}
 
 /**
- * blkg_lookup_create - lookup blkg, try to create one if not there
+ * __blkg_lookup_create - lookup blkg, try to create one if not there
  * @blkcg: blkcg of interest
  * @q: request_queue of interest
  *
  * value on error.  If @q is dead, returns ERR_PTR(-EINVAL).  If @q is not
  * dead and bypassing, returns ERR_PTR(-EBUSY).
  */
-struct blkcg_gq *blkg_lookup_create(struct blkcg *blkcg,
-                                   struct request_queue *q)
+struct blkcg_gq *__blkg_lookup_create(struct blkcg *blkcg,
+                                     struct request_queue *q)
 {
        struct blkcg_gq *blkg;
 
        }
 }
 
+/**
+ * blkg_lookup_create - find or create a blkg
+ * @blkcg: target block cgroup
+ * @q: target request_queue
+ *
+ * This looks up or creates the blkg representing the unique pair
+ * of the blkcg and the request_queue.
+ */
+struct blkcg_gq *blkg_lookup_create(struct blkcg *blkcg,
+                                   struct request_queue *q)
+{
+       struct blkcg_gq *blkg = blkg_lookup(blkcg, q);
+
+       if (unlikely(!blkg)) {
+               spin_lock_irq(&q->queue_lock);
+               blkg = __blkg_lookup_create(blkcg, q);
+               spin_unlock_irq(&q->queue_lock);
+       }
+
+       return blkg;
+}
+
 static void blkg_destroy(struct blkcg_gq *blkg)
 {
        struct blkcg *blkcg = blkg->blkcg;
 
        blkg = blkg_lookup(blkcg, q);
        if (unlikely(!blkg)) {
                spin_lock_irq(&q->queue_lock);
-               blkg = blkg_lookup_create(blkcg, q);
+               blkg = __blkg_lookup_create(blkcg, q);
                if (IS_ERR(blkg))
                        blkg = NULL;
                spin_unlock_irq(&q->queue_lock);
 
 
 struct blkcg_gq *blkg_lookup_slowpath(struct blkcg *blkcg,
                                      struct request_queue *q, bool update_hint);
+struct blkcg_gq *__blkg_lookup_create(struct blkcg *blkcg,
+                                     struct request_queue *q);
 struct blkcg_gq *blkg_lookup_create(struct blkcg *blkcg,
                                    struct request_queue *q);
 int blkcg_init_queue(struct request_queue *q);
        blkg = blkg_lookup(blkcg, q);
        if (unlikely(!blkg)) {
                spin_lock_irq(&q->queue_lock);
-               blkg = blkg_lookup_create(blkcg, q);
+               blkg = __blkg_lookup_create(blkcg, q);
                if (IS_ERR(blkg))
                        blkg = NULL;
                spin_unlock_irq(&q->queue_lock);