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-rw-r--r--kernel/cgroup_freezer.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c b/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
index 7fa476f01d05..660590710409 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
@@ -184,9 +184,13 @@ static void freezer_fork(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct task_struct *task)
{
struct freezer *freezer;
- task_lock(task);
+ /*
+ * No lock is needed, since the task isn't on tasklist yet,
+ * so it can't be moved to another cgroup, which means the
+ * freezer won't be removed and will be valid during this
+ * function call.
+ */
freezer = task_freezer(task);
- task_unlock(task);
spin_lock_irq(&freezer->lock);
BUG_ON(freezer->state == CGROUP_FROZEN);