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diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
index ed8ec011a9fd..58cfd5bd209a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -94,27 +94,19 @@ extern unsigned long _brk_end;
void *extend_brk(size_t size, size_t align);
/*
- * Reserve space in the brk section. The name must be unique within
- * the file, and somewhat descriptive. The size is in bytes. Must be
- * used at file scope.
+ * Reserve space in the brk section. The name must be unique within the file,
+ * and somewhat descriptive. The size is in bytes.
*
- * (This uses a temp function to wrap the asm so we can pass it the
- * size parameter; otherwise we wouldn't be able to. We can't use a
- * "section" attribute on a normal variable because it always ends up
- * being @progbits, which ends up allocating space in the vmlinux
- * executable.)
+ * The allocation is done using inline asm (rather than using a section
+ * attribute on a normal variable) in order to allow the use of @nobits, so
+ * that it doesn't take up any space in the vmlinux file.
*/
-#define RESERVE_BRK(name,sz) \
- static void __section(.discard.text) __used notrace \
- __brk_reservation_fn_##name##__(void) { \
- asm volatile ( \
- ".pushsection .brk_reservation,\"aw\",@nobits;" \
- ".brk." #name ":" \
- " 1:.skip %c0;" \
- " .size .brk." #name ", . - 1b;" \
- " .popsection" \
- : : "i" (sz)); \
- }
+#define RESERVE_BRK(name, size) \
+ asm(".pushsection .brk_reservation,\"aw\",@nobits\n\t" \
+ ".brk." #name ":\n\t" \
+ ".skip " __stringify(size) "\n\t" \
+ ".size .brk." #name ", " __stringify(size) "\n\t" \
+ ".popsection\n\t")
/* Helper for reserving space for arrays of things */
#define RESERVE_BRK_ARRAY(type, name, entries) \