diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/bootp/init.S b/arch/arm/boot/bootp/init.S
index 78b50807..868eeeaa 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/bootp/init.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/bootp/init.S
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *  size immediately following the kernel, we could build this into
  *  a binary blob, and concatenate the zImage using the cat command.
  */
-		.section .start,#alloc,#execinstr
+		.section .start, "ax"
 		.type	_start, #function
 		.globl	_start
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/big-endian.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/big-endian.S
index 25ab26f1..f22428e2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/big-endian.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/big-endian.S
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *  Author: Nicolas Pitre
  */
 
-	.section ".start", #alloc, #execinstr
+	.section ".start", "ax"
 
 	mrc	p15, 0, r0, c1, c0, 0	@ read control reg
 	orr	r0, r0, #(1 << 7)	@ enable big endian mode
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
index 032a8d98..07e7b031 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 #endif
 		.endm
 
-		.section ".start", #alloc, #execinstr
+		.section ".start", "ax"
 /*
  * sort out different calling conventions
  */
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.gzip.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.gzip.S
index a68adf91..175ed02a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.gzip.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.gzip.S
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-	.section .piggydata,#alloc
+	.section .piggydata, "a"
 	.globl	input_data
 input_data:
 	.incbin	"arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.gzip"
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.lzma.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.lzma.S
index d7e69cff..cfea81ae 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.lzma.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.lzma.S
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-	.section .piggydata,#alloc
+	.section .piggydata, "a"
 	.globl	input_data
 input_data:
 	.incbin	"arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.lzma"
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.xzkern.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.xzkern.S
index 5703f300..a135d3b5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.xzkern.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.xzkern.S
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-	.section .piggydata,#alloc
+	.section .piggydata, "a"
 	.globl	input_data
 input_data:
 	.incbin	"arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.xzkern"
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 7e1f7602..c38e7ce7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ extern int __put_user_8(void *, unsigned long long);
 #define __put_user_check(x,p)							\
 	({								\
 		unsigned long __limit = current_thread_info()->addr_limit - 1; \
-		register const typeof(*(p)) __r2 asm("r2") = (x);	\
+		register typeof(*(p)) __r2 asm("r2") = (x);	\
 		register const typeof(*(p)) __user *__p asm("r0") = (p);\
 		register unsigned long __l asm("r1") = __limit;		\
 		register int __e asm("r0");				\
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
index e1a9bdde..9ea9eaf6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ __v7_setup_stack:
 	string	cpu_elf_name, "v7"
 	.align
 
-	.section ".proc.info.init", #alloc, #execinstr
+	.section ".proc.info.init", "ax"
 
 	/*
 	 * Standard v7 proc info content
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.l b/scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.l
index 3b41bfca..9b9c29e6 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.l
+++ b/scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.l
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ LINECOMMENT	"//".*\n
 #include "srcpos.h"
 #include "dtc-parser.tab.h"
 
-YYLTYPE yylloc;
+extern YYLTYPE yylloc;
 
 /* CAUTION: this will stop working if we ever use yyless() or yyunput() */
 #define	YY_USER_ACTION \
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.lex.c_shipped b/scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.lex.c_shipped
index 2d30f417..d0eb405c 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.lex.c_shipped
+++ b/scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.lex.c_shipped
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ char *yytext;
 #include "srcpos.h"
 #include "dtc-parser.tab.h"
 
-YYLTYPE yylloc;
+extern YYLTYPE yylloc;
 
 /* CAUTION: this will stop working if we ever use yyless() or yyunput() */
 #define	YY_USER_ACTION \