diff --git a/arch/mips/dec/setup.c b/arch/mips/dec/setup.c
index 6c3704f51d0d..87f0a1436bf9 100644
--- a/arch/mips/dec/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/dec/setup.c
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ void __init arch_init_irq(void)
 				NULL))
 			pr_err("Failed to register fpu interrupt\n");
 		desc_fpu = irq_to_desc(irq_fpu);
-		fpu_kstat_irq = this_cpu_ptr(desc_fpu->kstat_irqs);
+		fpu_kstat_irq = this_cpu_ptr(&desc_fpu->kstat_irqs->cnt);
 	}
 	if (dec_interrupt[DEC_IRQ_CASCADE] >= 0) {
 		if (request_irq(dec_interrupt[DEC_IRQ_CASCADE], no_action,
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/smp.c
index 444154271f23..800eb64e91ad 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ static int smp_boot_one_cpu(int cpuid, struct task_struct *idle)
 		struct irq_desc *desc = irq_to_desc(i);
 
 		if (desc && desc->kstat_irqs)
-			*per_cpu_ptr(desc->kstat_irqs, cpuid) = 0;
+			*per_cpu_ptr(desc->kstat_irqs, cpuid) = (struct irqstat) { };
 	}
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rm_xics.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rm_xics.c
index e42984878503..f2636414d82a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rm_xics.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rm_xics.c
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ static inline void this_cpu_inc_rm(unsigned int __percpu *addr)
  */
 static void kvmppc_rm_handle_irq_desc(struct irq_desc *desc)
 {
-	this_cpu_inc_rm(desc->kstat_irqs);
+	this_cpu_inc_rm(&desc->kstat_irqs->cnt);
 	__this_cpu_inc(kstat.irqs_sum);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/irqdesc.h b/include/linux/irqdesc.h
index d9451d456a73..2912b1998670 100644
--- a/include/linux/irqdesc.h
+++ b/include/linux/irqdesc.h
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ struct irq_desc;
 struct irq_domain;
 struct pt_regs;
 
+struct irqstat {
+	unsigned int	cnt;
+	unsigned int	ref;
+};
+
 /**
  * struct irq_desc - interrupt descriptor
  * @irq_common_data:	per irq and chip data passed down to chip functions
@@ -55,7 +60,7 @@ struct pt_regs;
 struct irq_desc {
 	struct irq_common_data	irq_common_data;
 	struct irq_data		irq_data;
-	unsigned int __percpu	*kstat_irqs;
+	struct irqstat __percpu	*kstat_irqs;
 	irq_flow_handler_t	handle_irq;
 	struct irqaction	*action;	/* IRQ action list */
 	unsigned int		status_use_accessors;
@@ -119,7 +124,7 @@ extern struct irq_desc irq_desc[NR_IRQS];
 static inline unsigned int irq_desc_kstat_cpu(struct irq_desc *desc,
 					      unsigned int cpu)
 {
-	return desc->kstat_irqs ? *per_cpu_ptr(desc->kstat_irqs, cpu) : 0;
+	return desc->kstat_irqs ? per_cpu(desc->kstat_irqs->cnt, cpu) : 0;
 }
 
 static inline struct irq_desc *irq_data_to_desc(struct irq_data *data)
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel_stat.h b/include/linux/kernel_stat.h
index 9935f7ecbfb9..9cbb1361f957 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel_stat.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel_stat.h
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ static inline unsigned int kstat_cpu_softirqs_sum(int cpu)
 	return sum;
 }
 
+extern void kstat_snapshot_irqs(void);
+
+extern unsigned int kstat_get_irq_since_snapshot(unsigned int irq);
+
 /*
  * Number of interrupts per specific IRQ source, since bootup
  */
diff --git a/kernel/irq/internals.h b/kernel/irq/internals.h
index bcc7f21db9ee..1d92532c2aae 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/internals.h
+++ b/kernel/irq/internals.h
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ static inline void irq_state_set_masked(struct irq_desc *desc)
 
 static inline void __kstat_incr_irqs_this_cpu(struct irq_desc *desc)
 {
-	__this_cpu_inc(*desc->kstat_irqs);
+	__this_cpu_inc(desc->kstat_irqs->cnt);
 	__this_cpu_inc(kstat.irqs_sum);
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c b/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
index 27ca1c866f29..9cd17080b2d8 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static void desc_set_defaults(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc, int node,
 	desc->name = NULL;
 	desc->owner = owner;
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
-		*per_cpu_ptr(desc->kstat_irqs, cpu) = 0;
+		*per_cpu_ptr(desc->kstat_irqs, cpu) = (struct irqstat) { };
 	desc_smp_init(desc, node, affinity);
 }
 
@@ -418,8 +418,8 @@ static struct irq_desc *alloc_desc(int irq, int node, unsigned int flags,
 	desc = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*desc), GFP_KERNEL, node);
 	if (!desc)
 		return NULL;
-	/* allocate based on nr_cpu_ids */
-	desc->kstat_irqs = alloc_percpu(unsigned int);
+
+	desc->kstat_irqs = alloc_percpu(struct irqstat);
 	if (!desc->kstat_irqs)
 		goto err_desc;
 
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ int __init early_irq_init(void)
 	count = ARRAY_SIZE(irq_desc);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-		desc[i].kstat_irqs = alloc_percpu(unsigned int);
+		desc[i].kstat_irqs = alloc_percpu(struct irqstat);
 		alloc_masks(&desc[i], node);
 		raw_spin_lock_init(&desc[i].lock);
 		lockdep_set_class(&desc[i].lock, &irq_desc_lock_class);
@@ -952,8 +952,7 @@ unsigned int kstat_irqs_cpu(unsigned int irq, int cpu)
 {
 	struct irq_desc *desc = irq_to_desc(irq);
 
-	return desc && desc->kstat_irqs ?
-			*per_cpu_ptr(desc->kstat_irqs, cpu) : 0;
+	return desc && desc->kstat_irqs ? per_cpu(desc->kstat_irqs->cnt, cpu) : 0;
 }
 
 static bool irq_is_nmi(struct irq_desc *desc)
@@ -975,10 +974,31 @@ static unsigned int kstat_irqs(unsigned int irq)
 		return data_race(desc->tot_count);
 
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
-		sum += data_race(*per_cpu_ptr(desc->kstat_irqs, cpu));
+		sum += data_race(per_cpu(desc->kstat_irqs->cnt, cpu));
 	return sum;
 }
 
+void kstat_snapshot_irqs(void)
+{
+	struct irq_desc *desc;
+	unsigned int irq;
+
+	for_each_irq_desc(irq, desc) {
+		if (!desc->kstat_irqs)
+			continue;
+		this_cpu_write(desc->kstat_irqs->ref, this_cpu_read(desc->kstat_irqs->cnt));
+	}
+}
+
+unsigned int kstat_get_irq_since_snapshot(unsigned int irq)
+{
+	struct irq_desc *desc = irq_to_desc(irq);
+
+	if (!desc || !desc->kstat_irqs)
+		return 0;
+	return this_cpu_read(desc->kstat_irqs->cnt) - this_cpu_read(desc->kstat_irqs->ref);
+}
+
 /**
  * kstat_irqs_usr - Get the statistics for an interrupt from thread context
  * @irq:	The interrupt number
diff --git a/kernel/irq/proc.c b/kernel/irq/proc.c
index 623b8136e9af..3ad40cf30c66 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/proc.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/proc.c
@@ -488,18 +488,15 @@ int show_interrupts(struct seq_file *p, void *v)
 	if (!desc || irq_settings_is_hidden(desc))
 		goto outsparse;
 
-	if (desc->kstat_irqs) {
-		for_each_online_cpu(j)
-			any_count |= data_race(*per_cpu_ptr(desc->kstat_irqs, j));
-	}
+	if (desc->kstat_irqs)
+		any_count = data_race(desc->tot_count);
 
 	if ((!desc->action || irq_desc_is_chained(desc)) && !any_count)
 		goto outsparse;
 
 	seq_printf(p, "%*d: ", prec, i);
 	for_each_online_cpu(j)
-		seq_printf(p, "%10u ", desc->kstat_irqs ?
-					*per_cpu_ptr(desc->kstat_irqs, j) : 0);
+		seq_printf(p, "%10u ", desc->kstat_irqs ? per_cpu(desc->kstat_irqs->cnt, j) : 0);
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&desc->lock, flags);
 	if (desc->irq_data.chip) {
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 69e72d7e461d..7796c991b64e 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -12,22 +12,25 @@
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) "watchdog: " fmt
 
-#include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
-#include <linux/nmi.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/irq.h>
+#include <linux/irqdesc.h>
 #include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
+#include <linux/kvm_para.h>
 #include <linux/math64.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/nmi.h>
+#include <linux/stop_machine.h>
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 #include <linux/tick.h>
+
 #include <linux/sched/clock.h>
 #include <linux/sched/debug.h>
 #include <linux/sched/isolation.h>
-#include <linux/stop_machine.h>
 
 #include <asm/irq_regs.h>
-#include <linux/kvm_para.h>
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(watchdog_mutex);
 
@@ -417,13 +420,104 @@ static void print_cpustat(void)
 	}
 }
 
+#define HARDIRQ_PERCENT_THRESH		50
+#define NUM_HARDIRQ_REPORT		5
+struct irq_counts {
+	int irq;
+	u32 counts;
+};
+
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(bool, snapshot_taken);
+
+/* Tabulate the most frequent interrupts. */
+static void tabulate_irq_count(struct irq_counts *irq_counts, int irq, u32 counts, int rank)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct irq_counts new_count = {irq, counts};
+
+	for (i = 0; i < rank; i++) {
+		if (counts > irq_counts[i].counts)
+			swap(new_count, irq_counts[i]);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * If the hardirq time exceeds HARDIRQ_PERCENT_THRESH% of the sample_period,
+ * then the cause of softlockup might be interrupt storm. In this case, it
+ * would be useful to start interrupt counting.
+ */
+static bool need_counting_irqs(void)
+{
+	u8 util;
+	int tail = __this_cpu_read(cpustat_tail);
+
+	tail = (tail + NUM_HARDIRQ_REPORT - 1) % NUM_HARDIRQ_REPORT;
+	util = __this_cpu_read(cpustat_util[tail][STATS_HARDIRQ]);
+	return util > HARDIRQ_PERCENT_THRESH;
+}
+
+static void start_counting_irqs(void)
+{
+	if (!__this_cpu_read(snapshot_taken)) {
+		kstat_snapshot_irqs();
+		__this_cpu_write(snapshot_taken, true);
+	}
+}
+
+static void stop_counting_irqs(void)
+{
+	__this_cpu_write(snapshot_taken, false);
+}
+
+static void print_irq_counts(void)
+{
+	unsigned int i, count;
+	struct irq_counts irq_counts_sorted[NUM_HARDIRQ_REPORT] = {
+		{-1, 0}, {-1, 0}, {-1, 0}, {-1, 0}, {-1, 0}
+	};
+
+	if (__this_cpu_read(snapshot_taken)) {
+		for_each_active_irq(i) {
+			count = kstat_get_irq_since_snapshot(i);
+			tabulate_irq_count(irq_counts_sorted, i, count, NUM_HARDIRQ_REPORT);
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * We do not want the "watchdog: " prefix on every line,
+		 * hence we use "printk" instead of "pr_crit".
+		 */
+		printk(KERN_CRIT "CPU#%d Detect HardIRQ Time exceeds %d%%. Most frequent HardIRQs:\n",
+		       smp_processor_id(), HARDIRQ_PERCENT_THRESH);
+
+		for (i = 0; i < NUM_HARDIRQ_REPORT; i++) {
+			if (irq_counts_sorted[i].irq == -1)
+				break;
+
+			printk(KERN_CRIT "\t#%u: %-10u\tirq#%d\n",
+				i + 1, irq_counts_sorted[i].counts,
+				irq_counts_sorted[i].irq);
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * If the hardirq time is less than HARDIRQ_PERCENT_THRESH% in the last
+		 * sample_period, then we suspect the interrupt storm might be subsiding.
+		 */
+		if (!need_counting_irqs())
+			stop_counting_irqs();
+	}
+}
+
 static void report_cpu_status(void)
 {
 	print_cpustat();
+	print_irq_counts();
 }
 #else
 static inline void update_cpustat(void) { }
 static inline void report_cpu_status(void) { }
+static inline bool need_counting_irqs(void) { return false; }
+static inline void start_counting_irqs(void) { }
+static inline void stop_counting_irqs(void) { }
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -527,6 +621,18 @@ static int is_softlockup(unsigned long touch_ts,
 			 unsigned long now)
 {
 	if ((watchdog_enabled & WATCHDOG_SOFTOCKUP_ENABLED) && watchdog_thresh) {
+		/*
+		 * If period_ts has not been updated during a sample_period, then
+		 * in the subsequent few sample_periods, period_ts might also not
+		 * be updated, which could indicate a potential softlockup. In
+		 * this case, if we suspect the cause of the potential softlockup
+		 * might be interrupt storm, then we need to count the interrupts
+		 * to find which interrupt is storming.
+		 */
+		if (time_after_eq(now, period_ts + get_softlockup_thresh() / 5) &&
+		    need_counting_irqs())
+			start_counting_irqs();
+
 		/* Warn about unreasonable delays. */
 		if (time_after(now, period_ts + get_softlockup_thresh()))
 			return now - touch_ts;
@@ -549,6 +655,7 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpu_stop_work, softlockup_stop_work);
 static int softlockup_fn(void *data)
 {
 	update_touch_ts();
+	stop_counting_irqs();
 	complete(this_cpu_ptr(&softlockup_completion));
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/interrupts.py b/scripts/gdb/linux/interrupts.py
index ef478e273791..7e50f3b9dfad 100644
--- a/scripts/gdb/linux/interrupts.py
+++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/interrupts.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def show_irq_desc(prec, irq):
     any_count = 0
     if desc['kstat_irqs']:
         for cpu in cpus.each_online_cpu():
-            any_count += cpus.per_cpu(desc['kstat_irqs'], cpu)
+            any_count += cpus.per_cpu(desc['kstat_irqs'], cpu)['cnt']
 
     if (desc['action'] == 0 or irq_desc_is_chained(desc)) and any_count == 0:
         return text;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def show_irq_desc(prec, irq):
     text += "%*d: " % (prec, irq)
     for cpu in cpus.each_online_cpu():
         if desc['kstat_irqs']:
-            count = cpus.per_cpu(desc['kstat_irqs'], cpu)
+            count = cpus.per_cpu(desc['kstat_irqs'], cpu)['cnt']
         else:
             count = 0
         text += "%10u" % (count)
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ def arm_common_show_interrupts(prec):
         if desc == 0:
             continue
         for cpu in cpus.each_online_cpu():
-            text += "%10u" % (cpus.per_cpu(desc['kstat_irqs'], cpu))
+            text += "%10u" % (cpus.per_cpu(desc['kstat_irqs'], cpu)['cnt'])
         text += "      %s" % (ipi_types[ipi].string())
         text += "\n"
     return text
