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diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h
index af34afbc32d9..b2fa62922d88 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ struct mips_fpu_struct {
#define NUM_DSP_REGS 6
-typedef __u32 dspreg_t;
+typedef unsigned long dspreg_t;
struct mips_dsp_state {
dspreg_t dspr[NUM_DSP_REGS];
@@ -386,7 +386,20 @@ unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
#define KSTK_ESP(tsk) (task_pt_regs(tsk)->regs[29])
#define KSTK_STATUS(tsk) (task_pt_regs(tsk)->cp0_status)
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_LOONGSON3
+/*
+ * Loongson-3's SFB (Store-Fill-Buffer) may buffer writes indefinitely when a
+ * tight read loop is executed, because reads take priority over writes & the
+ * hardware (incorrectly) doesn't ensure that writes will eventually occur.
+ *
+ * Since spin loops of any kind should have a cpu_relax() in them, force an SFB
+ * flush from cpu_relax() such that any pending writes will become visible as
+ * expected.
+ */
+#define cpu_relax() smp_mb()
+#else
#define cpu_relax() barrier()
+#endif
/*
* Return_address is a replacement for __builtin_return_address(count)