diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index dff1c9e1c2eefa6032e862a993255424e07757f7..8cb5dbbd9c2e60b2b8a6214b6ec5f3b34e5a4435 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ __setup("noreplace-paravirt", setup_noreplace_paravirt);
 /* Use inline assembly to define this because the nops are defined
    as inline assembly strings in the include files and we cannot
    get them easily into strings. */
-asm("\t.data\nintelnops: "
+asm("\t.section .rodata, \"a\"\nintelnops: "
 	GENERIC_NOP1 GENERIC_NOP2 GENERIC_NOP3 GENERIC_NOP4 GENERIC_NOP5 GENERIC_NOP6
 	GENERIC_NOP7 GENERIC_NOP8);
-extern unsigned char intelnops[];
-static unsigned char *intel_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
+extern const unsigned char intelnops[];
+static const unsigned char *const intel_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
 	NULL,
 	intelnops,
 	intelnops + 1,
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ static unsigned char *intel_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
 #endif
 
 #ifdef K8_NOP1
-asm("\t.data\nk8nops: "
+asm("\t.section .rodata, \"a\"\nk8nops: "
 	K8_NOP1 K8_NOP2 K8_NOP3 K8_NOP4 K8_NOP5 K8_NOP6
 	K8_NOP7 K8_NOP8);
-extern unsigned char k8nops[];
-static unsigned char *k8_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
+extern const unsigned char k8nops[];
+static const unsigned char *const k8_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
 	NULL,
 	k8nops,
 	k8nops + 1,
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@ static unsigned char *k8_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
 #endif
 
 #ifdef K7_NOP1
-asm("\t.data\nk7nops: "
+asm("\t.section .rodata, \"a\"\nk7nops: "
 	K7_NOP1 K7_NOP2 K7_NOP3 K7_NOP4 K7_NOP5 K7_NOP6
 	K7_NOP7 K7_NOP8);
-extern unsigned char k7nops[];
-static unsigned char *k7_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
+extern const unsigned char k7nops[];
+static const unsigned char *const k7_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
 	NULL,
 	k7nops,
 	k7nops + 1,
@@ -119,25 +119,25 @@ static unsigned char *k7_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 
 extern char __vsyscall_0;
-static inline unsigned char** find_nop_table(void)
+static inline const unsigned char*const * find_nop_table(void)
 {
 	return k8_nops;
 }
 
 #else /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
 
-static struct nop {
+static const struct nop {
 	int cpuid;
-	unsigned char **noptable;
+	const unsigned char *const *noptable;
 } noptypes[] = {
 	{ X86_FEATURE_K8, k8_nops },
 	{ X86_FEATURE_K7, k7_nops },
 	{ -1, NULL }
 };
 
-static unsigned char** find_nop_table(void)
+static const unsigned char*const * find_nop_table(void)
 {
-	unsigned char **noptable = intel_nops;
+	const unsigned char *const *noptable = intel_nops;
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; noptypes[i].cpuid >= 0; i++) {
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static unsigned char** find_nop_table(void)
 /* Use this to add nops to a buffer, then text_poke the whole buffer. */
 static void add_nops(void *insns, unsigned int len)
 {
-	unsigned char **noptable = find_nop_table();
+	const unsigned char *const *noptable = find_nop_table();
 
 	while (len > 0) {
 		unsigned int noplen = len;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
index 8159bf0be17aa61bed4b91bd1aa09c84f2814a96..5b5e0781d5b65f8619a4fbc580f2c6ceb24b6670 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ static int show_cpuinfo(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	 * applications want to get the raw CPUID data, they should access
 	 * /dev/cpu/<cpu_nr>/cpuid instead.
 	 */
-	static char *x86_cap_flags[] = {
+	static const char *const x86_cap_flags[] = {
 		/* Intel-defined */
 	        "fpu", "vme", "de", "pse", "tsc", "msr", "pae", "mce",
 	        "cx8", "apic", NULL, "sep", "mtrr", "pge", "mca", "cmov",
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ static int show_cpuinfo(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 		NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
 		NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
 	};
-	static char *x86_power_flags[] = { 
+	static const char *const x86_power_flags[] = {
 		"ts",	/* temperature sensor */
 		"fid",  /* frequency id control */
 		"vid",  /* voltage id control */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_32.c
index 83e4f40f8dc93006a8431bc74d5bdc327c499d76..be3faac047190e2647d95baae8d0322dc1a922c4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_32.c
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ u8 apicid_2_node[MAX_APICID];
  * Trampoline 80x86 program as an array.
  */
 
-extern unsigned char trampoline_data [];
-extern unsigned char trampoline_end  [];
+extern const unsigned char trampoline_data [];
+extern const unsigned char trampoline_end  [];
 static unsigned char *trampoline_base;
 static int trampoline_exec;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_64.c
index 0faa0a0af27246a655bfa07ef8ae5389b1af09e1..e5f08de9db889b4fa0d9e2afcd94c9623f0f1924 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot_64.c
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(cpu_core_map);
  * Trampoline 80x86 program as an array.
  */
 
-extern unsigned char trampoline_data[];
-extern unsigned char trampoline_end[];
+extern const unsigned char trampoline_data[];
+extern const unsigned char trampoline_end[];
 
 /* State of each CPU */
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, cpu_state) = { 0 };
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/trampoline_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/trampoline_32.S
index f62815f8d06a6966e979708f011994aaff081a11..9bcc1c6aca3d6b08ac916bd93e9482b128a1074b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/trampoline_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/trampoline_32.S
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@
 #include <asm/segment.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 
-.data
-
 /* We can free up trampoline after bootup if cpu hotplug is not supported. */
 #ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 .section ".init.data","aw",@progbits
+#else
+.section .rodata,"a",@progbits
 #endif
 
 .code16
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/trampoline_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/trampoline_64.S
index 607983b0d27b9a5fd1b07d8e4beb41e7516417f1..e30b67c6a9f5ddabb5893bef7dd62b07df0239a9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/trampoline_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/trampoline_64.S
@@ -33,7 +33,12 @@
 #include <asm/msr.h>
 #include <asm/segment.h>
 
-.data
+/* We can free up trampoline after bootup if cpu hotplug is not supported. */
+#ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+.section .init.data, "aw", @progbits
+#else
+.section .rodata, "a", @progbits
+#endif
 
 .code16
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c b/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c
index b87f8548e75ab4f51cc4885e9ba624afbc361c04..1f86b529dbbbb63fe286037fac33aad58f21fe14 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c
@@ -442,8 +442,8 @@ static __u32 __init
 setup_trampoline(void)
 {
 	/* these two are global symbols in trampoline.S */
-	extern __u8 trampoline_end[];
-	extern __u8 trampoline_data[];
+	extern const __u8 trampoline_end[];
+	extern const __u8 trampoline_data[];
 
 	memcpy((__u8 *)trampoline_base, trampoline_data,
 	       trampoline_end - trampoline_data);