diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.h b/block/blk-cgroup.h
index 8056c03..628e50f 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.h
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.h
@@ -181,14 +181,13 @@
 
 static inline struct blkcg *cgroup_to_blkcg(struct cgroup *cgroup)
 {
-	return container_of(cgroup_subsys_state(cgroup, blkio_subsys_id),
+	return container_of(cgroup_css(cgroup, blkio_subsys_id),
 			    struct blkcg, css);
 }
 
 static inline struct blkcg *task_blkcg(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	return container_of(task_subsys_state(tsk, blkio_subsys_id),
-			    struct blkcg, css);
+	return container_of(task_css(tsk, blkio_subsys_id), struct blkcg, css);
 }
 
 static inline struct blkcg *bio_blkcg(struct bio *bio)
diff --git a/fs/bio.c b/fs/bio.c
index 94bbc04..8e0348f 100644
--- a/fs/bio.c
+++ b/fs/bio.c
@@ -1946,7 +1946,7 @@
 
 	/* associate blkcg if exists */
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	css = task_subsys_state(current, blkio_subsys_id);
+	css = task_css(current, blkio_subsys_id);
 	if (css && css_tryget(css))
 		bio->bi_css = css;
 	rcu_read_unlock();
diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index 44dd422..552c5fe 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -647,8 +647,15 @@
 #undef IS_SUBSYS_ENABLED
 #undef SUBSYS
 
-static inline struct cgroup_subsys_state *cgroup_subsys_state(
-	struct cgroup *cgrp, int subsys_id)
+/**
+ * cgroup_css - obtain a cgroup's css for the specified subsystem
+ * @cgrp: the cgroup of interest
+ * @subsys_id: the subsystem of interest
+ *
+ * Return @cgrp's css (cgroup_subsys_state) associated with @subsys_id.
+ */
+static inline struct cgroup_subsys_state *cgroup_css(struct cgroup *cgrp,
+						     int subsys_id)
 {
 	return cgrp->subsys[subsys_id];
 }
@@ -678,7 +685,7 @@
 #endif
 
 /**
- * task_subsys_state_check - obtain css for (task, subsys) w/ extra access conds
+ * task_css_check - obtain css for (task, subsys) w/ extra access conds
  * @task: the target task
  * @subsys_id: the target subsystem ID
  * @__c: extra condition expression to be passed to rcu_dereference_check()
@@ -686,7 +693,7 @@
  * Return the cgroup_subsys_state for the (@task, @subsys_id) pair.  The
  * synchronization rules are the same as task_css_set_check().
  */
-#define task_subsys_state_check(task, subsys_id, __c)			\
+#define task_css_check(task, subsys_id, __c)				\
 	task_css_set_check((task), (__c))->subsys[(subsys_id)]
 
 /**
@@ -701,22 +708,22 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * task_subsys_state - obtain css for (task, subsys)
+ * task_css - obtain css for (task, subsys)
  * @task: the target task
  * @subsys_id: the target subsystem ID
  *
- * See task_subsys_state_check().
+ * See task_css_check().
  */
-static inline struct cgroup_subsys_state *
-task_subsys_state(struct task_struct *task, int subsys_id)
+static inline struct cgroup_subsys_state *task_css(struct task_struct *task,
+						   int subsys_id)
 {
-	return task_subsys_state_check(task, subsys_id, false);
+	return task_css_check(task, subsys_id, false);
 }
 
-static inline struct cgroup* task_cgroup(struct task_struct *task,
-					       int subsys_id)
+static inline struct cgroup *task_cgroup(struct task_struct *task,
+					 int subsys_id)
 {
-	return task_subsys_state(task, subsys_id)->cgroup;
+	return task_css(task, subsys_id)->cgroup;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/net/cls_cgroup.h b/include/net/cls_cgroup.h
index 0fee061..52adaa7 100644
--- a/include/net/cls_cgroup.h
+++ b/include/net/cls_cgroup.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 		return 0;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	classid = container_of(task_subsys_state(p, net_cls_subsys_id),
+	classid = container_of(task_css(p, net_cls_subsys_id),
 			       struct cgroup_cls_state, css)->classid;
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 		return 0;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	css = task_subsys_state(p, net_cls_subsys_id);
+	css = task_css(p, net_cls_subsys_id);
 	if (css)
 		classid = container_of(css,
 				       struct cgroup_cls_state, css)->classid;
diff --git a/include/net/netprio_cgroup.h b/include/net/netprio_cgroup.h
index 50ab8c2..8110fa7 100644
--- a/include/net/netprio_cgroup.h
+++ b/include/net/netprio_cgroup.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 	u32 idx;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	css = task_subsys_state(p, net_prio_subsys_id);
+	css = task_css(p, net_prio_subsys_id);
 	idx = css->cgroup->id;
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return idx;
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 	u32 idx = 0;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	css = task_subsys_state(p, net_prio_subsys_id);
+	css = task_css(p, net_prio_subsys_id);
 	if (css)
 		idx = css->cgroup->id;
 	rcu_read_unlock();
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index ae4c468..0b3caa3 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU
 DEFINE_MUTEX(cgroup_mutex);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cgroup_mutex);	/* only for task_subsys_state_check() */
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cgroup_mutex);	/* only for lockdep */
 #else
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(cgroup_mutex);
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c b/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
index 75dda1e..9d3f615 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@
 
 static inline struct freezer *cgroup_freezer(struct cgroup *cgroup)
 {
-	return container_of(cgroup_subsys_state(cgroup, freezer_subsys_id),
+	return container_of(cgroup_css(cgroup, freezer_subsys_id),
 			    struct freezer, css);
 }
 
 static inline struct freezer *task_freezer(struct task_struct *task)
 {
-	return container_of(task_subsys_state(task, freezer_subsys_id),
+	return container_of(task_css(task, freezer_subsys_id),
 			    struct freezer, css);
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index 1b9c315..be4512b 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -117,14 +117,14 @@
 /* Retrieve the cpuset for a cgroup */
 static inline struct cpuset *cgroup_cs(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 {
-	return container_of(cgroup_subsys_state(cgrp, cpuset_subsys_id),
+	return container_of(cgroup_css(cgrp, cpuset_subsys_id),
 			    struct cpuset, css);
 }
 
 /* Retrieve the cpuset for a task */
 static inline struct cpuset *task_cs(struct task_struct *task)
 {
-	return container_of(task_subsys_state(task, cpuset_subsys_id),
+	return container_of(task_css(task, cpuset_subsys_id),
 			    struct cpuset, css);
 }
 
@@ -2724,7 +2724,7 @@
 		goto out_free;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	css = task_subsys_state(tsk, cpuset_subsys_id);
+	css = task_css(tsk, cpuset_subsys_id);
 	retval = cgroup_path(css->cgroup, buf, PAGE_SIZE);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	if (retval < 0)
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 1833bc5..414c61f 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -340,8 +340,8 @@
 static inline struct perf_cgroup *
 perf_cgroup_from_task(struct task_struct *task)
 {
-	return container_of(task_subsys_state(task, perf_subsys_id),
-			struct perf_cgroup, css);
+	return container_of(task_css(task, perf_subsys_id),
+			    struct perf_cgroup, css);
 }
 
 static inline bool
@@ -7798,7 +7798,7 @@
 static void perf_cgroup_css_free(struct cgroup *cont)
 {
 	struct perf_cgroup *jc;
-	jc = container_of(cgroup_subsys_state(cont, perf_subsys_id),
+	jc = container_of(cgroup_css(cont, perf_subsys_id),
 			  struct perf_cgroup, css);
 	free_percpu(jc->info);
 	kfree(jc);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 9b1f2e5..323d907 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -6761,7 +6761,7 @@
 	if (unlikely(running))
 		tsk->sched_class->put_prev_task(rq, tsk);
 
-	tg = container_of(task_subsys_state_check(tsk, cpu_cgroup_subsys_id,
+	tg = container_of(task_css_check(tsk, cpu_cgroup_subsys_id,
 				lockdep_is_held(&tsk->sighand->siglock)),
 			  struct task_group, css);
 	tg = autogroup_task_group(tsk, tg);
@@ -7086,7 +7086,7 @@
 /* return corresponding task_group object of a cgroup */
 static inline struct task_group *cgroup_tg(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 {
-	return container_of(cgroup_subsys_state(cgrp, cpu_cgroup_subsys_id),
+	return container_of(cgroup_css(cgrp, cpu_cgroup_subsys_id),
 			    struct task_group, css);
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpuacct.c b/kernel/sched/cpuacct.c
index dbb7e2c..4a210fa 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpuacct.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpuacct.c
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@
 /* return cpu accounting group corresponding to this container */
 static inline struct cpuacct *cgroup_ca(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 {
-	return container_of(cgroup_subsys_state(cgrp, cpuacct_subsys_id),
+	return container_of(cgroup_css(cgrp, cpuacct_subsys_id),
 			    struct cpuacct, css);
 }
 
 /* return cpu accounting group to which this task belongs */
 static inline struct cpuacct *task_ca(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	return container_of(task_subsys_state(tsk, cpuacct_subsys_id),
+	return container_of(task_css(tsk, cpuacct_subsys_id),
 			    struct cpuacct, css);
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index ef0a7b2..471a56d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -665,9 +665,9 @@
 /*
  * Return the group to which this tasks belongs.
  *
- * We cannot use task_subsys_state() and friends because the cgroup
- * subsystem changes that value before the cgroup_subsys::attach() method
- * is called, therefore we cannot pin it and might observe the wrong value.
+ * We cannot use task_css() and friends because the cgroup subsystem
+ * changes that value before the cgroup_subsys::attach() method is called,
+ * therefore we cannot pin it and might observe the wrong value.
  *
  * The same is true for autogroup's p->signal->autogroup->tg, the autogroup
  * core changes this before calling sched_move_task().
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_cgroup.c b/mm/hugetlb_cgroup.c
index 9cea7de..50f213f 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb_cgroup.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb_cgroup.c
@@ -42,15 +42,13 @@
 static inline
 struct hugetlb_cgroup *hugetlb_cgroup_from_cgroup(struct cgroup *cgroup)
 {
-	return hugetlb_cgroup_from_css(cgroup_subsys_state(cgroup,
-							   hugetlb_subsys_id));
+	return hugetlb_cgroup_from_css(cgroup_css(cgroup, hugetlb_subsys_id));
 }
 
 static inline
 struct hugetlb_cgroup *hugetlb_cgroup_from_task(struct task_struct *task)
 {
-	return hugetlb_cgroup_from_css(task_subsys_state(task,
-							 hugetlb_subsys_id));
+	return hugetlb_cgroup_from_css(task_css(task, hugetlb_subsys_id));
 }
 
 static inline bool hugetlb_cgroup_is_root(struct hugetlb_cgroup *h_cg)
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index d12ca6f..b47bd3a 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1037,8 +1037,7 @@
 
 struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_from_cont(struct cgroup *cont)
 {
-	return mem_cgroup_from_css(
-		cgroup_subsys_state(cont, mem_cgroup_subsys_id));
+	return mem_cgroup_from_css(cgroup_css(cont, mem_cgroup_subsys_id));
 }
 
 struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_from_task(struct task_struct *p)
@@ -1051,7 +1050,7 @@
 	if (unlikely(!p))
 		return NULL;
 
-	return mem_cgroup_from_css(task_subsys_state(p, mem_cgroup_subsys_id));
+	return mem_cgroup_from_css(task_css(p, mem_cgroup_subsys_id));
 }
 
 struct mem_cgroup *try_get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
diff --git a/mm/vmpressure.c b/mm/vmpressure.c
index 736a601..7f1654d 100644
--- a/mm/vmpressure.c
+++ b/mm/vmpressure.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 
 static struct vmpressure *cg_to_vmpressure(struct cgroup *cg)
 {
-	return css_to_vmpressure(cgroup_subsys_state(cg, mem_cgroup_subsys_id));
+	return css_to_vmpressure(cgroup_css(cg, mem_cgroup_subsys_id));
 }
 
 static struct vmpressure *vmpressure_parent(struct vmpressure *vmpr)
diff --git a/net/core/netprio_cgroup.c b/net/core/netprio_cgroup.c
index e533259..ccf8523 100644
--- a/net/core/netprio_cgroup.c
+++ b/net/core/netprio_cgroup.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 static inline struct cgroup_netprio_state *cgrp_netprio_state(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 {
-	return container_of(cgroup_subsys_state(cgrp, net_prio_subsys_id),
+	return container_of(cgroup_css(cgrp, net_prio_subsys_id),
 			    struct cgroup_netprio_state, css);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/sched/cls_cgroup.c b/net/sched/cls_cgroup.c
index 3a294eb..5ee72a0 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_cgroup.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_cgroup.c
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
 
 static inline struct cgroup_cls_state *cgrp_cls_state(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 {
-	return container_of(cgroup_subsys_state(cgrp, net_cls_subsys_id),
+	return container_of(cgroup_css(cgrp, net_cls_subsys_id),
 			    struct cgroup_cls_state, css);
 }
 
 static inline struct cgroup_cls_state *task_cls_state(struct task_struct *p)
 {
-	return container_of(task_subsys_state(p, net_cls_subsys_id),
+	return container_of(task_css(p, net_cls_subsys_id),
 			    struct cgroup_cls_state, css);
 }
 
diff --git a/security/device_cgroup.c b/security/device_cgroup.c
index e8aad69..87a0a03 100644
--- a/security/device_cgroup.c
+++ b/security/device_cgroup.c
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@
 
 static inline struct dev_cgroup *cgroup_to_devcgroup(struct cgroup *cgroup)
 {
-	return css_to_devcgroup(cgroup_subsys_state(cgroup, devices_subsys_id));
+	return css_to_devcgroup(cgroup_css(cgroup, devices_subsys_id));
 }
 
 static inline struct dev_cgroup *task_devcgroup(struct task_struct *task)
 {
-	return css_to_devcgroup(task_subsys_state(task, devices_subsys_id));
+	return css_to_devcgroup(task_css(task, devices_subsys_id));
 }
 
 struct cgroup_subsys devices_subsys;