2 files changed, 2 insertions, 53 deletions

diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index ce30e2f91d77..186fc8cf9ee0 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ config MIPS
         select HAVE_MEMBLOCK
         select HAVE_MEMBLOCK_NODE_MAP
         select ARCH_DISCARD_MEMBLOCK
+        select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
 
 menu "Machine selection"
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c b/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
index 41079b256092..71a95f55a649 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
@@ -186,61 +186,9 @@ void __devinit smp_prepare_boot_cpu(void)
         cpu_set(0, cpu_callin_map);
 }
 
-/*
- * Called once for each "cpu_possible(cpu)".  Needs to spin up the cpu
- * and keep control until "cpu_online(cpu)" is set.  Note: cpu is
- * physical, not logical.
- */
-static struct task_struct *cpu_idle_thread[NR_CPUS];
-
-struct create_idle {
-        struct work_struct work;
-        struct task_struct *idle;
-        struct completion done;
-        int cpu;
-};
-
-static void __cpuinit do_fork_idle(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-        struct create_idle *c_idle =
-                container_of(work, struct create_idle, work);
-
-        c_idle->idle = fork_idle(c_idle->cpu);
-        complete(&c_idle->done);
-}
-
 int __cpuinit __cpu_up(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *tidle)
 {
-        struct task_struct *idle;
-
-        /*
-         * Processor goes to start_secondary(), sets online flag
-         * The following code is purely to make sure
-         * Linux can schedule processes on this slave.
-         */
-        if (!cpu_idle_thread[cpu]) {
-                /*
-                 * Schedule work item to avoid forking user task
-                 * Ported from arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
-                 */
-                struct create_idle c_idle = {
-                        .cpu    = cpu,
-                        .done   = COMPLETION_INITIALIZER_ONSTACK(c_idle.done),
-                };
-
-                INIT_WORK_ONSTACK(&c_idle.work, do_fork_idle);
-                schedule_work(&c_idle.work);
-                wait_for_completion(&c_idle.done);
-                idle = cpu_idle_thread[cpu] = c_idle.idle;
-
-                if (IS_ERR(idle))
-                        panic(KERN_ERR "Fork failed for CPU %d", cpu);
-        } else {
-                idle = cpu_idle_thread[cpu];
-                init_idle(idle, cpu);
-        }
-
-        mp_ops->boot_secondary(cpu, idle);
+        mp_ops->boot_secondary(cpu, tidle);
 
         /*
          * Trust is futile.  We should really have timeouts ...