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diff --git a/include/linux/sched/task.h b/include/linux/sched/task.h
index 1be049a18d1b..2be9fde588a7 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/task.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/task.h
@@ -91,4 +91,24 @@ static inline struct vm_struct *task_stack_vm_area(const struct task_struct *t)
}
#endif
+/*
+ * Protects ->fs, ->files, ->mm, ->group_info, ->comm, keyring
+ * subscriptions and synchronises with wait4(). Also used in procfs. Also
+ * pins the final release of task.io_context. Also protects ->cpuset and
+ * ->cgroup.subsys[]. And ->vfork_done.
+ *
+ * Nests both inside and outside of read_lock(&tasklist_lock).
+ * It must not be nested with write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock),
+ * neither inside nor outside.
+ */
+static inline void task_lock(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+ spin_lock(&p->alloc_lock);
+}
+
+static inline void task_unlock(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+ spin_unlock(&p->alloc_lock);
+}
+
#endif /* _LINUX_SCHED_TASK_H */