diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.txt b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.txt
index 8239ebbcddce..99961993257a 100644
--- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.txt
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ This is the (partial) list of the hooks:
    It puts the scheduling entity (task) into the red-black tree and
    increments the nr_running variable.
 
- - dequeue_tree(...)
+ - dequeue_task(...)
 
    When a task is no longer runnable, this function is called to keep the
    corresponding scheduling entity out of the red-black tree.  It decrements
@@ -195,11 +195,6 @@ This is the (partial) list of the hooks:
    This function is mostly called from time tick functions; it might lead to
    process switch.  This drives the running preemption.
 
- - task_new(...)
-
-   The core scheduler gives the scheduling module an opportunity to manage new
-   task startup.  The CFS scheduling module uses it for group scheduling, while
-   the scheduling module for a real-time task does not use it.
 
 
 
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index b8369d522bf8..83bd2e2982fc 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ struct thread_group_cputimer {
 struct autogroup;
 
 /*
- * NOTE! "signal_struct" does not have it's own
+ * NOTE! "signal_struct" does not have its own
  * locking, because a shared signal_struct always
  * implies a shared sighand_struct, so locking
  * sighand_struct is always a proper superset of
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index ae659b99ce73..f592ce6f8616 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -5473,6 +5473,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(yield);
  * yield_to - yield the current processor to another thread in
  * your thread group, or accelerate that thread toward the
  * processor it's on.
+ * @p: target task
+ * @preempt: whether task preemption is allowed or not
  *
  * It's the caller's job to ensure that the target task struct
  * can't go away on us before we can do any checks.
@@ -8449,7 +8451,6 @@ int alloc_fair_sched_group(struct task_group *tg, struct task_group *parent)
 {
 	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq;
 	struct sched_entity *se;
-	struct rq *rq;
 	int i;
 
 	tg->cfs_rq = kzalloc(sizeof(cfs_rq) * nr_cpu_ids, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -8462,8 +8463,6 @@ int alloc_fair_sched_group(struct task_group *tg, struct task_group *parent)
 	tg->shares = NICE_0_LOAD;
 
 	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
-		rq = cpu_rq(i);
-
 		cfs_rq = kzalloc_node(sizeof(struct cfs_rq),
 				      GFP_KERNEL, cpu_to_node(i));
 		if (!cfs_rq)
diff --git a/kernel/sched_idletask.c b/kernel/sched_idletask.c
index c82f26c1b7c3..a776a6396427 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_idletask.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_idletask.c
@@ -94,6 +94,4 @@ static const struct sched_class idle_sched_class = {
 
 	.prio_changed		= prio_changed_idle,
 	.switched_to		= switched_to_idle,
-
-	/* no .task_new for idle tasks */
 };
diff --git a/kernel/sched_stoptask.c b/kernel/sched_stoptask.c
index 84ec9bcf82d9..1ba2bd40fdac 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_stoptask.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_stoptask.c
@@ -102,6 +102,4 @@ static const struct sched_class stop_sched_class = {
 
 	.prio_changed		= prio_changed_stop,
 	.switched_to		= switched_to_stop,
-
-	/* no .task_new for stop tasks */
 };