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diff --git a/kernel/irq/chip.c b/kernel/irq/chip.c
index 4aa00d325b8c..15206453b12a 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/chip.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/chip.c
@@ -241,6 +241,13 @@ void irq_enable(struct irq_desc *desc)
* disabled. If an interrupt happens, then the interrupt flow
* handler masks the line at the hardware level and marks it
* pending.
+ *
+ * If the interrupt chip does not implement the irq_disable callback,
+ * a driver can disable the lazy approach for a particular irq line by
+ * calling 'irq_set_status_flags(irq, IRQ_DISABLE_UNLAZY)'. This can
+ * be used for devices which cannot disable the interrupt at the
+ * device level under certain circumstances and have to use
+ * disable_irq[_nosync] instead.
*/
void irq_disable(struct irq_desc *desc)
{
@@ -248,6 +255,8 @@ void irq_disable(struct irq_desc *desc)
if (desc->irq_data.chip->irq_disable) {
desc->irq_data.chip->irq_disable(&desc->irq_data);
irq_state_set_masked(desc);
+ } else if (irq_settings_disable_unlazy(desc)) {
+ mask_irq(desc);
}
}