diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 5c38db536e0..10bff55b082 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ extern void trap_init(void);
 extern void account_process_tick(struct task_struct *task, int user);
 extern void update_process_times(int user);
 extern void scheduler_tick(void);
-extern void hrtick_resched(void);
 
 extern void sched_show_task(struct task_struct *p);
 
@@ -1665,6 +1664,7 @@ extern unsigned int sysctl_sched_features;
 extern unsigned int sysctl_sched_migration_cost;
 extern unsigned int sysctl_sched_nr_migrate;
 extern unsigned int sysctl_sched_shares_ratelimit;
+extern unsigned int sysctl_sched_shares_thresh;
 
 int sched_nr_latency_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		struct file *file, void __user *buffer, size_t *length,
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index d906f72b42d..945a97b9600 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -818,6 +818,13 @@ const_debug unsigned int sysctl_sched_nr_migrate = 32;
  */
 unsigned int sysctl_sched_shares_ratelimit = 250000;
 
+/*
+ * Inject some fuzzyness into changing the per-cpu group shares
+ * this avoids remote rq-locks at the expense of fairness.
+ * default: 4
+ */
+unsigned int sysctl_sched_shares_thresh = 4;
+
 /*
  * period over which we measure -rt task cpu usage in us.
  * default: 1s
@@ -1454,8 +1461,8 @@ static void __set_se_shares(struct sched_entity *se, unsigned long shares);
  * Calculate and set the cpu's group shares.
  */
 static void
-__update_group_shares_cpu(struct task_group *tg, int cpu,
-			  unsigned long sd_shares, unsigned long sd_rq_weight)
+update_group_shares_cpu(struct task_group *tg, int cpu,
+			unsigned long sd_shares, unsigned long sd_rq_weight)
 {
 	int boost = 0;
 	unsigned long shares;
@@ -1486,19 +1493,23 @@ __update_group_shares_cpu(struct task_group *tg, int cpu,
 	 *
 	 */
 	shares = (sd_shares * rq_weight) / (sd_rq_weight + 1);
+	shares = clamp_t(unsigned long, shares, MIN_SHARES, MAX_SHARES);
 
-	/*
-	 * record the actual number of shares, not the boosted amount.
-	 */
-	tg->cfs_rq[cpu]->shares = boost ? 0 : shares;
-	tg->cfs_rq[cpu]->rq_weight = rq_weight;
+	if (abs(shares - tg->se[cpu]->load.weight) >
+			sysctl_sched_shares_thresh) {
+		struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
+		unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (shares < MIN_SHARES)
-		shares = MIN_SHARES;
-	else if (shares > MAX_SHARES)
-		shares = MAX_SHARES;
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&rq->lock, flags);
+		/*
+		 * record the actual number of shares, not the boosted amount.
+		 */
+		tg->cfs_rq[cpu]->shares = boost ? 0 : shares;
+		tg->cfs_rq[cpu]->rq_weight = rq_weight;
 
-	__set_se_shares(tg->se[cpu], shares);
+		__set_se_shares(tg->se[cpu], shares);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rq->lock, flags);
+	}
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1527,14 +1538,8 @@ static int tg_shares_up(struct task_group *tg, void *data)
 	if (!rq_weight)
 		rq_weight = cpus_weight(sd->span) * NICE_0_LOAD;
 
-	for_each_cpu_mask(i, sd->span) {
-		struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(i);
-		unsigned long flags;
-
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&rq->lock, flags);
-		__update_group_shares_cpu(tg, i, shares, rq_weight);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rq->lock, flags);
-	}
+	for_each_cpu_mask(i, sd->span)
+		update_group_shares_cpu(tg, i, shares, rq_weight);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -4443,12 +4448,8 @@ need_resched_nonpreemptible:
 	if (sched_feat(HRTICK))
 		hrtick_clear(rq);
 
-	/*
-	 * Do the rq-clock update outside the rq lock:
-	 */
-	local_irq_disable();
+	spin_lock_irq(&rq->lock);
 	update_rq_clock(rq);
-	spin_lock(&rq->lock);
 	clear_tsk_need_resched(prev);
 
 	if (prev->state && !(preempt_count() & PREEMPT_ACTIVE)) {
diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index f604dae7131..9573c33688b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ unsigned int sysctl_sched_wakeup_granularity = 5000000UL;
 
 const_debug unsigned int sysctl_sched_migration_cost = 500000UL;
 
+static const struct sched_class fair_sched_class;
+
 /**************************************************************
  * CFS operations on generic schedulable entities:
  */
@@ -334,7 +336,7 @@ int sched_nr_latency_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 #endif
 
 /*
- * delta *= w / rw
+ * delta *= P[w / rw]
  */
 static inline unsigned long
 calc_delta_weight(unsigned long delta, struct sched_entity *se)
@@ -348,15 +350,13 @@ calc_delta_weight(unsigned long delta, struct sched_entity *se)
 }
 
 /*
- * delta *= rw / w
+ * delta /= w
  */
 static inline unsigned long
 calc_delta_fair(unsigned long delta, struct sched_entity *se)
 {
-	for_each_sched_entity(se) {
-		delta = calc_delta_mine(delta,
-				cfs_rq_of(se)->load.weight, &se->load);
-	}
+	if (unlikely(se->load.weight != NICE_0_LOAD))
+		delta = calc_delta_mine(delta, NICE_0_LOAD, &se->load);
 
 	return delta;
 }
@@ -386,26 +386,26 @@ static u64 __sched_period(unsigned long nr_running)
  * We calculate the wall-time slice from the period by taking a part
  * proportional to the weight.
  *
- * s = p*w/rw
+ * s = p*P[w/rw]
  */
 static u64 sched_slice(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
 {
-	return calc_delta_weight(__sched_period(cfs_rq->nr_running), se);
+	unsigned long nr_running = cfs_rq->nr_running;
+
+	if (unlikely(!se->on_rq))
+		nr_running++;
+
+	return calc_delta_weight(__sched_period(nr_running), se);
 }
 
 /*
  * We calculate the vruntime slice of a to be inserted task
  *
- * vs = s*rw/w = p
+ * vs = s/w
  */
-static u64 sched_vslice_add(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
+static u64 sched_vslice(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
 {
-	unsigned long nr_running = cfs_rq->nr_running;
-
-	if (!se->on_rq)
-		nr_running++;
-
-	return __sched_period(nr_running);
+	return calc_delta_fair(sched_slice(cfs_rq, se), se);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ place_entity(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se, int initial)
 	 * stays open at the end.
 	 */
 	if (initial && sched_feat(START_DEBIT))
-		vruntime += sched_vslice_add(cfs_rq, se);
+		vruntime += sched_vslice(cfs_rq, se);
 
 	if (!initial) {
 		/* sleeps upto a single latency don't count. */
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ pick_next(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
 	struct rq *rq = rq_of(cfs_rq);
 	u64 pair_slice = rq->clock - cfs_rq->pair_start;
 
-	if (!cfs_rq->next || pair_slice > sched_slice(cfs_rq, cfs_rq->next)) {
+	if (!cfs_rq->next || pair_slice > sysctl_sched_min_granularity) {
 		cfs_rq->pair_start = rq->clock;
 		return se;
 	}
@@ -849,11 +849,31 @@ static void hrtick_start_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
 		hrtick_start(rq, delta);
 	}
 }
+
+/*
+ * called from enqueue/dequeue and updates the hrtick when the
+ * current task is from our class and nr_running is low enough
+ * to matter.
+ */
+static void hrtick_update(struct rq *rq)
+{
+	struct task_struct *curr = rq->curr;
+
+	if (curr->sched_class != &fair_sched_class)
+		return;
+
+	if (cfs_rq_of(&curr->se)->nr_running < sched_nr_latency)
+		hrtick_start_fair(rq, curr);
+}
 #else /* !CONFIG_SCHED_HRTICK */
 static inline void
 hrtick_start_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
 {
 }
+
+static inline void hrtick_update(struct rq *rq)
+{
+}
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -874,7 +894,7 @@ static void enqueue_task_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int wakeup)
 		wakeup = 1;
 	}
 
-	hrtick_start_fair(rq, rq->curr);
+	hrtick_update(rq);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -896,7 +916,7 @@ static void dequeue_task_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int sleep)
 		sleep = 1;
 	}
 
-	hrtick_start_fair(rq, rq->curr);
+	hrtick_update(rq);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1002,8 +1022,6 @@ static inline int wake_idle(int cpu, struct task_struct *p)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 
-static const struct sched_class fair_sched_class;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
 /*
  * effective_load() calculates the load change as seen from the root_task_group
diff --git a/kernel/sched_features.h b/kernel/sched_features.h
index 7c9e8f4a049..fda01621829 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_features.h
+++ b/kernel/sched_features.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SCHED_FEAT(START_DEBIT, 1)
 SCHED_FEAT(AFFINE_WAKEUPS, 1)
 SCHED_FEAT(CACHE_HOT_BUDDY, 1)
 SCHED_FEAT(SYNC_WAKEUPS, 1)
-SCHED_FEAT(HRTICK, 1)
+SCHED_FEAT(HRTICK, 0)
 SCHED_FEAT(DOUBLE_TICK, 0)
 SCHED_FEAT(ASYM_GRAN, 1)
 SCHED_FEAT(LB_BIAS, 1)
diff --git a/kernel/sched_stats.h b/kernel/sched_stats.h
index b8c156979cf..2df9d297d29 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_stats.h
+++ b/kernel/sched_stats.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 static int show_schedstat(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 {
 	int cpu;
-	int mask_len = NR_CPUS/32 * 9;
+	int mask_len = DIV_ROUND_UP(NR_CPUS, 32) * 9;
 	char *mask_str = kmalloc(mask_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (mask_str == NULL)
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index b3cc73931d1..a13bd4dfaeb 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -274,6 +274,16 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
 	},
+	{
+		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
+		.procname	= "sched_shares_thresh",
+		.data		= &sysctl_sched_shares_thresh,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.strategy	= &sysctl_intvec,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+	},
 	{
 		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "sched_child_runs_first",