diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
index 2206757..f9e181a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
@@ -383,8 +383,8 @@
 	} else {
 		/* Return stub is in 32bit vsyscall page */
 		if (current->mm->context.vdso)
-			restorer = VDSO32_SYMBOL(current->mm->context.vdso,
-						 sigreturn);
+			restorer = current->mm->context.vdso +
+				selected_vdso32->sym___kernel_sigreturn;
 		else
 			restorer = &frame->retcode;
 	}
@@ -462,8 +462,8 @@
 		if (ksig->ka.sa.sa_flags & SA_RESTORER)
 			restorer = ksig->ka.sa.sa_restorer;
 		else
-			restorer = VDSO32_SYMBOL(current->mm->context.vdso,
-						 rt_sigreturn);
+			restorer = current->mm->context.vdso +
+				selected_vdso32->sym___kernel_rt_sigreturn;
 		put_user_ex(ptr_to_compat(restorer), &frame->pretcode);
 
 		/*
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
index e96df2c..65b21bc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
 do {									\
 	if (vdso64_enabled)						\
 		NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_SYSINFO_EHDR,				\
-			    (unsigned long)current->mm->context.vdso);	\
+			    (unsigned long __force)current->mm->context.vdso); \
 } while (0)
 
 /* As a historical oddity, the x32 and x86_64 vDSOs are controlled together. */
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
 do {									\
 	if (vdso64_enabled)						\
 		NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_SYSINFO_EHDR,				\
-			    (unsigned long)current->mm->context.vdso);	\
+			    (unsigned long __force)current->mm->context.vdso); \
 } while (0)
 
 #define AT_SYSINFO		32
@@ -325,7 +325,8 @@
 #define VDSO_CURRENT_BASE	((unsigned long)current->mm->context.vdso)
 
 #define VDSO_ENTRY							\
-	((unsigned long)VDSO32_SYMBOL(VDSO_CURRENT_BASE, vsyscall))
+	((unsigned long)current->mm->context.vdso +			\
+	 selected_vdso32->sym___kernel_vsyscall)
 
 struct linux_binprm;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu.h
index 5f55e69..876e74e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #endif
 
 	struct mutex lock;
-	void *vdso;
+	void __user *vdso;
 } mm_context_t;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso.h
index d1dc554..389fe2c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso.h
@@ -3,63 +3,43 @@
 
 #include <asm/page_types.h>
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
 
-#ifdef __ASSEMBLER__
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLER__
 
-#define DEFINE_VDSO_IMAGE(symname, filename)				\
-__PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA ;							\
-	.globl symname##_start, symname##_end ;				\
-	.align PAGE_SIZE ;						\
-	symname##_start: ;						\
-	.incbin filename ;						\
-	symname##_end: ;						\
-	.align PAGE_SIZE /* extra data here leaks to userspace. */ ;	\
-									\
-.previous ;								\
-									\
-	.globl symname##_pages ;					\
-	.bss ;								\
-	.align 8 ;							\
-	.type symname##_pages, @object ;				\
-	symname##_pages: ;						\
-	.zero (symname##_end - symname##_start + PAGE_SIZE - 1) / PAGE_SIZE * (BITS_PER_LONG / 8) ; \
-	.size symname##_pages, .-symname##_pages
+struct vdso_image {
+	void *data;
+	unsigned long size;   /* Always a multiple of PAGE_SIZE */
+	struct page **pages;  /* Big enough for data/size page pointers */
 
-#else
+	unsigned long alt, alt_len;
 
-#define DECLARE_VDSO_IMAGE(symname)				\
-	extern char symname##_start[], symname##_end[];		\
-	extern struct page *symname##_pages[]
+	unsigned long sym_VDSO32_NOTE_MASK;
+	unsigned long sym___kernel_sigreturn;
+	unsigned long sym___kernel_rt_sigreturn;
+	unsigned long sym___kernel_vsyscall;
+	unsigned long sym_VDSO32_SYSENTER_RETURN;
+};
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+extern const struct vdso_image vdso_image_64;
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_X32
+extern const struct vdso_image vdso_image_x32;
+#endif
 
 #if defined CONFIG_X86_32 || defined CONFIG_COMPAT
-
-#include <asm/vdso32.h>
-
-DECLARE_VDSO_IMAGE(vdso32_int80);
+extern const struct vdso_image vdso_image_32_int80;
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
-DECLARE_VDSO_IMAGE(vdso32_syscall);
+extern const struct vdso_image vdso_image_32_syscall;
 #endif
-DECLARE_VDSO_IMAGE(vdso32_sysenter);
+extern const struct vdso_image vdso_image_32_sysenter;
 
-/*
- * Given a pointer to the vDSO image, find the pointer to VDSO32_name
- * as that symbol is defined in the vDSO sources or linker script.
- */
-#define VDSO32_SYMBOL(base, name)					\
-({									\
-	extern const char VDSO32_##name[];				\
-	(void __user *)(VDSO32_##name + (unsigned long)(base));		\
-})
+extern const struct vdso_image *selected_vdso32;
 #endif
 
-/*
- * These symbols are defined with the addresses in the vsyscall page.
- * See vsyscall-sigreturn.S.
- */
-extern void __user __kernel_sigreturn;
-extern void __user __kernel_rt_sigreturn;
-
-void __init patch_vdso32(void *vdso, size_t len);
+extern void __init init_vdso_image(const struct vdso_image *image);
 
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLER__ */
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
index 9e5de68..a0da58d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
@@ -298,7 +298,8 @@
 	}
 
 	if (current->mm->context.vdso)
-		restorer = VDSO32_SYMBOL(current->mm->context.vdso, sigreturn);
+		restorer = current->mm->context.vdso +
+			selected_vdso32->sym___kernel_sigreturn;
 	else
 		restorer = &frame->retcode;
 	if (ksig->ka.sa.sa_flags & SA_RESTORER)
@@ -361,7 +362,8 @@
 		save_altstack_ex(&frame->uc.uc_stack, regs->sp);
 
 		/* Set up to return from userspace.  */
-		restorer = VDSO32_SYMBOL(current->mm->context.vdso, rt_sigreturn);
+		restorer = current->mm->context.vdso +
+			selected_vdso32->sym___kernel_sigreturn;
 		if (ksig->ka.sa.sa_flags & SA_RESTORER)
 			restorer = ksig->ka.sa.sa_restorer;
 		put_user_ex(restorer, &frame->pretcode);
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index f35c66c..5638496 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -1223,7 +1223,8 @@
 
 const char *arch_vma_name(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	if (vma->vm_mm && vma->vm_start == (long)vma->vm_mm->context.vdso)
+	if (vma->vm_mm && vma->vm_start ==
+	    (long __force)vma->vm_mm->context.vdso)
 		return "[vdso]";
 	if (vma == &gate_vma)
 		return "[vsyscall]";
diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/.gitignore b/arch/x86/vdso/.gitignore
index 3282874..aae8ffd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/vdso/.gitignore
+++ b/arch/x86/vdso/.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 vdso.lds
-vdso-syms.lds
 vdsox32.lds
-vdsox32-syms.lds
-vdso32-syms.lds
 vdso32-syscall-syms.lds
 vdso32-sysenter-syms.lds
 vdso32-int80-syms.lds
+vdso-image-*.c
+vdso2c
diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/Makefile b/arch/x86/vdso/Makefile
index c580d12..895d4b1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/vdso/Makefile
@@ -24,15 +24,30 @@
 
 # files to link into kernel
 obj-y				+= vma.o
-obj-$(VDSO64-y)			+= vdso.o
-obj-$(VDSOX32-y)		+= vdsox32.o
-obj-$(VDSO32-y)			+= vdso32.o vdso32-setup.o
+
+# vDSO images to build
+vdso_img-$(VDSO64-y)		+= 64
+vdso_img-$(VDSOX32-y)		+= x32
+vdso_img-$(VDSO32-y)		+= 32-int80
+vdso_img-$(CONFIG_COMPAT)	+= 32-syscall
+vdso_img-$(VDSO32-y)		+= 32-sysenter
+
+obj-$(VDSO32-y)			+= vdso32-setup.o
 
 vobjs := $(foreach F,$(vobj64s),$(obj)/$F)
 
 $(obj)/vdso.o: $(obj)/vdso.so
 
-targets += vdso.so vdso.so.dbg vdso.lds $(vobjs-y)
+targets += vdso.lds $(vobjs-y)
+
+# Build the vDSO image C files and link them in.
+vdso_img_objs := $(vdso_img-y:%=vdso-image-%.o)
+vdso_img_cfiles := $(vdso_img-y:%=vdso-image-%.c)
+vdso_img_sodbg := $(vdso_img-y:%=vdso%.so.dbg)
+obj-y += $(vdso_img_objs)
+targets += $(vdso_img_cfiles)
+targets += $(vdso_img_sodbg)
+.SECONDARY: $(vdso_img-y:%=$(obj)/vdso-image-%.c)
 
 export CPPFLAGS_vdso.lds += -P -C
 
@@ -41,14 +56,18 @@
 			-Wl,-z,max-page-size=4096 -Wl,-z,common-page-size=4096 \
 			$(DISABLE_LTO)
 
-$(obj)/vdso.o: $(src)/vdso.S $(obj)/vdso.so
-
-$(obj)/vdso.so.dbg: $(src)/vdso.lds $(vobjs) FORCE
+$(obj)/vdso64.so.dbg: $(src)/vdso.lds $(vobjs) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,vdso)
 
-$(obj)/%.so: OBJCOPYFLAGS := -S
-$(obj)/%.so: $(obj)/%.so.dbg FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
+hostprogs-y			+= vdso2c
+
+quiet_cmd_vdso2c = VDSO2C  $@
+define cmd_vdso2c
+	$(obj)/vdso2c $< $@
+endef
+
+$(obj)/vdso-image-%.c: $(obj)/vdso%.so.dbg $(obj)/vdso2c FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,vdso2c)
 
 #
 # Don't omit frame pointers for ease of userspace debugging, but do
@@ -68,22 +87,6 @@
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_vgetcpu.o = -pg
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_vvar.o = -pg
 
-targets += vdso-syms.lds
-obj-$(VDSO64-y)			+= vdso-syms.lds
-
-#
-# Match symbols in the DSO that look like VDSO*; produce a file of constants.
-#
-sed-vdsosym := -e 's/^00*/0/' \
-	-e 's/^\([0-9a-fA-F]*\) . \(VDSO[a-zA-Z0-9_]*\)$$/\2 = 0x\1;/p'
-quiet_cmd_vdsosym = VDSOSYM $@
-define cmd_vdsosym
-	$(NM) $< | LC_ALL=C sed -n $(sed-vdsosym) | LC_ALL=C sort > $@
-endef
-
-$(obj)/%-syms.lds: $(obj)/%.so.dbg FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,vdsosym)
-
 #
 # X32 processes use x32 vDSO to access 64bit kernel data.
 #
@@ -94,9 +97,6 @@
 # so that it can reach 64bit address space with 64bit pointers.
 #
 
-targets += vdsox32-syms.lds
-obj-$(VDSOX32-y)		+= vdsox32-syms.lds
-
 CPPFLAGS_vdsox32.lds = $(CPPFLAGS_vdso.lds)
 VDSO_LDFLAGS_vdsox32.lds = -Wl,-m,elf32_x86_64 \
 			   -Wl,-soname=linux-vdso.so.1 \
@@ -113,9 +113,7 @@
 $(obj)/%-x32.o: $(obj)/%.o FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,x32)
 
-targets += vdsox32.so vdsox32.so.dbg vdsox32.lds $(vobjx32s-y)
-
-$(obj)/vdsox32.o: $(src)/vdsox32.S $(obj)/vdsox32.so
+targets += vdsox32.lds $(vobjx32s-y)
 
 $(obj)/vdsox32.so.dbg: $(src)/vdsox32.lds $(vobjx32s) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,vdso)
@@ -123,7 +121,6 @@
 #
 # Build multiple 32-bit vDSO images to choose from at boot time.
 #
-obj-$(VDSO32-y)			+= vdso32-syms.lds
 vdso32.so-$(VDSO32-y)		+= int80
 vdso32.so-$(CONFIG_COMPAT)	+= syscall
 vdso32.so-$(VDSO32-y)		+= sysenter
@@ -138,10 +135,8 @@
 override obj-dirs = $(dir $(obj)) $(obj)/vdso32/
 
 targets += vdso32/vdso32.lds
-targets += $(vdso32-images) $(vdso32-images:=.dbg)
 targets += vdso32/note.o vdso32/vclock_gettime.o $(vdso32.so-y:%=vdso32/%.o)
-
-extra-y	+= $(vdso32-images)
+targets += vdso32/vclock_gettime.o
 
 $(obj)/vdso32.o: $(vdso32-images:%=$(obj)/%)
 
@@ -166,27 +161,6 @@
 				 $(obj)/vdso32/%.o
 	$(call if_changed,vdso)
 
-# Make vdso32-*-syms.lds from each image, and then make sure they match.
-# The only difference should be that some do not define VDSO32_SYSENTER_RETURN.
-
-targets += vdso32-syms.lds $(vdso32.so-y:%=vdso32-%-syms.lds)
-
-quiet_cmd_vdso32sym = VDSOSYM $@
-define cmd_vdso32sym
-	if LC_ALL=C sort -u $(filter-out FORCE,$^) > $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) && \
-	   $(foreach H,$(filter-out FORCE,$^),\
-		     if grep -q VDSO32_SYSENTER_RETURN $H; \
-		     then diff -u $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) $H; \
-		     else sed /VDSO32_SYSENTER_RETURN/d $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) | \
-			  diff -u - $H; fi &&) : ;\
-	then mv -f $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F) $@; \
-	else rm -f $(@D)/.tmp_$(@F); exit 1; \
-	fi
-endef
-
-$(obj)/vdso32-syms.lds: $(vdso32.so-y:%=$(obj)/vdso32-%-syms.lds) FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,vdso32sym)
-
 #
 # The DSO images are built using a special linker script.
 #
@@ -197,7 +171,7 @@
 		 sh $(srctree)/$(src)/checkundef.sh '$(NM)' '$@'
 
 VDSO_LDFLAGS = -fPIC -shared $(call cc-ldoption, -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=sysv) \
-		$(LTO_CFLAGS)
+	-Wl,-Bsymbolic $(LTO_CFLAGS)
 GCOV_PROFILE := n
 
 #
diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c b/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
index 16d6861..091554c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
+++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
 	asm(
 		"mov %%ebx, %%edx \n"
 		"mov %2, %%ebx \n"
-		"call VDSO32_vsyscall \n"
+		"call __kernel_vsyscall \n"
 		"mov %%edx, %%ebx \n"
 		: "=a" (ret)
 		: "0" (__NR_clock_gettime), "g" (clock), "c" (ts)
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
 	asm(
 		"mov %%ebx, %%edx \n"
 		"mov %2, %%ebx \n"
-		"call VDSO32_vsyscall \n"
+		"call __kernel_vsyscall \n"
 		"mov %%edx, %%ebx \n"
 		: "=a" (ret)
 		: "0" (__NR_gettimeofday), "g" (tv), "c" (tz)
diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vdso.S b/arch/x86/vdso/vdso.S
deleted file mode 100644
index be3f23b..0000000
--- a/arch/x86/vdso/vdso.S
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#include <asm/vdso.h>
-
-DEFINE_VDSO_IMAGE(vdso, "arch/x86/vdso/vdso.so")
diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vdso2c.c b/arch/x86/vdso/vdso2c.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..976e8e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vdso2c.c
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <err.h>
+
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <linux/elf.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+/* Symbols that we need in vdso2c. */
+char const * const required_syms[] = {
+	"VDSO32_NOTE_MASK",
+	"VDSO32_SYSENTER_RETURN",
+	"__kernel_vsyscall",
+	"__kernel_sigreturn",
+	"__kernel_rt_sigreturn",
+};
+
+__attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2))) __attribute__((noreturn))
+static void fail(const char *format, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+	va_start(ap, format);
+	fprintf(stderr, "Error: ");
+	vfprintf(stderr, format, ap);
+	exit(1);
+	va_end(ap);
+}
+
+#define NSYMS (sizeof(required_syms) / sizeof(required_syms[0]))
+
+#define BITS 64
+#define GOFUNC go64
+#define Elf_Ehdr Elf64_Ehdr
+#define Elf_Shdr Elf64_Shdr
+#define Elf_Phdr Elf64_Phdr
+#define Elf_Sym Elf64_Sym
+#define Elf_Dyn Elf64_Dyn
+#include "vdso2c.h"
+#undef BITS
+#undef GOFUNC
+#undef Elf_Ehdr
+#undef Elf_Shdr
+#undef Elf_Phdr
+#undef Elf_Sym
+#undef Elf_Dyn
+
+#define BITS 32
+#define GOFUNC go32
+#define Elf_Ehdr Elf32_Ehdr
+#define Elf_Shdr Elf32_Shdr
+#define Elf_Phdr Elf32_Phdr
+#define Elf_Sym Elf32_Sym
+#define Elf_Dyn Elf32_Dyn
+#include "vdso2c.h"
+#undef BITS
+#undef GOFUNC
+#undef Elf_Ehdr
+#undef Elf_Shdr
+#undef Elf_Phdr
+#undef Elf_Sym
+#undef Elf_Dyn
+
+static int go(void *addr, size_t len, FILE *outfile, const char *name)
+{
+	Elf64_Ehdr *hdr = (Elf64_Ehdr *)addr;
+
+	if (hdr->e_ident[EI_CLASS] == ELFCLASS64) {
+		return go64(addr, len, outfile, name);
+	} else if (hdr->e_ident[EI_CLASS] == ELFCLASS32) {
+		return go32(addr, len, outfile, name);
+	} else {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Error: unknown ELF class\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	int fd;
+	off_t len;
+	void *addr;
+	FILE *outfile;
+	int ret;
+	char *name, *tmp;
+	int namelen;
+
+	if (argc != 3) {
+		printf("Usage: vdso2c INPUT OUTPUT\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Figure out the struct name.  If we're writing to a .so file,
+	 * generate raw output insted.
+	 */
+	name = strdup(argv[2]);
+	namelen = strlen(name);
+	if (namelen >= 3 && !strcmp(name + namelen - 3, ".so")) {
+		name = NULL;
+	} else {
+		tmp = strrchr(name, '/');
+		if (tmp)
+			name = tmp + 1;
+		tmp = strchr(name, '.');
+		if (tmp)
+			*tmp = '\0';
+		for (tmp = name; *tmp; tmp++)
+			if (*tmp == '-')
+				*tmp = '_';
+	}
+
+	fd = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY);
+	if (fd == -1)
+		err(1, "%s", argv[1]);
+
+	len = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END);
+	if (len == (off_t)-1)
+		err(1, "lseek");
+
+	addr = mmap(NULL, len, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
+	if (addr == MAP_FAILED)
+		err(1, "mmap");
+
+	outfile = fopen(argv[2], "w");
+	if (!outfile)
+		err(1, "%s", argv[2]);
+
+	ret = go(addr, (size_t)len, outfile, name);
+
+	munmap(addr, len);
+	fclose(outfile);
+
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vdso2c.h b/arch/x86/vdso/vdso2c.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9276e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vdso2c.h
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+/*
+ * This file is included twice from vdso2c.c.  It generates code for 32-bit
+ * and 64-bit vDSOs.  We need both for 64-bit builds, since 32-bit vDSOs
+ * are built for 32-bit userspace.
+ */
+
+static int GOFUNC(void *addr, size_t len, FILE *outfile, const char *name)
+{
+	int found_load = 0;
+	unsigned long load_size = -1;  /* Work around bogus warning */
+	unsigned long data_size;
+	Elf_Ehdr *hdr = (Elf_Ehdr *)addr;
+	int i;
+	unsigned long j;
+	Elf_Shdr *symtab_hdr = NULL, *strtab_hdr, *secstrings_hdr,
+		*alt_sec = NULL;
+	Elf_Dyn *dyn = 0, *dyn_end = 0;
+	const char *secstrings;
+	uint64_t syms[NSYMS] = {};
+
+	Elf_Phdr *pt = (Elf_Phdr *)(addr + hdr->e_phoff);
+
+	/* Walk the segment table. */
+	for (i = 0; i < hdr->e_phnum; i++) {
+		if (pt[i].p_type == PT_LOAD) {
+			if (found_load)
+				fail("multiple PT_LOAD segs\n");
+
+			if (pt[i].p_offset != 0 || pt[i].p_vaddr != 0)
+				fail("PT_LOAD in wrong place\n");
+
+			if (pt[i].p_memsz != pt[i].p_filesz)
+				fail("cannot handle memsz != filesz\n");
+
+			load_size = pt[i].p_memsz;
+			found_load = 1;
+		} else if (pt[i].p_type == PT_DYNAMIC) {
+			dyn = addr + pt[i].p_offset;
+			dyn_end = addr + pt[i].p_offset + pt[i].p_memsz;
+		}
+	}
+	if (!found_load)
+		fail("no PT_LOAD seg\n");
+	data_size = (load_size + 4095) / 4096 * 4096;
+
+	/* Walk the dynamic table */
+	for (i = 0; dyn + i < dyn_end && dyn[i].d_tag != DT_NULL; i++) {
+		if (dyn[i].d_tag == DT_REL || dyn[i].d_tag == DT_RELSZ ||
+		    dyn[i].d_tag == DT_RELENT || dyn[i].d_tag == DT_TEXTREL)
+			fail("vdso image contains dynamic relocations\n");
+	}
+
+	/* Walk the section table */
+	secstrings_hdr = addr + hdr->e_shoff + hdr->e_shentsize*hdr->e_shstrndx;
+	secstrings = addr + secstrings_hdr->sh_offset;
+	for (i = 0; i < hdr->e_shnum; i++) {
+		Elf_Shdr *sh = addr + hdr->e_shoff + hdr->e_shentsize * i;
+		if (sh->sh_type == SHT_SYMTAB)
+			symtab_hdr = sh;
+
+		if (!strcmp(secstrings + sh->sh_name, ".altinstructions"))
+			alt_sec = sh;
+	}
+
+	if (!symtab_hdr) {
+		fail("no symbol table\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	strtab_hdr = addr + hdr->e_shoff +
+		hdr->e_shentsize * symtab_hdr->sh_link;
+
+	/* Walk the symbol table */
+	for (i = 0; i < symtab_hdr->sh_size / symtab_hdr->sh_entsize; i++) {
+		int k;
+		Elf_Sym *sym = addr + symtab_hdr->sh_offset +
+			symtab_hdr->sh_entsize * i;
+		const char *name = addr + strtab_hdr->sh_offset + sym->st_name;
+		for (k = 0; k < NSYMS; k++) {
+			if (!strcmp(name, required_syms[k])) {
+				if (syms[k]) {
+					fail("duplicate symbol %s\n",
+					     required_syms[k]);
+				}
+				syms[k] = sym->st_value;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Remove sections. */
+	hdr->e_shoff = 0;
+	hdr->e_shentsize = 0;
+	hdr->e_shnum = 0;
+	hdr->e_shstrndx = SHN_UNDEF;
+
+	if (!name) {
+		fwrite(addr, load_size, 1, outfile);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	fprintf(outfile, "/* AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED -- DO NOT EDIT */\n\n");
+	fprintf(outfile, "#include <linux/linkage.h>\n");
+	fprintf(outfile, "#include <asm/page_types.h>\n");
+	fprintf(outfile, "#include <asm/vdso.h>\n");
+	fprintf(outfile, "\n");
+	fprintf(outfile,
+		"static unsigned char raw_data[%lu] __page_aligned_data = {",
+		data_size);
+	for (j = 0; j < load_size; j++) {
+		if (j % 10 == 0)
+			fprintf(outfile, "\n\t");
+		fprintf(outfile, "0x%02X, ", (int)((unsigned char *)addr)[j]);
+	}
+	fprintf(outfile, "\n};\n\n");
+
+	fprintf(outfile, "static struct page *pages[%lu];\n\n",
+		data_size / 4096);
+
+	fprintf(outfile, "const struct vdso_image %s = {\n", name);
+	fprintf(outfile, "\t.data = raw_data,\n");
+	fprintf(outfile, "\t.size = %lu,\n", data_size);
+	fprintf(outfile, "\t.pages = pages,\n");
+	if (alt_sec) {
+		fprintf(outfile, "\t.alt = %lu,\n",
+			(unsigned long)alt_sec->sh_offset);
+		fprintf(outfile, "\t.alt_len = %lu,\n",
+			(unsigned long)alt_sec->sh_size);
+	}
+	for (i = 0; i < NSYMS; i++) {
+		if (syms[i])
+			fprintf(outfile, "\t.sym_%s = 0x%" PRIx64 ",\n",
+				required_syms[i], syms[i]);
+	}
+	fprintf(outfile, "};\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c b/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c
index 9c78d5b..d414601 100644
--- a/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <asm/fixmap.h>
 #include <asm/hpet.h>
 #include <asm/vvar.h>
+#include <asm/vdso32.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO
 #define VDSO_DEFAULT	0
@@ -67,9 +68,6 @@
 __setup_param("vdso=", vdso_setup, vdso32_setup, 0);
 #endif
 
-static struct page **vdso32_pages;
-static unsigned vdso32_size;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 
 #define	vdso32_sysenter()	(boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SYSENTER32))
@@ -82,34 +80,23 @@
 
 #endif	/* CONFIG_X86_64 */
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86_32) || defined(CONFIG_COMPAT)
+const struct vdso_image *selected_vdso32;
+#endif
+
 int __init sysenter_setup(void)
 {
-	char *vdso32_start, *vdso32_end;
-	int npages, i;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
-	if (vdso32_syscall()) {
-		vdso32_start = vdso32_syscall_start;
-		vdso32_end = vdso32_syscall_end;
-		vdso32_pages = vdso32_syscall_pages;
-	} else
+	if (vdso32_syscall())
+		selected_vdso32 = &vdso_image_32_syscall;
+	else
 #endif
-	if (vdso32_sysenter()) {
-		vdso32_start = vdso32_sysenter_start;
-		vdso32_end = vdso32_sysenter_end;
-		vdso32_pages = vdso32_sysenter_pages;
-	} else {
-		vdso32_start = vdso32_int80_start;
-		vdso32_end = vdso32_int80_end;
-		vdso32_pages = vdso32_int80_pages;
-	}
+	if (vdso32_sysenter())
+		selected_vdso32 = &vdso_image_32_sysenter;
+	else
+		selected_vdso32 = &vdso_image_32_int80;
 
-	npages = ((vdso32_end - vdso32_start) + PAGE_SIZE - 1) / PAGE_SIZE;
-	vdso32_size = npages << PAGE_SHIFT;
-	for (i = 0; i < npages; i++)
-		vdso32_pages[i] = virt_to_page(vdso32_start + i*PAGE_SIZE);
-
-	patch_vdso32(vdso32_start, vdso32_size);
+	init_vdso_image(selected_vdso32);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -121,6 +108,7 @@
 	unsigned long addr;
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+	unsigned long vdso32_size = selected_vdso32->size;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI
 	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_X32))
@@ -140,7 +128,7 @@
 
 	addr += VDSO_OFFSET(VDSO_PREV_PAGES);
 
-	current->mm->context.vdso = (void *)addr;
+	current->mm->context.vdso = (void __user *)addr;
 
 	/*
 	 * MAYWRITE to allow gdb to COW and set breakpoints
@@ -150,7 +138,7 @@
 			vdso32_size,
 			VM_READ|VM_EXEC|
 			VM_MAYREAD|VM_MAYWRITE|VM_MAYEXEC,
-			vdso32_pages);
+			selected_vdso32->pages);
 
 	if (ret)
 		goto up_fail;
@@ -188,8 +176,10 @@
 	}
 #endif
 
-	current_thread_info()->sysenter_return =
-		VDSO32_SYMBOL(addr, SYSENTER_RETURN);
+	if (selected_vdso32->sym_VDSO32_SYSENTER_RETURN)
+		current_thread_info()->sysenter_return =
+			current->mm->context.vdso +
+			selected_vdso32->sym_VDSO32_SYSENTER_RETURN;
 
   up_fail:
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32.S b/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32.S
deleted file mode 100644
index 018bcd9..0000000
--- a/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32.S
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#include <asm/vdso.h>
-
-DEFINE_VDSO_IMAGE(vdso32_int80, "arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-int80.so")
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
-DEFINE_VDSO_IMAGE(vdso32_syscall, "arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-syscall.so")
-#endif
-
-DEFINE_VDSO_IMAGE(vdso32_sysenter, "arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-sysenter.so")
diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32/vdso32.lds.S b/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32/vdso32.lds.S
index aadb8b9..f072095 100644
--- a/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32/vdso32.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32/vdso32.lds.S
@@ -38,13 +38,3 @@
 	local: *;
 	};
 }
-
-/*
- * Symbols we define here called VDSO* get their values into vdso32-syms.h.
- */
-VDSO32_vsyscall		= __kernel_vsyscall;
-VDSO32_sigreturn	= __kernel_sigreturn;
-VDSO32_rt_sigreturn	= __kernel_rt_sigreturn;
-VDSO32_clock_gettime	= clock_gettime;
-VDSO32_gettimeofday	= gettimeofday;
-VDSO32_time		= time;
diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vdsox32.S b/arch/x86/vdso/vdsox32.S
deleted file mode 100644
index f4aa34e..0000000
--- a/arch/x86/vdso/vdsox32.S
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#include <asm/vdso.h>
-
-DEFINE_VDSO_IMAGE(vdsox32, "arch/x86/vdso/vdsox32.so")
diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c b/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c
index 8b79039..cf21762 100644
--- a/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c
+++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c
@@ -19,99 +19,31 @@
 #if defined(CONFIG_X86_64)
 unsigned int __read_mostly vdso64_enabled = 1;
 
-DECLARE_VDSO_IMAGE(vdso);
 extern unsigned short vdso_sync_cpuid;
-static unsigned vdso_size;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI
-DECLARE_VDSO_IMAGE(vdsox32);
-static unsigned vdsox32_size;
-#endif
 #endif
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_X86_32) || defined(CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI) || \
-	defined(CONFIG_COMPAT)
-void __init patch_vdso32(void *vdso, size_t len)
+void __init init_vdso_image(const struct vdso_image *image)
 {
-	Elf32_Ehdr *hdr = vdso;
-	Elf32_Shdr *sechdrs, *alt_sec = 0;
-	char *secstrings;
-	void *alt_data;
 	int i;
+	int npages = (image->size) / PAGE_SIZE;
 
-	BUG_ON(len < sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr));
-	BUG_ON(memcmp(hdr->e_ident, ELFMAG, SELFMAG) != 0);
+	BUG_ON(image->size % PAGE_SIZE != 0);
+	for (i = 0; i < npages; i++)
+		image->pages[i] = virt_to_page(image->data + i*PAGE_SIZE);
 
-	sechdrs = (void *)hdr + hdr->e_shoff;
-	secstrings = (void *)hdr + sechdrs[hdr->e_shstrndx].sh_offset;
-
-	for (i = 1; i < hdr->e_shnum; i++) {
-		Elf32_Shdr *shdr = &sechdrs[i];
-		if (!strcmp(secstrings + shdr->sh_name, ".altinstructions")) {
-			alt_sec = shdr;
-			goto found;
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* If we get here, it's probably a bug. */
-	pr_warning("patch_vdso32: .altinstructions not found\n");
-	return;  /* nothing to patch */
-
-found:
-	alt_data = (void *)hdr + alt_sec->sh_offset;
-	apply_alternatives(alt_data, alt_data + alt_sec->sh_size);
+	apply_alternatives((struct alt_instr *)(image->data + image->alt),
+			   (struct alt_instr *)(image->data + image->alt +
+						image->alt_len));
 }
-#endif
+
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_X86_64)
-static void __init patch_vdso64(void *vdso, size_t len)
-{
-	Elf64_Ehdr *hdr = vdso;
-	Elf64_Shdr *sechdrs, *alt_sec = 0;
-	char *secstrings;
-	void *alt_data;
-	int i;
-
-	BUG_ON(len < sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr));
-	BUG_ON(memcmp(hdr->e_ident, ELFMAG, SELFMAG) != 0);
-
-	sechdrs = (void *)hdr + hdr->e_shoff;
-	secstrings = (void *)hdr + sechdrs[hdr->e_shstrndx].sh_offset;
-
-	for (i = 1; i < hdr->e_shnum; i++) {
-		Elf64_Shdr *shdr = &sechdrs[i];
-		if (!strcmp(secstrings + shdr->sh_name, ".altinstructions")) {
-			alt_sec = shdr;
-			goto found;
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* If we get here, it's probably a bug. */
-	pr_warning("patch_vdso64: .altinstructions not found\n");
-	return;  /* nothing to patch */
-
-found:
-	alt_data = (void *)hdr + alt_sec->sh_offset;
-	apply_alternatives(alt_data, alt_data + alt_sec->sh_size);
-}
-
 static int __init init_vdso(void)
 {
-	int npages = (vdso_end - vdso_start + PAGE_SIZE - 1) / PAGE_SIZE;
-	int i;
-
-	patch_vdso64(vdso_start, vdso_end - vdso_start);
-
-	vdso_size = npages << PAGE_SHIFT;
-	for (i = 0; i < npages; i++)
-		vdso_pages[i] = virt_to_page(vdso_start + i*PAGE_SIZE);
+	init_vdso_image(&vdso_image_64);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI
-	patch_vdso32(vdsox32_start, vdsox32_end - vdsox32_start);
-	npages = (vdsox32_end - vdsox32_start + PAGE_SIZE - 1) / PAGE_SIZE;
-	vdsox32_size = npages << PAGE_SHIFT;
-	for (i = 0; i < npages; i++)
-		vdsox32_pages[i] = virt_to_page(vdsox32_start + i*PAGE_SIZE);
+	init_vdso_image(&vdso_image_x32);
 #endif
 
 	return 0;
@@ -171,7 +103,7 @@
 		goto up_fail;
 	}
 
-	current->mm->context.vdso = (void *)addr;
+	current->mm->context.vdso = (void __user *)addr;
 
 	ret = install_special_mapping(mm, addr, size,
 				      VM_READ|VM_EXEC|
@@ -189,15 +121,15 @@
 
 int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int uses_interp)
 {
-	return setup_additional_pages(bprm, uses_interp, vdso_pages,
-				      vdso_size);
+	return setup_additional_pages(bprm, uses_interp, vdso_image_64.pages,
+				      vdso_image_64.size);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI
 int x32_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int uses_interp)
 {
-	return setup_additional_pages(bprm, uses_interp, vdsox32_pages,
-				      vdsox32_size);
+	return setup_additional_pages(bprm, uses_interp, vdso_image_x32.pages,
+				      vdso_image_x32.size);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/setup.c b/arch/x86/xen/setup.c
index 0982233b9..7225a95 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/setup.c
@@ -516,10 +516,17 @@
 static void __init fiddle_vdso(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+	/*
+	 * This could be called before selected_vdso32 is initialized, so
+	 * just fiddle with both possible images.  vdso_image_32_syscall
+	 * can't be selected, since it only exists on 64-bit systems.
+	 */
 	u32 *mask;
-	mask = VDSO32_SYMBOL(&vdso32_int80_start, NOTE_MASK);
+	mask = vdso_image_32_int80.data +
+		vdso_image_32_int80.sym_VDSO32_NOTE_MASK;
 	*mask |= 1 << VDSO_NOTE_NONEGSEG_BIT;
-	mask = VDSO32_SYMBOL(&vdso32_sysenter_start, NOTE_MASK);
+	mask = vdso_image_32_sysenter.data +
+		vdso_image_32_sysenter.sym_VDSO32_NOTE_MASK;
 	*mask |= 1 << VDSO_NOTE_NONEGSEG_BIT;
 #endif
 }