Hi Steven,

On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 12:34:02PM -0500, Steven J. Hill wrote:
> From: Chad Reese <kreese@caviumnetworks.com>
> 
> Flushing the writes lets other CPUs waiting for the lock to get it
> sooner.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chad Reese <kreese@caviumnetworks.com>
> Signed-off-by: David Daney <david.daney@cavium.com>

I think this needs your SOB too.

Cheers
James

> ---
>  arch/mips/include/asm/bitops.h | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/bitops.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/bitops.h
> index fa57cef..da1b871 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/bitops.h
> +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/bitops.h
> @@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ static inline void __clear_bit_unlock(unsigned long nr, volatile unsigned long *
>  {
>  	smp_mb__before_llsc();
>  	__clear_bit(nr, addr);
> +	nudge_writes();
>  }
>  
>  /*
> -- 
> 2.1.4
> 
>