Do not try to wake up offline SMT siblings. -ck --- kernel/sched/bfs.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) Index: linux-4.7-ck3/kernel/sched/bfs.c =================================================================== --- linux-4.7-ck3.orig/kernel/sched/bfs.c +++ linux-4.7-ck3/kernel/sched/bfs.c @@ -3544,6 +3544,8 @@ static void wake_smt_siblings(struct rq struct rq *rq; rq = cpu_rq(other_cpu); + if (!rq->online) + continue; if (rq_idle(rq)) { struct task_struct *p = rq->curr;