Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux

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diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq.c
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+/*
+ * Scheduler code and data structures related to cpufreq.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2016, Intel Corporation
+ * Author: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#include "sched.h"
+
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct update_util_data *, cpufreq_update_util_data);
+
+/**
+ * cpufreq_set_update_util_data - Populate the CPU's update_util_data pointer.
+ * @cpu: The CPU to set the pointer for.
+ * @data: New pointer value.
+ *
+ * Set and publish the update_util_data pointer for the given CPU.  That pointer
+ * points to a struct update_util_data object containing a callback function
+ * to call from cpufreq_update_util().  That function will be called from an RCU
+ * read-side critical section, so it must not sleep.
+ *
+ * Callers must use RCU-sched callbacks to free any memory that might be
+ * accessed via the old update_util_data pointer or invoke synchronize_sched()
+ * right after this function to avoid use-after-free.
+ */
+void cpufreq_set_update_util_data(int cpu, struct update_util_data *data)
+{
+	if (WARN_ON(data && !data->func))
+		return;
+
+	rcu_assign_pointer(per_cpu(cpufreq_update_util_data, cpu), data);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_set_update_util_data);