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diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index ee041a01a67e..d0ad3794b947 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -688,9 +688,9 @@ struct cgroup *cgroup_next_sibling(struct cgroup *pos);
/**
* cgroup_for_each_child - iterate through children of a cgroup
* @pos: the cgroup * to use as the loop cursor
- * @cgroup: cgroup whose children to walk
+ * @cgrp: cgroup whose children to walk
*
- * Walk @cgroup's children. Must be called under rcu_read_lock(). A child
+ * Walk @cgrp's children. Must be called under rcu_read_lock(). A child
* cgroup which hasn't finished ->css_online() or already has finished
* ->css_offline() may show up during traversal and it's each subsystem's
* responsibility to verify that each @pos is alive.
@@ -698,9 +698,15 @@ struct cgroup *cgroup_next_sibling(struct cgroup *pos);
* If a subsystem synchronizes against the parent in its ->css_online() and
* before starting iterating, a cgroup which finished ->css_online() is
* guaranteed to be visible in the future iterations.
+ *
+ * It is allowed to temporarily drop RCU read lock during iteration. The
+ * caller is responsible for ensuring that @pos remains accessible until
+ * the start of the next iteration by, for example, bumping the css refcnt.
*/
-#define cgroup_for_each_child(pos, cgroup) \
- list_for_each_entry_rcu(pos, &(cgroup)->children, sibling)
+#define cgroup_for_each_child(pos, cgrp) \
+ for ((pos) = list_first_or_null_rcu(&(cgrp)->children, \
+ struct cgroup, sibling); \
+ (pos); (pos) = cgroup_next_sibling((pos)))
struct cgroup *cgroup_next_descendant_pre(struct cgroup *pos,
struct cgroup *cgroup);
@@ -759,6 +765,10 @@ struct cgroup *cgroup_rightmost_descendant(struct cgroup *pos);
* Alternatively, a subsystem may choose to use a single global lock to
* synchronize ->css_online() and ->css_offline() against tree-walking
* operations.
+ *
+ * It is allowed to temporarily drop RCU read lock during iteration. The
+ * caller is responsible for ensuring that @pos remains accessible until
+ * the start of the next iteration by, for example, bumping the css refcnt.
*/
#define cgroup_for_each_descendant_pre(pos, cgroup) \
for (pos = cgroup_next_descendant_pre(NULL, (cgroup)); (pos); \