diff --git a/include/linux/cache.h b/include/linux/cache.h
index 750621e41d1c..3f4df9eef1e1 100644
--- a/include/linux/cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/cache.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  * but may get written to during init, so can't live in .rodata (via "const").
  */
 #ifndef __ro_after_init
-#define __ro_after_init __attribute__((__section__(".data..ro_after_init")))
+#define __ro_after_init __section(.data..ro_after_init)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef ____cacheline_aligned
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
 
 #ifndef __cacheline_aligned
 #define __cacheline_aligned					\
-  __attribute__((__aligned__(SMP_CACHE_BYTES),			\
-		 __section__(".data..cacheline_aligned")))
+	__aligned(SMP_CACHE_BYTES)				\
+	__section(.data..cacheline_aligned)
 #endif /* __cacheline_aligned */
 
 #ifndef __cacheline_aligned_in_smp
diff --git a/include/linux/cpu.h b/include/linux/cpu.h
index fcb1386bb0d4..186bbd79d6ce 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpu.h
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ void cpu_startup_entry(enum cpuhp_state state);
 void cpu_idle_poll_ctrl(bool enable);
 
 /* Attach to any functions which should be considered cpuidle. */
-#define __cpuidle	__attribute__((__section__(".cpuidle.text")))
+#define __cpuidle	__section(.cpuidle.text)
 
 bool cpu_in_idle(unsigned long pc);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/export.h b/include/linux/export.h
index fd8711ed9ac4..808c1a0c2ef9 100644
--- a/include/linux/export.h
+++ b/include/linux/export.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ struct kernel_symbol {
  * discarded in the final link stage.
  */
 #define __ksym_marker(sym)	\
-	static int __ksym_marker_##sym[0] __section(".discard.ksym") __used
+	static int __ksym_marker_##sym[0] __section(.discard.ksym) __used
 
 #define __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec)				\
 	__ksym_marker(sym);					\
diff --git a/include/linux/init_task.h b/include/linux/init_task.h
index 6049baa5b8bc..50139505da34 100644
--- a/include/linux/init_task.h
+++ b/include/linux/init_task.h
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ extern struct cred init_cred;
 
 /* Attach to the init_task data structure for proper alignment */
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_TASK_STRUCT_ON_STACK
-#define __init_task_data __attribute__((__section__(".data..init_task")))
+#define __init_task_data __section(.data..init_task)
 #else
 #define __init_task_data /**/
 #endif
 
 /* Attach to the thread_info data structure for proper alignment */
-#define __init_thread_info __attribute__((__section__(".data..init_thread_info")))
+#define __init_thread_info __section(.data..init_thread_info)
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index 5b8328a99b2a..29debfe4dd0f 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -741,8 +741,7 @@ extern int arch_early_irq_init(void);
 /*
  * We want to know which function is an entrypoint of a hardirq or a softirq.
  */
-#define __irq_entry		 __attribute__((__section__(".irqentry.text")))
-#define __softirq_entry  \
-	__attribute__((__section__(".softirqentry.text")))
+#define __irq_entry	__section(.irqentry.text)
+#define __softirq_entry	__section(.softirqentry.text)
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/debug.h b/include/linux/sched/debug.h
index 95fb9e025247..e17b66221fdd 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/debug.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/debug.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ extern void proc_sched_set_task(struct task_struct *p);
 #endif
 
 /* Attach to any functions which should be ignored in wchan output. */
-#define __sched		__attribute__((__section__(".sched.text")))
+#define __sched		__section(.sched.text)
 
 /* Linker adds these: start and end of __sched functions */
 extern char __sched_text_start[], __sched_text_end[];
diff --git a/include/linux/srcutree.h b/include/linux/srcutree.h
index 9cfcc8a756ae..9de652f4e1bd 100644
--- a/include/linux/srcutree.h
+++ b/include/linux/srcutree.h
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ struct srcu_struct {
 # define __DEFINE_SRCU(name, is_static)					\
 	is_static struct srcu_struct name;				\
 	struct srcu_struct * const __srcu_struct_##name			\
-		__section("___srcu_struct_ptrs") = &name
+		__section(___srcu_struct_ptrs) = &name
 #else
 # define __DEFINE_SRCU(name, is_static)					\
 	static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct srcu_data, name##_srcu_data);	\
