Merge commit 'v3.6-rc1' into linux-next

* commit 'v3.6-rc1': (9532 commits)
  Linux 3.6-rc1
  mm: remove node_start_pfn checking in new WARN_ON for now
  ARM: mmp: add missing irqs.h
  arm: mvebu: fix typo in .dtsi comment for Armada XP SoCs
  ARM: PRIMA2: delete redundant codes to restore LATCHED when timer resumes
  libceph: fix crypto key null deref, memory leak
  ceph: simplify+fix atomic_open
  sh: explicitly include sh_dma.h in setup-sh7722.c
  um: Add arch/x86/um to MAINTAINERS
  um: pass siginfo to guest process
  um: fix ubd_file_size for read-only files
  md/dm-raid: DM_RAID should select MD_RAID10
  md/raid1: submit IO from originating thread instead of md thread.
  raid5: raid5d handle stripe in batch way
  raid5: make_request use batch stripe release
  um: pull interrupt_end() into userspace()
  um: split syscall_trace(), pass pt_regs to it
  um: switch UPT_SET_RETURN_VALUE and regs_return_value to pt_regs
  MIPS: Loongson 2: Sort out clock managment.
  locks: remove unused lm_release_private
  ...

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 6d52cea7f33d..c35a1a7dd4d6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -538,22 +538,19 @@ extern int group_balance_cpu(struct sched_group *sg);
 /*
  * Return the group to which this tasks belongs.
  *
- * We use task_subsys_state_check() and extend the RCU verification with
- * pi->lock and rq->lock because cpu_cgroup_attach() holds those locks for each
- * task it moves into the cgroup. Therefore by holding either of those locks,
- * we pin the task to the current cgroup.
+ * We cannot use task_subsys_state() and friends because the cgroup
+ * subsystem changes that value before the cgroup_subsys::attach() method
+ * is called, therefore we cannot pin it and might observe the wrong value.
+ *
+ * The same is true for autogroup's p->signal->autogroup->tg, the autogroup
+ * core changes this before calling sched_move_task().
+ *
+ * Instead we use a 'copy' which is updated from sched_move_task() while
+ * holding both task_struct::pi_lock and rq::lock.
  */
 static inline struct task_group *task_group(struct task_struct *p)
 {
-	struct task_group *tg;
-	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
-
-	css = task_subsys_state_check(p, cpu_cgroup_subsys_id,
-			lockdep_is_held(&p->pi_lock) ||
-			lockdep_is_held(&task_rq(p)->lock));
-	tg = container_of(css, struct task_group, css);
-
-	return autogroup_task_group(p, tg);
+	return p->sched_task_group;
 }
 
 /* Change a task's cfs_rq and parent entity if it moves across CPUs/groups */
@@ -942,8 +939,6 @@ static inline u64 sched_avg_period(void)
 	return (u64)sysctl_sched_time_avg * NSEC_PER_MSEC / 2;
 }
 
-void calc_load_account_idle(struct rq *this_rq);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_HRTICK
 
 /*