diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit.c b/drivers/acpi/nfit.c
index 6796f780870ae5113bbb84784a0c09e695e51a2b..0497175ee6cb53d8fc697e2aaf273759633ce15c 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/nfit.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit.c
@@ -1393,24 +1393,6 @@ static u64 to_interleave_offset(u64 offset, struct nfit_blk_mmio *mmio)
 	return mmio->base_offset + line_offset + table_offset + sub_line_offset;
 }
 
-static void wmb_blk(struct nfit_blk *nfit_blk)
-{
-
-	if (nfit_blk->nvdimm_flush) {
-		/*
-		 * The first wmb() is needed to 'sfence' all previous writes
-		 * such that they are architecturally visible for the platform
-		 * buffer flush.  Note that we've already arranged for pmem
-		 * writes to avoid the cache via arch_memcpy_to_pmem().  The
-		 * final wmb() ensures ordering for the NVDIMM flush write.
-		 */
-		wmb();
-		writeq(1, nfit_blk->nvdimm_flush);
-		wmb();
-	} else
-		wmb_pmem();
-}
-
 static u32 read_blk_stat(struct nfit_blk *nfit_blk, unsigned int bw)
 {
 	struct nfit_blk_mmio *mmio = &nfit_blk->mmio[DCR];
@@ -1445,7 +1427,7 @@ static void write_blk_ctl(struct nfit_blk *nfit_blk, unsigned int bw,
 		offset = to_interleave_offset(offset, mmio);
 
 	writeq(cmd, mmio->addr.base + offset);
-	wmb_blk(nfit_blk);
+	nvdimm_flush(nfit_blk->nd_region);
 
 	if (nfit_blk->dimm_flags & NFIT_BLK_DCR_LATCH)
 		readq(mmio->addr.base + offset);
@@ -1496,7 +1478,7 @@ static int acpi_nfit_blk_single_io(struct nfit_blk *nfit_blk,
 	}
 
 	if (rw)
-		wmb_blk(nfit_blk);
+		nvdimm_flush(nfit_blk->nd_region);
 
 	rc = read_blk_stat(nfit_blk, lane) ? -EIO : 0;
 	return rc;
@@ -1570,7 +1552,6 @@ static int acpi_nfit_blk_region_enable(struct nvdimm_bus *nvdimm_bus,
 {
 	struct nvdimm_bus_descriptor *nd_desc = to_nd_desc(nvdimm_bus);
 	struct nd_blk_region *ndbr = to_nd_blk_region(dev);
-	struct nfit_flush *nfit_flush;
 	struct nfit_blk_mmio *mmio;
 	struct nfit_blk *nfit_blk;
 	struct nfit_mem *nfit_mem;
@@ -1645,15 +1626,7 @@ static int acpi_nfit_blk_region_enable(struct nvdimm_bus *nvdimm_bus,
 		return rc;
 	}
 
-	nfit_flush = nfit_mem->nfit_flush;
-	if (nfit_flush && nfit_flush->flush->hint_count != 0) {
-		nfit_blk->nvdimm_flush = devm_nvdimm_ioremap(dev,
-				nfit_flush->flush->hint_address[0], 8);
-		if (!nfit_blk->nvdimm_flush)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
-	if (!arch_has_wmb_pmem() && !nfit_blk->nvdimm_flush)
+	if (nvdimm_has_flush(nfit_blk->nd_region) < 0)
 		dev_warn(dev, "unable to guarantee persistence of writes\n");
 
 	if (mmio->line_size == 0)
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit.h b/drivers/acpi/nfit.h
index 9282eb324dcc04d10e284b415d79a6ea504276f1..9fda77cf81dab77d15ee41b7ec3942d0626e5f92 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/nfit.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit.h
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ struct nfit_blk {
 	u64 bdw_offset; /* post interleave offset */
 	u64 stat_offset;
 	u64 cmd_offset;
-	void __iomem *nvdimm_flush;
 	u32 dimm_flags;
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
index b6fcb97a601c824d4664d7160295df0ca8b1739d..e303655f243e7947d6b2e8b76d24a237312647c7 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
@@ -33,10 +33,24 @@
 #include "pfn.h"
 #include "nd.h"
 
+static struct device *to_dev(struct pmem_device *pmem)
+{
+	/*
+	 * nvdimm bus services need a 'dev' parameter, and we record the device
+	 * at init in bb.dev.
+	 */
+	return pmem->bb.dev;
+}
+
+static struct nd_region *to_region(struct pmem_device *pmem)
+{
+	return to_nd_region(to_dev(pmem)->parent);
+}
+
 static void pmem_clear_poison(struct pmem_device *pmem, phys_addr_t offset,
 		unsigned int len)
 {
-	struct device *dev = pmem->bb.dev;
+	struct device *dev = to_dev(pmem);
 	sector_t sector;
 	long cleared;
 
@@ -122,7 +136,7 @@ static blk_qc_t pmem_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 		nd_iostat_end(bio, start);
 
 	if (bio_data_dir(bio))
-		wmb_pmem();
+		nvdimm_flush(to_region(pmem));
 
 	bio_endio(bio);
 	return BLK_QC_T_NONE;
@@ -136,7 +150,7 @@ static int pmem_rw_page(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 
 	rc = pmem_do_bvec(pmem, page, PAGE_SIZE, 0, rw, sector);
 	if (rw & WRITE)
-		wmb_pmem();
+		nvdimm_flush(to_region(pmem));
 
 	/*
 	 * The ->rw_page interface is subtle and tricky.  The core
@@ -193,6 +207,7 @@ static int pmem_attach_disk(struct device *dev,
 		struct nd_namespace_common *ndns)
 {
 	struct nd_namespace_io *nsio = to_nd_namespace_io(&ndns->dev);
+	struct nd_region *nd_region = to_nd_region(dev->parent);
 	struct vmem_altmap __altmap, *altmap = NULL;
 	struct resource *res = &nsio->res;
 	struct nd_pfn *nd_pfn = NULL;
@@ -222,7 +237,7 @@ static int pmem_attach_disk(struct device *dev,
 	dev_set_drvdata(dev, pmem);
 	pmem->phys_addr = res->start;
 	pmem->size = resource_size(res);
-	if (!arch_has_wmb_pmem())
+	if (nvdimm_has_flush(nd_region) < 0)
 		dev_warn(dev, "unable to guarantee persistence of writes\n");
 
 	if (!devm_request_mem_region(dev, res->start, resource_size(res),
@@ -284,7 +299,7 @@ static int pmem_attach_disk(struct device *dev,
 			/ 512);
 	if (devm_init_badblocks(dev, &pmem->bb))
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	nvdimm_badblocks_populate(to_nd_region(dev->parent), &pmem->bb, res);
+	nvdimm_badblocks_populate(nd_region, &pmem->bb, res);
 	disk->bb = &pmem->bb;
 	add_disk(disk);
 
@@ -331,8 +346,8 @@ static int nd_pmem_remove(struct device *dev)
 
 static void nd_pmem_notify(struct device *dev, enum nvdimm_event event)
 {
-	struct nd_region *nd_region = to_nd_region(dev->parent);
 	struct pmem_device *pmem = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct nd_region *nd_region = to_region(pmem);
 	resource_size_t offset = 0, end_trunc = 0;
 	struct nd_namespace_common *ndns;
 	struct nd_namespace_io *nsio;
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c
index 67022f74febc9f49467a35f0a5026adcbcdc39f3..5d97b127b715a28d21aefa56755f9b53100c3244 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c
@@ -14,12 +14,19 @@
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/pmem.h>
 #include <linux/sort.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/nd.h>
 #include "nd-core.h"
 #include "nd.h"
 
+/*
+ * For readq() and writeq() on 32-bit builds, the hi-lo, lo-hi order is
+ * irrelevant.
+ */
+#include <linux/io-64-nonatomic-hi-lo.h>
+
 static DEFINE_IDA(region_ida);
 
 static int nvdimm_map_flush(struct device *dev, struct nvdimm *nvdimm, int dimm,
@@ -864,6 +871,60 @@ struct nd_region *nvdimm_volatile_region_create(struct nvdimm_bus *nvdimm_bus,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvdimm_volatile_region_create);
 
+/**
+ * nvdimm_flush - flush any posted write queues between the cpu and pmem media
+ * @nd_region: blk or interleaved pmem region
+ */
+void nvdimm_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region)
+{
+	struct nd_region_data *ndrd = dev_get_drvdata(&nd_region->dev);
+	int i;
+
+	/*
+	 * The first wmb() is needed to 'sfence' all previous writes
+	 * such that they are architecturally visible for the platform
+	 * buffer flush.  Note that we've already arranged for pmem
+	 * writes to avoid the cache via arch_memcpy_to_pmem().  The
+	 * final wmb() ensures ordering for the NVDIMM flush write.
+	 */
+	wmb();
+	for (i = 0; i < nd_region->ndr_mappings; i++)
+		if (ndrd->flush_wpq[i][0])
+			writeq(1, ndrd->flush_wpq[i][0]);
+	wmb();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvdimm_flush);
+
+/**
+ * nvdimm_has_flush - determine write flushing requirements
+ * @nd_region: blk or interleaved pmem region
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if writes require flushing
+ * Returns 0 if writes do not require flushing
+ * Returns -ENXIO if flushing capability can not be determined
+ */
+int nvdimm_has_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region)
+{
+	struct nd_region_data *ndrd = dev_get_drvdata(&nd_region->dev);
+	int i;
+
+	/* no nvdimm == flushing capability unknown */
+	if (nd_region->ndr_mappings == 0)
+		return -ENXIO;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nd_region->ndr_mappings; i++)
+		/* flush hints present, flushing required */
+		if (ndrd->flush_wpq[i][0])
+			return 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * The platform defines dimm devices without hints, assume
+	 * platform persistence mechanism like ADR
+	 */
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvdimm_has_flush);
+
 void __exit nd_region_devs_exit(void)
 {
 	ida_destroy(&region_ida);
diff --git a/include/linux/libnvdimm.h b/include/linux/libnvdimm.h
index 815b9b430ead6e241fbe7b47f07ad46af20aec2c..d37fda6dd64c6d6c9e1fb63a874ed2a340183624 100644
--- a/include/linux/libnvdimm.h
+++ b/include/linux/libnvdimm.h
@@ -166,4 +166,6 @@ struct nvdimm *nd_blk_region_to_dimm(struct nd_blk_region *ndbr);
 unsigned int nd_region_acquire_lane(struct nd_region *nd_region);
 void nd_region_release_lane(struct nd_region *nd_region, unsigned int lane);
 u64 nd_fletcher64(void *addr, size_t len, bool le);
+void nvdimm_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region);
+int nvdimm_has_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region);
 #endif /* __LIBNVDIMM_H__ */