--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
+ #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
+ #define MCOUNT_REC() . = ALIGN(8); \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_mcount_loc) = .; \
+- *(__mcount_loc) \
++ KEEP(*(__mcount_loc)) \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop_mcount_loc) = .;
+ #else
+ #define MCOUNT_REC()
+@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
+
+ #ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
+ #define LIKELY_PROFILE() VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_annotated_branch_profile) = .; \
+- *(_ftrace_annotated_branch) \
++ KEEP(*(_ftrace_annotated_branch)) \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop_annotated_branch_profile) = .;
+ #else
+ #define LIKELY_PROFILE()
+@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
+
+ #ifdef CONFIG_PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES
+ #define BRANCH_PROFILE() VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_branch_profile) = .; \
+- *(_ftrace_branch) \
++ KEEP(*(_ftrace_branch)) \
+ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop_branch_profile) = .;
+ #else
+ #define BRANCH_PROFILE()
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES
#define KPROBE_BLACKLIST() . = ALIGN(8); \