diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 7633703..671d8a6 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -3771,7 +3771,7 @@
 
 	/*
 	 * We aren't being called from kernfs and there's no guarantee on
-	 * @kn->priv's validity.  For this and css_tryget_from_dir(),
+	 * @kn->priv's validity.  For this and css_tryget_online_from_dir(),
 	 * @kn->priv is RCU safe.  Let's do the RCU dancing.
 	 */
 	rcu_read_lock();
@@ -4060,9 +4060,9 @@
  *    Implemented in kill_css().
  *
  * 2. When the percpu_ref is confirmed to be visible as killed on all CPUs
- *    and thus css_tryget() is guaranteed to fail, the css can be offlined
- *    by invoking offline_css().  After offlining, the base ref is put.
- *    Implemented in css_killed_work_fn().
+ *    and thus css_tryget_online() is guaranteed to fail, the css can be
+ *    offlined by invoking offline_css().  After offlining, the base ref is
+ *    put.  Implemented in css_killed_work_fn().
  *
  * 3. When the percpu_ref reaches zero, the only possible remaining
  *    accessors are inside RCU read sections.  css_release() schedules the
@@ -4386,7 +4386,7 @@
 
 /*
  * This is called when the refcnt of a css is confirmed to be killed.
- * css_tryget() is now guaranteed to fail.
+ * css_tryget_online() is now guaranteed to fail.
  */
 static void css_killed_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 {
@@ -4398,8 +4398,8 @@
 	mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
 
 	/*
-	 * css_tryget() is guaranteed to fail now.  Tell subsystems to
-	 * initate destruction.
+	 * css_tryget_online() is guaranteed to fail now.  Tell subsystems
+	 * to initate destruction.
 	 */
 	offline_css(css);
 
@@ -4440,8 +4440,8 @@
  *
  * This function initiates destruction of @css by removing cgroup interface
  * files and putting its base reference.  ->css_offline() will be invoked
- * asynchronously once css_tryget() is guaranteed to fail and when the
- * reference count reaches zero, @css will be released.
+ * asynchronously once css_tryget_online() is guaranteed to fail and when
+ * the reference count reaches zero, @css will be released.
  */
 static void kill_css(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 {
@@ -4462,7 +4462,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * cgroup core guarantees that, by the time ->css_offline() is
 	 * invoked, no new css reference will be given out via
-	 * css_tryget().  We can't simply call percpu_ref_kill() and
+	 * css_tryget_online().  We can't simply call percpu_ref_kill() and
 	 * proceed to offlining css's because percpu_ref_kill() doesn't
 	 * guarantee that the ref is seen as killed on all CPUs on return.
 	 *
@@ -4478,9 +4478,9 @@
  *
  * css's make use of percpu refcnts whose killing latency shouldn't be
  * exposed to userland and are RCU protected.  Also, cgroup core needs to
- * guarantee that css_tryget() won't succeed by the time ->css_offline() is
- * invoked.  To satisfy all the requirements, destruction is implemented in
- * the following two steps.
+ * guarantee that css_tryget_online() won't succeed by the time
+ * ->css_offline() is invoked.  To satisfy all the requirements,
+ * destruction is implemented in the following two steps.
  *
  * s1. Verify @cgrp can be destroyed and mark it dying.  Remove all
  *     userland visible parts and start killing the percpu refcnts of
@@ -4574,9 +4574,9 @@
 	/*
 	 * There are two control paths which try to determine cgroup from
 	 * dentry without going through kernfs - cgroupstats_build() and
-	 * css_tryget_from_dir().  Those are supported by RCU protecting
-	 * clearing of cgrp->kn->priv backpointer, which should happen
-	 * after all files under it have been removed.
+	 * css_tryget_online_from_dir().  Those are supported by RCU
+	 * protecting clearing of cgrp->kn->priv backpointer, which should
+	 * happen after all files under it have been removed.
 	 */
 	kernfs_remove(cgrp->kn);	/* @cgrp has an extra ref on its kn */
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(*(void __rcu __force **)&cgrp->kn->priv, NULL);
@@ -5173,7 +5173,7 @@
 __setup("cgroup_disable=", cgroup_disable);
 
 /**
- * css_tryget_from_dir - get corresponding css from the dentry of a cgroup dir
+ * css_tryget_online_from_dir - get corresponding css from a cgroup dentry
  * @dentry: directory dentry of interest
  * @ss: subsystem of interest
  *
@@ -5181,8 +5181,8 @@
  * to get the corresponding css and return it.  If such css doesn't exist
  * or can't be pinned, an ERR_PTR value is returned.
  */
-struct cgroup_subsys_state *css_tryget_from_dir(struct dentry *dentry,
-						struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
+struct cgroup_subsys_state *css_tryget_online_from_dir(struct dentry *dentry,
+						       struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 {
 	struct kernfs_node *kn = kernfs_node_from_dentry(dentry);
 	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css = NULL;
@@ -5204,7 +5204,7 @@
 	if (cgrp)
 		css = cgroup_css(cgrp, ss);
 
-	if (!css || !css_tryget(css))
+	if (!css || !css_tryget_online(css))
 		css = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 
 	rcu_read_unlock();
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c b/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
index 345628c..0398f7e 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup_freezer.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@
 
 	/* update states bottom-up */
 	css_for_each_descendant_post(pos, css) {
-		if (!css_tryget(pos))
+		if (!css_tryget_online(pos))
 			continue;
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@
 		struct freezer *pos_f = css_freezer(pos);
 		struct freezer *parent = parent_freezer(pos_f);
 
-		if (!css_tryget(pos))
+		if (!css_tryget_online(pos))
 			continue;
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 
diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index 7c0e8da..37ca0a5 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@
 				continue;
 			}
 		}
-		if (!css_tryget(&cp->css))
+		if (!css_tryget_online(&cp->css))
 			continue;
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 
@@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@
 				continue;
 			}
 		}
-		if (!css_tryget(&cp->css))
+		if (!css_tryget_online(&cp->css))
 			continue;
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 
@@ -2153,7 +2153,7 @@
 
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		cpuset_for_each_descendant_pre(cs, pos_css, &top_cpuset) {
-			if (cs == &top_cpuset || !css_tryget(&cs->css))
+			if (cs == &top_cpuset || !css_tryget_online(&cs->css))
 				continue;
 			rcu_read_unlock();
 
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index f83a71a..077968d 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -607,7 +607,8 @@
 	if (!f.file)
 		return -EBADF;
 
-	css = css_tryget_from_dir(f.file->f_dentry, &perf_event_cgrp_subsys);
+	css = css_tryget_online_from_dir(f.file->f_dentry,
+					 &perf_event_cgrp_subsys);
 	if (IS_ERR(css)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(css);
 		goto out;