diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index a6fba4804672..9f617238a2f7 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -703,6 +703,11 @@ static inline void init_irq_proc(void)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_IRQ_TIMINGS
+void irq_timings_enable(void);
+void irq_timings_disable(void);
+#endif
+
 struct seq_file;
 int show_interrupts(struct seq_file *p, void *v);
 int arch_show_interrupts(struct seq_file *p, int prec);
diff --git a/kernel/irq/Kconfig b/kernel/irq/Kconfig
index fcbb1d6d51cb..27c4e774071c 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/irq/Kconfig
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ config GENERIC_MSI_IRQ_DOMAIN
 config HANDLE_DOMAIN_IRQ
 	bool
 
+config IRQ_TIMINGS
+	bool
+
 config IRQ_DOMAIN_DEBUG
 	bool "Expose hardware/virtual IRQ mapping via debugfs"
 	depends on IRQ_DOMAIN && DEBUG_FS
diff --git a/kernel/irq/Makefile b/kernel/irq/Makefile
index c61fc9c2d1f7..e4aef7351f2b 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/irq/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
 obj-y := irqdesc.o handle.o manage.o spurious.o resend.o chip.o dummychip.o devres.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_IRQ_TIMINGS) += timings.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP) += generic-chip.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE) += autoprobe.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IRQ_DOMAIN) += irqdomain.o
diff --git a/kernel/irq/handle.c b/kernel/irq/handle.c
index d3f24905852c..eb4d3e8945b8 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/handle.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/handle.c
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ irqreturn_t __handle_irq_event_percpu(struct irq_desc *desc, unsigned int *flags
 	unsigned int irq = desc->irq_data.irq;
 	struct irqaction *action;
 
+	record_irq_time(desc);
+
 	for_each_action_of_desc(desc, action) {
 		irqreturn_t res;
 
diff --git a/kernel/irq/internals.h b/kernel/irq/internals.h
index a573e0771baf..b95b74920433 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/internals.h
+++ b/kernel/irq/internals.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <linux/irqdesc.h>
 #include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
 #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
+#include <linux/sched/clock.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ
 # define IRQ_BITMAP_BITS	(NR_IRQS + 8196)
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ enum {
 	IRQS_WAITING		= 0x00000080,
 	IRQS_PENDING		= 0x00000200,
 	IRQS_SUSPENDED		= 0x00000800,
+	IRQS_TIMINGS		= 0x00001000,
 };
 
 #include "debug.h"
@@ -255,6 +257,94 @@ static inline void
 irq_pm_remove_action(struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *action) { }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_IRQ_TIMINGS
+
+#define IRQ_TIMINGS_SHIFT	5
+#define IRQ_TIMINGS_SIZE	(1 << IRQ_TIMINGS_SHIFT)
+#define IRQ_TIMINGS_MASK	(IRQ_TIMINGS_SIZE - 1)
+
+/**
+ * struct irq_timings - irq timings storing structure
+ * @values: a circular buffer of u64 encoded <timestamp,irq> values
+ * @count: the number of elements in the array
+ */
+struct irq_timings {
+	u64	values[IRQ_TIMINGS_SIZE];
+	int	count;
+};
+
+DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct irq_timings, irq_timings);
+
+static inline void irq_remove_timings(struct irq_desc *desc)
+{
+	desc->istate &= ~IRQS_TIMINGS;
+}
+
+static inline void irq_setup_timings(struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *act)
+{
+	/*
+	 * We don't need the measurement because the idle code already
+	 * knows the next expiry event.
+	 */
+	if (act->flags & __IRQF_TIMER)
+		return;
+
+	desc->istate |= IRQS_TIMINGS;
+}
+
+extern void irq_timings_enable(void);
+extern void irq_timings_disable(void);
+
+DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(irq_timing_enabled);
+
+/*
+ * The interrupt number and the timestamp are encoded into a single
+ * u64 variable to optimize the size.
+ * 48 bit time stamp and 16 bit IRQ number is way sufficient.
+ *  Who cares an IRQ after 78 hours of idle time?
+ */
+static inline u64 irq_timing_encode(u64 timestamp, int irq)
+{
+	return (timestamp << 16) | irq;
+}
+
+static inline int irq_timing_decode(u64 value, u64 *timestamp)
+{
+	*timestamp = value >> 16;
+	return value & U16_MAX;
+}
+
+/*
+ * The function record_irq_time is only called in one place in the
+ * interrupts handler. We want this function always inline so the code
+ * inside is embedded in the function and the static key branching
+ * code can act at the higher level. Without the explicit
+ * __always_inline we can end up with a function call and a small
+ * overhead in the hotpath for nothing.
+ */
+static __always_inline void record_irq_time(struct irq_desc *desc)
+{
+	if (!static_branch_likely(&irq_timing_enabled))
+		return;
+
+	if (desc->istate & IRQS_TIMINGS) {
+		struct irq_timings *timings = this_cpu_ptr(&irq_timings);
+
+		timings->values[timings->count & IRQ_TIMINGS_MASK] =
+			irq_timing_encode(local_clock(),
+					  irq_desc_get_irq(desc));
+
+		timings->count++;
+	}
+}
+#else
+static inline void irq_remove_timings(struct irq_desc *desc) {}
+static inline void irq_setup_timings(struct irq_desc *desc,
+				     struct irqaction *act) {};
+static inline void record_irq_time(struct irq_desc *desc) {}
+#endif /* CONFIG_IRQ_TIMINGS */
+
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP
 void irq_init_generic_chip(struct irq_chip_generic *gc, const char *name,
 			   int num_ct, unsigned int irq_base,
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 3577c091ac7b..5c11c1730ba5 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -1348,6 +1348,8 @@ __setup_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *new)
 
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock, flags);
 
+	irq_setup_timings(desc, new);
+
 	/*
 	 * Strictly no need to wake it up, but hung_task complains
 	 * when no hard interrupt wakes the thread up.
@@ -1474,6 +1476,7 @@ static struct irqaction *__free_irq(unsigned int irq, void *dev_id)
 		irq_settings_clr_disable_unlazy(desc);
 		irq_shutdown(desc);
 		irq_release_resources(desc);
+		irq_remove_timings(desc);
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
diff --git a/kernel/irq/timings.c b/kernel/irq/timings.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..56cf6870fa26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/irq/timings.c
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * linux/kernel/irq/timings.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2016, Linaro Ltd - Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ */
+#include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <linux/static_key.h>
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/irq.h>
+
+#include "internals.h"
+
+DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(irq_timing_enabled);
+
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct irq_timings, irq_timings);
+
+void irq_timings_enable(void)
+{
+	static_branch_enable(&irq_timing_enabled);
+}
+
+void irq_timings_disable(void)
+{
+	static_branch_disable(&irq_timing_enabled);
+}