diff --git a/kernel/kgdb.c b/kernel/kgdb.c
index c0d45b2c4d7..eaa21fc9ad1 100644
--- a/kernel/kgdb.c
+++ b/kernel/kgdb.c
@@ -56,12 +56,14 @@
 
 static int kgdb_break_asap;
 
+#define KGDB_MAX_THREAD_QUERY 17
 struct kgdb_state {
 	int			ex_vector;
 	int			signo;
 	int			err_code;
 	int			cpu;
 	int			pass_exception;
+	unsigned long		thr_query;
 	unsigned long		threadid;
 	long			kgdb_usethreadid;
 	struct pt_regs		*linux_regs;
@@ -445,9 +447,14 @@ int kgdb_hex2long(char **ptr, unsigned long *long_val)
 {
 	int hex_val;
 	int num = 0;
+	int negate = 0;
 
 	*long_val = 0;
 
+	if (**ptr == '-') {
+		negate = 1;
+		(*ptr)++;
+	}
 	while (**ptr) {
 		hex_val = hex(**ptr);
 		if (hex_val < 0)
@@ -458,6 +465,9 @@ int kgdb_hex2long(char **ptr, unsigned long *long_val)
 		(*ptr)++;
 	}
 
+	if (negate)
+		*long_val = -*long_val;
+
 	return num;
 }
 
@@ -527,10 +537,16 @@ static void int_to_threadref(unsigned char *id, int value)
 static struct task_struct *getthread(struct pt_regs *regs, int tid)
 {
 	/*
-	 * Non-positive TIDs are remapped idle tasks:
+	 * Non-positive TIDs are remapped to the cpu shadow information
 	 */
-	if (tid <= 0)
-		return idle_task(-tid);
+	if (tid == 0 || tid == -1)
+		tid = -atomic_read(&kgdb_active) - 2;
+	if (tid < 0) {
+		if (kgdb_info[-tid - 2].task)
+			return kgdb_info[-tid - 2].task;
+		else
+			return idle_task(-tid - 2);
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * find_task_by_pid_ns() does not take the tasklist lock anymore
@@ -737,14 +753,15 @@ setundefined:
 }
 
 /*
- * Remap normal tasks to their real PID, idle tasks to -1 ... -NR_CPUs:
+ * Remap normal tasks to their real PID,
+ * CPU shadow threads are mapped to -CPU - 2
  */
 static inline int shadow_pid(int realpid)
 {
 	if (realpid)
 		return realpid;
 
-	return -1-raw_smp_processor_id();
+	return -raw_smp_processor_id() - 2;
 }
 
 static char gdbmsgbuf[BUFMAX + 1];
@@ -838,7 +855,7 @@ static void gdb_cmd_getregs(struct kgdb_state *ks)
 		local_debuggerinfo = kgdb_info[ks->cpu].debuggerinfo;
 	} else {
 		local_debuggerinfo = NULL;
-		for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++) {
+		for_each_online_cpu(i) {
 			/*
 			 * Try to find the task on some other
 			 * or possibly this node if we do not
@@ -972,10 +989,13 @@ static int gdb_cmd_reboot(struct kgdb_state *ks)
 /* Handle the 'q' query packets */
 static void gdb_cmd_query(struct kgdb_state *ks)
 {
-	struct task_struct *thread;
+	struct task_struct *g;
+	struct task_struct *p;
 	unsigned char thref[8];
 	char *ptr;
 	int i;
+	int cpu;
+	int finished = 0;
 
 	switch (remcom_in_buffer[1]) {
 	case 's':
@@ -985,22 +1005,34 @@ static void gdb_cmd_query(struct kgdb_state *ks)
 			break;
 		}
 
-		if (remcom_in_buffer[1] == 'f')
-			ks->threadid = 1;
-
+		i = 0;
 		remcom_out_buffer[0] = 'm';
 		ptr = remcom_out_buffer + 1;
-
-		for (i = 0; i < 17; ks->threadid++) {
-			thread = getthread(ks->linux_regs, ks->threadid);
-			if (thread) {
-				int_to_threadref(thref, ks->threadid);
+		if (remcom_in_buffer[1] == 'f') {
+			/* Each cpu is a shadow thread */
+			for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
+				ks->thr_query = 0;
+				int_to_threadref(thref, -cpu - 2);
 				pack_threadid(ptr, thref);
 				ptr += BUF_THREAD_ID_SIZE;
 				*(ptr++) = ',';
 				i++;
 			}
 		}
+
+		do_each_thread(g, p) {
+			if (i >= ks->thr_query && !finished) {
+				int_to_threadref(thref, p->pid);
+				pack_threadid(ptr, thref);
+				ptr += BUF_THREAD_ID_SIZE;
+				*(ptr++) = ',';
+				ks->thr_query++;
+				if (ks->thr_query % KGDB_MAX_THREAD_QUERY == 0)
+					finished = 1;
+			}
+			i++;
+		} while_each_thread(g, p);
+
 		*(--ptr) = '\0';
 		break;
 
@@ -1023,15 +1055,15 @@ static void gdb_cmd_query(struct kgdb_state *ks)
 			error_packet(remcom_out_buffer, -EINVAL);
 			break;
 		}
-		if (ks->threadid > 0) {
+		if ((int)ks->threadid > 0) {
 			kgdb_mem2hex(getthread(ks->linux_regs,
 					ks->threadid)->comm,
 					remcom_out_buffer, 16);
 		} else {
 			static char tmpstr[23 + BUF_THREAD_ID_SIZE];
 
-			sprintf(tmpstr, "Shadow task %d for pid 0",
-					(int)(-ks->threadid-1));
+			sprintf(tmpstr, "shadowCPU%d",
+					(int)(-ks->threadid - 2));
 			kgdb_mem2hex(tmpstr, remcom_out_buffer, strlen(tmpstr));
 		}
 		break;