} ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp;
 
 extern struct irq_desc *irq_to_desc(unsigned int irq);
+extern struct irq_desc *__irq_to_desc(unsigned int irq);
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_SPARSE_IRQ
+
 #ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_DYN_ARRAY
 /* could be removed if we get rid of all irq_desc reference */
 extern struct irq_desc irq_desc[NR_IRQS];
+#else
+extern struct irq_desc *irq_desc;
 #endif
+
+#else
+
+extern struct irq_desc *sparse_irqs;
+
+#endif
+
 #define kstat_irqs_this_cpu(DESC) \
        ((DESC)->kstat_irqs[smp_processor_id()])
 
 
        }
 }
 
-
 static void __init init_work(void *data)
 {
        struct dyn_array *da = data;
 
 early_param("nr_irq_desc", parse_nr_irq_desc);
 
-static struct irq_desc *sparse_irqs;
+struct irq_desc *sparse_irqs;
 DEFINE_DYN_ARRAY(sparse_irqs, sizeof(struct irq_desc), nr_irq_desc, PAGE_SIZE, init_work);
 
+struct irq_desc *__irq_to_desc(unsigned int irq)
+{
+       struct irq_desc *desc;
+
+       BUG_ON(irq == -1U);
+
+       desc = &sparse_irqs[0];
+       while (desc) {
+               if (desc->irq == irq)
+                       return desc;
+
+               if (desc->irq == -1U)
+                       return NULL;
+
+               desc = desc->next;
+       }
+       return NULL;
+}
 struct irq_desc *irq_to_desc(unsigned int irq)
 {
        struct irq_desc *desc, *desc_pri;
        return desc;
 }
 #else
-
-static struct irq_desc *irq_desc;
+struct irq_desc *irq_desc;
 DEFINE_DYN_ARRAY(irq_desc, sizeof(struct irq_desc), nr_irqs, PAGE_SIZE, init_work);
 
 #endif
 
        return NULL;
 }
+struct irq_desc *__irq_to_desc(unsigned int irq)
+{
+       return irq_to_desc(irq);
+}
 #endif
 
 /*