diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 866390feb683..4e5992593967 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -51,70 +51,27 @@ SECTIONS
 	_etext = .;
 
 	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
-	.data :	{
-		DATA_DATA
-		CONSTRUCTORS
-	}
 	.data1 : {
 		*(.data1)
 	}
-	. = ALIGN(SMP_CACHE_BYTES);
-	.data.cacheline_aligned : {
-		*(.data.cacheline_aligned)
-	}
-	. = ALIGN(SMP_CACHE_BYTES);
-	.data.read_mostly : {
-		*(.data.read_mostly)
-	}
+	RW_DATA_SECTION(SMP_CACHE_BYTES, 0, THREAD_SIZE)
+
 	/* End of data section */
 	_edata = .;
 
-	/* init_task */
-	. = ALIGN(THREAD_SIZE);
-	.data.init_task : {
-		*(.data.init_task)
-	}
 	.fixup : {
 		__start___fixup = .;
 		*(.fixup)
 		__stop___fixup = .;
 	}
-	. = ALIGN(16);
-	__ex_table : {
-		__start___ex_table = .;
-		*(__ex_table)
-		__stop___ex_table = .;
-	}
+	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
 	NOTES
 
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-	.init.text : {
-		__init_begin = .;
-		_sinittext = .;
-		INIT_TEXT
-		_einittext = .;
-	}
+	__init_begin = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
+	INIT_TEXT_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
 	__init_text_end = .;
-	.init.data : {
-		INIT_DATA
-	}
-	. = ALIGN(16);
-	.init.setup : {
-		__setup_start = .;
-		*(.init.setup)
-		__setup_end = .;
-	}
-	.initcall.init : {
-		__initcall_start = .;
-		INITCALLS
-		__initcall_end = .;
-	}
-	.con_initcall.init : {
-		__con_initcall_start = .;
-		*(.con_initcall.init)
-		__con_initcall_end = .;
-	}
-	SECURITY_INIT
+	INIT_DATA_SECTION(16)
 
 	. = ALIGN(4);
 	.tsb_ldquad_phys_patch : {
@@ -146,29 +103,11 @@ SECTIONS
 		__sun4v_2insn_patch_end = .;
 	}
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
-	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-	.init.ramfs : {
-		__initramfs_start = .;
-		*(.init.ramfs)
-		__initramfs_end = .;
-	}
-#endif
-
 	PERCPU(PAGE_SIZE)
 
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	__init_end = .;
-	__bss_start = .;
-	.sbss : {
-		*(.sbss)
-		*(.scommon)
-	}
-	.bss : {
-		*(.dynbss)
-		*(.bss)
-		*(COMMON)
-	}
+	BSS_SECTION(0, 0, 0)
 	_end = . ;
 
 	STABS_DEBUG