if (hw == mpic->spurious_vec)
                return -EINVAL;
+       if (mpic->protected && test_bit(hw, mpic->protected))
+               return -EINVAL;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
        else if (hw >= mpic->ipi_vecs[0]) {
        if (node && of_get_property(node, "big-endian", NULL) != NULL)
                mpic->flags |= MPIC_BIG_ENDIAN;
 
+       /* Look for protected sources */
+       if (node) {
+               unsigned int psize, bits, mapsize;
+               const u32 *psrc =
+                       of_get_property(node, "protected-sources", &psize);
+               if (psrc) {
+                       psize /= 4;
+                       bits = intvec_top + 1;
+                       mapsize = BITS_TO_LONGS(bits) * sizeof(unsigned long);
+                       mpic->protected = alloc_bootmem(mapsize);
+                       BUG_ON(mpic->protected == NULL);
+                       memset(mpic->protected, 0, mapsize);
+                       for (i = 0; i < psize; i++) {
+                               if (psrc[i] > intvec_top)
+                                       continue;
+                               __set_bit(psrc[i], mpic->protected);
+                       }
+               }
+       }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MPIC_WEIRD
        mpic->hw_set = mpic_infos[MPIC_GET_REGSET(flags)];
                u32 vecpri = MPIC_VECPRI_MASK | i |
                        (8 << MPIC_VECPRI_PRIORITY_SHIFT);
                
+               /* check if protected */
+               if (mpic->protected && test_bit(i, mpic->protected))
+                       continue;
                /* init hw */
                mpic_irq_write(i, MPIC_INFO(IRQ_VECTOR_PRI), vecpri);
                mpic_irq_write(i, MPIC_INFO(IRQ_DESTINATION),
                        mpic_eoi(mpic);
                return NO_IRQ;
        }
+       if (unlikely(mpic->protected && test_bit(src, mpic->protected))) {
+               if (printk_ratelimit())
+                       printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Got protected source %d !\n",
+                              mpic->name, (int)src);
+               mpic_eoi(mpic);
+               return NO_IRQ;
+       }
+
        return irq_linear_revmap(mpic->irqhost, src);
 }