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diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/processor_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/processor_64.h
index 9cdf52eec48a..721e25f0e2ea 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/processor_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/processor_64.h
@@ -196,11 +196,16 @@ extern unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *task);
#define KSTK_EIP(tsk) (task_pt_regs(tsk)->tpc)
#define KSTK_ESP(tsk) (task_pt_regs(tsk)->u_regs[UREG_FP])
+/* Please see the commentary in asm/backoff.h for a description of
+ * what these instructions are doing and how they have been choosen.
+ * To make a long story short, we are trying to yield the current cpu
+ * strand during busy loops.
+ */
#define cpu_relax() asm volatile("\n99:\n\t" \
"rd %%ccr, %%g0\n\t" \
"rd %%ccr, %%g0\n\t" \
"rd %%ccr, %%g0\n\t" \
- ".section .pause_patch,\"ax\"\n\t"\
+ ".section .pause_3insn_patch,\"ax\"\n\t"\
".word 99b\n\t" \
"wr %%g0, 128, %%asr27\n\t" \
"nop\n\t" \