/* task_group_lock serializes the addition/removal of task groups */
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(task_group_lock);
 
-static void free_sched_group(struct task_group *tg)
+static void sched_free_group(struct task_group *tg)
 {
        free_fair_sched_group(tg);
        free_rt_sched_group(tg);
        return tg;
 
 err:
-       free_sched_group(tg);
+       sched_free_group(tg);
        return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 }
 
 }
 
 /* rcu callback to free various structures associated with a task group */
-static void free_sched_group_rcu(struct rcu_head *rhp)
+static void sched_free_group_rcu(struct rcu_head *rhp)
 {
        /* now it should be safe to free those cfs_rqs */
-       free_sched_group(container_of(rhp, struct task_group, rcu));
+       sched_free_group(container_of(rhp, struct task_group, rcu));
 }
 
-/* Destroy runqueue etc associated with a task group */
 void sched_destroy_group(struct task_group *tg)
 {
        /* wait for possible concurrent references to cfs_rqs complete */
-       call_rcu(&tg->rcu, free_sched_group_rcu);
+       call_rcu(&tg->rcu, sched_free_group_rcu);
 }
 
 void sched_offline_group(struct task_group *tg)
        if (IS_ERR(tg))
                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
+       sched_online_group(tg, parent);
+
        return &tg->css;
 }
 
-static int cpu_cgroup_css_online(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
+static void cpu_cgroup_css_released(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 {
        struct task_group *tg = css_tg(css);
-       struct task_group *parent = css_tg(css->parent);
 
-       if (parent)
-               sched_online_group(tg, parent);
-       return 0;
+       sched_offline_group(tg);
 }
 
 static void cpu_cgroup_css_free(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 {
        struct task_group *tg = css_tg(css);
 
-       sched_destroy_group(tg);
-}
-
-static void cpu_cgroup_css_offline(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
-{
-       struct task_group *tg = css_tg(css);
-
-       sched_offline_group(tg);
+       /*
+        * Relies on the RCU grace period between css_released() and this.
+        */
+       sched_free_group(tg);
 }
 
 static void cpu_cgroup_fork(struct task_struct *task)
 
 struct cgroup_subsys cpu_cgrp_subsys = {
        .css_alloc      = cpu_cgroup_css_alloc,
+       .css_released   = cpu_cgroup_css_released,
        .css_free       = cpu_cgroup_css_free,
-       .css_online     = cpu_cgroup_css_online,
-       .css_offline    = cpu_cgroup_css_offline,
        .fork           = cpu_cgroup_fork,
        .can_attach     = cpu_cgroup_can_attach,
        .attach         = cpu_cgroup_attach,