From: Vijaya Kumar K <Vijaya.Kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> In case of normal kexec kernel load, all cpu's are offlined before calling machine_kexec() under kernel_kexec() function. But in case crash panic cpus are relaxed in machine_crash_nonpanic_core() SMP function but not offlined. When crash kernel is loaded with kexec and on panic trigger machine_kexec() checks for number of cpus online. If more than one cpu is online machine_kexec() fails to load with below error kexec: error: multiple CPUs still online In machine_crash_nonpanic_core() SMP function, offline CPU before cpu_relax Signed-off-by: Vijaya Kumar K <Vijaya.Kumar at caviumnetworks.com> --- arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c index 4fb074c..163b160 100644 --- a/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c @@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ void machine_crash_nonpanic_core(void *unused) crash_save_cpu(®s, smp_processor_id()); flush_cache_all(); + set_cpu_online(smp_processor_id(), false); atomic_dec(&waiting_for_crash_ipi); while (1) cpu_relax(); -- 1.7.9.5