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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/setup.c5
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S4
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 3ebb85327edb..bd6c6fd373ae 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -67,11 +67,6 @@ RESERVE_BRK(dmi_alloc, 65536);
#endif
-/*
- * Range of the BSS area. The size of the BSS area is determined
- * at link time, with RESERVE_BRK() facility reserving additional
- * chunks.
- */
unsigned long _brk_start = (unsigned long)__brk_base;
unsigned long _brk_end = (unsigned long)__brk_base;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index f5f6dc2e8007..81aba718ecd5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -385,10 +385,10 @@ SECTIONS
__end_of_kernel_reserve = .;
. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
- .brk : AT(ADDR(.brk) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
+ .brk (NOLOAD) : AT(ADDR(.brk) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
__brk_base = .;
. += 64 * 1024; /* 64k alignment slop space */
- *(.brk_reservation) /* areas brk users have reserved */
+ *(.bss..brk) /* areas brk users have reserved */
__brk_limit = .;
}