On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 02:50:23PM +0800, Huacai Chen wrote: > diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c > index e9a5fd7..69b17a9 100644 > --- a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c > +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c > @@ -72,9 +72,7 @@ void __noreturn cpu_idle(void) > } > } > #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU > - if (!cpu_online(cpu) && !cpu_isset(cpu, cpu_callin_map) && > - (system_state == SYSTEM_RUNNING || > - system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING)) > + if (!cpu_online(cpu) && !cpu_isset(cpu, cpu_callin_map)) > play_dead(); I think patch like this should be separated from BSP code. BTW, what's the story behind this change? Thanks, Yong