diff --git a/Documentation/gpio.txt b/Documentation/gpio.txt
index 18022e2..8a7c459 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpio.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gpio.txt
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
 	/* map GPIO numbers to IRQ numbers */
 	int gpio_to_irq(unsigned gpio);
 
-	/* map IRQ numbers to GPIO numbers */
+	/* map IRQ numbers to GPIO numbers (avoid using this) */
 	int irq_to_gpio(unsigned irq);
 
 Those return either the corresponding number in the other namespace, or
@@ -284,7 +284,8 @@
 
 Non-error values returned from irq_to_gpio() would most commonly be used
 with gpio_get_value(), for example to initialize or update driver state
-when the IRQ is edge-triggered.
+when the IRQ is edge-triggered.  Note that some platforms don't support
+this reverse mapping, so you should avoid using it.
 
 
 Emulating Open Drain Signals
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 317004f..29a7e6b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -1010,6 +1010,24 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__gpio_cansleep);
 
+/**
+ * __gpio_to_irq() - return the IRQ corresponding to a GPIO
+ * @gpio: gpio whose IRQ will be returned (already requested)
+ * Context: any
+ *
+ * This is used directly or indirectly to implement gpio_to_irq().
+ * It returns the number of the IRQ signaled by this (input) GPIO,
+ * or a negative errno.
+ */
+int __gpio_to_irq(unsigned gpio)
+{
+	struct gpio_chip	*chip;
+
+	chip = gpio_to_chip(gpio);
+	return chip->to_irq ? chip->to_irq(chip, gpio - chip->base) : -ENXIO;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__gpio_to_irq);
+
 
 
 /* There's no value in making it easy to inline GPIO calls that may sleep.
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/gpio.h b/include/asm-generic/gpio.h
index 2c5744b..04cb1d1 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/gpio.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/gpio.h
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
  *	returns either the value actually sensed, or zero
  * @direction_output: configures signal "offset" as output, or returns error
  * @set: assigns output value for signal "offset"
+ * @to_irq: optional hook supporting non-static gpio_to_irq() mappings;
+ *	implementation may not sleep
  * @dbg_show: optional routine to show contents in debugfs; default code
  *	will be used when this is omitted, but custom code can show extra
  *	state (such as pullup/pulldown configuration).
@@ -73,6 +75,10 @@
 						unsigned offset, int value);
 	void			(*set)(struct gpio_chip *chip,
 						unsigned offset, int value);
+
+	int			(*to_irq)(struct gpio_chip *chip,
+						unsigned offset);
+
 	void			(*dbg_show)(struct seq_file *s,
 						struct gpio_chip *chip);
 	int			base;
@@ -112,6 +118,7 @@
 
 extern int __gpio_cansleep(unsigned gpio);
 
+extern int __gpio_to_irq(unsigned gpio);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS