diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/i8259.c b/arch/i386/kernel/i8259.c
index d53eafb6daa70f99c35b9b937acdea5a2a861500..62996cd17084245dafd53bcfab9555c20cc38c60 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/i8259.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/i8259.c
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ void make_8259A_irq(unsigned int irq)
 {
 	disable_irq_nosync(irq);
 	io_apic_irqs &= ~(1<<irq);
-	set_irq_chip_and_handler(irq, &i8259A_chip, handle_level_irq);
+	set_irq_chip_and_handler_name(irq, &i8259A_chip, handle_level_irq,
+				      "XT");
 	enable_irq(irq);
 }
 
@@ -369,8 +370,8 @@ void __init init_ISA_irqs (void)
 			/*
 			 * 16 old-style INTA-cycle interrupts:
 			 */
-			set_irq_chip_and_handler(i, &i8259A_chip,
-						 handle_level_irq);
+			set_irq_chip_and_handler_name(i, &i8259A_chip,
+						      handle_level_irq, "XT");
 		} else {
 			/*
 			 * 'high' PCI IRQs filled in on demand
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c b/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c
index 27bceaf5ce40e3e5750cd0a183d3d4b537598bc5..350192d6ab986f70314abb98e7e2a68a04d0b9e7 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c
@@ -1225,11 +1225,11 @@ static void ioapic_register_intr(int irq, int vector, unsigned long trigger)
 {
 	if ((trigger == IOAPIC_AUTO && IO_APIC_irq_trigger(irq)) ||
 			trigger == IOAPIC_LEVEL)
-		set_irq_chip_and_handler(irq, &ioapic_chip,
-					 handle_fasteoi_irq);
+		set_irq_chip_and_handler_name(irq, &ioapic_chip,
+					 handle_fasteoi_irq, "fasteoi");
 	else
-		set_irq_chip_and_handler(irq, &ioapic_chip,
-					 handle_edge_irq);
+		set_irq_chip_and_handler_name(irq, &ioapic_chip,
+					 handle_edge_irq, "edge");
 	set_intr_gate(vector, interrupt[irq]);
 }
 
@@ -2235,7 +2235,8 @@ static inline void check_timer(void)
 	printk(KERN_INFO "...trying to set up timer as Virtual Wire IRQ...");
 
 	disable_8259A_irq(0);
-	set_irq_chip_and_handler(0, &lapic_chip, handle_fasteoi_irq);
+	set_irq_chip_and_handler_name(0, &lapic_chip, handle_fasteoi_irq,
+				      "fasteio");
 	apic_write_around(APIC_LVT0, APIC_DM_FIXED | vector);	/* Fixed mode */
 	enable_8259A_irq(0);
 
@@ -2541,7 +2542,8 @@ int arch_setup_msi_irq(unsigned int irq, struct pci_dev *dev)
 
 	write_msi_msg(irq, &msg);
 
-	set_irq_chip_and_handler(irq, &msi_chip, handle_edge_irq);
+	set_irq_chip_and_handler_name(irq, &msi_chip, handle_edge_irq,
+				      "edge");
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -2636,7 +2638,8 @@ int arch_setup_ht_irq(unsigned int irq, struct pci_dev *dev)
 		write_ht_irq_low(irq, low);
 		write_ht_irq_high(irq, high);
 
-		set_irq_chip_and_handler(irq, &ht_irq_chip, handle_edge_irq);
+		set_irq_chip_and_handler_name(irq, &ht_irq_chip,
+					      handle_edge_irq, "edge");
 	}
 	return vector;
 }
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/irq.c b/arch/i386/kernel/irq.c
index 8cfc7dbec7b9f006118d49f1d6c7c65e6ab82213..3201d421090a0d2cf5237f4d55ef070d41bc48b9 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/irq.c
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ int show_interrupts(struct seq_file *p, void *v)
 			seq_printf(p, "%10u ", kstat_cpu(j).irqs[i]);
 #endif
 		seq_printf(p, " %8s", irq_desc[i].chip->name);
-		seq_printf(p, "-%s", handle_irq_name(irq_desc[i].handle_irq));
+		seq_printf(p, "-%-8s", irq_desc[i].name);
 		seq_printf(p, "  %s", action->name);
 
 		for (action=action->next; action; action = action->next)
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/i8259.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/i8259.c
index 0612a33bb896bb818001d3229c6af6652332c1df..c4ef801b765b8004033c83d2f6b1ac94b822fb9f 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/i8259.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/i8259.c
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ void make_8259A_irq(unsigned int irq)
 {
 	disable_irq_nosync(irq);
 	io_apic_irqs &= ~(1<<irq);
-	set_irq_chip_and_handler(irq, &i8259A_chip, handle_level_irq);
+	set_irq_chip_and_handler_name(irq, &i8259A_chip, handle_level_irq,
+				      "XT");
 	enable_irq(irq);
 }
 
@@ -431,8 +432,8 @@ void __init init_ISA_irqs (void)
 			/*
 			 * 16 old-style INTA-cycle interrupts:
 			 */
-			set_irq_chip_and_handler(i, &i8259A_chip,
-						 handle_level_irq);
+			set_irq_chip_and_handler_name(i, &i8259A_chip,
+						      handle_level_irq, "XT");
 		} else {
 			/*
 			 * 'high' PCI IRQs filled in on demand
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c
index 44b55f8338750c9b610983c12b3bcce6fa3f013b..49e94f7994c54f29fcc067533ab41563213b00bb 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c
@@ -696,11 +696,11 @@ static void ioapic_register_intr(int irq, int vector, unsigned long trigger)
 {
 	if ((trigger == IOAPIC_AUTO && IO_APIC_irq_trigger(irq)) ||
 			trigger == IOAPIC_LEVEL)
-		set_irq_chip_and_handler(irq, &ioapic_chip,
-					 handle_fasteoi_irq);
+		set_irq_chip_and_handler_name(irq, &ioapic_chip,
+					      handle_fasteoi_irq, "fasteoi");
 	else
-		set_irq_chip_and_handler(irq, &ioapic_chip,
-					 handle_edge_irq);
+		set_irq_chip_and_handler_name(irq, &ioapic_chip,
+					      handle_edge_irq, "edge");
 }
 
 static void __init setup_IO_APIC_irqs(void)
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ static void __init setup_ExtINT_IRQ0_pin(unsigned int apic, unsigned int pin, in
 	 * The timer IRQ doesn't have to know that behind the
 	 * scene we have a 8259A-master in AEOI mode ...
 	 */
-	set_irq_chip_and_handler(0, &ioapic_chip, handle_edge_irq);
+	set_irq_chip_and_handler_name(0, &ioapic_chip, handle_edge_irq, "edge");
 
 	/*
 	 * Add it to the IO-APIC irq-routing table:
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ int arch_setup_msi_irq(unsigned int irq, struct pci_dev *dev)
 
 	write_msi_msg(irq, &msg);
 
-	set_irq_chip_and_handler(irq, &msi_chip, handle_edge_irq);
+	set_irq_chip_and_handler_name(irq, &msi_chip, handle_edge_irq, "edge");
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1936,7 +1936,8 @@ int arch_setup_ht_irq(unsigned int irq, struct pci_dev *dev)
 		write_ht_irq_low(irq, low);
 		write_ht_irq_high(irq, high);
 
-		set_irq_chip_and_handler(irq, &ht_irq_chip, handle_edge_irq);
+		set_irq_chip_and_handler_name(irq, &ht_irq_chip,
+					      handle_edge_irq, "edge");
 	}
 	return vector;
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/irq.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/irq.c
index dff68eb2b7878dae6279338035d72d2ec61e4884..e46c55856d40ae6fb85daf785ca438dccba1b042 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/irq.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ int show_interrupts(struct seq_file *p, void *v)
 			seq_printf(p, "%10u ", kstat_cpu(j).irqs[i]);
 #endif
 		seq_printf(p, " %8s", irq_desc[i].chip->name);
-		seq_printf(p, "-%s", handle_irq_name(irq_desc[i].handle_irq));
+		seq_printf(p, "-%-8s", irq_desc[i].name);
 
 		seq_printf(p, "  %s", action->name);
 		for (action=action->next; action; action = action->next)
diff --git a/include/linux/irq.h b/include/linux/irq.h
index c64f3cc7e870050bc3acc3b84c684293829b1b87..775f5a7da493ce78238fb852a2c6f03e1a777421 100644
--- a/include/linux/irq.h
+++ b/include/linux/irq.h
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ struct irq_chip {
  * @pending_mask:	pending rebalanced interrupts
  * @dir:		/proc/irq/ procfs entry
  * @affinity_entry:	/proc/irq/smp_affinity procfs entry on SMP
+ * @name:		flow handler name for /proc/interrupts output
  *
  * Pad this out to 32 bytes for cache and indexing reasons.
  */
@@ -165,8 +166,9 @@ struct irq_desc {
 	cpumask_t		pending_mask;
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
-	struct proc_dir_entry *dir;
+	struct proc_dir_entry	*dir;
 #endif
+	const char		*name;
 } ____cacheline_aligned;
 
 extern struct irq_desc irq_desc[NR_IRQS];
@@ -271,12 +273,6 @@ extern void fastcall handle_simple_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc);
 extern void fastcall handle_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc);
 extern void fastcall handle_bad_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc);
 
-/*
- * Get a descriptive string for the highlevel handler, for
- * /proc/interrupts output:
- */
-extern const char *handle_irq_name(irq_flow_handler_t handle);
-
 /*
  * Monolithic do_IRQ implementation.
  * (is an explicit fastcall, because i386 4KSTACKS calls it from assembly)
@@ -326,10 +322,12 @@ extern struct irq_chip no_irq_chip;
 extern struct irq_chip dummy_irq_chip;
 
 extern void
-set_irq_chip_and_handler(unsigned int irq, struct irq_chip *chip,
-			 irq_flow_handler_t handle);
+set_irq_chip_and_handler_name(unsigned int irq, struct irq_chip *chip,
+			      irq_flow_handler_t handle, const char *name);
+
 extern void
-__set_irq_handler(unsigned int irq, irq_flow_handler_t handle, int is_chained);
+__set_irq_handler(unsigned int irq, irq_flow_handler_t handle, int is_chained,
+		  const char *name);
 
 /*
  * Set a highlevel flow handler for a given IRQ:
@@ -337,7 +335,7 @@ __set_irq_handler(unsigned int irq, irq_flow_handler_t handle, int is_chained);
 static inline void
 set_irq_handler(unsigned int irq, irq_flow_handler_t handle)
 {
-	__set_irq_handler(irq, handle, 0);
+	__set_irq_handler(irq, handle, 0, NULL);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -349,7 +347,7 @@ static inline void
 set_irq_chained_handler(unsigned int irq,
 			irq_flow_handler_t handle)
 {
-	__set_irq_handler(irq, handle, 1);
+	__set_irq_handler(irq, handle, 1, NULL);
 }
 
 /* Handle dynamic irq creation and destruction */
diff --git a/kernel/irq/chip.c b/kernel/irq/chip.c
index 11c99697acfe9149ff4ebc9adde4b78caa7c9ca5..2d0dc3efe8137452f2ebfa194e84ff157573e66d 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/chip.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/chip.c
@@ -499,7 +499,8 @@ handle_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc)
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 
 void
-__set_irq_handler(unsigned int irq, irq_flow_handler_t handle, int is_chained)
+__set_irq_handler(unsigned int irq, irq_flow_handler_t handle, int is_chained,
+		  const char *name)
 {
 	struct irq_desc *desc;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -540,6 +541,7 @@ __set_irq_handler(unsigned int irq, irq_flow_handler_t handle, int is_chained)
 		desc->depth = 1;
 	}
 	desc->handle_irq = handle;
+	desc->name = name;
 
 	if (handle != handle_bad_irq && is_chained) {
 		desc->status &= ~IRQ_DISABLED;
@@ -555,30 +557,13 @@ set_irq_chip_and_handler(unsigned int irq, struct irq_chip *chip,
 			 irq_flow_handler_t handle)
 {
 	set_irq_chip(irq, chip);
-	__set_irq_handler(irq, handle, 0);
+	__set_irq_handler(irq, handle, 0, NULL);
 }
 
-/*
- * Get a descriptive string for the highlevel handler, for
- * /proc/interrupts output:
- */
-const char *
-handle_irq_name(irq_flow_handler_t handle)
+void
+set_irq_chip_and_handler_name(unsigned int irq, struct irq_chip *chip,
+			      irq_flow_handler_t handle, const char *name)
 {
-	if (handle == handle_level_irq)
-		return "level  ";
-	if (handle == handle_fasteoi_irq)
-		return "fasteoi";
-	if (handle == handle_edge_irq)
-		return "edge   ";
-	if (handle == handle_simple_irq)
-		return "simple ";
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	if (handle == handle_percpu_irq)
-		return "percpu ";
-#endif
-	if (handle == handle_bad_irq)
-		return "bad    ";
-
-	return NULL;
+	set_irq_chip(irq, chip);
+	__set_irq_handler(irq, handle, 0, name);
 }