diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
index a7c96ae5557c..8e74980ab385 100644
--- a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
@@ -558,8 +558,7 @@ Each subsystem may export the following methods. The only mandatory
 methods are create/destroy. Any others that are null are presumed to
 be successful no-ops.
 
-struct cgroup_subsys_state *create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-				   struct cgroup *cgrp)
+struct cgroup_subsys_state *create(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 (cgroup_mutex held by caller)
 
 Called to create a subsystem state object for a cgroup. The
@@ -574,7 +573,7 @@ identified by the passed cgroup object having a NULL parent (since
 it's the root of the hierarchy) and may be an appropriate place for
 initialization code.
 
-void destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp)
+void destroy(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 (cgroup_mutex held by caller)
 
 The cgroup system is about to destroy the passed cgroup; the subsystem
@@ -585,7 +584,7 @@ cgroup->parent is still valid. (Note - can also be called for a
 newly-created cgroup if an error occurs after this subsystem's
 create() method has been called for the new cgroup).
 
-int pre_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp);
+int pre_destroy(struct cgroup *cgrp);
 
 Called before checking the reference count on each subsystem. This may
 be useful for subsystems which have some extra references even if
@@ -593,8 +592,7 @@ there are not tasks in the cgroup. If pre_destroy() returns error code,
 rmdir() will fail with it. From this behavior, pre_destroy() can be
 called multiple times against a cgroup.
 
-int can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
-	       struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
+int can_attach(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
 (cgroup_mutex held by caller)
 
 Called prior to moving one or more tasks into a cgroup; if the
@@ -615,8 +613,7 @@ fork. If this method returns 0 (success) then this should remain valid
 while the caller holds cgroup_mutex and it is ensured that either
 attach() or cancel_attach() will be called in future.
 
-void cancel_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
-		   struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
+void cancel_attach(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
 (cgroup_mutex held by caller)
 
 Called when a task attach operation has failed after can_attach() has succeeded.
@@ -625,23 +622,22 @@ function, so that the subsystem can implement a rollback. If not, not necessary.
 This will be called only about subsystems whose can_attach() operation have
 succeeded. The parameters are identical to can_attach().
 
-void attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
-	    struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
+void attach(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
 (cgroup_mutex held by caller)
 
 Called after the task has been attached to the cgroup, to allow any
 post-attachment activity that requires memory allocations or blocking.
 The parameters are identical to can_attach().
 
-void fork(struct cgroup_subsy *ss, struct task_struct *task)
+void fork(struct task_struct *task)
 
 Called when a task is forked into a cgroup.
 
-void exit(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct task_struct *task)
+void exit(struct task_struct *task)
 
 Called during task exit.
 
-int populate(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp)
+int populate(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 (cgroup_mutex held by caller)
 
 Called after creation of a cgroup to allow a subsystem to populate
@@ -651,7 +647,7 @@ include/linux/cgroup.h for details).  Note that although this
 method can return an error code, the error code is currently not
 always handled well.
 
-void post_clone(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp)
+void post_clone(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 (cgroup_mutex held by caller)
 
 Called during cgroup_create() to do any parameter
@@ -659,7 +655,7 @@ initialization which might be required before a task could attach.  For
 example in cpusets, no task may attach before 'cpus' and 'mems' are set
 up.
 
-void bind(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *root)
+void bind(struct cgroup *root)
 (cgroup_mutex and ss->hierarchy_mutex held by caller)
 
 Called when a cgroup subsystem is rebound to a different hierarchy
diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index 75642a352a8f..ea84a23d5e68 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -28,13 +28,10 @@ static LIST_HEAD(blkio_list);
 struct blkio_cgroup blkio_root_cgroup = { .weight = 2*BLKIO_WEIGHT_DEFAULT };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blkio_root_cgroup);
 
-static struct cgroup_subsys_state *blkiocg_create(struct cgroup_subsys *,
-						  struct cgroup *);
-static int blkiocg_can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *, struct cgroup *,
-			      struct cgroup_taskset *);
-static void blkiocg_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *, struct cgroup *,
-			   struct cgroup_taskset *);
-static void blkiocg_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *, struct cgroup *);
+static struct cgroup_subsys_state *blkiocg_create(struct cgroup *);
+static int blkiocg_can_attach(struct cgroup *, struct cgroup_taskset *);
+static void blkiocg_attach(struct cgroup *, struct cgroup_taskset *);
+static void blkiocg_destroy(struct cgroup *);
 static int blkiocg_populate(struct cgroup_subsys *, struct cgroup *);
 
 /* for encoding cft->private value on file */
@@ -1548,7 +1545,7 @@ static int blkiocg_populate(struct cgroup_subsys *subsys, struct cgroup *cgroup)
 				ARRAY_SIZE(blkio_files));
 }
 
-static void blkiocg_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *subsys, struct cgroup *cgroup)
+static void blkiocg_destroy(struct cgroup *cgroup)
 {
 	struct blkio_cgroup *blkcg = cgroup_to_blkio_cgroup(cgroup);
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -1598,8 +1595,7 @@ static void blkiocg_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *subsys, struct cgroup *cgroup)
 		kfree(blkcg);
 }
 
-static struct cgroup_subsys_state *
-blkiocg_create(struct cgroup_subsys *subsys, struct cgroup *cgroup)
+static struct cgroup_subsys_state *blkiocg_create(struct cgroup *cgroup)
 {
 	struct blkio_cgroup *blkcg;
 	struct cgroup *parent = cgroup->parent;
@@ -1628,8 +1624,7 @@ done:
  * of the main cic data structures.  For now we allow a task to change
  * its cgroup only if it's the only owner of its ioc.
  */
-static int blkiocg_can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
-			      struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
+static int blkiocg_can_attach(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
 {
 	struct task_struct *task;
 	struct io_context *ioc;
@@ -1648,8 +1643,7 @@ static int blkiocg_can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void blkiocg_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
-			   struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
+static void blkiocg_attach(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
 {
 	struct task_struct *task;
 	struct io_context *ioc;
diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index e9b602151caf..501adb1b2f43 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -160,38 +160,6 @@ enum {
 	CGRP_CLONE_CHILDREN,
 };
 
-/* which pidlist file are we talking about? */
-enum cgroup_filetype {
-	CGROUP_FILE_PROCS,
-	CGROUP_FILE_TASKS,
-};
-
-/*
- * A pidlist is a list of pids that virtually represents the contents of one
- * of the cgroup files ("procs" or "tasks"). We keep a list of such pidlists,
- * a pair (one each for procs, tasks) for each pid namespace that's relevant
- * to the cgroup.
- */
-struct cgroup_pidlist {
-	/*
-	 * used to find which pidlist is wanted. doesn't change as long as
-	 * this particular list stays in the list.
-	 */
-	struct { enum cgroup_filetype type; struct pid_namespace *ns; } key;
-	/* array of xids */
-	pid_t *list;
-	/* how many elements the above list has */
-	int length;
-	/* how many files are using the current array */
-	int use_count;
-	/* each of these stored in a list by its cgroup */
-	struct list_head links;
-	/* pointer to the cgroup we belong to, for list removal purposes */
-	struct cgroup *owner;
-	/* protects the other fields */
-	struct rw_semaphore mutex;
-};
-
 struct cgroup {
 	unsigned long flags;		/* "unsigned long" so bitops work */
 
@@ -484,23 +452,18 @@ int cgroup_taskset_size(struct cgroup_taskset *tset);
  */
 
 struct cgroup_subsys {
-	struct cgroup_subsys_state *(*create)(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-						  struct cgroup *cgrp);
-	int (*pre_destroy)(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp);
-	void (*destroy)(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp);
-	int (*can_attach)(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
-			  struct cgroup_taskset *tset);
-	void (*cancel_attach)(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
-			      struct cgroup_taskset *tset);
-	void (*attach)(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
-		       struct cgroup_taskset *tset);
-	void (*fork)(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct task_struct *task);
-	void (*exit)(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
-			struct cgroup *old_cgrp, struct task_struct *task);
-	int (*populate)(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-			struct cgroup *cgrp);
-	void (*post_clone)(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp);
-	void (*bind)(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *root);
+	struct cgroup_subsys_state *(*create)(struct cgroup *cgrp);
+	int (*pre_destroy)(struct cgroup *cgrp);
+	void (*destroy)(struct cgroup *cgrp);
+	int (*can_attach)(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_taskset *tset);
+	void (*cancel_attach)(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_taskset *tset);
+	void (*attach)(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_taskset *tset);
+	void (*fork)(struct task_struct *task);
+	void (*exit)(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup *old_cgrp,
+		     struct task_struct *task);
+	int (*populate)(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp);
+	void (*post_clone)(struct cgroup *cgrp);
+	void (*bind)(struct cgroup *root);
 
 	int subsys_id;
 	int active;
@@ -602,11 +565,6 @@ int cgroup_scan_tasks(struct cgroup_scanner *scan);
 int cgroup_attach_task(struct cgroup *, struct task_struct *);
 int cgroup_attach_task_all(struct task_struct *from, struct task_struct *);
 
-static inline int cgroup_attach_task_current_cg(struct task_struct *tsk)
-{
-	return cgroup_attach_task_all(current, tsk);
-}
-
 /*
  * CSS ID is ID for cgroup_subsys_state structs under subsys. This only works
  * if cgroup_subsys.use_id == true. It can be used for looking up and scanning.
@@ -669,10 +627,6 @@ static inline int cgroup_attach_task_all(struct task_struct *from,
 {
 	return 0;
 }
-static inline int cgroup_attach_task_current_cg(struct task_struct *t)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
 
 #endif /* !CONFIG_CGROUPS */
 
diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index dcde2d9268cd..7ef5c58f3f49 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ struct cgroup;
 struct cgroup_subsys;
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET
 int mem_cgroup_sockets_init(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *ss);
-void mem_cgroup_sockets_destroy(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *ss);
+void mem_cgroup_sockets_destroy(struct cgroup *cgrp);
 #else
 static inline
 int mem_cgroup_sockets_init(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ int mem_cgroup_sockets_init(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 	return 0;
 }
 static inline
-void mem_cgroup_sockets_destroy(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
+void mem_cgroup_sockets_destroy(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 {
 }
 #endif
@@ -871,8 +871,7 @@ struct proto {
 	 */
 	int			(*init_cgroup)(struct cgroup *cgrp,
 					       struct cgroup_subsys *ss);
-	void			(*destroy_cgroup)(struct cgroup *cgrp,
-						  struct cgroup_subsys *ss);
+	void			(*destroy_cgroup)(struct cgroup *cgrp);
 	struct cg_proto		*(*proto_cgroup)(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
 #endif
 };
diff --git a/include/net/tcp_memcontrol.h b/include/net/tcp_memcontrol.h
index 3512082fa909..48410ff25c9e 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp_memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp_memcontrol.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ struct tcp_memcontrol {
 
 struct cg_proto *tcp_proto_cgroup(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
 int tcp_init_cgroup(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *ss);
-void tcp_destroy_cgroup(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *ss);
+void tcp_destroy_cgroup(struct cgroup *cgrp);
 unsigned long long tcp_max_memory(const struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
 void tcp_prot_mem(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, long val, int idx);
 #endif /* _TCP_MEMCG_H */
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index a5d3b5325f77..c6877fe9a831 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ static int cgroup_call_pre_destroy(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 
 	for_each_subsys(cgrp->root, ss)
 		if (ss->pre_destroy) {
-			ret = ss->pre_destroy(ss, cgrp);
+			ret = ss->pre_destroy(cgrp);
 			if (ret)
 				break;
 		}
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ static void cgroup_diput(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 		 * Release the subsystem state objects.
 		 */
 		for_each_subsys(cgrp->root, ss)
-			ss->destroy(ss, cgrp);
+			ss->destroy(cgrp);
 
 		cgrp->root->number_of_cgroups--;
 		mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ static int rebind_subsystems(struct cgroupfs_root *root,
 			list_move(&ss->sibling, &root->subsys_list);
 			ss->root = root;
 			if (ss->bind)
-				ss->bind(ss, cgrp);
+				ss->bind(cgrp);
 			mutex_unlock(&ss->hierarchy_mutex);
 			/* refcount was already taken, and we're keeping it */
 		} else if (bit & removed_bits) {
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ static int rebind_subsystems(struct cgroupfs_root *root,
 			BUG_ON(cgrp->subsys[i]->cgroup != cgrp);
 			mutex_lock(&ss->hierarchy_mutex);
 			if (ss->bind)
-				ss->bind(ss, dummytop);
+				ss->bind(dummytop);
 			dummytop->subsys[i]->cgroup = dummytop;
 			cgrp->subsys[i] = NULL;
 			subsys[i]->root = &rootnode;
@@ -1763,6 +1763,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cgroup_path);
 struct task_and_cgroup {
 	struct task_struct	*task;
 	struct cgroup		*cgrp;
+	struct css_set		*cg;
 };
 
 struct cgroup_taskset {
@@ -1843,11 +1844,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cgroup_taskset_size);
  * will already exist. If not set, this function might sleep, and can fail with
  * -ENOMEM. Must be called with cgroup_mutex and threadgroup locked.
  */
-static int cgroup_task_migrate(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup *oldcgrp,
-			       struct task_struct *tsk, bool guarantee)
+static void cgroup_task_migrate(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup *oldcgrp,
+				struct task_struct *tsk, struct css_set *newcg)
 {
 	struct css_set *oldcg;
-	struct css_set *newcg;
 
 	/*
 	 * We are synchronized through threadgroup_lock() against PF_EXITING
@@ -1857,23 +1857,6 @@ static int cgroup_task_migrate(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup *oldcgrp,
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(tsk->flags & PF_EXITING);
 	oldcg = tsk->cgroups;
 
-	/* locate or allocate a new css_set for this task. */
-	if (guarantee) {
-		/* we know the css_set we want already exists. */
-		struct cgroup_subsys_state *template[CGROUP_SUBSYS_COUNT];
-		read_lock(&css_set_lock);
-		newcg = find_existing_css_set(oldcg, cgrp, template);
-		BUG_ON(!newcg);
-		get_css_set(newcg);
-		read_unlock(&css_set_lock);
-	} else {
-		might_sleep();
-		/* find_css_set will give us newcg already referenced. */
-		newcg = find_css_set(oldcg, cgrp);
-		if (!newcg)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
 	task_lock(tsk);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(tsk->cgroups, newcg);
 	task_unlock(tsk);
@@ -1892,7 +1875,6 @@ static int cgroup_task_migrate(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup *oldcgrp,
 	put_css_set(oldcg);
 
 	set_bit(CGRP_RELEASABLE, &oldcgrp->flags);
-	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1910,6 +1892,7 @@ int cgroup_attach_task(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *tsk)
 	struct cgroup *oldcgrp;
 	struct cgroupfs_root *root = cgrp->root;
 	struct cgroup_taskset tset = { };
+	struct css_set *newcg;
 
 	/* @tsk either already exited or can't exit until the end */
 	if (tsk->flags & PF_EXITING)
@@ -1925,7 +1908,7 @@ int cgroup_attach_task(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *tsk)
 
 	for_each_subsys(root, ss) {
 		if (ss->can_attach) {
-			retval = ss->can_attach(ss, cgrp, &tset);
+			retval = ss->can_attach(cgrp, &tset);
 			if (retval) {
 				/*
 				 * Remember on which subsystem the can_attach()
@@ -1939,13 +1922,17 @@ int cgroup_attach_task(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *tsk)
 		}
 	}
 
-	retval = cgroup_task_migrate(cgrp, oldcgrp, tsk, false);
-	if (retval)
+	newcg = find_css_set(tsk->cgroups, cgrp);
+	if (!newcg) {
+		retval = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
+	}
+
+	cgroup_task_migrate(cgrp, oldcgrp, tsk, newcg);
 
 	for_each_subsys(root, ss) {
 		if (ss->attach)
-			ss->attach(ss, cgrp, &tset);
+			ss->attach(cgrp, &tset);
 	}
 
 	synchronize_rcu();
@@ -1967,7 +1954,7 @@ out:
 				 */
 				break;
 			if (ss->cancel_attach)
-				ss->cancel_attach(ss, cgrp, &tset);
+				ss->cancel_attach(cgrp, &tset);
 		}
 	}
 	return retval;
@@ -1997,66 +1984,6 @@ int cgroup_attach_task_all(struct task_struct *from, struct task_struct *tsk)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cgroup_attach_task_all);
 
-/*
- * cgroup_attach_proc works in two stages, the first of which prefetches all
- * new css_sets needed (to make sure we have enough memory before committing
- * to the move) and stores them in a list of entries of the following type.
- * TODO: possible optimization: use css_set->rcu_head for chaining instead
- */
-struct cg_list_entry {
-	struct css_set *cg;
-	struct list_head links;
-};
-
-static bool css_set_check_fetched(struct cgroup *cgrp,
-				  struct task_struct *tsk, struct css_set *cg,
-				  struct list_head *newcg_list)
-{
-	struct css_set *newcg;
-	struct cg_list_entry *cg_entry;
-	struct cgroup_subsys_state *template[CGROUP_SUBSYS_COUNT];
-
-	read_lock(&css_set_lock);
-	newcg = find_existing_css_set(cg, cgrp, template);
-	read_unlock(&css_set_lock);
-
-	/* doesn't exist at all? */
-	if (!newcg)
-		return false;
-	/* see if it's already in the list */
-	list_for_each_entry(cg_entry, newcg_list, links)
-		if (cg_entry->cg == newcg)
-			return true;
-
-	/* not found */
-	return false;
-}
-
-/*
- * Find the new css_set and store it in the list in preparation for moving the
- * given task to the given cgroup. Returns 0 or -ENOMEM.
- */
-static int css_set_prefetch(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct css_set *cg,
-			    struct list_head *newcg_list)
-{
-	struct css_set *newcg;
-	struct cg_list_entry *cg_entry;
-
-	/* ensure a new css_set will exist for this thread */
-	newcg = find_css_set(cg, cgrp);
-	if (!newcg)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	/* add it to the list */
-	cg_entry = kmalloc(sizeof(struct cg_list_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!cg_entry) {
-		put_css_set(newcg);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-	cg_entry->cg = newcg;
-	list_add(&cg_entry->links, newcg_list);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /**
  * cgroup_attach_proc - attach all threads in a threadgroup to a cgroup
  * @cgrp: the cgroup to attach to
@@ -2070,20 +1997,12 @@ static int cgroup_attach_proc(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *leader)
 	int retval, i, group_size;
 	struct cgroup_subsys *ss, *failed_ss = NULL;
 	/* guaranteed to be initialized later, but the compiler needs this */
-	struct css_set *oldcg;
 	struct cgroupfs_root *root = cgrp->root;
 	/* threadgroup list cursor and array */
 	struct task_struct *tsk;
 	struct task_and_cgroup *tc;
 	struct flex_array *group;
 	struct cgroup_taskset tset = { };
-	/*
-	 * we need to make sure we have css_sets for all the tasks we're
-	 * going to move -before- we actually start moving them, so that in
-	 * case we get an ENOMEM we can bail out before making any changes.
-	 */
-	struct list_head newcg_list;
-	struct cg_list_entry *cg_entry, *temp_nobe;
 
 	/*
 	 * step 0: in order to do expensive, possibly blocking operations for
@@ -2102,23 +2021,14 @@ static int cgroup_attach_proc(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *leader)
 	if (retval)
 		goto out_free_group_list;
 
-	/* prevent changes to the threadgroup list while we take a snapshot. */
-	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
-	if (!thread_group_leader(leader)) {
-		/*
-		 * a race with de_thread from another thread's exec() may strip
-		 * us of our leadership, making while_each_thread unsafe to use
-		 * on this task. if this happens, there is no choice but to
-		 * throw this task away and try again (from cgroup_procs_write);
-		 * this is "double-double-toil-and-trouble-check locking".
-		 */
-		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
-		retval = -EAGAIN;
-		goto out_free_group_list;
-	}
-
 	tsk = leader;
 	i = 0;
+	/*
+	 * Prevent freeing of tasks while we take a snapshot. Tasks that are
+	 * already PF_EXITING could be freed from underneath us unless we
+	 * take an rcu_read_lock.
+	 */
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	do {
 		struct task_and_cgroup ent;
 
@@ -2128,24 +2038,24 @@ static int cgroup_attach_proc(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *leader)
 
 		/* as per above, nr_threads may decrease, but not increase. */
 		BUG_ON(i >= group_size);
-		/*
-		 * saying GFP_ATOMIC has no effect here because we did prealloc
-		 * earlier, but it's good form to communicate our expectations.
-		 */
 		ent.task = tsk;
 		ent.cgrp = task_cgroup_from_root(tsk, root);
 		/* nothing to do if this task is already in the cgroup */
 		if (ent.cgrp == cgrp)
 			continue;
+		/*
+		 * saying GFP_ATOMIC has no effect here because we did prealloc
+		 * earlier, but it's good form to communicate our expectations.
+		 */
 		retval = flex_array_put(group, i, &ent, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		BUG_ON(retval != 0);
 		i++;
 	} while_each_thread(leader, tsk);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	/* remember the number of threads in the array for later. */
 	group_size = i;
 	tset.tc_array = group;
 	tset.tc_array_len = group_size;
-	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 
 	/* methods shouldn't be called if no task is actually migrating */
 	retval = 0;
@@ -2157,7 +2067,7 @@ static int cgroup_attach_proc(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *leader)
 	 */
 	for_each_subsys(root, ss) {
 		if (ss->can_attach) {
-			retval = ss->can_attach(ss, cgrp, &tset);
+			retval = ss->can_attach(cgrp, &tset);
 			if (retval) {
 				failed_ss = ss;
 				goto out_cancel_attach;
@@ -2169,17 +2079,12 @@ static int cgroup_attach_proc(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *leader)
 	 * step 2: make sure css_sets exist for all threads to be migrated.
 	 * we use find_css_set, which allocates a new one if necessary.
 	 */
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&newcg_list);
 	for (i = 0; i < group_size; i++) {
 		tc = flex_array_get(group, i);
-		oldcg = tc->task->cgroups;
-
-		/* if we don't already have it in the list get a new one */
-		if (!css_set_check_fetched(cgrp, tc->task, oldcg,
-					   &newcg_list)) {
-			retval = css_set_prefetch(cgrp, oldcg, &newcg_list);
-			if (retval)
-				goto out_list_teardown;
+		tc->cg = find_css_set(tc->task->cgroups, cgrp);
+		if (!tc->cg) {
+			retval = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out_put_css_set_refs;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -2190,8 +2095,7 @@ static int cgroup_attach_proc(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *leader)
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < group_size; i++) {
 		tc = flex_array_get(group, i);
-		retval = cgroup_task_migrate(cgrp, tc->cgrp, tc->task, true);
-		BUG_ON(retval);
+		cgroup_task_migrate(cgrp, tc->cgrp, tc->task, tc->cg);
 	}
 	/* nothing is sensitive to fork() after this point. */
 
@@ -2200,7 +2104,7 @@ static int cgroup_attach_proc(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *leader)
 	 */
 	for_each_subsys(root, ss) {
 		if (ss->attach)
-			ss->attach(ss, cgrp, &tset);
+			ss->attach(cgrp, &tset);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -2209,21 +2113,22 @@ static int cgroup_attach_proc(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *leader)
 	synchronize_rcu();
 	cgroup_wakeup_rmdir_waiter(cgrp);
 	retval = 0;
-out_list_teardown:
-	/* clean up the list of prefetched css_sets. */
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(cg_entry, temp_nobe, &newcg_list, links) {
-		list_del(&cg_entry->links);
-		put_css_set(cg_entry->cg);
-		kfree(cg_entry);
+out_put_css_set_refs:
+	if (retval) {
+		for (i = 0; i < group_size; i++) {
+			tc = flex_array_get(group, i);
+			if (!tc->cg)
+				break;
+			put_css_set(tc->cg);
+		}
 	}
 out_cancel_attach:
-	/* same deal as in cgroup_attach_task */
 	if (retval) {
 		for_each_subsys(root, ss) {
 			if (ss == failed_ss)
 				break;
 			if (ss->cancel_attach)
-				ss->cancel_attach(ss, cgrp, &tset);
+				ss->cancel_attach(cgrp, &tset);
 		}
 	}
 out_free_group_list:
@@ -2245,22 +2150,14 @@ static int attach_task_by_pid(struct cgroup *cgrp, u64 pid, bool threadgroup)
 	if (!cgroup_lock_live_group(cgrp))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+retry_find_task:
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	if (pid) {
-		rcu_read_lock();
 		tsk = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
 		if (!tsk) {
 			rcu_read_unlock();
-			cgroup_unlock();
-			return -ESRCH;
-		}
-		if (threadgroup) {
-			/*
-			 * RCU protects this access, since tsk was found in the
-			 * tid map. a race with de_thread may cause group_leader
-			 * to stop being the leader, but cgroup_attach_proc will
-			 * detect it later.
-			 */
-			tsk = tsk->group_leader;
+			ret= -ESRCH;
+			goto out_unlock_cgroup;
 		}
 		/*
 		 * even if we're attaching all tasks in the thread group, we
@@ -2271,29 +2168,38 @@ static int attach_task_by_pid(struct cgroup *cgrp, u64 pid, bool threadgroup)
 		    cred->euid != tcred->uid &&
 		    cred->euid != tcred->suid) {
 			rcu_read_unlock();
-			cgroup_unlock();
-			return -EACCES;
+			ret = -EACCES;
+			goto out_unlock_cgroup;
 		}
-		get_task_struct(tsk);
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-	} else {
-		if (threadgroup)
-			tsk = current->group_leader;
-		else
-			tsk = current;
-		get_task_struct(tsk);
-	}
-
-	threadgroup_lock(tsk);
+	} else
+		tsk = current;
 
 	if (threadgroup)
-		ret = cgroup_attach_proc(cgrp, tsk);
-	else
-		ret = cgroup_attach_task(cgrp, tsk);
+		tsk = tsk->group_leader;
+	get_task_struct(tsk);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
+	threadgroup_lock(tsk);
+	if (threadgroup) {
+		if (!thread_group_leader(tsk)) {
+			/*
+			 * a race with de_thread from another thread's exec()
+			 * may strip us of our leadership, if this happens,
+			 * there is no choice but to throw this task away and
+			 * try again; this is
+			 * "double-double-toil-and-trouble-check locking".
+			 */
+			threadgroup_unlock(tsk);
+			put_task_struct(tsk);
+			goto retry_find_task;
+		}
+		ret = cgroup_attach_proc(cgrp, tsk);
+	} else
+		ret = cgroup_attach_task(cgrp, tsk);
 	threadgroup_unlock(tsk);
 
 	put_task_struct(tsk);
+out_unlock_cgroup:
 	cgroup_unlock();
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -2305,16 +2211,7 @@ static int cgroup_tasks_write(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft, u64 pid)
 
 static int cgroup_procs_write(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft, u64 tgid)
 {
-	int ret;
-	do {
-		/*
-		 * attach_proc fails with -EAGAIN if threadgroup leadership
-		 * changes in the middle of the operation, in which case we need
-		 * to find the task_struct for the new leader and start over.
-		 */
-		ret = attach_task_by_pid(cgrp, tgid, true);
-	} while (ret == -EAGAIN);
-	return ret;
+	return attach_task_by_pid(cgrp, tgid, true);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2804,15 +2701,20 @@ static void cgroup_advance_iter(struct cgroup *cgrp,
  * using their cgroups capability, we don't maintain the lists running
  * through each css_set to its tasks until we see the list actually
  * used - in other words after the first call to cgroup_iter_start().
- *
- * The tasklist_lock is not held here, as do_each_thread() and
- * while_each_thread() are protected by RCU.
  */
 static void cgroup_enable_task_cg_lists(void)
 {
 	struct task_struct *p, *g;
 	write_lock(&css_set_lock);
 	use_task_css_set_links = 1;
+	/*
+	 * We need tasklist_lock because RCU is not safe against
+	 * while_each_thread(). Besides, a forking task that has passed
+	 * cgroup_post_fork() without seeing use_task_css_set_links = 1
+	 * is not guaranteed to have its child immediately visible in the
+	 * tasklist if we walk through it with RCU.
+	 */
+	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
 	do_each_thread(g, p) {
 		task_lock(p);
 		/*
@@ -2824,6 +2726,7 @@ static void cgroup_enable_task_cg_lists(void)
 			list_add(&p->cg_list, &p->cgroups->tasks);
 		task_unlock(p);
 	} while_each_thread(g, p);
+	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 	write_unlock(&css_set_lock);
 }
 
@@ -3043,6 +2946,38 @@ int cgroup_scan_tasks(struct cgroup_scanner *scan)
  *
  */
 
+/* which pidlist file are we talking about? */
+enum cgroup_filetype {
+	CGROUP_FILE_PROCS,
+	CGROUP_FILE_TASKS,
+};
+
+/*
+ * A pidlist is a list of pids that virtually represents the contents of one
+ * of the cgroup files ("procs" or "tasks"). We keep a list of such pidlists,
+ * a pair (one each for procs, tasks) for each pid namespace that's relevant
+ * to the cgroup.
+ */
+struct cgroup_pidlist {
+	/*
+	 * used to find which pidlist is wanted. doesn't change as long as
+	 * this particular list stays in the list.
+	*/
+	struct { enum cgroup_filetype type; struct pid_namespace *ns; } key;
+	/* array of xids */
+	pid_t *list;
+	/* how many elements the above list has */
+	int length;
+	/* how many files are using the current array */
+	int use_count;
+	/* each of these stored in a list by its cgroup */
+	struct list_head links;
+	/* pointer to the cgroup we belong to, for list removal purposes */
+	struct cgroup *owner;
+	/* protects the other fields */
+	struct rw_semaphore mutex;
+};
+
 /*
  * The following two functions "fix" the issue where there are more pids
  * than kmalloc will give memory for; in such cases, we use vmalloc/vfree.
@@ -3827,7 +3762,7 @@ static long cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
 		set_bit(CGRP_CLONE_CHILDREN, &cgrp->flags);
 
 	for_each_subsys(root, ss) {
-		struct cgroup_subsys_state *css = ss->create(ss, cgrp);
+		struct cgroup_subsys_state *css = ss->create(cgrp);
 
 		if (IS_ERR(css)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(css);
@@ -3841,7 +3776,7 @@ static long cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
 		}
 		/* At error, ->destroy() callback has to free assigned ID. */
 		if (clone_children(parent) && ss->post_clone)
-			ss->post_clone(ss, cgrp);
+			ss->post_clone(cgrp);
 	}
 
 	cgroup_lock_hierarchy(root);
@@ -3875,7 +3810,7 @@ static long cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	for_each_subsys(root, ss) {
 		if (cgrp->subsys[ss->subsys_id])
-			ss->destroy(ss, cgrp);
+			ss->destroy(cgrp);
 	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
@@ -4099,7 +4034,7 @@ static void __init cgroup_init_subsys(struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 	/* Create the top cgroup state for this subsystem */
 	list_add(&ss->sibling, &rootnode.subsys_list);
 	ss->root = &rootnode;
-	css = ss->create(ss, dummytop);
+	css = ss->create(dummytop);
 	/* We don't handle early failures gracefully */
 	BUG_ON(IS_ERR(css));
 	init_cgroup_css(css, ss, dummytop);
@@ -4188,7 +4123,7 @@ int __init_or_module cgroup_load_subsys(struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 	 * no ss->create seems to need anything important in the ss struct, so
 	 * this can happen first (i.e. before the rootnode attachment).
 	 */
-	css = ss->create(ss, dummytop);
+	css = ss->create(dummytop);
 	if (IS_ERR(css)) {
 		/* failure case - need to deassign the subsys[] slot. */
 		subsys[i] = NULL;
@@ -4206,7 +4141,7 @@ int __init_or_module cgroup_load_subsys(struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 		int ret = cgroup_init_idr(ss, css);
 		if (ret) {
 			dummytop->subsys[ss->subsys_id] = NULL;
-			ss->destroy(ss, dummytop);
+			ss->destroy(dummytop);
 			subsys[i] = NULL;
 			mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
 			return ret;
@@ -4304,7 +4239,7 @@ void cgroup_unload_subsys(struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 	 * pointer to find their state. note that this also takes care of
 	 * freeing the css_id.
 	 */
-	ss->destroy(ss, dummytop);
+	ss->destroy(dummytop);
 	dummytop->subsys[ss->subsys_id] = NULL;
 
 	mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
@@ -4580,7 +4515,7 @@ void cgroup_fork_callbacks(struct task_struct *child)
 		for (i = 0; i < CGROUP_BUILTIN_SUBSYS_COUNT; i++) {
 			struct cgroup_subsys *ss = subsys[i];
 			if (ss->fork)
-				ss->fork(ss, child);
+				ss->fork(child);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -4596,6 +4531,17 @@ void cgroup_fork_callbacks(struct task_struct *child)
  */
 void cgroup_post_fork(struct task_struct *child)
 {
+	/*
+	 * use_task_css_set_links is set to 1 before we walk the tasklist
+	 * under the tasklist_lock and we read it here after we added the child
+	 * to the tasklist under the tasklist_lock as well. If the child wasn't
+	 * yet in the tasklist when we walked through it from
+	 * cgroup_enable_task_cg_lists(), then use_task_css_set_links value
+	 * should be visible now due to the paired locking and barriers implied
+	 * by LOCK/UNLOCK: it is written before the tasklist_lock unlock
+	 * in cgroup_enable_task_cg_lists() and read here after the tasklist_lock
+	 * lock on fork.
+	 */
 	if (use_task_css_set_links) {
 		write_lock(&css_set_lock);
 		if (list_empty(&child->cg_list)) {
@@ -4682,7 +4628,7 @@ void cgroup_exit(struct task_struct *tsk, int run_callbacks)
 				struct cgroup *old_cgrp =
 					rcu_dereference_raw(cg->subsys[i])->cgroup;
 				struct cgroup *cgrp = task_cgroup(tsk, i);
-				ss->exit(ss, cgrp, old_cgrp, tsk);
+				ss->exit(cgrp, old_cgrp, tsk);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -5137,8 +5083,7 @@ struct cgroup_subsys_state *cgroup_css_from_dir(struct file *f, int id)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_DEBUG
-static struct cgroup_subsys_state *debug_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-						   struct cgroup *cont)
+static struct cgroup_subsys_state *debug_create(struct cgroup *cont)
 {
 	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css = kzalloc(sizeof(*css), GFP_KERNEL);
 
@@ -5148,7 +5093,7 @@ static struct cgroup_subsys_state *debug_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
 	return css;
 }
 
-static void debug_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont)
+static void debug_destroy(struct cgroup *cont)
 {
 	kfree(cont->subsys[debug_subsys_id]);
 }
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c b/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
index fc0646b78a64..f86e93920b62 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
@@ -128,8 +128,7 @@ struct cgroup_subsys freezer_subsys;
  *    task->alloc_lock (inside __thaw_task(), prevents race with refrigerator())
  *     sighand->siglock
  */
-static struct cgroup_subsys_state *freezer_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-						  struct cgroup *cgroup)
+static struct cgroup_subsys_state *freezer_create(struct cgroup *cgroup)
 {
 	struct freezer *freezer;
 
@@ -142,8 +141,7 @@ static struct cgroup_subsys_state *freezer_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
 	return &freezer->css;
 }
 
-static void freezer_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-			    struct cgroup *cgroup)
+static void freezer_destroy(struct cgroup *cgroup)
 {
 	struct freezer *freezer = cgroup_freezer(cgroup);
 
@@ -164,8 +162,7 @@ static bool is_task_frozen_enough(struct task_struct *task)
  * a write to that file racing against an attach, and hence the
  * can_attach() result will remain valid until the attach completes.
  */
-static int freezer_can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-			      struct cgroup *new_cgroup,
+static int freezer_can_attach(struct cgroup *new_cgroup,
 			      struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
 {
 	struct freezer *freezer;
@@ -185,7 +182,7 @@ static int freezer_can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void freezer_fork(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct task_struct *task)
+static void freezer_fork(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	struct freezer *freezer;
 
diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index a09ac2b9a661..5d575836dba6 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -1399,8 +1399,7 @@ static nodemask_t cpuset_attach_nodemask_from;
 static nodemask_t cpuset_attach_nodemask_to;
 
 /* Called by cgroups to determine if a cpuset is usable; cgroup_mutex held */
-static int cpuset_can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
-			     struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
+static int cpuset_can_attach(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
 {
 	struct cpuset *cs = cgroup_cs(cgrp);
 	struct task_struct *task;
@@ -1436,8 +1435,7 @@ static int cpuset_can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void cpuset_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
-			  struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
+static void cpuset_attach(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
 	struct task_struct *task;
@@ -1833,8 +1831,7 @@ static int cpuset_populate(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont)
  * (and likewise for mems) to the new cgroup. Called with cgroup_mutex
  * held.
  */
-static void cpuset_post_clone(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-			      struct cgroup *cgroup)
+static void cpuset_post_clone(struct cgroup *cgroup)
 {
 	struct cgroup *parent, *child;
 	struct cpuset *cs, *parent_cs;
@@ -1857,13 +1854,10 @@ static void cpuset_post_clone(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
 
 /*
  *	cpuset_create - create a cpuset
- *	ss:	cpuset cgroup subsystem
  *	cont:	control group that the new cpuset will be part of
  */
 
-static struct cgroup_subsys_state *cpuset_create(
-	struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-	struct cgroup *cont)
+static struct cgroup_subsys_state *cpuset_create(struct cgroup *cont)
 {
 	struct cpuset *cs;
 	struct cpuset *parent;
@@ -1902,7 +1896,7 @@ static struct cgroup_subsys_state *cpuset_create(
  * will call async_rebuild_sched_domains().
  */
 
-static void cpuset_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont)
+static void cpuset_destroy(struct cgroup *cont)
 {
 	struct cpuset *cs = cgroup_cs(cont);
 
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index c61234b1a988..4b50357914fb 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -7147,8 +7147,7 @@ unlock:
 device_initcall(perf_event_sysfs_init);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_PERF
-static struct cgroup_subsys_state *perf_cgroup_create(
-	struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont)
+static struct cgroup_subsys_state *perf_cgroup_create(struct cgroup *cont)
 {
 	struct perf_cgroup *jc;
 
@@ -7165,8 +7164,7 @@ static struct cgroup_subsys_state *perf_cgroup_create(
 	return &jc->css;
 }
 
-static void perf_cgroup_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-				struct cgroup *cont)
+static void perf_cgroup_destroy(struct cgroup *cont)
 {
 	struct perf_cgroup *jc;
 	jc = container_of(cgroup_subsys_state(cont, perf_subsys_id),
@@ -7182,8 +7180,7 @@ static int __perf_cgroup_move(void *info)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void perf_cgroup_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
-			       struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
+static void perf_cgroup_attach(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
 {
 	struct task_struct *task;
 
@@ -7191,8 +7188,8 @@ static void perf_cgroup_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
 		task_function_call(task, __perf_cgroup_move, task);
 }
 
-static void perf_cgroup_exit(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
-		struct cgroup *old_cgrp, struct task_struct *task)
+static void perf_cgroup_exit(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup *old_cgrp,
+			     struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	/*
 	 * cgroup_exit() is called in the copy_process() failure path.
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index d2bd4647586c..a35cb8dbd8c4 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -7571,8 +7571,7 @@ static inline struct task_group *cgroup_tg(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 			    struct task_group, css);
 }
 
-static struct cgroup_subsys_state *
-cpu_cgroup_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp)
+static struct cgroup_subsys_state *cpu_cgroup_create(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 {
 	struct task_group *tg, *parent;
 
@@ -7589,15 +7588,14 @@ cpu_cgroup_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp)
 	return &tg->css;
 }
 
-static void
-cpu_cgroup_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp)
+static void cpu_cgroup_destroy(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 {
 	struct task_group *tg = cgroup_tg(cgrp);
 
 	sched_destroy_group(tg);
 }
 
-static int cpu_cgroup_can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
+static int cpu_cgroup_can_attach(struct cgroup *cgrp,
 				 struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
 {
 	struct task_struct *task;
@@ -7615,7 +7613,7 @@ static int cpu_cgroup_can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void cpu_cgroup_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
+static void cpu_cgroup_attach(struct cgroup *cgrp,
 			      struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
 {
 	struct task_struct *task;
@@ -7625,8 +7623,8 @@ static void cpu_cgroup_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
 }
 
 static void
-cpu_cgroup_exit(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
-		struct cgroup *old_cgrp, struct task_struct *task)
+cpu_cgroup_exit(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup *old_cgrp,
+		struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	/*
 	 * cgroup_exit() is called in the copy_process() failure path.
@@ -7976,8 +7974,7 @@ struct cgroup_subsys cpu_cgroup_subsys = {
  */
 
 /* create a new cpu accounting group */
-static struct cgroup_subsys_state *cpuacct_create(
-	struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp)
+static struct cgroup_subsys_state *cpuacct_create(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 {
 	struct cpuacct *ca;
 
@@ -8007,8 +8004,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 /* destroy an existing cpu accounting group */
-static void
-cpuacct_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp)
+static void cpuacct_destroy(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 {
 	struct cpuacct *ca = cgroup_ca(cgrp);
 
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 58a08fc7414a..26c6f4ec20f4 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -4602,10 +4602,9 @@ static int register_kmem_files(struct cgroup *cont, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 	return mem_cgroup_sockets_init(cont, ss);
 };
 
-static void kmem_cgroup_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-				struct cgroup *cont)
+static void kmem_cgroup_destroy(struct cgroup *cont)
 {
-	mem_cgroup_sockets_destroy(cont, ss);
+	mem_cgroup_sockets_destroy(cont);
 }
 #else
 static int register_kmem_files(struct cgroup *cont, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
@@ -4613,8 +4612,7 @@ static int register_kmem_files(struct cgroup *cont, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void kmem_cgroup_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-				struct cgroup *cont)
+static void kmem_cgroup_destroy(struct cgroup *cont)
 {
 }
 #endif
@@ -4927,7 +4925,7 @@ err_cleanup:
 }
 
 static struct cgroup_subsys_state * __ref
-mem_cgroup_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont)
+mem_cgroup_create(struct cgroup *cont)
 {
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg, *parent;
 	long error = -ENOMEM;
@@ -4989,20 +4987,18 @@ free_out:
 	return ERR_PTR(error);
 }
 
-static int mem_cgroup_pre_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-					struct cgroup *cont)
+static int mem_cgroup_pre_destroy(struct cgroup *cont)
 {
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = mem_cgroup_from_cont(cont);
 
 	return mem_cgroup_force_empty(memcg, false);
 }
 
-static void mem_cgroup_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-				struct cgroup *cont)
+static void mem_cgroup_destroy(struct cgroup *cont)
 {
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = mem_cgroup_from_cont(cont);
 
-	kmem_cgroup_destroy(ss, cont);
+	kmem_cgroup_destroy(cont);
 
 	mem_cgroup_put(memcg);
 }
@@ -5339,9 +5335,8 @@ static void mem_cgroup_clear_mc(void)
 	mem_cgroup_end_move(from);
 }
 
-static int mem_cgroup_can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-				struct cgroup *cgroup,
-				struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
+static int mem_cgroup_can_attach(struct cgroup *cgroup,
+				 struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
 {
 	struct task_struct *p = cgroup_taskset_first(tset);
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -5379,9 +5374,8 @@ static int mem_cgroup_can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void mem_cgroup_cancel_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-				struct cgroup *cgroup,
-				struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
+static void mem_cgroup_cancel_attach(struct cgroup *cgroup,
+				     struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
 {
 	mem_cgroup_clear_mc();
 }
@@ -5496,9 +5490,8 @@ retry:
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 }
 
-static void mem_cgroup_move_task(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-				struct cgroup *cont,
-				struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
+static void mem_cgroup_move_task(struct cgroup *cont,
+				 struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
 {
 	struct task_struct *p = cgroup_taskset_first(tset);
 	struct mm_struct *mm = get_task_mm(p);
@@ -5513,20 +5506,17 @@ static void mem_cgroup_move_task(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
 		mem_cgroup_clear_mc();
 }
 #else	/* !CONFIG_MMU */
-static int mem_cgroup_can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-				struct cgroup *cgroup,
-				struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
+static int mem_cgroup_can_attach(struct cgroup *cgroup,
+				 struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
-static void mem_cgroup_cancel_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-				struct cgroup *cgroup,
-				struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
+static void mem_cgroup_cancel_attach(struct cgroup *cgroup,
+				     struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
 {
 }
-static void mem_cgroup_move_task(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-				struct cgroup *cont,
-				struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
+static void mem_cgroup_move_task(struct cgroup *cont,
+				 struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
 {
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/net/core/netprio_cgroup.c b/net/core/netprio_cgroup.c
index 4dacc44637ef..ba6900f73900 100644
--- a/net/core/netprio_cgroup.c
+++ b/net/core/netprio_cgroup.c
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@
 #include <net/sock.h>
 #include <net/netprio_cgroup.h>
 
-static struct cgroup_subsys_state *cgrp_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-					       struct cgroup *cgrp);
-static void cgrp_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp);
+static struct cgroup_subsys_state *cgrp_create(struct cgroup *cgrp);
+static void cgrp_destroy(struct cgroup *cgrp);
 static int cgrp_populate(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp);
 
 struct cgroup_subsys net_prio_subsys = {
@@ -121,8 +120,7 @@ static void update_netdev_tables(void)
 	rtnl_unlock();
 }
 
-static struct cgroup_subsys_state *cgrp_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-						 struct cgroup *cgrp)
+static struct cgroup_subsys_state *cgrp_create(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 {
 	struct cgroup_netprio_state *cs;
 	int ret;
@@ -146,7 +144,7 @@ static struct cgroup_subsys_state *cgrp_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
 	return &cs->css;
 }
 
-static void cgrp_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp)
+static void cgrp_destroy(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 {
 	struct cgroup_netprio_state *cs;
 	struct net_device *dev;
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 95aff9c7419b..1fb21b51593b 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -160,19 +160,19 @@ int mem_cgroup_sockets_init(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 out:
 	list_for_each_entry_continue_reverse(proto, &proto_list, node)
 		if (proto->destroy_cgroup)
-			proto->destroy_cgroup(cgrp, ss);
+			proto->destroy_cgroup(cgrp);
 	mutex_unlock(&proto_list_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void mem_cgroup_sockets_destroy(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
+void mem_cgroup_sockets_destroy(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 {
 	struct proto *proto;
 
 	mutex_lock(&proto_list_mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry_reverse(proto, &proto_list, node)
 		if (proto->destroy_cgroup)
-			proto->destroy_cgroup(cgrp, ss);
+			proto->destroy_cgroup(cgrp);
 	mutex_unlock(&proto_list_mutex);
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_memcontrol.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_memcontrol.c
index 602fb305365f..e795272fbe9e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_memcontrol.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_memcontrol.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ create_files:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcp_init_cgroup);
 
-void tcp_destroy_cgroup(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
+void tcp_destroy_cgroup(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 {
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = mem_cgroup_from_cont(cgrp);
 	struct cg_proto *cg_proto;
diff --git a/net/sched/cls_cgroup.c b/net/sched/cls_cgroup.c
index f84fdc3a7f27..1afaa284fcd7 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_cgroup.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_cgroup.c
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@
 #include <net/sock.h>
 #include <net/cls_cgroup.h>
 
-static struct cgroup_subsys_state *cgrp_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-					       struct cgroup *cgrp);
-static void cgrp_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp);
+static struct cgroup_subsys_state *cgrp_create(struct cgroup *cgrp);
+static void cgrp_destroy(struct cgroup *cgrp);
 static int cgrp_populate(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp);
 
 struct cgroup_subsys net_cls_subsys = {
@@ -51,8 +50,7 @@ static inline struct cgroup_cls_state *task_cls_state(struct task_struct *p)
 			    struct cgroup_cls_state, css);
 }
 
-static struct cgroup_subsys_state *cgrp_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-						 struct cgroup *cgrp)
+static struct cgroup_subsys_state *cgrp_create(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 {
 	struct cgroup_cls_state *cs;
 
@@ -66,7 +64,7 @@ static struct cgroup_subsys_state *cgrp_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
 	return &cs->css;
 }
 
-static void cgrp_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp)
+static void cgrp_destroy(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 {
 	kfree(cgrp_cls_state(cgrp));
 }
diff --git a/security/device_cgroup.c b/security/device_cgroup.c
index 8b5b5d8612c6..c43a3323feea 100644
--- a/security/device_cgroup.c
+++ b/security/device_cgroup.c
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ static inline struct dev_cgroup *task_devcgroup(struct task_struct *task)
 
 struct cgroup_subsys devices_subsys;
 
-static int devcgroup_can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-			struct cgroup *new_cgrp, struct cgroup_taskset *set)
+static int devcgroup_can_attach(struct cgroup *new_cgrp,
+				struct cgroup_taskset *set)
 {
 	struct task_struct *task = cgroup_taskset_first(set);
 
@@ -156,8 +156,7 @@ remove:
 /*
  * called from kernel/cgroup.c with cgroup_lock() held.
  */
-static struct cgroup_subsys_state *devcgroup_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-						struct cgroup *cgroup)
+static struct cgroup_subsys_state *devcgroup_create(struct cgroup *cgroup)
 {
 	struct dev_cgroup *dev_cgroup, *parent_dev_cgroup;
 	struct cgroup *parent_cgroup;
@@ -195,8 +194,7 @@ static struct cgroup_subsys_state *devcgroup_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
 	return &dev_cgroup->css;
 }
 
-static void devcgroup_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-			struct cgroup *cgroup)
+static void devcgroup_destroy(struct cgroup *cgroup)
 {
 	struct dev_cgroup *dev_cgroup;
 	struct dev_whitelist_item *wh, *tmp;