4 files changed, 42 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 239fa96c12bb..2651b1da1c56 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -2016,7 +2016,7 @@ config XIP_PHYS_ADDR
 
 config KEXEC
         bool "Kexec system call (EXPERIMENTAL)"
-        depends on (!SMP || HOTPLUG_CPU)
+        depends on (!SMP || PM_SLEEP_SMP)
         help
           kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your
           current kernel, and to start another kernel.  It is like a reboot
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c
index 8ef8c9337809..4fb074c446bf 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ void machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
         unsigned long reboot_code_buffer_phys;
         void *reboot_code_buffer;
 
+        if (num_online_cpus() > 1) {
+                pr_err("kexec: error: multiple CPUs still online\n");
+                return;
+        }
 
         page_list = image->head & PAGE_MASK;
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
index 282de4826abb..6e8931ccf13e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
@@ -184,30 +184,61 @@ int __init reboot_setup(char *str)
 
 __setup("reboot=", reboot_setup);
 
+/*
+ * Called by kexec, immediately prior to machine_kexec().
+ *
+ * This must completely disable all secondary CPUs; simply causing those CPUs
+ * to execute e.g. a RAM-based pin loop is not sufficient. This allows the
+ * kexec'd kernel to use any and all RAM as it sees fit, without having to
+ * avoid any code or data used by any SW CPU pin loop. The CPU hotplug
+ * functionality embodied in disable_nonboot_cpus() to achieve this.
+ */
 void machine_shutdown(void)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-        smp_send_stop();
-#endif
+        disable_nonboot_cpus();
 }
 
+/*
+ * Halting simply requires that the secondary CPUs stop performing any
+ * activity (executing tasks, handling interrupts). smp_send_stop()
+ * achieves this.
+ */
 void machine_halt(void)
 {
-        machine_shutdown();
+        smp_send_stop();
+
         local_irq_disable();
         while (1);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Power-off simply requires that the secondary CPUs stop performing any
+ * activity (executing tasks, handling interrupts). smp_send_stop()
+ * achieves this. When the system power is turned off, it will take all CPUs
+ * with it.
+ */
 void machine_power_off(void)
 {
-        machine_shutdown();
+        smp_send_stop();
+
         if (pm_power_off)
                 pm_power_off();
 }
 
+/*
+ * Restart requires that the secondary CPUs stop performing any activity
+ * while the primary CPU resets the system. Systems with a single CPU can
+ * use soft_restart() as their machine descriptor's .restart hook, since that
+ * will cause the only available CPU to reset. Systems with multiple CPUs must
+ * provide a HW restart implementation, to ensure that all CPUs reset at once.
+ * This is required so that any code running after reset on the primary CPU
+ * doesn't have to co-ordinate with other CPUs to ensure they aren't still
+ * executing pre-reset code, and using RAM that the primary CPU's code wishes
+ * to use. Implementing such co-ordination would be essentially impossible.
+ */
 void machine_restart(char *cmd)
 {
-        machine_shutdown();
+        smp_send_stop();
 
         arm_pm_restart(reboot_mode, cmd);
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
index 550d63cef68e..5919eb451bb9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
@@ -651,17 +651,6 @@ void smp_send_reschedule(int cpu)
         smp_cross_call(cpumask_of(cpu), IPI_RESCHEDULE);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
-static void smp_kill_cpus(cpumask_t *mask)
-{
-        unsigned int cpu;
-        for_each_cpu(cpu, mask)
-                platform_cpu_kill(cpu);
-}
-#else
-static void smp_kill_cpus(cpumask_t *mask) { }
-#endif
-
 void smp_send_stop(void)
 {
         unsigned long timeout;
@@ -679,8 +668,6 @@ void smp_send_stop(void)
 
         if (num_online_cpus() > 1)
                 pr_warning("SMP: failed to stop secondary CPUs\n");
-
-        smp_kill_cpus(&mask);
 }
 
 /*