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diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index e75cab5820a..5dafac36681 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -434,13 +434,28 @@ struct cpu_itimer {
};
/**
+ * struct cputime - snaphsot of system and user cputime
+ * @utime: time spent in user mode
+ * @stime: time spent in system mode
+ *
+ * Gathers a generic snapshot of user and system time.
+ */
+struct cputime {
+ cputime_t utime;
+ cputime_t stime;
+};
+
+/**
* struct task_cputime - collected CPU time counts
* @utime: time spent in user mode, in &cputime_t units
* @stime: time spent in kernel mode, in &cputime_t units
* @sum_exec_runtime: total time spent on the CPU, in nanoseconds
*
- * This structure groups together three kinds of CPU time that are
- * tracked for threads and thread groups. Most things considering
+ * This is an extension of struct cputime that includes the total runtime
+ * spent by the task from the scheduler point of view.
+ *
+ * As a result, this structure groups together three kinds of CPU time
+ * that are tracked for threads and thread groups. Most things considering
* CPU time want to group these counts together and treat all three
* of them in parallel.
*/
@@ -581,7 +596,7 @@ struct signal_struct {
cputime_t gtime;
cputime_t cgtime;
#ifndef CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING
- cputime_t prev_utime, prev_stime;
+ struct cputime prev_cputime;
#endif
unsigned long nvcsw, nivcsw, cnvcsw, cnivcsw;
unsigned long min_flt, maj_flt, cmin_flt, cmaj_flt;
@@ -1340,7 +1355,7 @@ struct task_struct {
cputime_t utime, stime, utimescaled, stimescaled;
cputime_t gtime;
#ifndef CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING
- cputime_t prev_utime, prev_stime;
+ struct cputime prev_cputime;
#endif
unsigned long nvcsw, nivcsw; /* context switch counts */
struct timespec start_time; /* monotonic time */