diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 09c5d301ca70..5a573f1afc93 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0b05da7200dd56a5364c4d9cf5441715c1d706ed
+refs/heads/master: daf8741675562197d4fb4c4e9d773f53494203a5
diff --git a/trunk/arch/arm/include/asm/cache.h b/trunk/arch/arm/include/asm/cache.h
index 9d6122096fbe..75fe66bc02b4 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/arm/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/trunk/arch/arm/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -23,4 +23,6 @@
 #define ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN 8
 #endif
 
+#define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data..read_mostly")))
+
 #endif
diff --git a/trunk/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/trunk/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index cead8893b46b..1581f6d18cca 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/trunk/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 		NOSAVE_DATA
 		CACHELINE_ALIGNED_DATA(32)
+		READ_MOSTLY_DATA(32)
 
 		/*
 		 * The exception fixup table (might need resorting at runtime)