1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
index 2430b31c9857..937150e4c06d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
@@ -1256,11 +1256,16 @@ static void __clear_irq_vector(int irq, struct irq_cfg *cfg)
 void __setup_vector_irq(int cpu)
 {
         /* Initialize vector_irq on a new cpu */
-        /* This function must be called with vector_lock held */
         int irq, vector;
         struct irq_cfg *cfg;
         struct irq_desc *desc;
 
+        /*
+         * vector_lock will make sure that we don't run into irq vector
+         * assignments that might be happening on another cpu in parallel,
+         * while we setup our initial vector to irq mappings.
+         */
+        spin_lock(&vector_lock);
         /* Mark the inuse vectors */
         for_each_irq_desc(irq, desc) {
                 cfg = desc->chip_data;
@@ -1279,6 +1284,7 @@ void __setup_vector_irq(int cpu)
                 if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, cfg->domain))
                         per_cpu(vector_irq, cpu)[vector] = -1;
         }
+        spin_unlock(&vector_lock);
 }
 
 static struct irq_chip ioapic_chip;