4 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/e820.c
index ab3f87aaff7..17579a1a174 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/e820.c
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@
 #include <asm/e820.h>
 #include <asm/proto.h>
 #include <asm/bootsetup.h>
-
-extern char _end[];
+#include <asm/sections.h>
 
 /* 
  * PFN of last memory page.
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c
index e0f12d49db4..b675c5add01 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 #include <asm/desc.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
 
 /* Don't add a printk in there. printk relies on the PDA which is not initialized 
    yet. */
 static void __init clear_bss(void)
 {
-	extern char __bss_start[], __bss_end[];
 	memset(__bss_start, 0,
-	       (unsigned long) __bss_end - (unsigned long) __bss_start);
+	       (unsigned long) __bss_stop - (unsigned long) __bss_start);
 }
 
 #define NEW_CL_POINTER		0x228	/* Relative to real mode data */
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ static void __init setup_boot_cpu_data(void)
 	boot_cpu_data.x86_mask = eax & 0xf;
 }
 
-extern char _end[];
-
 void __init x86_64_start_kernel(char * real_mode_data)
 {
 	char *s;
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c
index f76f3743f5d..2ad3556dda5 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 #include <asm/mach_apic.h>
 #include <asm/numa.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
 
 /*
  * Machine setup..
@@ -103,7 +104,6 @@ struct edid_info edid_info;
 struct e820map e820;
 
 extern int root_mountflags;
-extern char _text, _etext, _edata, _end;
 
 char command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];
 
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 6dd642cad2e..58b19215b4b 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	*(.bss.page_aligned)	
 	*(.bss)
 	}
-  __bss_end = .;
+  __bss_stop = .;
 
   . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
   . = ALIGN(CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES);