diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 70c0f3da0476a35ba93546689bb4b06b5f576bba..422a72b20f485b0d799d498c4bc21bcce38118b9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ config X86
 	select GENERIC_IOMAP
 	select DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
+	select GENERIC_IDLE_LOOP
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION if X86_32
 	select HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER
 	select BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 14ae10031ff04ba1bbfca4ea6064b6260badb4b3..6833bffaadb7f07734ce9ed57851f4e4645ba7c7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -301,13 +301,7 @@ void exit_idle(void)
 }
 #endif
 
-/*
- * The idle thread. There's no useful work to be
- * done, so just try to conserve power and have a
- * low exit latency (ie sit in a loop waiting for
- * somebody to say that they'd like to reschedule)
- */
-void cpu_idle(void)
+void arch_cpu_idle_prepare(void)
 {
 	/*
 	 * If we're the non-boot CPU, nothing set the stack canary up
@@ -317,71 +311,40 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 	 * canaries already on the stack wont ever trigger).
 	 */
 	boot_init_stack_canary();
-	current_thread_info()->status |= TS_POLLING;
-
-	while (1) {
-		tick_nohz_idle_enter();
-
-		while (!need_resched()) {
-			rmb();
-
-			if (cpu_is_offline(smp_processor_id()))
-				play_dead();
-
-			/*
-			 * Idle routines should keep interrupts disabled
-			 * from here on, until they go to idle.
-			 * Otherwise, idle callbacks can misfire.
-			 */
-			local_touch_nmi();
-			local_irq_disable();
-
-			enter_idle();
-
-			/* Don't trace irqs off for idle */
-			stop_critical_timings();
-
-			/* enter_idle() needs rcu for notifiers */
-			rcu_idle_enter();
+}
 
-			if (cpuidle_idle_call())
-				x86_idle();
+void arch_cpu_idle_enter(void)
+{
+	local_touch_nmi();
+	enter_idle();
+}
 
-			rcu_idle_exit();
-			start_critical_timings();
+void arch_cpu_idle_exit(void)
+{
+	__exit_idle();
+}
 
-			/* In many cases the interrupt that ended idle
-			   has already called exit_idle. But some idle
-			   loops can be woken up without interrupt. */
-			__exit_idle();
-		}
+void arch_cpu_idle_dead(void)
+{
+	play_dead();
+}
 
-		tick_nohz_idle_exit();
-		preempt_enable_no_resched();
-		schedule();
-		preempt_disable();
-	}
+/*
+ * Called from the generic idle code.
+ */
+void arch_cpu_idle(void)
+{
+	if (cpuidle_idle_call())
+		x86_idle();
 }
 
 /*
- * We use this if we don't have any better
- * idle routine..
+ * We use this if we don't have any better idle routine..
  */
 void default_idle(void)
 {
 	trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(1, smp_processor_id());
-	current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_POLLING;
-	/*
-	 * TS_POLLING-cleared state must be visible before we
-	 * test NEED_RESCHED:
-	 */
-	smp_mb();
-
-	if (!need_resched())
-		safe_halt();	/* enables interrupts racelessly */
-	else
-		local_irq_enable();
-	current_thread_info()->status |= TS_POLLING;
+	safe_halt();
 	trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(PWR_EVENT_EXIT, smp_processor_id());
 }
 #ifdef CONFIG_APM_MODULE
@@ -411,20 +374,6 @@ void stop_this_cpu(void *dummy)
 		halt();
 }
 
-/*
- * On SMP it's slightly faster (but much more power-consuming!)
- * to poll the ->work.need_resched flag instead of waiting for the
- * cross-CPU IPI to arrive. Use this option with caution.
- */
-static void poll_idle(void)
-{
-	trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(0, smp_processor_id());
-	local_irq_enable();
-	while (!need_resched())
-		cpu_relax();
-	trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(PWR_EVENT_EXIT, smp_processor_id());
-}
-
 bool amd_e400_c1e_detected;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(amd_e400_c1e_detected);
 
@@ -489,10 +438,10 @@ static void amd_e400_idle(void)
 void __cpuinit select_idle_routine(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	if (x86_idle == poll_idle && smp_num_siblings > 1)
+	if (boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_POLL && smp_num_siblings > 1)
 		pr_warn_once("WARNING: polling idle and HT enabled, performance may degrade\n");
 #endif
-	if (x86_idle)
+	if (x86_idle || boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_POLL)
 		return;
 
 	if (cpu_has_amd_erratum(amd_erratum_400)) {
@@ -517,8 +466,8 @@ static int __init idle_setup(char *str)
 
 	if (!strcmp(str, "poll")) {
 		pr_info("using polling idle threads\n");
-		x86_idle = poll_idle;
 		boot_option_idle_override = IDLE_POLL;
+		cpu_idle_poll_ctrl(true);
 	} else if (!strcmp(str, "halt")) {
 		/*
 		 * When the boot option of idle=halt is added, halt is
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index 9f190a2a00e9916e2369e571a5eca8bf2b22d56c..9c73b51817e4743264ef7c9abd01b72e21b98a8e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ notrace static void __cpuinit start_secondary(void *unused)
 	x86_cpuinit.setup_percpu_clockev();
 
 	wmb();
-	cpu_idle();
+	cpu_startup_entry(CPUHP_ONLINE);
 }
 
 void __init smp_store_boot_cpu_info(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/smp.c b/arch/x86/xen/smp.c
index 09ea61d2e02f7f8993c1f08ab77d3d9460bb8447..73642e946031fcf056165e994be00146db9a0d72 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/smp.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/smp.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static void __cpuinit cpu_bringup(void)
 static void __cpuinit cpu_bringup_and_idle(void)
 {
 	cpu_bringup();
-	cpu_idle();
+	cpu_startup_entry(CPUHP_ONLINE);
 }
 
 static int xen_smp_intr_init(unsigned int cpu)