diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 5532fc4e1bf040772c95e74387accb4a5b775993..2534e25ed7450400534fddef4406fa81720e51f1 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@
 #include <asm/apic.h>
 #include <mach_apic.h>
 #endif
+#include <asm/pda.h>
 
 #include "cpu.h"
 
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct Xgt_desc_struct, cpu_gdt_descr);
 EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(cpu_gdt_descr);
 
+struct i386_pda *_cpu_pda[NR_CPUS] __read_mostly;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(_cpu_pda);
+
 static int cachesize_override __cpuinitdata = -1;
 static int disable_x86_fxsr __cpuinitdata;
 static int disable_x86_serial_nr __cpuinitdata = 1;
@@ -588,41 +592,16 @@ void __init early_cpu_init(void)
 	disable_pse = 1;
 #endif
 }
-/*
- * cpu_init() initializes state that is per-CPU. Some data is already
- * initialized (naturally) in the bootstrap process, such as the GDT
- * and IDT. We reload them nevertheless, this function acts as a
- * 'CPU state barrier', nothing should get across.
- */
-void __cpuinit cpu_init(void)
+
+__cpuinit int alloc_gdt(int cpu)
 {
-	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
-	struct tss_struct * t = &per_cpu(init_tss, cpu);
-	struct thread_struct *thread = &current->thread;
-	struct desc_struct *gdt;
 	struct Xgt_desc_struct *cpu_gdt_descr = &per_cpu(cpu_gdt_descr, cpu);
+	struct desc_struct *gdt;
+	struct i386_pda *pda;
 
-	if (cpu_test_and_set(cpu, cpu_initialized)) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "CPU#%d already initialized!\n", cpu);
-		for (;;) local_irq_enable();
-	}
-	printk(KERN_INFO "Initializing CPU#%d\n", cpu);
+	gdt = (struct desc_struct *)cpu_gdt_descr->address;
+	pda = cpu_pda(cpu);
 
-	if (cpu_has_vme || cpu_has_tsc || cpu_has_de)
-		clear_in_cr4(X86_CR4_VME|X86_CR4_PVI|X86_CR4_TSD|X86_CR4_DE);
-	if (tsc_disable && cpu_has_tsc) {
-		printk(KERN_NOTICE "Disabling TSC...\n");
-		/**** FIX-HPA: DOES THIS REALLY BELONG HERE? ****/
-		clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_TSC, boot_cpu_data.x86_capability);
-		set_in_cr4(X86_CR4_TSD);
-	}
-
-	/* The CPU hotplug case */
-	if (cpu_gdt_descr->address) {
-		gdt = (struct desc_struct *)cpu_gdt_descr->address;
-		memset(gdt, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
-		goto old_gdt;
-	}
 	/*
 	 * This is a horrible hack to allocate the GDT.  The problem
 	 * is that cpu_init() is called really early for the boot CPU
@@ -630,36 +609,117 @@ void __cpuinit cpu_init(void)
 	 * CPUs, when bootmem will have gone away
 	 */
 	if (NODE_DATA(0)->bdata->node_bootmem_map) {
-		gdt = (struct desc_struct *)alloc_bootmem_pages(PAGE_SIZE);
-		/* alloc_bootmem_pages panics on failure, so no check */
+		BUG_ON(gdt != NULL || pda != NULL);
+
+		gdt = alloc_bootmem_pages(PAGE_SIZE);
+		pda = alloc_bootmem(sizeof(*pda));
+		/* alloc_bootmem(_pages) panics on failure, so no check */
+
 		memset(gdt, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
+		memset(pda, 0, sizeof(*pda));
 	} else {
-		gdt = (struct desc_struct *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (unlikely(!gdt)) {
-			printk(KERN_CRIT "CPU%d failed to allocate GDT\n", cpu);
-			for (;;)
-				local_irq_enable();
+		/* GDT and PDA might already have been allocated if
+		   this is a CPU hotplug re-insertion. */
+		if (gdt == NULL)
+			gdt = (struct desc_struct *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+
+		if (pda == NULL)
+			pda = kmalloc_node(sizeof(*pda), GFP_KERNEL, cpu_to_node(cpu));
+
+		if (unlikely(!gdt || !pda)) {
+			free_pages((unsigned long)gdt, 0);
+			kfree(pda);
+			return 0;
 		}
 	}
-old_gdt:
+
+ 	cpu_gdt_descr->address = (unsigned long)gdt;
+	cpu_pda(cpu) = pda;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/* Initial PDA used by boot CPU */
+struct i386_pda boot_pda = {
+	._pda = &boot_pda,
+};
+
+/* Initialize the CPU's GDT and PDA.  The boot CPU does this for
+   itself, but secondaries find this done for them. */
+__cpuinit int init_gdt(int cpu, struct task_struct *idle)
+{
+	struct Xgt_desc_struct *cpu_gdt_descr = &per_cpu(cpu_gdt_descr, cpu);
+	struct desc_struct *gdt;
+	struct i386_pda *pda;
+
+	/* For non-boot CPUs, the GDT and PDA should already have been
+	   allocated. */
+	if (!alloc_gdt(cpu)) {
+		printk(KERN_CRIT "CPU%d failed to allocate GDT or PDA\n", cpu);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	gdt = (struct desc_struct *)cpu_gdt_descr->address;
+	pda = cpu_pda(cpu);
+
+	BUG_ON(gdt == NULL || pda == NULL);
+
 	/*
 	 * Initialize the per-CPU GDT with the boot GDT,
 	 * and set up the GDT descriptor:
 	 */
  	memcpy(gdt, cpu_gdt_table, GDT_SIZE);
 	cpu_gdt_descr->size = GDT_SIZE - 1;
- 	cpu_gdt_descr->address = (unsigned long)gdt;
 
+	pack_descriptor((u32 *)&gdt[GDT_ENTRY_PDA].a,
+			(u32 *)&gdt[GDT_ENTRY_PDA].b,
+			(unsigned long)pda, sizeof(*pda) - 1,
+			0x80 | DESCTYPE_S | 0x2, 0); /* present read-write data segment */
+
+	memset(pda, 0, sizeof(*pda));
+	pda->_pda = pda;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/* Common CPU init for both boot and secondary CPUs */
+static void __cpuinit _cpu_init(int cpu, struct task_struct *curr)
+{
+	struct tss_struct * t = &per_cpu(init_tss, cpu);
+	struct thread_struct *thread = &curr->thread;
+	struct Xgt_desc_struct *cpu_gdt_descr = &per_cpu(cpu_gdt_descr, cpu);
+
+	/* Reinit these anyway, even if they've already been done (on
+	   the boot CPU, this will transition from the boot gdt+pda to
+	   the real ones). */
 	load_gdt(cpu_gdt_descr);
+
+	if (cpu_test_and_set(cpu, cpu_initialized)) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "CPU#%d already initialized!\n", cpu);
+		for (;;) local_irq_enable();
+	}
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "Initializing CPU#%d\n", cpu);
+
+	if (cpu_has_vme || cpu_has_tsc || cpu_has_de)
+		clear_in_cr4(X86_CR4_VME|X86_CR4_PVI|X86_CR4_TSD|X86_CR4_DE);
+	if (tsc_disable && cpu_has_tsc) {
+		printk(KERN_NOTICE "Disabling TSC...\n");
+		/**** FIX-HPA: DOES THIS REALLY BELONG HERE? ****/
+		clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_TSC, boot_cpu_data.x86_capability);
+		set_in_cr4(X86_CR4_TSD);
+	}
+
 	load_idt(&idt_descr);
 
 	/*
 	 * Set up and load the per-CPU TSS and LDT
 	 */
 	atomic_inc(&init_mm.mm_count);
-	current->active_mm = &init_mm;
-	BUG_ON(current->mm);
-	enter_lazy_tlb(&init_mm, current);
+	curr->active_mm = &init_mm;
+	if (curr->mm)
+		BUG();
+	enter_lazy_tlb(&init_mm, curr);
 
 	load_esp0(t, thread);
 	set_tss_desc(cpu,t);
@@ -690,6 +750,37 @@ void __cpuinit cpu_init(void)
 	mxcsr_feature_mask_init();
 }
 
+/* Entrypoint to initialize secondary CPU */
+void __cpuinit secondary_cpu_init(void)
+{
+	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+	struct task_struct *curr = current;
+
+	_cpu_init(cpu, curr);
+}
+
+/*
+ * cpu_init() initializes state that is per-CPU. Some data is already
+ * initialized (naturally) in the bootstrap process, such as the GDT
+ * and IDT. We reload them nevertheless, this function acts as a
+ * 'CPU state barrier', nothing should get across.
+ */
+void __cpuinit cpu_init(void)
+{
+	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+	struct task_struct *curr = current;
+
+	/* Set up the real GDT and PDA, so we can transition from the
+	   boot versions. */
+	if (!init_gdt(cpu, curr)) {
+		/* failed to allocate something; not much we can do... */
+		for (;;)
+			local_irq_enable();
+	}
+
+	_cpu_init(cpu, curr);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 void __cpuinit cpu_uninit(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c
index 4bb8b77cd65b257b4b54a730f5c5e3cf46595f4a..095636620fa20e9e6b5f6e29850a0ca322ba44b3 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include <asm/desc.h>
 #include <asm/arch_hooks.h>
 #include <asm/nmi.h>
+#include <asm/pda.h>
 
 #include <mach_apic.h>
 #include <mach_wakecpu.h>
@@ -536,11 +537,11 @@ set_cpu_sibling_map(int cpu)
 static void __devinit start_secondary(void *unused)
 {
 	/*
-	 * Dont put anything before smp_callin(), SMP
+	 * Don't put *anything* before secondary_cpu_init(), SMP
 	 * booting is too fragile that we want to limit the
 	 * things done here to the most necessary things.
 	 */
-	cpu_init();
+	secondary_cpu_init();
 	preempt_disable();
 	smp_callin();
 	while (!cpu_isset(smp_processor_id(), smp_commenced_mask))
@@ -599,13 +600,16 @@ void __devinit initialize_secondary(void)
 		"movl %0,%%esp\n\t"
 		"jmp *%1"
 		:
-		:"r" (current->thread.esp),"r" (current->thread.eip));
+		:"m" (current->thread.esp),"m" (current->thread.eip));
 }
 
+/* Static state in head.S used to set up a CPU */
 extern struct {
 	void * esp;
 	unsigned short ss;
 } stack_start;
+extern struct i386_pda *start_pda;
+extern struct Xgt_desc_struct cpu_gdt_descr;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 
@@ -936,9 +940,6 @@ static int __devinit do_boot_cpu(int apicid, int cpu)
 	unsigned long start_eip;
 	unsigned short nmi_high = 0, nmi_low = 0;
 
-	++cpucount;
-	alternatives_smp_switch(1);
-
 	/*
 	 * We can't use kernel_thread since we must avoid to
 	 * reschedule the child.
@@ -946,15 +947,30 @@ static int __devinit do_boot_cpu(int apicid, int cpu)
 	idle = alloc_idle_task(cpu);
 	if (IS_ERR(idle))
 		panic("failed fork for CPU %d", cpu);
+
+	/* Pre-allocate and initialize the CPU's GDT and PDA so it
+	   doesn't have to do any memory allocation during the
+	   delicate CPU-bringup phase. */
+	if (!init_gdt(cpu, idle)) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "Couldn't allocate GDT/PDA for CPU %d\n", cpu);
+		return -1;	/* ? */
+	}
+
 	idle->thread.eip = (unsigned long) start_secondary;
 	/* start_eip had better be page-aligned! */
 	start_eip = setup_trampoline();
 
+	++cpucount;
+	alternatives_smp_switch(1);
+
 	/* So we see what's up   */
 	printk("Booting processor %d/%d eip %lx\n", cpu, apicid, start_eip);
 	/* Stack for startup_32 can be just as for start_secondary onwards */
 	stack_start.esp = (void *) idle->thread.esp;
 
+	start_pda = cpu_pda(cpu);
+	cpu_gdt_descr = per_cpu(cpu_gdt_descr, cpu);
+
 	irq_ctx_init(cpu);
 
 	x86_cpu_to_apicid[cpu] = apicid;
diff --git a/arch/i386/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c b/arch/i386/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c
index f3fea2ad50fea81c5a4a3decfcdfc52d041b5f61..55428e656a3f9a90bddcb50770e92e7434fab16c 100644
--- a/arch/i386/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c
+++ b/arch/i386/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 #include <asm/arch_hooks.h>
+#include <asm/pda.h>
 
 /* TLB state -- visible externally, indexed physically */
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct tlb_state, cpu_tlbstate) ____cacheline_aligned = { &init_mm, 0 };
@@ -422,6 +423,7 @@ find_smp_config(void)
 	     VOYAGER_SUS_IN_CONTROL_PORT);
 
 	current_thread_info()->cpu = boot_cpu_id;
+	write_pda(cpu_number, boot_cpu_id);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -458,7 +460,7 @@ start_secondary(void *unused)
 	/* external functions not defined in the headers */
 	extern void calibrate_delay(void);
 
-	cpu_init();
+	secondary_cpu_init();
 
 	/* OK, we're in the routine */
 	ack_CPI(VIC_CPU_BOOT_CPI);
@@ -578,6 +580,15 @@ do_boot_cpu(__u8 cpu)
 	/* init_tasks (in sched.c) is indexed logically */
 	stack_start.esp = (void *) idle->thread.esp;
 
+	/* Pre-allocate and initialize the CPU's GDT and PDA so it
+	   doesn't have to do any memory allocation during the
+	   delicate CPU-bringup phase. */
+	if (!init_gdt(cpu, idle)) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "Couldn't allocate GDT/PDA for CPU %d\n", cpu);
+		cpucount--;
+		return;
+	}
+
 	irq_ctx_init(cpu);
 
 	/* Note: Don't modify initial ss override */
@@ -1963,4 +1974,5 @@ void __init
 smp_setup_processor_id(void)
 {
 	current_thread_info()->cpu = hard_smp_processor_id();
+	write_pda(cpu_number, hard_smp_processor_id());
 }
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/processor.h b/include/asm-i386/processor.h
index e0ddca94d50c8f42c71e05e1796086fdf84ad0ef..a9f2041c7c8735911c2be8ef94989c921c141c44 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/processor.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/processor.h
@@ -727,4 +727,7 @@ extern unsigned long boot_option_idle_override;
 extern void enable_sep_cpu(void);
 extern int sysenter_setup(void);
 
+extern int init_gdt(int cpu, struct task_struct *idle);
+extern void secondary_cpu_init(void);
+
 #endif /* __ASM_I386_PROCESSOR_H */