESIZE);
     *(.data.cacheline_aligned)
   }