--- /dev/null
+From 473e162eea465e60578edb93341752e7f1c1dacc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com>
+Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:19:25 +0200
+Subject: CRIS: Add _sdata to vmlinux.lds.S
+
+From: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com>
+
+commit 473e162eea465e60578edb93341752e7f1c1dacc upstream.
+
+Fixes link error:
+ LD vmlinux
+kernel/built-in.o: In function `core_kernel_data':
+(.text+0x13e44): undefined reference to `_sdata'
+
+Signed-off-by: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com>
+Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
+Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
+Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
+
+---
+ arch/cris/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+--- a/arch/cris/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
++++ b/arch/cris/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ SECTIONS
+
+ EXCEPTION_TABLE(4)
+
++ _sdata = .;
+ RODATA
+
+ . = ALIGN (4);