@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
  * IRQF_NO_THREAD - Interrupt cannot be threaded
  * IRQF_EARLY_RESUME - Resume IRQ early during syscore instead of at device
  *                resume time.
+ * IRQF_NO_SOFTIRQ_CALL - Do not process softirqs in the irq thread context (RT)
  */
 #define IRQF_DISABLED		0x00000020
 #define IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM	0x00000040

@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@
 #define IRQF_FORCE_RESUME	0x00008000
 #define IRQF_NO_THREAD		0x00010000
 #define IRQF_EARLY_RESUME	0x00020000
+#define IRQF_NO_SOFTIRQ_CALL	0x00040000
 
 #define IRQF_TIMER		(__IRQF_TIMER | IRQF_NO_SUSPEND | IRQF_NO_THREAD)
 

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ typedef	void (*irq_preflow_handler_t)(struct irq_data *data);
  * IRQ_NO_BALANCING		- Interrupt cannot be balanced (affinity set)
  * IRQ_MOVE_PCNTXT		- Interrupt can be migrated from process context
  * IRQ_NESTED_TRHEAD		- Interrupt nests into another thread
+ * IRQ_NO_SOFTIRQ_CALL		- No softirq processing in the irq thread context (RT)
  */
 enum {
 	IRQ_TYPE_NONE		= 0x00000000,

@@ -87,12 +88,13 @@ enum {
 	IRQ_MOVE_PCNTXT		= (1 << 14),
 	IRQ_NESTED_THREAD	= (1 << 15),
 	IRQ_NOTHREAD		= (1 << 16),
+	IRQ_NO_SOFTIRQ_CALL	= (1 << 18),
 };
 
 #define IRQF_MODIFY_MASK	\
 	(IRQ_TYPE_SENSE_MASK | IRQ_NOPROBE | IRQ_NOREQUEST | \
 	 IRQ_NOAUTOEN | IRQ_MOVE_PCNTXT | IRQ_LEVEL | IRQ_NO_BALANCING | \
-	 IRQ_PER_CPU | IRQ_NESTED_THREAD)
+	 IRQ_PER_CPU | IRQ_NESTED_THREAD | IRQ_NO_SOFTIRQ_CALL)
 
 #define IRQ_NO_BALANCING_MASK	(IRQ_PER_CPU | IRQ_NO_BALANCING)
 

@@ -739,7 +739,15 @@ irq_forced_thread_fn(struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *action)
 	local_bh_disable();
 	ret = action->thread_fn(action->irq, action->dev_id);
 	irq_finalize_oneshot(desc, action, false);
-	local_bh_enable();
+	/*
+	 * Interrupts which have real time requirements can be set up
+	 * to avoid softirq processing in the thread handler. This is
+	 * safe as these interrupts do not raise soft interrupts.
+	 */
+	if (irq_settings_no_softirq_call(desc))
+		_local_bh_enable();
+	else
+		local_bh_enable();
 	return ret;
 }
 

@@ -1031,6 +1039,9 @@ __setup_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *new)
 			irqd_set(&desc->irq_data, IRQD_NO_BALANCING);
 		}
 
+		if (new->flags & IRQF_NO_SOFTIRQ_CALL)
+			irq_settings_set_no_softirq_call(desc);
+
 		/* Set default affinity mask once everything is setup */
 		setup_affinity(irq, desc, mask);
 

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ enum {
 	_IRQ_MOVE_PCNTXT	= IRQ_MOVE_PCNTXT,
 	_IRQ_NO_BALANCING	= IRQ_NO_BALANCING,
 	_IRQ_NESTED_THREAD	= IRQ_NESTED_THREAD,
+	_IRQ_NO_SOFTIRQ_CALL	= IRQ_NO_SOFTIRQ_CALL,
 	_IRQF_MODIFY_MASK	= IRQF_MODIFY_MASK,
 };
 

@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ enum {
 #define IRQ_NOTHREAD		GOT_YOU_MORON
 #define IRQ_NOAUTOEN		GOT_YOU_MORON
 #define IRQ_NESTED_THREAD	GOT_YOU_MORON
+#define IRQ_NO_SOFTIRQ_CALL	GOT_YOU_MORON
 #undef IRQF_MODIFY_MASK
 #define IRQF_MODIFY_MASK	GOT_YOU_MORON
 

@@ -34,6 +36,16 @@ irq_settings_clr_and_set(struct irq_desc *desc, u32 clr, u32 set)
 	desc->status_use_accessors |= (set & _IRQF_MODIFY_MASK);
 }
 
+static inline bool irq_settings_no_softirq_call(struct irq_desc *desc)
+{
+	return desc->status_use_accessors & _IRQ_NO_SOFTIRQ_CALL;
+}
+
+static inline void irq_settings_set_no_softirq_call(struct irq_desc *desc)
+{
+	desc->status_use_accessors |= _IRQ_NO_SOFTIRQ_CALL;
+}
+
 static inline bool irq_settings_is_per_cpu(struct irq_desc *desc)
 {
 	return desc->status_use_accessors & _IRQ_PER_CPU;

@@ -431,6 +431,13 @@ void local_bh_enable_ip(unsigned long ip)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(local_bh_enable_ip);
 
+void _local_bh_enable(void)
+{
+	current->softirq_nestcnt--;
+	migrate_enable();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(_local_bh_enable);
+
 /* For tracing */
 int notrace __in_softirq(void)
 {