diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/cache.c b/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
index 1f954a238a63..31819c58bffa 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
@@ -107,8 +107,6 @@ void __update_cache(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 	}
 }
 
-#define __weak __attribute__((weak))
-
 static char cache_panic[] __initdata = "Yeee, unsupported cache architecture.";
 
 void __init cpu_cache_init(void)
diff --git a/fs/hfs/hfs.h b/fs/hfs/hfs.h
index 88099ab1a180..1445e3a56ed4 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/hfs.h
+++ b/fs/hfs/hfs.h
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@
 
 /*======== HFS structures as they appear on the disk ========*/
 
-#define __packed __attribute__ ((packed))
-
 /* Pascal-style string of up to 31 characters */
 struct hfs_name {
 	u8 len;
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_raw.h b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_raw.h
index 49205531a500..fe99fe8db61a 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_raw.h
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_raw.h
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
-#define __packed __attribute__ ((packed))
-
 /* Some constants */
 #define HFSPLUS_SECTOR_SIZE        512
 #define HFSPLUS_SECTOR_SHIFT         9
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
index 6e1c44a935d4..9008eabb9c3d 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@
 #define __inline__	__inline__	__attribute__((always_inline))
 #define __inline	__inline	__attribute__((always_inline))
 #define __deprecated			__attribute__((deprecated))
+#define __packed			__attribute__((packed))
+#define __weak				__attribute__((weak))
+#define __naked				__attribute__((naked))
+#define __noreturn			__attribute__((noreturn))
+#define __pure				__attribute__((pure))
+#define __aligned(x)			__attribute__((aligned(x)))
+#define __printf(a,b)			__attribute__((format(printf,a,b)))
 #define  noinline			__attribute__((noinline))
 #define __attribute_pure__		__attribute__((pure))
 #define __attribute_const__		__attribute__((__const__))