1 files changed, 10 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 55844f24435a..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 */