diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 8a92a170fb7df..d7e7b21511b1f 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -677,7 +677,9 @@
 				- LOAD_OFFSET) {			\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__per_cpu_start) = .;			\
 		*(.data..percpu..first)					\
+		. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);					\
 		*(.data..percpu..page_aligned)				\
+		*(.data..percpu..readmostly)				\
 		*(.data..percpu)					\
 		*(.data..percpu..shared_aligned)			\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__per_cpu_end) = .;			\
@@ -703,6 +705,8 @@
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__per_cpu_load) = .;			\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__per_cpu_start) = .;			\
 		*(.data..percpu..first)					\
+		. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);					\
+		*(.data..percpu..readmostly)				\
 		*(.data..percpu..page_aligned)				\
 		*(.data..percpu)					\
 		*(.data..percpu..shared_aligned)			\
diff --git a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
index ce2dc655cd1d4..27ef6b190ea6c 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
@@ -138,6 +138,15 @@
 	DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, "..page_aligned")		\
 	__aligned(PAGE_SIZE)
 
+/*
+ * Declaration/definition used for per-CPU variables that must be read mostly.
+ */
+#define DECLARE_PER_CPU_READ_MOSTLY(type, name)			\
+	DECLARE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, "..readmostly")
+
+#define DEFINE_PER_CPU_READ_MOSTLY(type, name)				\
+	DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, "..readmostly")
+
 /*
  * Intermodule exports for per-CPU variables.  sparse forgets about
  * address space across EXPORT_SYMBOL(), change EXPORT_SYMBOL() to