static LIST_HEAD(irq_hosts);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(irq_big_lock);
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, irq_radix_reader);
-static unsigned int irq_radix_writer;
 static unsigned int revmap_trees_allocated;
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(revmap_trees_mutex);
 struct irq_map_entry irq_map[NR_IRQS];
 static unsigned int irq_virq_count = NR_IRQS;
 static struct irq_host *irq_default_host;
                irq_virq_count = count;
 }
 
-/* radix tree not lockless safe ! we use a brlock-type mecanism
- * for now, until we can use a lockless radix tree
- */
-static void irq_radix_wrlock(unsigned long *flags)
-{
-       unsigned int cpu, ok;
-
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&irq_big_lock, *flags);
-       irq_radix_writer = 1;
-       smp_mb();
-       do {
-               barrier();
-               ok = 1;
-               for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
-                       if (per_cpu(irq_radix_reader, cpu)) {
-                               ok = 0;
-                               break;
-                       }
-               }
-               if (!ok)
-                       cpu_relax();
-       } while(!ok);
-}
-
-static void irq_radix_wrunlock(unsigned long flags)
-{
-       smp_wmb();
-       irq_radix_writer = 0;
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&irq_big_lock, flags);
-}
-
-static void irq_radix_rdlock(unsigned long *flags)
-{
-       local_irq_save(*flags);
-       __get_cpu_var(irq_radix_reader) = 1;
-       smp_mb();
-       if (likely(irq_radix_writer == 0))
-               return;
-       __get_cpu_var(irq_radix_reader) = 0;
-       smp_wmb();
-       spin_lock(&irq_big_lock);
-       __get_cpu_var(irq_radix_reader) = 1;
-       spin_unlock(&irq_big_lock);
-}
-
-static void irq_radix_rdunlock(unsigned long flags)
-{
-       __get_cpu_var(irq_radix_reader) = 0;
-       local_irq_restore(flags);
-}
-
 static int irq_setup_virq(struct irq_host *host, unsigned int virq,
                            irq_hw_number_t hwirq)
 {
 {
        struct irq_host *host;
        irq_hw_number_t hwirq;
-       unsigned long flags;
 
        if (virq == NO_IRQ)
                return;
                smp_rmb();
                if (revmap_trees_allocated < 1)
                        break;
-               irq_radix_wrlock(&flags);
+               mutex_lock(&revmap_trees_mutex);
                radix_tree_delete(&host->revmap_data.tree, hwirq);
-               irq_radix_wrunlock(flags);
+               mutex_unlock(&revmap_trees_mutex);
                break;
        }
 
 {
        struct irq_map_entry *ptr;
        unsigned int virq;
-       unsigned long flags;
 
        WARN_ON(host->revmap_type != IRQ_HOST_MAP_TREE);
 
                return irq_find_mapping(host, hwirq);
 
        /* Now try to resolve */
-       irq_radix_rdlock(&flags);
+       /*
+        * 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.
+        */
        ptr = radix_tree_lookup(&host->revmap_data.tree, hwirq);
-       irq_radix_rdunlock(flags);
 
        /*
         * If found in radix tree, then fine.
 void irq_radix_revmap_insert(struct irq_host *host, unsigned int virq,
                             irq_hw_number_t hwirq)
 {
-       unsigned long flags;
 
        WARN_ON(host->revmap_type != IRQ_HOST_MAP_TREE);
 
                return;
 
        if (virq != NO_IRQ) {
-               irq_radix_wrlock(&flags);
+               mutex_lock(&revmap_trees_mutex);
                radix_tree_insert(&host->revmap_data.tree, hwirq,
                                  &irq_map[virq]);
-               irq_radix_wrunlock(flags);
+               mutex_unlock(&revmap_trees_mutex);
        }
 }
 
 static int irq_late_init(void)
 {
        struct irq_host *h;
-       unsigned long flags;
        unsigned int i;
 
        /*
         * Insert the reverse mapping for those interrupts already present
         * in irq_map[].
         */
-       irq_radix_wrlock(&flags);
+       mutex_lock(&revmap_trees_mutex);
        for (i = 0; i < irq_virq_count; i++) {
                if (irq_map[i].host &&
                    (irq_map[i].host->revmap_type == IRQ_HOST_MAP_TREE))
                        radix_tree_insert(&irq_map[i].host->revmap_data.tree,
                                          irq_map[i].hwirq, &irq_map[i]);
        }
-       irq_radix_wrunlock(flags);
+       mutex_unlock(&revmap_trees_mutex);
 
        /*
         * Make sure the radix trees insertions are visible before setting