diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/spear/spl.c b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/spear/spl.c
index 08b98a2..b5b9945 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/spear/spl.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/spear/spl.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  * The BSS cannot be used for this purpose because it will be zeroed after
  * having stored the pointer, so force the location to the data section.
  */
-u32 bootrom_stash_sp __attribute__((section(".data")));
+u32 bootrom_stash_sp __section(".data");
 
 static void ddr_clock_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/ls102xa/ls102xa_psci.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/ls102xa/ls102xa_psci.c
index 4a4b3c6..28a7945 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/ls102xa/ls102xa_psci.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/ls102xa/ls102xa_psci.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <fsl_immap.h>
 #include "fsl_epu.h"
 
-#define __secure __attribute__((section("._secure.text")))
+#define __secure __section("._secure.text")
 
 #define CCSR_GICD_CTLR			0x1000
 #define CCSR_GICC_CTLR			0x2000
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/spl_data.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/spl_data.c
index 8fd986a..8f1231c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/spl_data.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/spl_data.c
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 #include <common.h>
 #include <spl.h>
 
-char __data_save_start[0] __section(.__data_save_start);
-char __data_save_end[0] __section(.__data_save_end);
+char __data_save_start[0] __section(".__data_save_start");
+char __data_save_end[0] __section(".__data_save_end");
 
 u32 cold_reboot_flag = 1;
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/secure.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/secure.h
index 64e5582..c7b00be 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/secure.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/secure.h
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #include <config.h>
 #include <asm/global_data.h>
 
-#define __secure __attribute__ ((section ("._secure.text")))
-#define __secure_data __attribute__ ((section ("._secure.data")))
+#define __secure __section("._secure.text")
+#define __secure_data __section("._secure.data")
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  */
 #define DECLARE_SECURE_SVC(_name, _id, _fn) \
 	static const secure_svc_tbl_t __secure_svc_ ## _name \
-		__attribute__((used, section("._secure_svc_tbl_entries"))) \
+		__used __section("._secure_svc_tbl_entries") \
 			 = { \
 				.id = _id, \
 				.func = _fn }
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/setup.h
index 3a4e902..e0e2d7e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
 	int (*parse)(const struct tag *);
 };
 
-#define __tag __attribute__((unused, __section__(".taglist")))
+#define __tag __attribute__((unused)) __section(".taglist")
 #define __tagtable(tag, fn) \
 static struct tagtable __tagtable_##fn __tag = { tag, fn }
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/sections.c b/arch/arm/lib/sections.c
index 3bb2d84..8578797 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/sections.c
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/sections.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2013 Albert ARIBAUD <albert.u.boot@aribaud.net>
  */
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
 
 /**
  * These two symbols are declared in a C file so that the linker
@@ -18,18 +19,18 @@
  * aliasing warnings.
  */
 
-char __bss_start[0] __attribute__((section(".__bss_start")));
-char __bss_end[0] __attribute__((section(".__bss_end")));
-char __image_copy_start[0] __attribute__((section(".__image_copy_start")));
-char __image_copy_end[0] __attribute__((section(".__image_copy_end")));
-char __rel_dyn_start[0] __attribute__((section(".__rel_dyn_start")));
-char __rel_dyn_end[0] __attribute__((section(".__rel_dyn_end")));
-char __secure_start[0] __attribute__((section(".__secure_start")));
-char __secure_end[0] __attribute__((section(".__secure_end")));
-char __secure_stack_start[0] __attribute__((section(".__secure_stack_start")));
-char __secure_stack_end[0] __attribute__((section(".__secure_stack_end")));
-char __efi_runtime_start[0] __attribute__((section(".__efi_runtime_start")));
-char __efi_runtime_stop[0] __attribute__((section(".__efi_runtime_stop")));
-char __efi_runtime_rel_start[0] __attribute__((section(".__efi_runtime_rel_start")));
-char __efi_runtime_rel_stop[0] __attribute__((section(".__efi_runtime_rel_stop")));
-char _end[0] __attribute__((section(".__end")));
+char __bss_start[0] __section(".__bss_start");
+char __bss_end[0] __section(".__bss_end");
+char __image_copy_start[0] __section(".__image_copy_start");
+char __image_copy_end[0] __section(".__image_copy_end");
+char __rel_dyn_start[0] __section(".__rel_dyn_start");
+char __rel_dyn_end[0] __section(".__rel_dyn_end");
+char __secure_start[0] __section(".__secure_start");
+char __secure_end[0] __section(".__secure_end");
+char __secure_stack_start[0] __section(".__secure_stack_start");
+char __secure_stack_end[0] __section(".__secure_stack_end");
+char __efi_runtime_start[0] __section(".__efi_runtime_start");
+char __efi_runtime_stop[0] __section(".__efi_runtime_stop");
+char __efi_runtime_rel_start[0] __section(".__efi_runtime_rel_start");
+char __efi_runtime_rel_stop[0] __section(".__efi_runtime_rel_stop");
+char _end[0] __section(".__end");
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/spl.c b/arch/arm/lib/spl.c
index b2b54f2..8e2bdf3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/spl.c
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/spl.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  * WARNING: This is going away very soon. Don't use it and don't submit
  * pafches that rely on it. The global_data area is set up in crt0.S.
  */
-gd_t gdata __attribute__ ((section(".data")));
+gd_t gdata __section(".data");
 #endif
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-at91/spl.c b/arch/arm/mach-at91/spl.c
index 156150c..8d53799 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-at91/spl.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-at91/spl.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include <asm/arch/sama5_boot.h>
 struct {
 	u32	r4;
-} bootrom_stash __attribute__((section(".data")));
+} bootrom_stash __section(".data");
 
 u32 spl_boot_device(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-k3/am642_init.c b/arch/arm/mach-k3/am642_init.c
index 885f181..a433702 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-k3/am642_init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-k3/am642_init.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
  * it to the .data section.
  */
 u32 bootindex __section(".data");
-static struct rom_extended_boot_data bootdata __section(.data);
+static struct rom_extended_boot_data bootdata __section(".data");
 
 static void store_boot_info_from_rom(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-k3/am6_init.c b/arch/arm/mach-k3/am6_init.c
index d78d2b8..425b3f9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-k3/am6_init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-k3/am6_init.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
  * but the .bss is cleared between writing and reading this variable, so move
  * it to the .data section.
  */
-u32 bootindex __attribute__((section(".data")));
+u32 bootindex __section(".data");
 
 static void store_boot_index_from_rom(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-k3/j721e_init.c b/arch/arm/mach-k3/j721e_init.c
index 1a4f796..76a04a9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-k3/j721e_init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-k3/j721e_init.c
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@
  * but the .bss is cleared between writing and reading this variable, so move
  * it to the .data section.
  */
-u32 bootindex __attribute__((section(".data")));
-static struct rom_extended_boot_data bootdata __section(.data);
+u32 bootindex __section(".data");
+static struct rom_extended_boot_data bootdata __section(".data");
 
 static void store_boot_info_from_rom(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/mbus.c b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/mbus.c
index f29abe5..3b1b9f7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/mbus.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/mbus.c
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@
 };
 
 struct mvebu_mbus_state mbus_state
-	__attribute__ ((section(".data")));
+	__section(".data");
 static struct mbus_dram_target_info mbus_dram_info
-	__attribute__ ((section(".data")));
+	__section(".data");
 
 /*
  * Functions to manipulate the address decoding windows
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/timer.c b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/timer.c
index 43b3ed1..557a378 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/timer.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 #define TIMER_LOAD_VAL			0xffffffff
 
-static int init_done __attribute__((section(".data"))) = 0;
+static int init_done __section(".data") = 0;
 
 /*
  * Timer initialization
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-nexell/clock.c b/arch/arm/mach-nexell/clock.c
index a0ba2d8..d5b46a8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-nexell/clock.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-nexell/clock.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
  * in board_init_f(), respectively! I.e. global variables can not be used!
  */
 static struct clk_dev_peri clk_periphs[]
-	__attribute__((section(".data"))) = {
+	__section(".data") = {
 	CLK_PERI_1S(DEV_NAME_TIMER,	0,	CLK_ID_TIMER_0,
 		    PHY_BASEADDR_CLKGEN14, (I_PLL_0_2)),
 	CLK_PERI_1S(DEV_NAME_TIMER,	1,	CLK_ID_TIMER_1,
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 #define	MAX_DIVIDER		((1 << 8) - 1)	/* 256, align 2 */
 
 static struct clk_dev		st_clk_devs[CLK_DEVS_NUM]
-				__attribute__((section(".data")));
+				__section(".data");
 #define	clk_dev_get(n)		((struct clk_dev *)&st_clk_devs[n])
 #define	clk_container(p)	(container_of(p, struct clk_dev, clk))
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
  * in board_init_f(), respectively! I.e. global variables can not be used!
  */
 /* core clock */
-static struct _core_hz_ core_hz __attribute__((section(".data")));
+static struct _core_hz_ core_hz __section(".data");
 
 #define	CORE_HZ_SIZE	(sizeof(core_hz) / 4)
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-nexell/timer.c b/arch/arm/mach-nexell/timer.c
index fecee67..3b311fd 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-nexell/timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-nexell/timer.c
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
  * Section ".data" must be used because BSS is not available before relocation,
  * in board_init_f(), respectively! I.e. global variables can not be used!
  */
-static unsigned long timestamp __attribute__ ((section(".data")));
-static unsigned long lastdec __attribute__ ((section(".data")));
-static int	timerinit __attribute__ ((section(".data")));
+static unsigned long timestamp __section(".data");
+static unsigned long lastdec __section(".data");
+static int	timerinit __section(".data");
 
 /* macro to hw timer tick config */
 static long	TIMER_FREQ  = 1000000;
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/spl_a10.c b/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/spl_a10.c
index 92231b5..b5f43f0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/spl_a10.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/spl_a10.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 					 SOCFPGA_PHYS_OCRAM_SIZE - \
 					 BOOTROM_SHARED_MEM_SIZE)
 #define RST_STATUS_SHARED_ADDR		(BOOTROM_SHARED_MEM_ADDR + 0x438)
-static u32 rst_mgr_status __section(.data);
+static u32 rst_mgr_status __section(".data");
 
 /*
  * Bootrom will clear the status register in reset manager and stores the
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/board.c b/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/board.c
index 503538e..9b84132 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/board.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/board.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 	uint32_t cr;
 };
 
-struct fel_stash fel_stash __attribute__((section(".data")));
+struct fel_stash fel_stash __section(".data");
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM64
 #include <asm/armv8/mmu.h>
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/board.c b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/board.c
index 21852e2..95d6555 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/board.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/board.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 	UART_COUNT = 5,
 };
 
-static bool from_spl __attribute__ ((section(".data")));
+static bool from_spl __section(".data");
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 void save_boot_params(unsigned long r0, unsigned long r1, unsigned long r2,
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/cboot.c b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/cboot.c
index bb46fb2..55eb819 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/cboot.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/cboot.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
  */
 
 /* The number of valid entries in ram_banks[] */
-static int ram_bank_count __attribute__((section(".data")));
+static int ram_bank_count __section(".data");
 
 /*
  * The usable top-of-RAM for U-Boot. This is both:
@@ -57,15 +57,15 @@
  * b) At the end of a region that has enough space to hold the relocated U-Boot
  *    and all other allocations made around it (stack, heap, page tables, etc.)
  */
-static u64 ram_top __attribute__((section(".data")));
+static u64 ram_top __section(".data");
 /* The base address of the region of RAM that ends at ram_top */
-static u64 region_base __attribute__((section(".data")));
+static u64 region_base __section(".data");
 
 /*
  * Explicitly put this in the .data section because it is written before the
  * .bss section is zeroed out but it needs to persist.
  */
-unsigned long cboot_boot_x0 __attribute__((section(".data")));
+unsigned long cboot_boot_x0 __section(".data");
 
 void cboot_save_boot_params(unsigned long x0, unsigned long x1,
 			    unsigned long x2, unsigned long x3)
diff --git a/arch/mips/mach-jz47xx/jz4780/jz4780.c b/arch/mips/mach-jz47xx/jz4780/jz4780.c
index 43f5651..fefba12 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mach-jz47xx/jz4780/jz4780.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mach-jz47xx/jz4780/jz4780.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 /* Pointer to the global data structure for SPL */
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
-gd_t gdata __attribute__ ((section(".bss")));
+gd_t gdata __section(".bss");
 
 void board_init_f(ulong dummy)
 {
diff --git a/arch/nds32/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/nds32/include/asm/setup.h
index 8217bbf..a7d5237 100644
--- a/arch/nds32/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/nds32/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
-#define __tag __used __attribute__((__section__(".taglist")))
+#define __tag __used __section(".taglist")
 #define __tagtable(tag, fn) \
 static struct tagtable __tagtable_##fn __tag = { tag, fn }
 
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@
 };
 
 #define __early_param(name, fn)					\
-static struct early_params __early_##fn __used	\
-__attribute__((__section__("__early_param"))) = { name, fn }
+static struct early_params __early_##fn __used			\
+__section("__early_param") = { name, fn }
 
 #endif
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cache.h
index 445a366..ac8eeb4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
 #define __cacheline_aligned __attribute__((__aligned__(L1_CACHE_BYTES)))
 #else
 #define __cacheline_aligned					\
-  __attribute__((__aligned__(L1_CACHE_BYTES),			\
-		 __section__(".data.cacheline_aligned")))
+  __attribute__((__aligned__(L1_CACHE_BYTES)))			\
+  __section(".data.cacheline_aligned")
 #endif
 
 #if defined(__KERNEL__) && !defined(__ASSEMBLY__)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/cpu/cpu.c b/arch/riscv/cpu/cpu.c
index 296e458..c894ac1 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/cpu/cpu.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/cpu/cpu.c
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
  * before the bss section is available.
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_OF_PRIOR_STAGE
-phys_addr_t prior_stage_fdt_address __attribute__((section(".data")));
+phys_addr_t prior_stage_fdt_address __section(".data");
 #endif
 #ifndef CONFIG_XIP
-u32 hart_lottery __attribute__((section(".data"))) = 0;
+u32 hart_lottery __section(".data") = 0;
 
 /*
  * The main hart running U-Boot has acquired available_harts_lock until it has
diff --git a/arch/sandbox/include/asm/getopt.h b/arch/sandbox/include/asm/getopt.h
index 3048c2c..d2145ad 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/include/asm/getopt.h
+++ b/arch/sandbox/include/asm/getopt.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 		.callback = sandbox_cmdline_cb_##f, \
 	}; \
 	/* Ppointer to the struct in a special section for the linker script */ \
-	static __attribute__((section(".u_boot_sandbox_getopt"), used)) \
+	static __used __section(".u_boot_sandbox_getopt") \
 		struct sandbox_cmdline_option \
 			*sandbox_cmdline_option_##f##_ptr = \
 			&sandbox_cmdline_option_##f
diff --git a/arch/sandbox/lib/sections.c b/arch/sandbox/lib/sections.c
index 697a816..2559eee 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/lib/sections.c
+++ b/arch/sandbox/lib/sections.c
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
  * Copyright 2013 Albert ARIBAUD <albert.u.boot@aribaud.net>
  *
  */
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
 
-char __efi_runtime_start[0] __attribute__((section(".__efi_runtime_start")));
-char __efi_runtime_stop[0] __attribute__((section(".__efi_runtime_stop")));
+char __efi_runtime_start[0] __section(".__efi_runtime_start");
+char __efi_runtime_stop[0] __section(".__efi_runtime_stop");
 char __efi_runtime_rel_start[0]
-		__attribute__((section(".__efi_runtime_rel_start")));
+		__section(".__efi_runtime_rel_start");
 char __efi_runtime_rel_stop[0]
-		__attribute__((section(".__efi_runtime_rel_stop")));
+		__section(".__efi_runtime_rel_stop");
diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/coreboot/timestamp.c b/arch/x86/cpu/coreboot/timestamp.c
index 7f133ce..3ad611a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/coreboot/timestamp.c
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/coreboot/timestamp.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <asm/cb_sysinfo.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 
-static struct timestamp_table *ts_table  __attribute__((section(".data")));
+static struct timestamp_table *ts_table  __section(".data");
 
 void timestamp_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/coreboot/cb_sysinfo.c b/arch/x86/lib/coreboot/cb_sysinfo.c
index e2c65bf..748fa4e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/coreboot/cb_sysinfo.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/coreboot/cb_sysinfo.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  * with zeroes when transitioning from "ROM", which is really RAM, to other
  * RAM.
  */
-struct sysinfo_t lib_sysinfo __attribute__((section(".data")));
+struct sysinfo_t lib_sysinfo __section(".data");
 
 /*
  * Some of this is x86 specific, and the rest of it is generic. Right now,
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/sections.c b/arch/x86/lib/sections.c
index 8d17007..375029e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/sections.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/sections.c
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2013 Albert ARIBAUD <albert.u.boot@aribaud.net>
  */
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
 
-char __efi_runtime_start[0] __attribute__((section(".__efi_runtime_start")));
-char __efi_runtime_stop[0] __attribute__((section(".__efi_runtime_stop")));
+char __efi_runtime_start[0] __section(".__efi_runtime_start");
+char __efi_runtime_stop[0] __section(".__efi_runtime_stop");
 char __efi_runtime_rel_start[0]
-		__attribute__((section(".__efi_runtime_rel_start")));
+		__section(".__efi_runtime_rel_start");
 char __efi_runtime_rel_stop[0]
-		__attribute__((section(".__efi_runtime_rel_stop")));
+		__section(".__efi_runtime_rel_stop");
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/cpu/cpu.c b/arch/xtensa/cpu/cpu.c
index 85d3464..a09e103 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/cpu/cpu.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/cpu/cpu.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
-gd_t *gd __attribute__((section(".data")));
+gd_t *gd __section(".data");
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO)
 /*