A system, method, and computer program product are disclosed for executing
a reliable warm reboot of one of multiple partitions included in a
logically partitioned data processing system. The data processing system
includes partition hardware. A request to reboot a particular partition
is received within the partition where the particular partition includes
multiple processors. Prior to executing the reboot request, the partition
hardware is set to a predetermined state. The reboot request is then
executed within the particular partition. The predetermined state is
preferably achieved by resetting the partition hardware to a
predetermined state.