diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index a9dcf0e7686529..46020735bcbb80 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <linux/nodemask.h>
 #include <linux/rculist.h>
 #include <linux/cgroupstats.h>
-#include <linux/rwsem.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/kernfs.h>
@@ -367,11 +366,11 @@ static inline void css_put_many(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css, unsigned int n)
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU
 extern struct mutex cgroup_mutex;
-extern struct rw_semaphore css_set_rwsem;
+extern spinlock_t css_set_lock;
 #define task_css_set_check(task, __c)					\
 	rcu_dereference_check((task)->cgroups,				\
 		lockdep_is_held(&cgroup_mutex) ||			\
-		lockdep_is_held(&css_set_rwsem) ||			\
+		lockdep_is_held(&css_set_lock) ||			\
 		((task)->flags & PF_EXITING) || (__c))
 #else
 #define task_css_set_check(task, __c)					\
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 0c5b0e605c474d..ba7b3284c2e4cb 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
-#include <linux/rwsem.h>
 #include <linux/percpu-rwsem.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/sort.h>
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@
  * cgroup_mutex is the master lock.  Any modification to cgroup or its
  * hierarchy must be performed while holding it.
  *
- * css_set_rwsem protects task->cgroups pointer, the list of css_set
+ * css_set_lock protects task->cgroups pointer, the list of css_set
  * objects, and the chain of tasks off each css_set.
  *
  * These locks are exported if CONFIG_PROVE_RCU so that accessors in
@@ -84,12 +83,12 @@
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU
 DEFINE_MUTEX(cgroup_mutex);
-DECLARE_RWSEM(css_set_rwsem);
+DEFINE_SPINLOCK(css_set_lock);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cgroup_mutex);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(css_set_rwsem);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(css_set_lock);
 #else
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(cgroup_mutex);
-static DECLARE_RWSEM(css_set_rwsem);
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(css_set_lock);
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -605,7 +604,7 @@ static int css_set_count	= 1;	/* 1 for init_css_set */
  */
 static bool css_set_populated(struct css_set *cset)
 {
-	lockdep_assert_held(&css_set_rwsem);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&css_set_lock);
 
 	return !list_empty(&cset->tasks) || !list_empty(&cset->mg_tasks);
 }
@@ -628,7 +627,7 @@ static bool css_set_populated(struct css_set *cset)
  */
 static void cgroup_update_populated(struct cgroup *cgrp, bool populated)
 {
-	lockdep_assert_held(&css_set_rwsem);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&css_set_lock);
 
 	do {
 		bool trigger;
@@ -660,7 +659,7 @@ static void css_set_update_populated(struct css_set *cset, bool populated)
 {
 	struct cgrp_cset_link *link;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&css_set_rwsem);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&css_set_lock);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(link, &cset->cgrp_links, cgrp_link)
 		cgroup_update_populated(link->cgrp, populated);
@@ -685,7 +684,7 @@ static void css_set_move_task(struct task_struct *task,
 			      struct css_set *from_cset, struct css_set *to_cset,
 			      bool use_mg_tasks)
 {
-	lockdep_assert_held(&css_set_rwsem);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&css_set_lock);
 
 	if (from_cset) {
 		struct css_task_iter *it, *pos;
@@ -755,7 +754,7 @@ static void put_css_set_locked(struct css_set *cset)
 	struct cgroup_subsys *ss;
 	int ssid;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&css_set_rwsem);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&css_set_lock);
 
 	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&cset->refcount))
 		return;
@@ -787,9 +786,9 @@ static void put_css_set(struct css_set *cset)
 	if (atomic_add_unless(&cset->refcount, -1, 1))
 		return;
 
-	down_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 	put_css_set_locked(cset);
-	up_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1012,11 +1011,11 @@ static struct css_set *find_css_set(struct css_set *old_cset,
 
 	/* First see if we already have a cgroup group that matches
 	 * the desired set */
-	down_read(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 	cset = find_existing_css_set(old_cset, cgrp, template);
 	if (cset)
 		get_css_set(cset);
-	up_read(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 
 	if (cset)
 		return cset;
@@ -1044,7 +1043,7 @@ static struct css_set *find_css_set(struct css_set *old_cset,
 	 * find_existing_css_set() */
 	memcpy(cset->subsys, template, sizeof(cset->subsys));
 
-	down_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 	/* Add reference counts and links from the new css_set. */
 	list_for_each_entry(link, &old_cset->cgrp_links, cgrp_link) {
 		struct cgroup *c = link->cgrp;
@@ -1066,7 +1065,7 @@ static struct css_set *find_css_set(struct css_set *old_cset,
 		list_add_tail(&cset->e_cset_node[ssid],
 			      &cset->subsys[ssid]->cgroup->e_csets[ssid]);
 
-	up_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 
 	return cset;
 }
@@ -1130,14 +1129,15 @@ static void cgroup_destroy_root(struct cgroup_root *root)
 	 * Release all the links from cset_links to this hierarchy's
 	 * root cgroup
 	 */
-	down_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(link, tmp_link, &cgrp->cset_links, cset_link) {
 		list_del(&link->cset_link);
 		list_del(&link->cgrp_link);
 		kfree(link);
 	}
-	up_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+
+	spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 
 	if (!list_empty(&root->root_list)) {
 		list_del(&root->root_list);
@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ static struct cgroup *cset_cgroup_from_root(struct css_set *cset,
 	struct cgroup *res = NULL;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&cgroup_mutex);
-	lockdep_assert_held(&css_set_rwsem);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&css_set_lock);
 
 	if (cset == &init_css_set) {
 		res = &root->cgrp;
@@ -1182,7 +1182,7 @@ static struct cgroup *cset_cgroup_from_root(struct css_set *cset,
 
 /*
  * Return the cgroup for "task" from the given hierarchy. Must be
- * called with cgroup_mutex and css_set_rwsem held.
+ * called with cgroup_mutex and css_set_lock held.
  */
 static struct cgroup *task_cgroup_from_root(struct task_struct *task,
 					    struct cgroup_root *root)
@@ -1531,11 +1531,11 @@ static int rebind_subsystems(struct cgroup_root *dst_root,
 		ss->root = dst_root;
 		css->cgroup = dcgrp;
 
-		down_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+		spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 		hash_for_each(css_set_table, i, cset, hlist)
 			list_move_tail(&cset->e_cset_node[ss->id],
 				       &dcgrp->e_csets[ss->id]);
-		up_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+		spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 
 		src_root->subsys_mask &= ~(1 << ssid);
 		scgrp->subtree_control &= ~(1 << ssid);
@@ -1812,7 +1812,7 @@ static void cgroup_enable_task_cg_lists(void)
 {
 	struct task_struct *p, *g;
 
-	down_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 
 	if (use_task_css_set_links)
 		goto out_unlock;
@@ -1851,7 +1851,7 @@ static void cgroup_enable_task_cg_lists(void)
 	} while_each_thread(g, p);
 	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 out_unlock:
-	up_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 }
 
 static void init_cgroup_housekeeping(struct cgroup *cgrp)
@@ -1915,7 +1915,7 @@ static int cgroup_setup_root(struct cgroup_root *root, unsigned long ss_mask)
 		goto out;
 
 	/*
-	 * We're accessing css_set_count without locking css_set_rwsem here,
+	 * We're accessing css_set_count without locking css_set_lock here,
 	 * but that's OK - it can only be increased by someone holding
 	 * cgroup_lock, and that's us. The worst that can happen is that we
 	 * have some link structures left over
@@ -1957,13 +1957,13 @@ static int cgroup_setup_root(struct cgroup_root *root, unsigned long ss_mask)
 	 * Link the root cgroup in this hierarchy into all the css_set
 	 * objects.
 	 */
-	down_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 	hash_for_each(css_set_table, i, cset, hlist) {
 		link_css_set(&tmp_links, cset, root_cgrp);
 		if (css_set_populated(cset))
 			cgroup_update_populated(root_cgrp, true);
 	}
-	up_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&root_cgrp->self.children));
 	BUG_ON(atomic_read(&root->nr_cgrps) != 1);
@@ -2196,7 +2196,7 @@ char *task_cgroup_path(struct task_struct *task, char *buf, size_t buflen)
 	char *path = NULL;
 
 	mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
-	down_read(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 
 	root = idr_get_next(&cgroup_hierarchy_idr, &hierarchy_id);
 
@@ -2209,7 +2209,7 @@ char *task_cgroup_path(struct task_struct *task, char *buf, size_t buflen)
 			path = buf;
 	}
 
-	up_read(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 	mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
 	return path;
 }
@@ -2258,7 +2258,7 @@ static void cgroup_taskset_add(struct task_struct *task,
 {
 	struct css_set *cset;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&css_set_rwsem);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&css_set_lock);
 
 	/* @task either already exited or can't exit until the end */
 	if (task->flags & PF_EXITING)
@@ -2364,7 +2364,7 @@ static int cgroup_taskset_migrate(struct cgroup_taskset *tset,
 	 * the new cgroup.  There are no failure cases after here, so this
 	 * is the commit point.
 	 */
-	down_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(cset, &tset->src_csets, mg_node) {
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(task, tmp_task, &cset->mg_tasks, cg_list) {
 			struct css_set *from_cset = task_css_set(task);
@@ -2375,7 +2375,7 @@ static int cgroup_taskset_migrate(struct cgroup_taskset *tset,
 			put_css_set_locked(from_cset);
 		}
 	}
-	up_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Migration is committed, all target tasks are now on dst_csets.
@@ -2399,13 +2399,13 @@ static int cgroup_taskset_migrate(struct cgroup_taskset *tset,
 			css->ss->cancel_attach(css, tset);
 	}
 out_release_tset:
-	down_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 	list_splice_init(&tset->dst_csets, &tset->src_csets);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(cset, tmp_cset, &tset->src_csets, mg_node) {
 		list_splice_tail_init(&cset->mg_tasks, &cset->tasks);
 		list_del_init(&cset->mg_node);
 	}
-	up_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -2422,14 +2422,14 @@ static void cgroup_migrate_finish(struct list_head *preloaded_csets)
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&cgroup_mutex);
 
-	down_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(cset, tmp_cset, preloaded_csets, mg_preload_node) {
 		cset->mg_src_cgrp = NULL;
 		cset->mg_dst_cset = NULL;
 		list_del_init(&cset->mg_preload_node);
 		put_css_set_locked(cset);
 	}
-	up_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2455,7 +2455,7 @@ static void cgroup_migrate_add_src(struct css_set *src_cset,
 	struct cgroup *src_cgrp;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&cgroup_mutex);
-	lockdep_assert_held(&css_set_rwsem);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&css_set_lock);
 
 	src_cgrp = cset_cgroup_from_root(src_cset, dst_cgrp->root);
 
@@ -2571,7 +2571,7 @@ static int cgroup_migrate(struct task_struct *leader, bool threadgroup,
 	 * already PF_EXITING could be freed from underneath us unless we
 	 * take an rcu_read_lock.
 	 */
-	down_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	task = leader;
 	do {
@@ -2580,7 +2580,7 @@ static int cgroup_migrate(struct task_struct *leader, bool threadgroup,
 			break;
 	} while_each_thread(leader, task);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
-	up_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 
 	return cgroup_taskset_migrate(&tset, cgrp);
 }
@@ -2601,7 +2601,7 @@ static int cgroup_attach_task(struct cgroup *dst_cgrp,
 	int ret;
 
 	/* look up all src csets */
-	down_read(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	task = leader;
 	do {
@@ -2611,7 +2611,7 @@ static int cgroup_attach_task(struct cgroup *dst_cgrp,
 			break;
 	} while_each_thread(leader, task);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
-	up_read(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 
 	/* prepare dst csets and commit */
 	ret = cgroup_migrate_prepare_dst(dst_cgrp, &preloaded_csets);
@@ -2644,9 +2644,9 @@ static int cgroup_procs_write_permission(struct task_struct *task,
 		struct cgroup *cgrp;
 		struct inode *inode;
 
-		down_read(&css_set_rwsem);
+		spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 		cgrp = task_cgroup_from_root(task, &cgrp_dfl_root);
-		up_read(&css_set_rwsem);
+		spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 
 		while (!cgroup_is_descendant(dst_cgrp, cgrp))
 			cgrp = cgroup_parent(cgrp);
@@ -2743,9 +2743,9 @@ int cgroup_attach_task_all(struct task_struct *from, struct task_struct *tsk)
 		if (root == &cgrp_dfl_root)
 			continue;
 
-		down_read(&css_set_rwsem);
+		spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 		from_cgrp = task_cgroup_from_root(from, root);
-		up_read(&css_set_rwsem);
+		spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 
 		retval = cgroup_attach_task(from_cgrp, tsk, false);
 		if (retval)
@@ -2870,7 +2870,7 @@ static int cgroup_update_dfl_csses(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 	percpu_down_write(&cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem);
 
 	/* look up all csses currently attached to @cgrp's subtree */
-	down_read(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 	css_for_each_descendant_pre(css, cgroup_css(cgrp, NULL)) {
 		struct cgrp_cset_link *link;
 
@@ -2882,14 +2882,14 @@ static int cgroup_update_dfl_csses(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 			cgroup_migrate_add_src(link->cset, cgrp,
 					       &preloaded_csets);
 	}
-	up_read(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 
 	/* NULL dst indicates self on default hierarchy */
 	ret = cgroup_migrate_prepare_dst(NULL, &preloaded_csets);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_finish;
 
-	down_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(src_cset, &preloaded_csets, mg_preload_node) {
 		struct task_struct *task, *ntask;
 
@@ -2901,7 +2901,7 @@ static int cgroup_update_dfl_csses(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(task, ntask, &src_cset->tasks, cg_list)
 			cgroup_taskset_add(task, &tset);
 	}
-	up_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 
 	ret = cgroup_taskset_migrate(&tset, cgrp);
 out_finish:
@@ -3577,10 +3577,10 @@ static int cgroup_task_count(const struct cgroup *cgrp)
 	int count = 0;
 	struct cgrp_cset_link *link;
 
-	down_read(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(link, &cgrp->cset_links, cset_link)
 		count += atomic_read(&link->cset->refcount);
-	up_read(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 	return count;
 }
 
@@ -3823,7 +3823,7 @@ static void css_task_iter_advance_css_set(struct css_task_iter *it)
 	struct cgrp_cset_link *link;
 	struct css_set *cset;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&css_set_rwsem);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&css_set_lock);
 
 	/* Advance to the next non-empty css_set */
 	do {
@@ -3881,7 +3881,7 @@ static void css_task_iter_advance(struct css_task_iter *it)
 {
 	struct list_head *l = it->task_pos;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&css_set_rwsem);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&css_set_lock);
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!l);
 
 	/*
@@ -3918,7 +3918,7 @@ void css_task_iter_start(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
 
 	memset(it, 0, sizeof(*it));
 
-	down_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 
 	it->ss = css->ss;
 
@@ -3931,7 +3931,7 @@ void css_task_iter_start(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
 
 	css_task_iter_advance_css_set(it);
 
-	up_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3950,14 +3950,14 @@ struct task_struct *css_task_iter_next(struct css_task_iter *it)
 	if (it->cur_task)
 		put_task_struct(it->cur_task);
 
-	down_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 
 	it->cur_task = list_entry(it->task_pos, struct task_struct, cg_list);
 	get_task_struct(it->cur_task);
 
 	css_task_iter_advance(it);
 
-	up_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 
 	return it->cur_task;
 }
@@ -3971,10 +3971,10 @@ struct task_struct *css_task_iter_next(struct css_task_iter *it)
 void css_task_iter_end(struct css_task_iter *it)
 {
 	if (it->cur_cset) {
-		down_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+		spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 		list_del(&it->iters_node);
 		put_css_set_locked(it->cur_cset);
-		up_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+		spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 	}
 
 	if (it->cur_task)
@@ -4003,10 +4003,10 @@ int cgroup_transfer_tasks(struct cgroup *to, struct cgroup *from)
 	mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
 
 	/* all tasks in @from are being moved, all csets are source */
-	down_read(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(link, &from->cset_links, cset_link)
 		cgroup_migrate_add_src(link->cset, to, &preloaded_csets);
-	up_read(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 
 	ret = cgroup_migrate_prepare_dst(to, &preloaded_csets);
 	if (ret)
@@ -5359,7 +5359,7 @@ int proc_cgroup_show(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
 		goto out;
 
 	mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
-	down_read(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 
 	for_each_root(root) {
 		struct cgroup_subsys *ss;
@@ -5391,7 +5391,7 @@ int proc_cgroup_show(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
 
 	retval = 0;
 out_unlock:
-	up_read(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 	mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
 	kfree(buf);
 out:
@@ -5537,7 +5537,7 @@ void cgroup_post_fork(struct task_struct *child,
 	 * @child during its iteration.
 	 *
 	 * If we won the race, @child is associated with %current's
-	 * css_set.  Grabbing css_set_rwsem guarantees both that the
+	 * css_set.  Grabbing css_set_lock guarantees both that the
 	 * association is stable, and, on completion of the parent's
 	 * migration, @child is visible in the source of migration or
 	 * already in the destination cgroup.  This guarantee is necessary
@@ -5552,13 +5552,13 @@ void cgroup_post_fork(struct task_struct *child,
 	if (use_task_css_set_links) {
 		struct css_set *cset;
 
-		down_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+		spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 		cset = task_css_set(current);
 		if (list_empty(&child->cg_list)) {
 			get_css_set(cset);
 			css_set_move_task(child, NULL, cset, false);
 		}
-		up_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+		spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -5603,9 +5603,9 @@ void cgroup_exit(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	cset = task_css_set(tsk);
 
 	if (!list_empty(&tsk->cg_list)) {
-		down_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+		spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 		css_set_move_task(tsk, cset, NULL, false);
-		up_write(&css_set_rwsem);
+		spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 		put_cset = true;
 	}
 
@@ -5823,7 +5823,7 @@ static int current_css_set_cg_links_read(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 	if (!name_buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	down_read(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	cset = rcu_dereference(current->cgroups);
 	list_for_each_entry(link, &cset->cgrp_links, cgrp_link) {
@@ -5834,7 +5834,7 @@ static int current_css_set_cg_links_read(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 			   c->root->hierarchy_id, name_buf);
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
-	up_read(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 	kfree(name_buf);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -5845,7 +5845,7 @@ static int cgroup_css_links_read(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css = seq_css(seq);
 	struct cgrp_cset_link *link;
 
-	down_read(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_lock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(link, &css->cgroup->cset_links, cset_link) {
 		struct css_set *cset = link->cset;
 		struct task_struct *task;
@@ -5868,7 +5868,7 @@ static int cgroup_css_links_read(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 	overflow:
 		seq_puts(seq, "  ...\n");
 	}
-	up_read(&css_set_rwsem);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&css_set_lock);
 	return 0;
 }