diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
index a703b9e9aeb9..d868a11c94a5 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
@@ -62,6 +62,21 @@ Description:	CPU topology files that describe kernel limits related to
 		See Documentation/cputopology.txt for more information.
 
 
+What:		/sys/devices/system/cpu/probe
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/release
+Date:		November 2009
+Contact:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
+Description:	Dynamic addition and removal of CPU's.  This is not hotplug
+		removal, this is meant complete removal/addition of the CPU
+		from the system.
+
+		probe: writes to this file will dynamically add a CPU to the
+		system.  Information written to the file to add CPU's is
+		architecture specific.
+
+		release: writes to this file dynamically remove a CPU from
+		the system.  Information writtento the file to remove CPU's
+		is architecture specific.
 
 What:		/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/node
 Date:		October 2009
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 5dbd375a3f2a..0df57466e783 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -320,6 +320,10 @@ config HOTPLUG_CPU
 
 	  Say N if you are unsure.
 
+config ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE
+	def_bool y
+	depends on HOTPLUG_CPU
+
 config ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
 	def_bool y
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
index 9efa2be78331..9f0fc9e6ce0d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h
@@ -266,6 +266,11 @@ struct machdep_calls {
 	void (*suspend_disable_irqs)(void);
 	void (*suspend_enable_irqs)(void);
 #endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE
+	ssize_t (*cpu_probe)(const char *, size_t);
+	ssize_t (*cpu_release)(const char *, size_t);
+#endif
 };
 
 extern void e500_idle(void);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c
index 956ab33fd73f..e235e52dc4fe 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c
@@ -461,6 +461,25 @@ static void unregister_cpu_online(unsigned int cpu)
 
 	cacheinfo_cpu_offline(cpu);
 }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE
+ssize_t arch_cpu_probe(const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	if (ppc_md.cpu_probe)
+		return ppc_md.cpu_probe(buf, count);
+
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+ssize_t arch_cpu_release(const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	if (ppc_md.cpu_release)
+		return ppc_md.cpu_release(buf, count);
+
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE */
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
 
 static int __cpuinit sysfs_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
diff --git a/drivers/base/cpu.c b/drivers/base/cpu.c
index e62a4ccea54d..7c03af7b84a9 100644
--- a/drivers/base/cpu.c
+++ b/drivers/base/cpu.c
@@ -72,6 +72,38 @@ void unregister_cpu(struct cpu *cpu)
 	per_cpu(cpu_sys_devices, logical_cpu) = NULL;
 	return;
 }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE
+static ssize_t cpu_probe_store(struct class *class, const char *buf,
+			       size_t count)
+{
+	return arch_cpu_probe(buf, count);
+}
+
+static ssize_t cpu_release_store(struct class *class, const char *buf,
+				 size_t count)
+{
+	return arch_cpu_release(buf, count);
+}
+
+static CLASS_ATTR(probe, S_IWUSR, NULL, cpu_probe_store);
+static CLASS_ATTR(release, S_IWUSR, NULL, cpu_release_store);
+
+int __init cpu_probe_release_init(void)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = sysfs_create_file(&cpu_sysdev_class.kset.kobj,
+			       &class_attr_probe.attr);
+	if (!rc)
+		rc = sysfs_create_file(&cpu_sysdev_class.kset.kobj,
+				       &class_attr_release.attr);
+
+	return rc;
+}
+device_initcall(cpu_probe_release_init);
+#endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE */
+
 #else /* ... !CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
 static inline void register_cpu_control(struct cpu *cpu)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/cpu.h b/include/linux/cpu.h
index 47536197ffdd..c972f7ccb7d3 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpu.h
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ extern int sched_create_sysfs_power_savings_entries(struct sysdev_class *cls);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 extern void unregister_cpu(struct cpu *cpu);
+extern ssize_t arch_cpu_probe(const char *, size_t);
+extern ssize_t arch_cpu_release(const char *, size_t);
 #endif
 struct notifier_block;