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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
index ac4d29119f3..6cb3fcd7fc3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
@@ -893,10 +893,13 @@ unsigned int irq_radix_revmap_lookup(struct irq_host *host,
return irq_find_mapping(host, hwirq);
/*
- * No rcu_read_lock(ing) needed, the ptr returned can't go under us
- * as it's referencing an entry in the static irq_map table.
+ * The ptr returned references the static global irq_map.
+ * but freeing an irq can delete nodes along the path to
+ * do the lookup via call_rcu.
*/
+ rcu_read_lock();
ptr = radix_tree_lookup(&host->revmap_data.tree, hwirq);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
/*
* If found in radix tree, then fine.