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, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 166144c04ef6..92744e3f1556 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -555,6 +555,14 @@ struct task_struct {
         unsigned long                   wakee_flip_decay_ts;
         struct task_struct              *last_wakee;
 
+        /*
+         * recent_used_cpu is initially set as the last CPU used by a task
+         * that wakes affine another task. Waker/wakee relationships can
+         * push tasks around a CPU where each wakeup moves to the next one.
+         * Tracking a recently used CPU allows a quick search for a recently
+         * used CPU that may be idle.
+         */
+        int                             recent_used_cpu;
         int                             wake_cpu;
 #endif
         int                             on_rq;