Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull scheduler updates from Ingo Molnar:

 - membarrier updates (Mathieu Desnoyers)

 - SMP balancing optimizations (Mel Gorman)

 - stats update optimizations (Peter Zijlstra)

 - RT scheduler race fixes (Steven Rostedt)

 - misc fixes and updates

* 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  sched/fair: Use a recently used CPU as an idle candidate and the basis for SIS
  sched/fair: Do not migrate if the prev_cpu is idle
  sched/fair: Restructure wake_affine*() to return a CPU id
  sched/fair: Remove unnecessary parameters from wake_affine_idle()
  sched/rt: Make update_curr_rt() more accurate
  sched/rt: Up the root domain ref count when passing it around via IPIs
  sched/rt: Use container_of() to get root domain in rto_push_irq_work_func()
  sched/core: Optimize update_stats_*()
  sched/core: Optimize ttwu_stat()
  membarrier/selftest: Test private expedited sync core command
  membarrier/arm64: Provide core serializing command
  membarrier/x86: Provide core serializing command
  membarrier: Provide core serializing command, *_SYNC_CORE
  lockin/x86: Implement sync_core_before_usermode()
  locking: Introduce sync_core_before_usermode()
  membarrier/selftest: Test global expedited command
  membarrier: Provide GLOBAL_EXPEDITED command
  membarrier: Document scheduler barrier requirements
  powerpc, membarrier: Skip memory barrier in switch_mm()
  membarrier/selftest: Test private expedited command

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 5c372c954f3b..c7c112391d79 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -606,6 +606,11 @@ static void __mmdrop(struct mm_struct *mm)
 
 void mmdrop(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
+	/*
+	 * The implicit full barrier implied by atomic_dec_and_test() is
+	 * required by the membarrier system call before returning to
+	 * user-space, after storing to rq->curr.
+	 */
 	if (unlikely(atomic_dec_and_test(&mm->mm_count)))
 		__mmdrop(mm);
 }