1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 00799c1d4628..33c37c379e96 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -96,6 +96,15 @@ static inline void mark_rodata_ro(void) { }
 extern void tc_init(void);
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Debug helper: via this flag we know that we are in 'early bootup code'
+ * where only the boot processor is running with IRQ disabled.  This means
+ * two things - IRQ must not be enabled before the flag is cleared and some
+ * operations which are not allowed with IRQ disabled are allowed while the
+ * flag is set.
+ */
+bool early_boot_irqs_disabled __read_mostly;
+
 enum system_states system_state __read_mostly;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(system_state);
 
@@ -554,7 +563,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
         cgroup_init_early();
 
         local_irq_disable();
-        early_boot_irqs_off();
+        early_boot_irqs_disabled = true;
 
 /*
  * Interrupts are still disabled. Do necessary setups, then
@@ -621,7 +630,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
         if (!irqs_disabled())
                 printk(KERN_CRIT "start_kernel(): bug: interrupts were "
                                  "enabled early\n");
-        early_boot_irqs_on();
+        early_boot_irqs_disabled = false;
         local_irq_enable();
 
         /* Interrupts are enabled now so all GFP allocations are safe. */