diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index b902e58..fd0c2ce 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -2458,6 +2458,17 @@
 	return success;
 }
 
+/**
+ * wake_up_process - Wake up a specific process
+ * @p: The process to be woken up.
+ *
+ * Attempt to wake up the nominated process and move it to the set of runnable
+ * processes.  Returns 1 if the process was woken up, 0 if it was already
+ * running.
+ *
+ * It may be assumed that this function implies a write memory barrier before
+ * changing the task state if and only if any tasks are woken up.
+ */
 int wake_up_process(struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	return try_to_wake_up(p, TASK_ALL, 0);
@@ -5241,6 +5252,9 @@
  * @mode: which threads
  * @nr_exclusive: how many wake-one or wake-many threads to wake up
  * @key: is directly passed to the wakeup function
+ *
+ * It may be assumed that this function implies a write memory barrier before
+ * changing the task state if and only if any tasks are woken up.
  */
 void __wake_up(wait_queue_head_t *q, unsigned int mode,
 			int nr_exclusive, void *key)
@@ -5279,6 +5293,9 @@
  * with each other. This can prevent needless bouncing between CPUs.
  *
  * On UP it can prevent extra preemption.
+ *
+ * It may be assumed that this function implies a write memory barrier before
+ * changing the task state if and only if any tasks are woken up.
  */
 void __wake_up_sync_key(wait_queue_head_t *q, unsigned int mode,
 			int nr_exclusive, void *key)
@@ -5315,6 +5332,9 @@
  * awakened in the same order in which they were queued.
  *
  * See also complete_all(), wait_for_completion() and related routines.
+ *
+ * It may be assumed that this function implies a write memory barrier before
+ * changing the task state if and only if any tasks are woken up.
  */
 void complete(struct completion *x)
 {
@@ -5332,6 +5352,9 @@
  * @x:  holds the state of this particular completion
  *
  * This will wake up all threads waiting on this particular completion event.
+ *
+ * It may be assumed that this function implies a write memory barrier before
+ * changing the task state if and only if any tasks are woken up.
  */
 void complete_all(struct completion *x)
 {