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diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
index 974af1c3eb1d..3af34bf4f4df 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
@@ -136,6 +136,25 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pm_power_off);
void (*arm_pm_restart)(char str, const char *cmd) = arm_machine_restart;
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(arm_pm_restart);
+static void do_nothing(void *unused)
+{
+}
+
+/*
+ * cpu_idle_wait - Used to ensure that all the CPUs discard old value of
+ * pm_idle and update to new pm_idle value. Required while changing pm_idle
+ * handler on SMP systems.
+ *
+ * Caller must have changed pm_idle to the new value before the call. Old
+ * pm_idle value will not be used by any CPU after the return of this function.
+ */
+void cpu_idle_wait(void)
+{
+ smp_mb();
+ /* kick all the CPUs so that they exit out of pm_idle */
+ smp_call_function(do_nothing, NULL, 1);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_idle_wait);
/*
* This is our default idle handler. We need to disable
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