--- zzzz-none-000/linux-3.10.107/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	2017-06-27 09:49:32.000000000 +0000
+++ scorpion-7490-727/linux-3.10.107/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	2021-02-04 17:41:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -183,6 +183,12 @@
 		*(.rela*)
 	}
 #endif
+	/* .exit.data is discarded at runtime, not link time,
+	 * to deal with references from .exit.text
+	 */
+	.exit.data : AT(ADDR(.exit.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
+		EXIT_DATA
+	}
 
 	/* freed after init ends here */
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);