diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/hardirq.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/hardirq.h
index 436e60b2cf7..2740c2a2df6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/hardirq.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/hardirq.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/threads.h>
 #include <asm/irq.h>
 
-#define NR_IPI	5
+#define NR_IPI	6
 
 typedef struct {
 	unsigned int __softirq_pending;
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/irq.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/irq.h
index 35c21c375d8..3e0857a6248 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/irq.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/irq.h
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ extern void asm_do_IRQ(unsigned int, struct pt_regs *);
 void handle_IRQ(unsigned int, struct pt_regs *);
 void init_IRQ(void);
 
+void arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace(void);
+#define arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace
+
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/smp.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/smp.h
index ae29293270a..7f74b59f02a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/smp.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/smp.h
@@ -93,4 +93,6 @@ extern void platform_cpu_enable(unsigned int cpu);
 extern void arch_send_call_function_single_ipi(int cpu);
 extern void arch_send_call_function_ipi_mask(const struct cpumask *mask);
 
+extern void smp_send_all_cpu_backtrace(void);
+
 #endif /* ifndef __ASM_ARM_SMP_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
index 0e977fcbf50..3c5eb2607e8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
@@ -61,6 +61,18 @@ extern void setup_mm_for_reboot(void);
 
 static volatile int hlt_counter;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+void arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace(void)
+{
+	smp_send_all_cpu_backtrace();
+}
+#else
+void arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace(void)
+{
+	dump_stack();
+}
+#endif
+
 void disable_hlt(void)
 {
 	hlt_counter++;
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
index addbbe8028c..7268fddf4b0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ enum ipi_msg_type {
 	IPI_CALL_FUNC,
 	IPI_CALL_FUNC_SINGLE,
 	IPI_CPU_STOP,
+	IPI_CPU_BACKTRACE,
 };
 
 static DECLARE_COMPLETION(cpu_running);
@@ -383,6 +384,7 @@ static const char *ipi_types[NR_IPI] = {
 	S(IPI_CALL_FUNC, "Function call interrupts"),
 	S(IPI_CALL_FUNC_SINGLE, "Single function call interrupts"),
 	S(IPI_CPU_STOP, "CPU stop interrupts"),
+	S(IPI_CPU_BACKTRACE, "CPU backtrace"),
 };
 
 void show_ipi_list(struct seq_file *p, int prec)
@@ -518,6 +520,58 @@ static void ipi_cpu_stop(unsigned int cpu)
 		cpu_relax();
 }
 
+static cpumask_t backtrace_mask;
+static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(backtrace_lock);
+
+/* "in progress" flag of arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace */
+static unsigned long backtrace_flag;
+
+void smp_send_all_cpu_backtrace(void)
+{
+	unsigned int this_cpu = smp_processor_id();
+	int i;
+
+	if (test_and_set_bit(0, &backtrace_flag))
+		/*
+		 * If there is already a trigger_all_cpu_backtrace() in progress
+		 * (backtrace_flag == 1), don't output double cpu dump infos.
+		 */
+		return;
+
+	cpumask_copy(&backtrace_mask, cpu_online_mask);
+	cpu_clear(this_cpu, backtrace_mask);
+
+	pr_info("Backtrace for cpu %d (current):\n", this_cpu);
+	dump_stack();
+
+	pr_info("\nsending IPI to all other CPUs:\n");
+	smp_cross_call(&backtrace_mask, IPI_CPU_BACKTRACE);
+
+	/* Wait for up to 10 seconds for all other CPUs to do the backtrace */
+	for (i = 0; i < 10 * 1000; i++) {
+		if (cpumask_empty(&backtrace_mask))
+			break;
+		mdelay(1);
+	}
+
+	clear_bit(0, &backtrace_flag);
+	smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
+}
+
+/*
+ * ipi_cpu_backtrace - handle IPI from smp_send_all_cpu_backtrace()
+ */
+static void ipi_cpu_backtrace(unsigned int cpu, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	if (cpu_isset(cpu, backtrace_mask)) {
+		raw_spin_lock(&backtrace_lock);
+		pr_warning("IPI backtrace for cpu %d\n", cpu);
+		show_regs(regs);
+		raw_spin_unlock(&backtrace_lock);
+		cpu_clear(cpu, backtrace_mask);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Main handler for inter-processor interrupts
  */
@@ -563,6 +617,10 @@ void handle_IPI(int ipinr, struct pt_regs *regs)
 		irq_exit();
 		break;
 
+	case IPI_CPU_BACKTRACE:
+		ipi_cpu_backtrace(cpu, regs);
+		break;
+
 	default:
 		printk(KERN_CRIT "CPU%u: Unknown IPI message 0x%x\n",
 		       cpu, ipinr);