diff --git a/kernel/sched/debug.c b/kernel/sched/debug.c
index f7e4579..faada71 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/debug.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/debug.c
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
  */
 #include "sched.h"
 
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sched_debug_lock);
-
 /*
  * This allows printing both to /proc/sched_debug and
  * to the console
@@ -258,7 +256,7 @@
 	set_table_entry(&table[2], "busy_factor",	  &sd->busy_factor,	    sizeof(int),  0644, proc_dointvec_minmax);
 	set_table_entry(&table[3], "imbalance_pct",	  &sd->imbalance_pct,	    sizeof(int),  0644, proc_dointvec_minmax);
 	set_table_entry(&table[4], "cache_nice_tries",	  &sd->cache_nice_tries,    sizeof(int),  0644, proc_dointvec_minmax);
-	set_table_entry(&table[5], "flags",		  &sd->flags,		    sizeof(int),  0644, proc_dointvec_minmax);
+	set_table_entry(&table[5], "flags",		  &sd->flags,		    sizeof(int),  0444, proc_dointvec_minmax);
 	set_table_entry(&table[6], "max_newidle_lb_cost", &sd->max_newidle_lb_cost, sizeof(long), 0644, proc_doulongvec_minmax);
 	set_table_entry(&table[7], "name",		  sd->name,	       CORENAME_MAX_SIZE, 0444, proc_dostring);
 	/* &table[8] is terminator */
@@ -417,16 +415,37 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sched_debug_lock);
 static char group_path[PATH_MAX];
 
-static char *task_group_path(struct task_group *tg)
+static void task_group_path(struct task_group *tg, char *path, int plen)
 {
-	if (autogroup_path(tg, group_path, PATH_MAX))
-		return group_path;
+	if (autogroup_path(tg, path, plen))
+		return;
 
-	cgroup_path(tg->css.cgroup, group_path, PATH_MAX);
+	cgroup_path(tg->css.cgroup, path, plen);
+}
 
-	return group_path;
+/*
+ * Only 1 SEQ_printf_task_group_path() caller can use the full length
+ * group_path[] for cgroup path. Other simultaneous callers will have
+ * to use a shorter stack buffer. A "..." suffix is appended at the end
+ * of the stack buffer so that it will show up in case the output length
+ * matches the given buffer size to indicate possible path name truncation.
+ */
+#define SEQ_printf_task_group_path(m, tg, fmt...)			\
+{									\
+	if (spin_trylock(&sched_debug_lock)) {				\
+		task_group_path(tg, group_path, sizeof(group_path));	\
+		SEQ_printf(m, fmt, group_path);				\
+		spin_unlock(&sched_debug_lock);				\
+	} else {							\
+		char buf[128];						\
+		char *bufend = buf + sizeof(buf) - 3;			\
+		task_group_path(tg, buf, bufend - buf);			\
+		strcpy(bufend - 1, "...");				\
+		SEQ_printf(m, fmt, buf);				\
+	}								\
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -453,7 +472,7 @@
 	SEQ_printf(m, " %d %d", task_node(p), task_numa_group_id(p));
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED
-	SEQ_printf(m, " %s", task_group_path(task_group(p)));
+	SEQ_printf_task_group_path(m, task_group(p), " %s")
 #endif
 
 	SEQ_printf(m, "\n");
@@ -490,7 +509,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
 	SEQ_printf(m, "\n");
-	SEQ_printf(m, "cfs_rq[%d]:%s\n", cpu, task_group_path(cfs_rq->tg));
+	SEQ_printf_task_group_path(m, cfs_rq->tg, "cfs_rq[%d]:%s\n", cpu);
 #else
 	SEQ_printf(m, "\n");
 	SEQ_printf(m, "cfs_rq[%d]:\n", cpu);
@@ -562,7 +581,7 @@
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED
 	SEQ_printf(m, "\n");
-	SEQ_printf(m, "rt_rq[%d]:%s\n", cpu, task_group_path(rt_rq->tg));
+	SEQ_printf_task_group_path(m, rt_rq->tg, "rt_rq[%d]:%s\n", cpu);
 #else
 	SEQ_printf(m, "\n");
 	SEQ_printf(m, "rt_rq[%d]:\n", cpu);
@@ -614,7 +633,6 @@
 static void print_cpu(struct seq_file *m, int cpu)
 {
 	struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
-	unsigned long flags;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86
 	{
@@ -666,13 +684,11 @@
 	}
 #undef P
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&sched_debug_lock, flags);
 	print_cfs_stats(m, cpu);
 	print_rt_stats(m, cpu);
 	print_dl_stats(m, cpu);
 
 	print_rq(m, rq, cpu);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sched_debug_lock, flags);
 	SEQ_printf(m, "\n");
 }