diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index bc6f727278fd..5b78d640725d 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	STABS_DEBUG
 	DWARF_DEBUG
+	ELF_DETAILS
 
 	DISCARDS
 }
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 54139a6f469b..33ce59d91461 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	_end = . ;
 
 	STABS_DEBUG
+	ELF_DETAILS
 	DISCARDS
 
 	.arcextmap 0 : {
diff --git a/arch/arm/Makefile b/arch/arm/Makefile
index 4e877354515f..e589da3c8949 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ LDFLAGS_vmlinux	+= --be8
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE	+= --be8
 endif
 
+# We never want expected sections to be placed heuristically by the
+# linker. All sections should be explicitly named in the linker script.
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux += $(call ld-option, --orphan-handling=warn)
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM_MODULE_PLTS),y)
 KBUILD_LDS_MODULE	+= $(srctree)/arch/arm/kernel/module.lds
 endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
index b1147b7f2c8d..58028abd05d9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ endif
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux += --no-undefined
 # Delete all temporary local symbols
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux += -X
+# Report orphan sections
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux += $(call ld-option, --orphan-handling=warn)
 # Next argument is a linker script
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux += -T
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
index 09ac33f52814..b914be3a207b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /*
  *  Copyright (C) 2000 Russell King
  */
+#include <asm/vmlinux.lds.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_ENDIAN_BE8
 #define ZIMAGE_MAGIC(x) ( (((x) >> 24) & 0x000000ff) | \
@@ -17,8 +18,11 @@ ENTRY(_start)
 SECTIONS
 {
   /DISCARD/ : {
+    COMMON_DISCARDS
     *(.ARM.exidx*)
     *(.ARM.extab*)
+    *(.note.*)
+    *(.rel.*)
     /*
      * Discard any r/w data - this produces a link error if we have any,
      * which is required for PIC decompression.  Local data generates
@@ -36,9 +40,7 @@ SECTIONS
     *(.start)
     *(.text)
     *(.text.*)
-    *(.gnu.warning)
-    *(.glue_7t)
-    *(.glue_7)
+    ARM_STUBS_TEXT
   }
   .table : ALIGN(4) {
     _table_start = .;
@@ -128,12 +130,10 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE(__pecoff_data_size = ALIGN(512) - ADDR(.data));
   PROVIDE(__pecoff_end = ALIGN(512));
 
-  .stab 0		: { *(.stab) }
-  .stabstr 0		: { *(.stabstr) }
-  .stab.excl 0		: { *(.stab.excl) }
-  .stab.exclstr 0	: { *(.stab.exclstr) }
-  .stab.index 0		: { *(.stab.index) }
-  .stab.indexstr 0	: { *(.stab.indexstr) }
-  .comment 0		: { *(.comment) }
+  STABS_DEBUG
+  DWARF_DEBUG
+  ARM_DETAILS
+
+  ARM_ASSERTS
 }
 ASSERT(_edata_real == _edata, "error: zImage file size is incorrect");
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h
similarity index 84%
rename from arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.h
rename to arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h
index 381a8e105fa5..4a91428c324d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 #define ARM_CPU_DISCARD(x)
@@ -49,8 +50,29 @@
 		EXIT_CALL						\
 		ARM_MMU_DISCARD(*(.text.fixup))				\
 		ARM_MMU_DISCARD(*(__ex_table))				\
-		*(.discard)						\
-		*(.discard.*)
+		COMMON_DISCARDS
+
+/*
+ * Sections that should stay zero sized, which is safer to explicitly
+ * check instead of blindly discarding.
+ */
+#define ARM_ASSERTS							\
+	.plt : {							\
+		*(.iplt) *(.rel.iplt) *(.iplt) *(.igot.plt)		\
+	}								\
+	ASSERT(SIZEOF(.plt) == 0,					\
+	       "Unexpected run-time procedure linkages detected!")
+
+#define ARM_DETAILS							\
+		ELF_DETAILS						\
+		.ARM.attributes 0 : { *(.ARM.attributes) }
+
+#define ARM_STUBS_TEXT							\
+		*(.gnu.warning)						\
+		*(.glue_7)						\
+		*(.glue_7t)						\
+		*(.vfp11_veneer)                                        \
+		*(.v4_bx)
 
 #define ARM_TEXT							\
 		IDMAP_TEXT						\
@@ -64,9 +86,7 @@
 		CPUIDLE_TEXT						\
 		LOCK_TEXT						\
 		KPROBES_TEXT						\
-		*(.gnu.warning)						\
-		*(.glue_7)						\
-		*(.glue_7t)						\
+		ARM_STUBS_TEXT						\
 		. = ALIGN(4);						\
 		*(.got)			/* Global offset table */	\
 		ARM_CPU_KEEP(PROC_INFO)
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
index 6d2be994ae58..50136828f5b5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
@@ -9,15 +9,13 @@
 
 #include <linux/sizes.h>
 
-#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
+#include <asm/vmlinux.lds.h>
 #include <asm/cache.h>
 #include <asm/thread_info.h>
 #include <asm/memory.h>
 #include <asm/mpu.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 
-#include "vmlinux.lds.h"
-
 OUTPUT_ARCH(arm)
 ENTRY(stext)
 
@@ -152,6 +150,10 @@ SECTIONS
 	_end = .;
 
 	STABS_DEBUG
+	DWARF_DEBUG
+	ARM_DETAILS
+
+	ARM_ASSERTS
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 7f24bc08403e..5f4922e858d0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -9,15 +9,13 @@
 #else
 
 #include <linux/pgtable.h>
-#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
+#include <asm/vmlinux.lds.h>
 #include <asm/cache.h>
 #include <asm/thread_info.h>
 #include <asm/memory.h>
 #include <asm/mpu.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 
-#include "vmlinux.lds.h"
-
 OUTPUT_ARCH(arm)
 ENTRY(stext)
 
@@ -151,6 +149,10 @@ SECTIONS
 	_end = .;
 
 	STABS_DEBUG
+	DWARF_DEBUG
+	ARM_DETAILS
+
+	ARM_ASSERTS
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
index 0fd4c1be4f64..f4717facf31e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ LDFLAGS_vmlinux	+= --fix-cortex-a53-843419
   endif
 endif
 
+# We never want expected sections to be placed heuristically by the
+# linker. All sections should be explicitly named in the linker script.
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux += $(call ld-option, --orphan-handling=warn)
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM64_USE_LSE_ATOMICS), y)
   ifneq ($(CONFIG_ARM64_LSE_ATOMICS), y)
 $(warning LSE atomics not supported by binutils)
@@ -46,13 +50,16 @@ endif
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -mgeneral-regs-only	\
 		   $(compat_vdso) $(cc_has_k_constraint)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-disable-warning, psabi)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= $(compat_vdso)
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-mabi=lp64)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-mabi=lp64)
 
+# Avoid generating .eh_frame* sections.
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-unwind-tables
+KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-unwind-tables
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR_PER_TASK),y)
 prepare: stack_protector_prepare
 stack_protector_prepare: prepare0
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/smccc-call.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/smccc-call.S
index 1f93809528a4..d62447964ed9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/smccc-call.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/smccc-call.S
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include <asm/assembler.h>
 
 	.macro SMCCC instr
-	.cfi_startproc
 	\instr	#0
 	ldr	x4, [sp]
 	stp	x0, x1, [x4, #ARM_SMCCC_RES_X0_OFFS]
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@
 	b.ne	1f
 	str	x6, [x4, ARM_SMCCC_QUIRK_STATE_OFFS]
 1:	ret
-	.cfi_endproc
 	.endm
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 82801d98a2b7..5ca957e656ab 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 #define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN	8
+#define RUNTIME_DISCARD_EXIT
 
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 #include <asm/cache.h>
@@ -96,13 +97,10 @@ SECTIONS
 	 * matching the same input section name.  There is no documented
 	 * order of matching.
 	 */
+	DISCARDS
 	/DISCARD/ : {
-		EXIT_CALL
-		*(.discard)
-		*(.discard.*)
 		*(.interp .dynamic)
 		*(.dynsym .dynstr .hash .gnu.hash)
-		*(.eh_frame)
 	}
 
 	. = KIMAGE_VADDR;
@@ -131,6 +129,14 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.got)			/* Global offset table		*/
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Make sure that the .got.plt is either completely empty or it
+	 * contains only the lazy dispatch entries.
+	 */
+	.got.plt : { *(.got.plt) }
+	ASSERT(SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0 || SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0x18,
+	       "Unexpected GOT/PLT entries detected!")
+
 	. = ALIGN(SEGMENT_ALIGN);
 	_etext = .;			/* End of text section */
 
@@ -249,8 +255,22 @@ SECTIONS
 	_end = .;
 
 	STABS_DEBUG
+	DWARF_DEBUG
+	ELF_DETAILS
 
 	HEAD_SYMBOLS
+
+	/*
+	 * Sections that should stay zero sized, which is safer to
+	 * explicitly check instead of blindly discarding.
+	 */
+	.plt : {
+		*(.plt) *(.plt.*) *(.iplt) *(.igot)
+	}
+	ASSERT(SIZEOF(.plt) == 0, "Unexpected run-time procedure linkages detected!")
+
+	.data.rel.ro : { *(.data.rel.ro) }
+	ASSERT(SIZEOF(.data.rel.ro) == 0, "Unexpected RELRO detected!")
 }
 
 #include "image-vars.h"
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index 936c4762dadf..087a844b4d26 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 u64 idmap_t0sz = TCR_T0SZ(VA_BITS);
 u64 idmap_ptrs_per_pgd = PTRS_PER_PGD;
 
-u64 __section(".mmuoff.data.write") vabits_actual;
+u64 __section(.mmuoff.data.write) vabits_actual;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vabits_actual);
 
 u64 kimage_voffset __ro_after_init;
diff --git a/arch/csky/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/csky/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index f05b413df328..f03033e17c29 100644
--- a/arch/csky/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/csky/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	STABS_DEBUG
 	DWARF_DEBUG
+	ELF_DETAILS
 
 	DISCARDS
 }
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/hexagon/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 0ca2471ddb9f..35b18e55eae8 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/hexagon/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -67,5 +67,6 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	STABS_DEBUG
 	DWARF_DEBUG
+	ELF_DETAILS
 
 }
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index d259690eb91a..9b265783be6a 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ SECTIONS {
 
 	STABS_DEBUG
 	DWARF_DEBUG
+	ELF_DETAILS
 
 	/* Default discards */
 	DISCARDS
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index f185a85a27c1..5e97e9d02f98 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	STABS_DEBUG
 	DWARF_DEBUG
+	ELF_DETAILS
 
 	/* These must appear regardless of  .  */
 	.gptab.sdata : {
diff --git a/arch/nds32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/nds32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 7a6c1cefe3fe..6a91b965fb1e 100644
--- a/arch/nds32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/nds32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	STABS_DEBUG
 	DWARF_DEBUG
+	ELF_DETAILS
 
 	DISCARDS
 }
diff --git a/arch/nios2/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/nios2/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index c55a7cfa1075..126e114744cb 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/nios2/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	STABS_DEBUG
 	DWARF_DEBUG
+	ELF_DETAILS
 
 	DISCARDS
 }
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 22fbc5fb24b3..d5c7bb0fae57 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	/* Throw in the debugging sections */
 	STABS_DEBUG
 	DWARF_DEBUG
+	ELF_DETAILS
 
         /* Sections to be discarded -- must be last */
 	DISCARDS
diff --git a/arch/parisc/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/parisc/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
index 2ac3a643f2eb..ab7b43990857 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/parisc/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
 
 	STABS_DEBUG
+	ELF_DETAILS
 	.note 0 : { *(.note) }
 
 	/* Sections to be discarded */
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 53e29d88f99c..2769eb991f58 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	_end = . ;
 
 	STABS_DEBUG
+	ELF_DETAILS
 	.note 0 : { *(.note) }
 
 	/* Sections to be discarded */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 326e113d2e45..e0548b4950de 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -360,8 +360,8 @@ SECTIONS
 	PROVIDE32 (end = .);
 
 	STABS_DEBUG
-
 	DWARF_DEBUG
+	ELF_DETAILS
 
 	DISCARDS
 	/DISCARD/ : {
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 34d00d9e6eac..67db80e12d1f 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	STABS_DEBUG
 	DWARF_DEBUG
+	ELF_DETAILS
 
 	DISCARDS
 }
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 37695499717d..177ccfbda40a 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	/* Debugging sections.	*/
 	STABS_DEBUG
 	DWARF_DEBUG
+	ELF_DETAILS
 
 	/* Sections to be discarded */
 	DISCARDS
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index bde7a6c01aaf..3161b9ccd2a5 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	STABS_DEBUG
 	DWARF_DEBUG
+	ELF_DETAILS
 
 	DISCARDS
 }
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index f99e99e58075..d55ae65a07ad 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	STABS_DEBUG
 	DWARF_DEBUG
+	ELF_DETAILS
 
 	DISCARDS
 }
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S b/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
index f5001481010c..dacbfabf66d8 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (end = .);
 
   STABS_DEBUG
-
   DWARF_DEBUG
+  ELF_DETAILS
 
   DISCARDS
 }
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S b/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
index 3b6dab3d4501..45d957d7004c 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/uml.lds.S
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ SECTIONS
   PROVIDE (end = .);
 
   STABS_DEBUG
-
   DWARF_DEBUG
+  ELF_DETAILS
 
   DISCARDS
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 4346ffb2e39f..154259f18b8b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux += -z max-page-size=0x200000
 endif
 
+# We never want expected sections to be placed heuristically by the
+# linker. All sections should be explicitly named in the linker script.
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux += $(call ld-option, --orphan-handling=warn)
+
 archscripts: scripts_basic
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/x86/tools relocs
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index be4f2067b995..4fb989ef5665 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ targets := vmlinux vmlinux.bin vmlinux.bin.gz vmlinux.bin.bz2 vmlinux.bin.lzma \
 	vmlinux.bin.xz vmlinux.bin.lzo vmlinux.bin.lz4 vmlinux.bin.zst
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS := -m$(BITS) -O2
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-strict-aliasing $(call cc-option, -fPIE, -fPIC)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIE
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING
 cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_32) := -march=i386
 cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_64) := -mcmodel=small
@@ -43,18 +43,20 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-pointer-sign
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fmacro-prefix-map=$(srctree)/=)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -D__DISABLE_EXPORTS
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += -include $(srctree)/$(src)/hidden.h
 # Disable relocation relaxation in case the link is not PIE.
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call as-option,-Wa$(comma)-mrelax-relocations=no)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -include $(srctree)/include/linux/hidden.h
 
 KBUILD_AFLAGS  := $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -D__ASSEMBLY__
 GCOV_PROFILE := n
 UBSAN_SANITIZE :=n
 
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS := -m elf_$(UTS_MACHINE)
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option,--no-ld-generated-unwind-info)
 # Compressed kernel should be built as PIE since it may be loaded at any
 # address by the bootloader.
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -pie $(call ld-option, --no-dynamic-linker)
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux += $(call ld-option, --orphan-handling=warn)
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux += -T
 
 hostprogs	:= mkpiggy
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
index 29df99b6cc64..112b2375d021 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -42,19 +42,6 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.rodata.*)
 		_erodata = . ;
 	}
-	.rel.dyn : {
-		*(.rel.*)
-	}
-	.rela.dyn : {
-		*(.rela.*)
-	}
-	.got : {
-		*(.got)
-	}
-	.got.plt : {
-		*(.got.plt)
-	}
-
 	.data :	{
 		_data = . ;
 		*(.data)
@@ -82,14 +69,49 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);	/* keep ZO size page aligned */
 	_end = .;
 
+	STABS_DEBUG
+	DWARF_DEBUG
+	ELF_DETAILS
+
 	DISCARDS
-}
+	/DISCARD/ : {
+		*(.dynamic) *(.dynsym) *(.dynstr) *(.dynbss)
+		*(.hash) *(.gnu.hash)
+		*(.note.*)
+	}
 
-ASSERT(SIZEOF(.got) == 0, "Unexpected GOT entries detected!")
+	.got.plt (INFO) : {
+		*(.got.plt)
+	}
+	ASSERT(SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0 ||
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-ASSERT(SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0 || SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0x18, "Unexpected GOT/PLT entries detected!")
+	       SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0x18,
 #else
-ASSERT(SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0 || SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0xc, "Unexpected GOT/PLT entries detected!")
+	       SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0xc,
 #endif
+	       "Unexpected GOT/PLT entries detected!")
 
-ASSERT(SIZEOF(.rel.dyn) == 0 && SIZEOF(.rela.dyn) == 0, "Unexpected run-time relocations detected!")
+	/*
+	 * Sections that should stay zero sized, which is safer to
+	 * explicitly check instead of blindly discarding.
+	 */
+	.got : {
+		*(.got)
+	}
+	ASSERT(SIZEOF(.got) == 0, "Unexpected GOT entries detected!")
+
+	.plt : {
+		*(.plt) *(.plt.*)
+	}
+	ASSERT(SIZEOF(.plt) == 0, "Unexpected run-time procedure linkages detected!")
+
+	.rel.dyn : {
+		*(.rel.*) *(.rel_*)
+	}
+	ASSERT(SIZEOF(.rel.dyn) == 0, "Unexpected run-time relocations (.rel) detected!")
+
+	.rela.dyn : {
+		*(.rela.*) *(.rela_*)
+	}
+	ASSERT(SIZEOF(.rela.dyn) == 0, "Unexpected run-time relocations (.rela) detected!")
+}
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h
index 0359cbbd0f50..0603c7423aca 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h
@@ -141,11 +141,15 @@
 # define _ASM_EXTABLE_FAULT(from, to)				\
 	_ASM_EXTABLE_HANDLE(from, to, ex_handler_fault)
 
-# define _ASM_NOKPROBE(entry)					\
+# ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES
+#  define _ASM_NOKPROBE(entry)					\
 	.pushsection "_kprobe_blacklist","aw" ;			\
 	_ASM_ALIGN ;						\
 	_ASM_PTR (entry);					\
 	.popsection
+# else
+#  define _ASM_NOKPROBE(entry)
+# endif
 
 #else /* ! __ASSEMBLY__ */
 # define _EXPAND_EXTABLE_HANDLE(x) #x
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 9a03e5b23135..45d72447df84 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -411,10 +411,47 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	STABS_DEBUG
 	DWARF_DEBUG
+	ELF_DETAILS
 
 	DISCARDS
-}
 
+	/*
+	 * Make sure that the .got.plt is either completely empty or it
+	 * contains only the lazy dispatch entries.
+	 */
+	.got.plt (INFO) : { *(.got.plt) }
+	ASSERT(SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0 ||
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+	       SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0x18,
+#else
+	       SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0xc,
+#endif
+	       "Unexpected GOT/PLT entries detected!")
+
+	/*
+	 * Sections that should stay zero sized, which is safer to
+	 * explicitly check instead of blindly discarding.
+	 */
+	.got : {
+		*(.got) *(.igot.*)
+	}
+	ASSERT(SIZEOF(.got) == 0, "Unexpected GOT entries detected!")
+
+	.plt : {
+		*(.plt) *(.plt.*) *(.iplt)
+	}
+	ASSERT(SIZEOF(.plt) == 0, "Unexpected run-time procedure linkages detected!")
+
+	.rel.dyn : {
+		*(.rel.*) *(.rel_*)
+	}
+	ASSERT(SIZEOF(.rel.dyn) == 0, "Unexpected run-time relocations (.rel) detected!")
+
+	.rela.dyn : {
+		*(.rela.*) *(.rela_*)
+	}
+	ASSERT(SIZEOF(.rela.dyn) == 0, "Unexpected run-time relocations (.rela) detected!")
+}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
index 5a80cf6bd606..039a9acab817 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ cflags-$(CONFIG_X86)		+= -m$(BITS) -D__KERNEL__ \
 # arm64 uses the full KBUILD_CFLAGS so it's necessary to explicitly
 # disable the stackleak plugin
 cflags-$(CONFIG_ARM64)		:= $(subst $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE),,$(KBUILD_CFLAGS)) \
-				   -fpie $(DISABLE_STACKLEAK_PLUGIN)
+				   -fpie $(DISABLE_STACKLEAK_PLUGIN) \
+				   $(call cc-option,-mbranch-protection=none)
 cflags-$(CONFIG_ARM)		:= $(subst $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE),,$(KBUILD_CFLAGS)) \
 				   -fno-builtin -fpic \
 				   $(call cc-option,-mno-single-pic-base)
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ cflags-$(CONFIG_ARM)		:= $(subst $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE),,$(KBUILD_CFLAGS)) \
 cflags-$(CONFIG_EFI_GENERIC_STUB) += -I$(srctree)/scripts/dtc/libfdt
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS			:= $(cflags-y) -Os -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING \
-				   -include $(srctree)/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/hidden.h \
+				   -include $(srctree)/include/linux/hidden.h \
 				   -D__NO_FORTIFY \
 				   -ffreestanding \
 				   -fno-stack-protector \
@@ -65,6 +66,12 @@ lib-$(CONFIG_ARM64)		+= arm64-stub.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_X86)		+= x86-stub.o
 CFLAGS_arm32-stub.o		:= -DTEXT_OFFSET=$(TEXT_OFFSET)
 
+# Even when -mbranch-protection=none is set, Clang will generate a
+# .note.gnu.property for code-less object files (like lib/ctype.c),
+# so work around this by explicitly removing the unwanted section.
+# https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46480
+STUBCOPY_FLAGS-y		+= --remove-section=.note.gnu.property
+
 #
 # For x86, bootloaders like systemd-boot or grub-efi do not zero-initialize the
 # .bss section, so the .bss section of the EFI stub needs to be included in the
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/hidden.h b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/hidden.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 3493b041f419..000000000000
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/hidden.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-/*
- * To prevent the compiler from emitting GOT-indirected (and thus absolute)
- * references to any global symbols, override their visibility as 'hidden'
- */
-#pragma GCC visibility push(hidden)
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 7636bc71c71f..b33577d2e5ee 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
  *
  *	STABS_DEBUG
  *	DWARF_DEBUG
+ *	ELF_DETAILS
  *
  *	DISCARDS		// must be the last
  * }
@@ -581,7 +582,10 @@
  */
 #define TEXT_TEXT							\
 		ALIGN_FUNCTION();					\
-		*(.text.hot TEXT_MAIN .text.fixup .text.unlikely)	\
+		*(.text.hot .text.hot.*)				\
+		*(TEXT_MAIN .text.fixup)				\
+		*(.text.unlikely .text.unlikely.*)			\
+		*(.text.unknown .text.unknown.*)			\
 		NOINSTR_TEXT						\
 		*(.text..refcount)					\
 		*(.ref.text)						\
@@ -812,15 +816,21 @@
 		.debug_macro	0 : { *(.debug_macro) }			\
 		.debug_addr	0 : { *(.debug_addr) }
 
-		/* Stabs debugging sections.  */
+/* Stabs debugging sections. */
 #define STABS_DEBUG							\
 		.stab 0 : { *(.stab) }					\
 		.stabstr 0 : { *(.stabstr) }				\
 		.stab.excl 0 : { *(.stab.excl) }			\
 		.stab.exclstr 0 : { *(.stab.exclstr) }			\
 		.stab.index 0 : { *(.stab.index) }			\
-		.stab.indexstr 0 : { *(.stab.indexstr) }		\
-		.comment 0 : { *(.comment) }
+		.stab.indexstr 0 : { *(.stab.indexstr) }
+
+/* Required sections not related to debugging. */
+#define ELF_DETAILS							\
+		.comment 0 : { *(.comment) }				\
+		.symtab 0 : { *(.symtab) }				\
+		.strtab 0 : { *(.strtab) }				\
+		.shstrtab 0 : { *(.shstrtab) }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_BUG
 #define BUG_TABLE							\
@@ -955,13 +965,38 @@
 	EXIT_DATA
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Clang's -fsanitize=kernel-address and -fsanitize=thread produce
+ * unwanted sections (.eh_frame and .init_array.*), but
+ * CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS wants to keep any .init_array.* sections.
+ * https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46478
+ */
+#if defined(CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC) || defined(CONFIG_KCSAN)
+# ifdef CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS
+#  define SANITIZER_DISCARDS						\
+	*(.eh_frame)
+# else
+#  define SANITIZER_DISCARDS						\
+	*(.init_array) *(.init_array.*)					\
+	*(.eh_frame)
+# endif
+#else
+# define SANITIZER_DISCARDS
+#endif
+
+#define COMMON_DISCARDS							\
+	SANITIZER_DISCARDS						\
+	*(.discard)							\
+	*(.discard.*)							\
+	*(.modinfo)							\
+	/* ld.bfd warns about .gnu.version* even when not emitted */	\
+	*(.gnu.version*)						\
+
 #define DISCARDS							\
 	/DISCARD/ : {							\
 	EXIT_DISCARDS							\
 	EXIT_CALL							\
-	*(.discard)							\
-	*(.discard.*)							\
-	*(.modinfo)							\
+	COMMON_DISCARDS							\
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/hidden.h b/include/linux/hidden.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..49a17b6b5962
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/hidden.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * When building position independent code with GCC using the -fPIC option,
+ * (or even the -fPIE one on older versions), it will assume that we are
+ * building a dynamic object (either a shared library or an executable) that
+ * may have symbol references that can only be resolved at load time. For a
+ * variety of reasons (ELF symbol preemption, the CoW footprint of the section
+ * that is modified by the loader), this results in all references to symbols
+ * with external linkage to go via entries in the Global Offset Table (GOT),
+ * which carries absolute addresses which need to be fixed up when the
+ * executable image is loaded at an offset which is different from its link
+ * time offset.
+ *
+ * Fortunately, there is a way to inform the compiler that such symbol
+ * references will be satisfied at link time rather than at load time, by
+ * giving them 'hidden' visibility.
+ */
+
+#pragma GCC visibility push(hidden)