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diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 9b1a7de..83911c7 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <trace/events/sched.h>
 
-#define KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL (-5)
-
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kthread_create_lock);
 static LIST_HEAD(kthread_create_list);
 struct task_struct *kthreadd_task;
@@ -103,7 +101,7 @@ static void create_kthread(struct kthread_create_info *create)
  *
  * Description: This helper function creates and names a kernel
  * thread.  The thread will be stopped: use wake_up_process() to start
- * it.  See also kthread_run(), kthread_create_on_cpu().
+ * it.  See also kthread_run().
  *
  * When woken, the thread will run @threadfn() with @data as its
  * argument. @threadfn() can either call do_exit() directly if it is a
@@ -145,7 +143,6 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
 		 * The kernel thread should not inherit these properties.
 		 */
 		sched_setscheduler_nocheck(create.result, SCHED_NORMAL, &param);
-		set_user_nice(create.result, KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL);
 		set_cpus_allowed_ptr(create.result, cpu_all_mask);
 	}
 	return create.result;
@@ -154,24 +151,24 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create);
 
 /**
  * kthread_bind - bind a just-created kthread to a cpu.
- * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
+ * @p: thread created by kthread_create().
  * @cpu: cpu (might not be online, must be possible) for @k to run on.
  *
  * Description: This function is equivalent to set_cpus_allowed(),
  * except that @cpu doesn't need to be online, and the thread must be
  * stopped (i.e., just returned from kthread_create()).
  */
-void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu)
+void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	/* Must have done schedule() in kthread() before we set_task_cpu */
-	if (!wait_task_inactive(k, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)) {
+	if (!wait_task_inactive(p, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)) {
 		WARN_ON(1);
 		return;
 	}
-	set_task_cpu(k, cpu);
-	k->cpus_allowed = cpumask_of_cpu(cpu);
-	k->rt.nr_cpus_allowed = 1;
-	k->flags |= PF_THREAD_BOUND;
+
+	p->cpus_allowed = cpumask_of_cpu(cpu);
+	p->rt.nr_cpus_allowed = 1;
+	p->flags |= PF_THREAD_BOUND;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind);
 
@@ -180,10 +177,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind);
  * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
  *
  * Sets kthread_should_stop() for @k to return true, wakes it, and
- * waits for it to exit.  Your threadfn() must not call do_exit()
- * itself if you use this function!  This can also be called after
- * kthread_create() instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread
- * will exit without calling threadfn().
+ * waits for it to exit. This can also be called after kthread_create()
+ * instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread will exit without
+ * calling threadfn().
+ *
+ * If threadfn() may call do_exit() itself, the caller must ensure
+ * task_struct can't go away.
  *
  * Returns the result of threadfn(), or %-EINTR if wake_up_process()
  * was never called.
@@ -219,9 +218,8 @@ int kthreadd(void *unused)
 	/* Setup a clean context for our children to inherit. */
 	set_task_comm(tsk, "kthreadd");
 	ignore_signals(tsk);
-	set_user_nice(tsk, KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL);
 	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk, cpu_all_mask);
-	set_mems_allowed(node_possible_map);
+	set_mems_allowed(node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY]);
 
 	current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE | PF_FREEZER_NOSIG;