2 files changed, 14 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index e78377a91a74..cc59d3a21d87 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@
 struct cgroupfs_root;
 struct cgroup_subsys;
 struct inode;
+struct cgroup;
 
 extern int cgroup_init_early(void);
 extern int cgroup_init(void);
 extern void cgroup_init_smp(void);
 extern void cgroup_lock(void);
+extern bool cgroup_lock_live_group(struct cgroup *cgrp);
 extern void cgroup_unlock(void);
 extern void cgroup_fork(struct task_struct *p);
 extern void cgroup_fork_callbacks(struct task_struct *p);
@@ -295,8 +297,6 @@ int cgroup_add_files(struct cgroup *cgrp,
 
 int cgroup_is_removed(const struct cgroup *cgrp);
 
-int cgroup_lock_live_group(struct cgroup *cgrp);
-
 int cgroup_path(const struct cgroup *cgrp, char *buf, int buflen);
 
 int cgroup_task_count(const struct cgroup *cgrp);
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 0120b5d67a73..a14122ecaa5e 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -1329,10 +1329,10 @@ enum cgroup_filetype {
  * cgroup_lock_live_group - take cgroup_mutex and check that cgrp is alive.
  * @cgrp: the cgroup to be checked for liveness
  *
- * Returns true (with lock held) on success, or false (with no lock
- * held) on failure.
+ * On success, returns true; the lock should be later released with
+ * cgroup_unlock(). On failure returns false with no lock held.
  */
-int cgroup_lock_live_group(struct cgroup *cgrp)
+bool cgroup_lock_live_group(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 {
         mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
         if (cgroup_is_removed(cgrp)) {
@@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@ static int cgroup_release_agent_write(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft,
         if (!cgroup_lock_live_group(cgrp))
                 return -ENODEV;
         strcpy(cgrp->root->release_agent_path, buffer);
-        mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
+        cgroup_unlock();
         return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1360,16 +1360,19 @@ static int cgroup_release_agent_show(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft,
                 return -ENODEV;
         seq_puts(seq, cgrp->root->release_agent_path);
         seq_putc(seq, '\n');
-        mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
+        cgroup_unlock();
         return 0;
 }
 
+/* A buffer size big enough for numbers or short strings */
+#define CGROUP_LOCAL_BUFFER_SIZE 64
+
 static ssize_t cgroup_write_X64(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft,
                                 struct file *file,
                                 const char __user *userbuf,
                                 size_t nbytes, loff_t *unused_ppos)
 {
-        char buffer[64];
+        char buffer[CGROUP_LOCAL_BUFFER_SIZE];
         int retval = 0;
         char *end;
 
@@ -1403,7 +1406,7 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_write_string(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft,
                                    const char __user *userbuf,
                                    size_t nbytes, loff_t *unused_ppos)
 {
-        char local_buffer[64];
+        char local_buffer[CGROUP_LOCAL_BUFFER_SIZE];
         int retval = 0;
         size_t max_bytes = cft->max_write_len;
         char *buffer = local_buffer;
@@ -1518,7 +1521,7 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_read_u64(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft,
                                char __user *buf, size_t nbytes,
                                loff_t *ppos)
 {
-        char tmp[64];
+        char tmp[CGROUP_LOCAL_BUFFER_SIZE];
         u64 val = cft->read_u64(cgrp, cft);
         int len = sprintf(tmp, "%llu\n", (unsigned long long) val);
 
@@ -1530,7 +1533,7 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_read_s64(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft,
                                char __user *buf, size_t nbytes,
                                loff_t *ppos)
 {
-        char tmp[64];
+        char tmp[CGROUP_LOCAL_BUFFER_SIZE];
         s64 val = cft->read_s64(cgrp, cft);
         int len = sprintf(tmp, "%lld\n", (long long) val);