1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/hotplug.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/hotplug.c
index 7bc5fe15dda2..361a253e2b63 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/hotplug.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/hotplug.c
@@ -46,11 +46,23 @@ static inline void cpu_enter_lowpower(void)
 void imx_cpu_die(unsigned int cpu)
 {
         cpu_enter_lowpower();
+        /*
+         * We use the cpu jumping argument register to sync with
+         * imx_cpu_kill() which is running on cpu0 and waiting for
+         * the register being cleared to kill the cpu.
+         */
+        imx_set_cpu_arg(cpu, ~0);
         cpu_do_idle();
 }
 
 int imx_cpu_kill(unsigned int cpu)
 {
+        unsigned long timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(50);
+
+        while (imx_get_cpu_arg(cpu) == 0)
+                if (time_after(jiffies, timeout))
+                        return 0;
         imx_enable_cpu(cpu, false);
+        imx_set_cpu_arg(cpu, 0);
         return 1;
 }