diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 92e83e53148f..86820a727b0b 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1622,6 +1622,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 	noapic		[SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel to not make use of any
 			IOAPICs that may be present in the system.
 
+	noautogroup	Disable scheduler automatic task group creation.
+
 	nobats		[PPC] Do not use BATs for mapping kernel lowmem
 			on "Classic" PPC cores.
 
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index f3d02ca461ec..2fa0ce29b6dc 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -1407,6 +1407,82 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_pid_sched_operations = {
 
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP
+/*
+ * Print out autogroup related information:
+ */
+static int sched_autogroup_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = m->private;
+	struct task_struct *p;
+
+	p = get_proc_task(inode);
+	if (!p)
+		return -ESRCH;
+	proc_sched_autogroup_show_task(p, m);
+
+	put_task_struct(p);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+sched_autogroup_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
+	    size_t count, loff_t *offset)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+	struct task_struct *p;
+	char buffer[PROC_NUMBUF];
+	long nice;
+	int err;
+
+	memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
+	if (count > sizeof(buffer) - 1)
+		count = sizeof(buffer) - 1;
+	if (copy_from_user(buffer, buf, count))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	err = strict_strtol(strstrip(buffer), 0, &nice);
+	if (err)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	p = get_proc_task(inode);
+	if (!p)
+		return -ESRCH;
+
+	err = nice;
+	err = proc_sched_autogroup_set_nice(p, &err);
+	if (err)
+		count = err;
+
+	put_task_struct(p);
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+static int sched_autogroup_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = single_open(filp, sched_autogroup_show, NULL);
+	if (!ret) {
+		struct seq_file *m = filp->private_data;
+
+		m->private = inode;
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations proc_pid_sched_autogroup_operations = {
+	.open		= sched_autogroup_open,
+	.read		= seq_read,
+	.write		= sched_autogroup_write,
+	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
+	.release	= single_release,
+};
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP */
+
 static ssize_t comm_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 				size_t count, loff_t *offset)
 {
@@ -2732,6 +2808,9 @@ static const struct pid_entry tgid_base_stuff[] = {
 	INF("limits",	  S_IRUGO, proc_pid_limits),
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG
 	REG("sched",      S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, proc_pid_sched_operations),
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP
+	REG("autogroup",  S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, proc_pid_sched_autogroup_operations),
 #endif
 	REG("comm",      S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, proc_pid_set_comm_operations),
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index a5b92c70c737..9c2d46da486e 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -509,6 +509,8 @@ struct thread_group_cputimer {
 	spinlock_t lock;
 };
 
+struct autogroup;
+
 /*
  * NOTE! "signal_struct" does not have it's own
  * locking, because a shared signal_struct always
@@ -576,6 +578,9 @@ struct signal_struct {
 
 	struct tty_struct *tty; /* NULL if no tty */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP
+	struct autogroup *autogroup;
+#endif
 	/*
 	 * Cumulative resource counters for dead threads in the group,
 	 * and for reaped dead child processes forked by this group.
@@ -1927,6 +1932,24 @@ int sched_rt_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 
 extern unsigned int sysctl_sched_compat_yield;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP
+extern unsigned int sysctl_sched_autogroup_enabled;
+
+extern void sched_autogroup_create_attach(struct task_struct *p);
+extern void sched_autogroup_detach(struct task_struct *p);
+extern void sched_autogroup_fork(struct signal_struct *sig);
+extern void sched_autogroup_exit(struct signal_struct *sig);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
+extern void proc_sched_autogroup_show_task(struct task_struct *p, struct seq_file *m);
+extern int proc_sched_autogroup_set_nice(struct task_struct *p, int *nice);
+#endif
+#else
+static inline void sched_autogroup_create_attach(struct task_struct *p) { }
+static inline void sched_autogroup_detach(struct task_struct *p) { }
+static inline void sched_autogroup_fork(struct signal_struct *sig) { }
+static inline void sched_autogroup_exit(struct signal_struct *sig) { }
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_RT_MUTEXES
 extern int rt_mutex_getprio(struct task_struct *p);
 extern void rt_mutex_setprio(struct task_struct *p, int prio);
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 88c10468db46..f1bba0a1b051 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -728,6 +728,19 @@ config NET_NS
 
 endif # NAMESPACES
 
+config SCHED_AUTOGROUP
+	bool "Automatic process group scheduling"
+	select EVENTFD
+	select CGROUPS
+	select CGROUP_SCHED
+	select FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
+	help
+	  This option optimizes the scheduler for common desktop workloads by
+	  automatically creating and populating task groups.  This separation
+	  of workloads isolates aggressive CPU burners (like build jobs) from
+	  desktop applications.  Task group autogeneration is currently based
+	  upon task session.
+
 config MM_OWNER
 	bool
 
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 3b159c5991b7..b6f2475f1e83 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -174,8 +174,10 @@ static inline void free_signal_struct(struct signal_struct *sig)
 
 static inline void put_signal_struct(struct signal_struct *sig)
 {
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&sig->sigcnt))
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&sig->sigcnt)) {
+		sched_autogroup_exit(sig);
 		free_signal_struct(sig);
+	}
 }
 
 void __put_task_struct(struct task_struct *tsk)
@@ -904,6 +906,7 @@ static int copy_signal(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
 	posix_cpu_timers_init_group(sig);
 
 	tty_audit_fork(sig);
+	sched_autogroup_fork(sig);
 
 	sig->oom_adj = current->signal->oom_adj;
 	sig->oom_score_adj = current->signal->oom_score_adj;
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 66ef5790d932..b646dad4a40e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 
 #include "sched_cpupri.h"
 #include "workqueue_sched.h"
+#include "sched_autogroup.h"
 
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/sched.h>
@@ -271,6 +272,10 @@ struct task_group {
 	struct task_group *parent;
 	struct list_head siblings;
 	struct list_head children;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP
+	struct autogroup *autogroup;
+#endif
 };
 
 #define root_task_group init_task_group
@@ -603,11 +608,14 @@ static inline int cpu_of(struct rq *rq)
  */
 static inline struct task_group *task_group(struct task_struct *p)
 {
+	struct task_group *tg;
 	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
 
 	css = task_subsys_state_check(p, cpu_cgroup_subsys_id,
 			lockdep_is_held(&task_rq(p)->lock));
-	return container_of(css, struct task_group, css);
+	tg = container_of(css, struct task_group, css);
+
+	return autogroup_task_group(p, tg);
 }
 
 /* Change a task's cfs_rq and parent entity if it moves across CPUs/groups */
@@ -1869,6 +1877,7 @@ static void sched_irq_time_avg_update(struct rq *rq, u64 curr_irq_time) { }
 #include "sched_idletask.c"
 #include "sched_fair.c"
 #include "sched_rt.c"
+#include "sched_autogroup.c"
 #include "sched_stoptask.c"
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG
 # include "sched_debug.c"
@@ -7750,7 +7759,7 @@ void __init sched_init(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED
 	list_add(&init_task_group.list, &task_groups);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&init_task_group.children);
-
+	autogroup_init(&init_task);
 #endif /* CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED */
 
 	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
diff --git a/kernel/sched_autogroup.c b/kernel/sched_autogroup.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..57a7ac286a02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/sched_autogroup.c
@@ -0,0 +1,229 @@
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP
+
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
+#include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+#include <linux/utsname.h>
+
+unsigned int __read_mostly sysctl_sched_autogroup_enabled = 1;
+static struct autogroup autogroup_default;
+static atomic_t autogroup_seq_nr;
+
+static void autogroup_init(struct task_struct *init_task)
+{
+	autogroup_default.tg = &init_task_group;
+	init_task_group.autogroup = &autogroup_default;
+	kref_init(&autogroup_default.kref);
+	init_rwsem(&autogroup_default.lock);
+	init_task->signal->autogroup = &autogroup_default;
+}
+
+static inline void autogroup_free(struct task_group *tg)
+{
+	kfree(tg->autogroup);
+}
+
+static inline void autogroup_destroy(struct kref *kref)
+{
+	struct autogroup *ag = container_of(kref, struct autogroup, kref);
+
+	sched_destroy_group(ag->tg);
+}
+
+static inline void autogroup_kref_put(struct autogroup *ag)
+{
+	kref_put(&ag->kref, autogroup_destroy);
+}
+
+static inline struct autogroup *autogroup_kref_get(struct autogroup *ag)
+{
+	kref_get(&ag->kref);
+	return ag;
+}
+
+static inline struct autogroup *autogroup_create(void)
+{
+	struct autogroup *ag = kzalloc(sizeof(*ag), GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct task_group *tg;
+
+	if (!ag)
+		goto out_fail;
+
+	tg = sched_create_group(&init_task_group);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(tg))
+		goto out_free;
+
+	kref_init(&ag->kref);
+	init_rwsem(&ag->lock);
+	ag->id = atomic_inc_return(&autogroup_seq_nr);
+	ag->tg = tg;
+	tg->autogroup = ag;
+
+	return ag;
+
+out_free:
+	kfree(ag);
+out_fail:
+	if (printk_ratelimit()) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "autogroup_create: %s failure.\n",
+			ag ? "sched_create_group()" : "kmalloc()");
+	}
+
+	return autogroup_kref_get(&autogroup_default);
+}
+
+static inline bool
+task_wants_autogroup(struct task_struct *p, struct task_group *tg)
+{
+	if (tg != &root_task_group)
+		return false;
+
+	if (p->sched_class != &fair_sched_class)
+		return false;
+
+	/*
+	 * We can only assume the task group can't go away on us if
+	 * autogroup_move_group() can see us on ->thread_group list.
+	 */
+	if (p->flags & PF_EXITING)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static inline struct task_group *
+autogroup_task_group(struct task_struct *p, struct task_group *tg)
+{
+	int enabled = ACCESS_ONCE(sysctl_sched_autogroup_enabled);
+
+	if (enabled && task_wants_autogroup(p, tg))
+		return p->signal->autogroup->tg;
+
+	return tg;
+}
+
+static void
+autogroup_move_group(struct task_struct *p, struct autogroup *ag)
+{
+	struct autogroup *prev;
+	struct task_struct *t;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	BUG_ON(!lock_task_sighand(p, &flags));
+
+	prev = p->signal->autogroup;
+	if (prev == ag) {
+		unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	p->signal->autogroup = autogroup_kref_get(ag);
+
+	t = p;
+	do {
+		sched_move_task(t);
+	} while_each_thread(p, t);
+
+	unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags);
+	autogroup_kref_put(prev);
+}
+
+/* Allocates GFP_KERNEL, cannot be called under any spinlock */
+void sched_autogroup_create_attach(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	struct autogroup *ag = autogroup_create();
+
+	autogroup_move_group(p, ag);
+	/* drop extra refrence added by autogroup_create() */
+	autogroup_kref_put(ag);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sched_autogroup_create_attach);
+
+/* Cannot be called under siglock.  Currently has no users */
+void sched_autogroup_detach(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	autogroup_move_group(p, &autogroup_default);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sched_autogroup_detach);
+
+void sched_autogroup_fork(struct signal_struct *sig)
+{
+	struct task_struct *p = current;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&p->sighand->siglock);
+	sig->autogroup = autogroup_kref_get(p->signal->autogroup);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&p->sighand->siglock);
+}
+
+void sched_autogroup_exit(struct signal_struct *sig)
+{
+	autogroup_kref_put(sig->autogroup);
+}
+
+static int __init setup_autogroup(char *str)
+{
+	sysctl_sched_autogroup_enabled = 0;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+__setup("noautogroup", setup_autogroup);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
+
+/* Called with siglock held. */
+int proc_sched_autogroup_set_nice(struct task_struct *p, int *nice)
+{
+	static unsigned long next = INITIAL_JIFFIES;
+	struct autogroup *ag;
+	int err;
+
+	if (*nice < -20 || *nice > 19)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	err = security_task_setnice(current, *nice);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	if (*nice < 0 && !can_nice(current, *nice))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	/* this is a heavy operation taking global locks.. */
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) && time_before(jiffies, next))
+		return -EAGAIN;
+
+	next = HZ / 10 + jiffies;
+	ag = autogroup_kref_get(p->signal->autogroup);
+
+	down_write(&ag->lock);
+	err = sched_group_set_shares(ag->tg, prio_to_weight[*nice + 20]);
+	if (!err)
+		ag->nice = *nice;
+	up_write(&ag->lock);
+
+	autogroup_kref_put(ag);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+void proc_sched_autogroup_show_task(struct task_struct *p, struct seq_file *m)
+{
+	struct autogroup *ag = autogroup_kref_get(p->signal->autogroup);
+
+	down_read(&ag->lock);
+	seq_printf(m, "/autogroup-%ld nice %d\n", ag->id, ag->nice);
+	up_read(&ag->lock);
+
+	autogroup_kref_put(ag);
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG
+static inline int autogroup_path(struct task_group *tg, char *buf, int buflen)
+{
+	return snprintf(buf, buflen, "%s-%ld", "/autogroup", tg->autogroup->id);
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG */
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP */
diff --git a/kernel/sched_autogroup.h b/kernel/sched_autogroup.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5358e241cb20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/sched_autogroup.h
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP
+
+struct autogroup {
+	struct kref		kref;
+	struct task_group	*tg;
+	struct rw_semaphore	lock;
+	unsigned long		id;
+	int			nice;
+};
+
+static inline struct task_group *
+autogroup_task_group(struct task_struct *p, struct task_group *tg);
+
+#else /* !CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP */
+
+static inline void autogroup_init(struct task_struct *init_task) {  }
+static inline void autogroup_free(struct task_group *tg) { }
+
+static inline struct task_group *
+autogroup_task_group(struct task_struct *p, struct task_group *tg)
+{
+	return tg;
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG
+static inline int autogroup_path(struct task_group *tg, char *buf, int buflen)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP */
diff --git a/kernel/sched_debug.c b/kernel/sched_debug.c
index e95b77414a99..1dfae3d014b5 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_debug.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_debug.c
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ static unsigned long nsec_low(unsigned long long nsec)
 #define SPLIT_NS(x) nsec_high(x), nsec_low(x)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
-static void print_cfs_group_stats(struct seq_file *m, int cpu,
-		struct task_group *tg)
+static void print_cfs_group_stats(struct seq_file *m, int cpu, struct task_group *tg)
 {
 	struct sched_entity *se = tg->se[cpu];
 	if (!se)
@@ -110,16 +109,6 @@ print_task(struct seq_file *m, struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
 		0LL, 0LL, 0LL, 0L, 0LL, 0L, 0LL, 0L);
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED
-	{
-		char path[64];
-
-		rcu_read_lock();
-		cgroup_path(task_group(p)->css.cgroup, path, sizeof(path));
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-		SEQ_printf(m, " %s", path);
-	}
-#endif
 	SEQ_printf(m, "\n");
 }
 
@@ -147,19 +136,6 @@ static void print_rq(struct seq_file *m, struct rq *rq, int rq_cpu)
 	read_unlock_irqrestore(&tasklist_lock, flags);
 }
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED) && \
-	(defined(CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED) || defined(CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED))
-static void task_group_path(struct task_group *tg, char *buf, int buflen)
-{
-	/* may be NULL if the underlying cgroup isn't fully-created yet */
-	if (!tg->css.cgroup) {
-		buf[0] = '\0';
-		return;
-	}
-	cgroup_path(tg->css.cgroup, buf, buflen);
-}
-#endif
-
 void print_cfs_rq(struct seq_file *m, int cpu, struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 {
 	s64 MIN_vruntime = -1, min_vruntime, max_vruntime = -1,
@@ -168,16 +144,7 @@ void print_cfs_rq(struct seq_file *m, int cpu, struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 	struct sched_entity *last;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED) && defined(CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED)
-	char path[128];
-	struct task_group *tg = cfs_rq->tg;
-
-	task_group_path(tg, path, sizeof(path));
-
-	SEQ_printf(m, "\ncfs_rq[%d]:%s\n", cpu, path);
-#else
 	SEQ_printf(m, "\ncfs_rq[%d]:\n", cpu);
-#endif
 	SEQ_printf(m, "  .%-30s: %Ld.%06ld\n", "exec_clock",
 			SPLIT_NS(cfs_rq->exec_clock));
 
@@ -215,7 +182,7 @@ void print_cfs_rq(struct seq_file *m, int cpu, struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 	SEQ_printf(m, "  .%-30s: %ld\n", "load_contrib",
 			cfs_rq->load_contribution);
 	SEQ_printf(m, "  .%-30s: %d\n", "load_tg",
-			atomic_read(&tg->load_weight));
+			atomic_read(&cfs_rq->tg->load_weight));
 #endif
 
 	print_cfs_group_stats(m, cpu, cfs_rq->tg);
@@ -224,17 +191,7 @@ void print_cfs_rq(struct seq_file *m, int cpu, struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 
 void print_rt_rq(struct seq_file *m, int cpu, struct rt_rq *rt_rq)
 {
-#if defined(CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED) && defined(CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED)
-	char path[128];
-	struct task_group *tg = rt_rq->tg;
-
-	task_group_path(tg, path, sizeof(path));
-
-	SEQ_printf(m, "\nrt_rq[%d]:%s\n", cpu, path);
-#else
 	SEQ_printf(m, "\nrt_rq[%d]:\n", cpu);
-#endif
-
 
 #define P(x) \
 	SEQ_printf(m, "  .%-30s: %Ld\n", #x, (long long)(rt_rq->x))
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 7f5a0cd296a9..2745dcdb6c6c 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1080,8 +1080,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(setsid)
 	err = session;
 out:
 	write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
-	if (err > 0)
+	if (err > 0) {
 		proc_sid_connector(group_leader);
+		sched_autogroup_create_attach(group_leader);
+	}
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index a00fdefd24ce..121e4fff03d1 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -370,6 +370,17 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	},
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP
+	{
+		.procname	= "sched_autogroup_enabled",
+		.data		= &sysctl_sched_autogroup_enabled,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+		.extra2		= &one,
+	},
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING
 	{
 		.procname	= "prove_locking",