From: Li Zefan The function does not modify anything (except the temporary css template), so it's sufficient to hold read lock. Signed-off-by: Li Zefan Acked-by: Paul Menage Cc: Balbir Singh Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- kernel/cgroup.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/cgroup.c~cgroup-use-read-lock-to-guard-find_existing_css_set kernel/cgroup.c --- a/kernel/cgroup.c~cgroup-use-read-lock-to-guard-find_existing_css_set +++ a/kernel/cgroup.c @@ -415,11 +415,11 @@ static struct css_set *find_css_set( /* First see if we already have a cgroup group that matches * the desired set */ - write_lock(&css_set_lock); + read_lock(&css_set_lock); res = find_existing_css_set(oldcg, cgrp, template); if (res) get_css_set(res); - write_unlock(&css_set_lock); + read_unlock(&css_set_lock); if (res) return res; _