diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index f784d2f341496f1ba095ef662720d33916208b52..f054778e916c08e0b1e7cc85dd028de15b21edb2 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -238,6 +238,9 @@
 		*(.kprobes.text)					\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__kprobes_text_end) = .;
 
+/* Section used for early init (in .S files) */
+#define HEAD_TEXT  *(.head.text)
+
 /* init and exit section handling */
 #define INIT_DATA							\
 	*(.init.data)							\
diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index a404a0055dd7400489f5cc2ecff32c45d87f61ce..fb58c0493cf2f4524232ed95fd7b56371602ad28 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
    discard it in modules) */
 #define __init		__section(.init.text) __cold
 #define __initdata	__section(.init.data)
+#define __initconst	__section(.init.rodata)
 #define __exitdata	__section(.exit.data)
 #define __exit_call	__used __section(.exitcall.exit)
 
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@
 #define __memexitconst   __section(.memexit.rodata)
 
 /* For assembly routines */
+#define __HEAD		.section	".head.text","ax"
 #define __INIT		.section	".init.text","ax"
 #define __FINIT		.previous