diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 773770c47e37..dd68422c2aa1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ config ARM
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_XZ
 	select HAVE_KPROBES if !XIP_KERNEL && !CPU_ENDIAN_BE32 && !CPU_V7M
 	select HAVE_KRETPROBES if HAVE_KPROBES
+	select HAVE_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
 	select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
 	select HAVE_NMI
 	select HAVE_OPTPROBES if !THUMB2_KERNEL
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
index 3fcb3e62dc56..d411abd4310e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
   . = BSS_START;
   __bss_start = .;
-  .bss			: { *(.bss) }
+  .bss			: { *(.bss .bss.*) }
   _end = .;
 
   . = ALIGN(8);		/* the stack must be 64-bit aligned */
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h
index fad45c884e98..fa031135710f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 #define PROC_INFO							\
 		. = ALIGN(4);						\
 		__proc_info_begin = .;					\
-		*(.proc.info.init)					\
+		KEEP(*(.proc.info.init))				\
 		__proc_info_end = .;
 
 #define IDMAP_TEXT							\
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
index c39303e5c234..fe3a24fe6a00 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
@@ -1297,6 +1297,7 @@ vector_addrexcptn:
 	.globl	vector_fiq
 
 	.section .vectors, "ax", %progbits
+	.reloc  .text, R_ARM_NONE, .
 	W(b)	vector_rst
 	W(b)	vector_und
 ARM(	.reloc	., R_ARM_LDR_PC_G0, .L__vector_swi		)
@@ -1310,6 +1311,7 @@ THUMB(	.reloc	., R_ARM_THM_PC12, .L__vector_swi		)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HARDEN_BRANCH_HISTORY
 	.section .vectors.bhb.loop8, "ax", %progbits
+	.reloc  .text, R_ARM_NONE, .
 	W(b)	vector_rst
 	W(b)	vector_bhb_loop8_und
 ARM(	.reloc	., R_ARM_LDR_PC_G0, .L__vector_bhb_loop8_swi	)
@@ -1322,6 +1324,7 @@ THUMB(	.reloc	., R_ARM_THM_PC12, .L__vector_bhb_loop8_swi	)
 	W(b)	vector_bhb_loop8_fiq
 
 	.section .vectors.bhb.bpiall, "ax", %progbits
+	.reloc  .text, R_ARM_NONE, .
 	W(b)	vector_rst
 	W(b)	vector_bhb_bpiall_und
 ARM(	.reloc	., R_ARM_LDR_PC_G0, .L__vector_bhb_bpiall_swi	)
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
index 76678732c60d..8ab517f26c22 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(4);
 	__ex_table : AT(ADDR(__ex_table) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__start___ex_table = .;
-		ARM_MMU_KEEP(*(__ex_table))
+		ARM_MMU_KEEP(KEEP(*(__ex_table)))
 		__stop___ex_table = .;
 	}
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
 	.init.arch.info : {
 		__arch_info_begin = .;
-		*(.arch.info.init)
+		KEEP(*(.arch.info.init))
 		__arch_info_end = .;
 	}
 	.init.tagtable : {
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index aa12b65a7fd6..392cb962a40c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(4);
 	__ex_table : AT(ADDR(__ex_table) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		__start___ex_table = .;
-		ARM_MMU_KEEP(*(__ex_table))
+		ARM_MMU_KEEP(KEEP(*(__ex_table)))
 		__stop___ex_table = .;
 	}
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
 	.init.arch.info : {
 		__arch_info_begin = .;
-		*(.arch.info.init)
+		KEEP(*(.arch.info.init))
 		__arch_info_end = .;
 	}
 	.init.tagtable : {
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ SECTIONS
 #endif
 	.init.pv_table : {
 		__pv_table_begin = .;
-		*(.pv_table)
+		KEEP(*(.pv_table))
 		__pv_table_end = .;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
index 473ef18421db..850fcf1a5b88 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS := $(filter-out $(CC_FLAGS_CFI), $(KBUILD_CFLAGS))
 # disable LTO
 KBUILD_CFLAGS := $(filter-out $(CC_FLAGS_LTO), $(KBUILD_CFLAGS))
 
+# The .data section would be renamed to .data.efistub, therefore, remove
+# `-fdata-sections` flag from KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL
+KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL := $(filter-out -fdata-sections, $(KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL))
+
 GCOV_PROFILE			:= n
 # Sanitizer runtimes are unavailable and cannot be linked here.
 KASAN_SANITIZE			:= n