diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/processor.h
index 43a7559c448b4e419af2e7fddf954c4fc283ac97..0556fda7bc6df97d4c52cab31cb90bf8bd429675 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
   ((tsk) == current ? rdusp() : task_thread_info(tsk)->pcb.usp)
 
 #define cpu_relax()	barrier()
+#define cpu_relax_yield() cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency() cpu_relax()
 
 #define ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/processor.h
index 16b630fbeb6acfb09fc59d20c4f965a0bb3e59aa..6c158d576355b3bb06321e26c8c53603cc68a916 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ struct task_struct;
 #ifndef CONFIG_EZNPS_MTM_EXT
 
 #define cpu_relax()		barrier()
+#define cpu_relax_yield()	cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency()	cpu_relax()
 
 #else
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ struct task_struct;
 #define cpu_relax()     \
 	__asm__ __volatile__ (".word %0" : : "i"(CTOP_INST_SCHD_RW) : "memory")
 
+#define cpu_relax_yield()	cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency()	barrier()
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/processor.h
index 8a1e8e995daec45278d088faa3ada7f1d6dbb957..db660e0b4bd3ba6e7aa764f1fb89598c8e6c22c5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
 #define cpu_relax()			barrier()
 #endif
 
+#define cpu_relax_yield()  	              cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency()                cpu_relax()
 
 #define task_pt_regs(p) \
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
index 60e34824e18c96b06c02930961c8ce51b82a90e2..3f9b0e54dae3fc4d6f92ac74a117d0b8fa98d2d7 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ static inline void cpu_relax(void)
 	asm volatile("yield" ::: "memory");
 }
 
+#define cpu_relax_yield()                     cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency()                cpu_relax()
 
 /* Thread switching */
diff --git a/arch/avr32/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/avr32/include/asm/processor.h
index 941593c7d9f3c12d841283e3330d2ea7fbef4cdb..e412e8b68a7daf40b8fa6f1e3e2fe970b08e1ad5 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/avr32/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ extern struct avr32_cpuinfo boot_cpu_data;
 #define TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE	(PAGE_ALIGN(TASK_SIZE / 3))
 
 #define cpu_relax()		barrier()
+#define cpu_relax_yield()	cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency()        cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_sync_pipeline()	asm volatile("sub pc, -2" : : : "memory")
 
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/processor.h
index 0c265aba94add376d8546e716703e0e653d1c6b1..8b8704a44b7798e89bb9e0649678e2c24f27ecc5 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
 #define	KSTK_ESP(tsk)	((tsk) == current ? rdusp() : (tsk)->thread.usp)
 
 #define cpu_relax()    	smp_mb()
+#define cpu_relax_yield()      cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency() cpu_relax()
 
 /* Get the Silicon Revision of the chip */
diff --git a/arch/c6x/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/c6x/include/asm/processor.h
index f2ef31be2f8b0c1f196c1352eace1511590a2360..914d7308bdb439e767a9cdc6f749c9b23dad70bd 100644
--- a/arch/c6x/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/c6x/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ extern unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
 #define KSTK_ESP(task)	(task_pt_regs(task)->sp)
 
 #define cpu_relax()		do { } while (0)
+#define cpu_relax_yield()             cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency()        cpu_relax()
 
 extern const struct seq_operations cpuinfo_op;
diff --git a/arch/cris/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/cris/include/asm/processor.h
index 862126b58116b03e3e1c7793883999c3ab8236a0..01dd52ecac84805478a41ad698eb407d7212e08f 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ static inline void release_thread(struct task_struct *dead_task)
 #define init_stack      (init_thread_union.stack)
 
 #define cpu_relax()     barrier()
+#define cpu_relax_yield() cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency() cpu_relax()
 
 void default_idle(void);
diff --git a/arch/frv/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/frv/include/asm/processor.h
index 73f0a79ad8e691d6106e636a33bb006a688bd97c..4d00d65f5e5ed1b13dd7a79eddcade302ac2e6c0 100644
--- a/arch/frv/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/frv/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
 #define	KSTK_ESP(tsk)	((tsk)->thread.frame0->sp)
 
 #define cpu_relax() barrier()
+#define cpu_relax_yield() cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency() cpu_relax()
 
 /* data cache prefetch */
diff --git a/arch/h8300/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/h8300/include/asm/processor.h
index 111df7397ac7bd4ee0aa979bb3b0c5f7438722b4..683a061c3cb5a299c37c7588c427c34adfd0f504 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/h8300/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
 #define	KSTK_ESP(tsk)	((tsk) == current ? rdusp() : (tsk)->thread.usp)
 
 #define cpu_relax()    barrier()
+#define cpu_relax_yield() cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency()	cpu_relax()
 
 #define HARD_RESET_NOW() ({		\
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/hexagon/include/asm/processor.h
index d8501137c8d022db81fb14676fc40f40ede0d8fa..1558ddb9e5d7eadb401a04c44176b13b2a59a89d 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/hexagon/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ struct thread_struct {
 }
 
 #define cpu_relax() __vmyield()
+#define cpu_relax_yield() cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency() cpu_relax()
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/processor.h
index ce53c50d0ba443f6e3f925b0c1e0e17e5d385ebe..4654b71dc8db3b68095922d1973e182c68164d1a 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ ia64_eoi (void)
 }
 
 #define cpu_relax()	ia64_hint(ia64_hint_pause)
+#define cpu_relax_yield() cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency() cpu_relax()
 
 static inline int
diff --git a/arch/m32r/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/m32r/include/asm/processor.h
index 9f8fd9bef70f58d8c8a2368d777d59e3f9d1dd6d..b2620370320d296d7c7bbd5f8db19740f24fc5cb 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/m32r/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
 #define KSTK_ESP(tsk)  ((tsk)->thread.sp)
 
 #define cpu_relax()	barrier()
+#define cpu_relax_yield() cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency() cpu_relax()
 
 #endif /* _ASM_M32R_PROCESSOR_H */
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/processor.h
index c84a2183b3f0abb6110a2c17840d90baac59eb29..13e07ae6786d5a48ce01549e78bc198095210238 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
 #define task_pt_regs(tsk)	((struct pt_regs *) ((tsk)->thread.esp0))
 
 #define cpu_relax()	barrier()
+#define cpu_relax_yield() cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency() cpu_relax()
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/metag/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/metag/include/asm/processor.h
index a0333ebcac35212845db8afc7ce837a7e016075b..61d6e2722893ea41fc8de58d847daa6775e45059 100644
--- a/arch/metag/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/metag/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
 #define user_stack_pointer(regs)        ((regs)->ctx.AX[0].U0)
 
 #define cpu_relax()     barrier()
+#define cpu_relax_yield() cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency()  cpu_relax()
 
 extern void setup_priv(void);
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/processor.h
index c38d0dd91134c4049d695931ccee3f4cb4dfd11c..fd7dd11c730af294c867a51a28abfdd1c3ed746e 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 extern const struct seq_operations cpuinfo_op;
 
 # define cpu_relax()		barrier()
+# define cpu_relax_yield() cpu_relax()
 # define cpu_relax_lowlatency()	cpu_relax()
 
 #define task_pt_regs(tsk) \
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h
index 0d36c87acbe24852e231e0ecc7e24918807877f5..9a656f6afc7cc74b62c2358630cb34eb5840ad70 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
 #define KSTK_STATUS(tsk) (task_pt_regs(tsk)->cp0_status)
 
 #define cpu_relax()	barrier()
+#define cpu_relax_yield() cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency() cpu_relax()
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/processor.h
index b10ba121c849c4167551f9a44f7ac2a37b4480d1..89f63d1720ee9ebf345fab5026f540ce2bb8f2d1 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ extern void print_cpu_info(struct mn10300_cpuinfo *);
 extern void dodgy_tsc(void);
 
 #define cpu_relax() barrier()
+#define cpu_relax_yield() cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency() cpu_relax()
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/nios2/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/nios2/include/asm/processor.h
index 1c953f0cadbf33ad4b7d0d994427afbfb4d0f358..303e5932a733c5236bdb5fc0146ceaa9663b36ef 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/nios2/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ extern unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
 #define KSTK_ESP(tsk)	((tsk)->thread.kregs->sp)
 
 #define cpu_relax()	barrier()
+#define cpu_relax_yield() cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency()  cpu_relax()
 
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/processor.h
index 70334c9f7d24ce83a0e81d34f6737351f6f29e90..6ecfc2ab28e410a538ab58727fcd75d980818aa7 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ extern unsigned long thread_saved_pc(struct task_struct *t);
 #define init_stack      (init_thread_union.stack)
 
 #define cpu_relax()     barrier()
+#define cpu_relax_yield() cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency() cpu_relax()
 
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/processor.h
index 2e674e13e005420b15beb9b945e2d88c850937f0..ea2ff9febffd971961aa5bb9f9fc423b2a56d15e 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ extern unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
 #define KSTK_ESP(tsk)	((tsk)->thread.regs.gr[30])
 
 #define cpu_relax()	barrier()
+#define cpu_relax_yield() cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency() cpu_relax()
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
index c07c31b0e89e2b4b010127973ba20c32947aef5d..908fa7cb3fb3f76790a353a70c4053e981e55c49 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ static inline unsigned long __pack_fe01(unsigned int fpmode)
 #define cpu_relax()	barrier()
 #endif
 
+#define cpu_relax_yield() cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency() cpu_relax()
 
 /* Check that a certain kernel stack pointer is valid in task_struct p */
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/processor.h
index 602af692efdc1b5273e466b474dbf1a6c7e25922..5bb44333d3203377e3ea759e1e6ef8929b1ddac6 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -234,8 +234,9 @@ static inline unsigned short stap(void)
 /*
  * Give up the time slice of the virtual PU.
  */
-void cpu_relax(void);
+void cpu_relax_yield(void);
 
+#define cpu_relax() cpu_relax_yield()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency()  barrier()
 
 #define ECAG_CACHE_ATTRIBUTE	0
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/processor.c b/arch/s390/kernel/processor.c
index 81d0808085e6bca9d2ff35c30619f7a238754db2..9e60ef144d03ea710179e3ea1b11313d4523b082 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/processor.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/processor.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ void s390_update_cpu_mhz(void)
 		on_each_cpu(update_cpu_mhz, NULL, 0);
 }
 
-void notrace cpu_relax(void)
+void notrace cpu_relax_yield(void)
 {
 	if (!smp_cpu_mtid && MACHINE_HAS_DIAG44) {
 		diag_stat_inc(DIAG_STAT_X044);
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ void notrace cpu_relax(void)
 	}
 	barrier();
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpu_relax);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpu_relax_yield);
 
 /*
  * cpu_init - initializes state that is per-CPU.
diff --git a/arch/score/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/score/include/asm/processor.h
index 851f441991d2764315057654ef988db57c659dac..e8e87b4d7971cfbc06b216cb8d09dd6db3f9205e 100644
--- a/arch/score/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/score/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ extern unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
 #define current_text_addr() ({ __label__ _l; _l: &&_l; })
 
 #define cpu_relax()		barrier()
+#define cpu_relax_yield()	cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency()        cpu_relax()
 #define release_thread(thread)	do {} while (0)
 
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/processor.h
index f9a09942a32d37249b43ec4139762aaafa16443d..099a99105e1c7f46a1b51904c892c112f415929e 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ extern struct sh_cpuinfo cpu_data[];
 
 #define cpu_sleep()	__asm__ __volatile__ ("sleep" : : : "memory")
 #define cpu_relax()	barrier()
+#define cpu_relax_yield() cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency() cpu_relax()
 
 void default_idle(void);
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/processor_32.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/processor_32.h
index 812fd08f3e6253ecb490ff149894bafae79bbc26..50e908a3c6519e6790a72abd11ec5b79ab50dafd 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/processor_32.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/processor_32.h
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ extern struct task_struct *last_task_used_math;
 int do_mathemu(struct pt_regs *regs, struct task_struct *fpt);
 
 #define cpu_relax()	barrier()
+#define cpu_relax_yield() cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency() cpu_relax()
 
 extern void (*sparc_idle)(void);
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/processor_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/processor_64.h
index ce2595c894711367d36027dbe5db3324575596b3..3e8fac724f18c1ac1b8c96152976bc2d081c75ae 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/processor_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/processor_64.h
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *task);
 				     "nop\n\t"				\
 				     ".previous"			\
 				     ::: "memory")
+#define cpu_relax_yield() cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency() cpu_relax()
 
 /* Prefetch support.  This is tuned for UltraSPARC-III and later.
diff --git a/arch/tile/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/tile/include/asm/processor.h
index 0684e88aacd8ebb8a58a52a82f360bd4e1c77f59..91a39a50520d42c09f84dd916b57571e7b373476 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ static inline void cpu_relax(void)
 	barrier();
 }
 
+#define cpu_relax_yield() cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency() cpu_relax()
 
 /* Info on this processor (see fs/proc/cpuinfo.c) */
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/unicore32/include/asm/processor.h
index 8d21b7adf26bc3709ba865b6f29db2a18436f0a0..fc54d5d50419234f487919c8175e935461027b09 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/unicore32/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ extern void release_thread(struct task_struct *);
 unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
 
 #define cpu_relax()			barrier()
+#define cpu_relax_yield()		cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency()                cpu_relax()
 
 #define task_pt_regs(p) \
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 984a7bf17f6a7295c3a7c8531e68cb807a722c35..44adadab44d6f112e96b73c0f9bd9351f91a7370 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -588,6 +588,7 @@ static __always_inline void cpu_relax(void)
 	rep_nop();
 }
 
+#define cpu_relax_yield() cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency() cpu_relax()
 
 /* Stop speculative execution and prefetching of modified code. */
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/um/asm/processor.h
index 233ee09c1ce88b44fea8366a8e0c43593abe7eb9..01597afa8888e0f6a083714aaa284dd7292c62ef 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/um/asm/processor.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ static inline void rep_nop(void)
 }
 
 #define cpu_relax()		rep_nop()
+#define cpu_relax_yield()	cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency()	cpu_relax()
 
 #define task_pt_regs(t) (&(t)->thread.regs)
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/processor.h
index b42d68bfe3cf0a965380bef7aae9afdcdada8050..fe14dc2b394a20490d95815b21eea75bb9a372ad 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ extern unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
 #define KSTK_ESP(tsk)		(task_pt_regs(tsk)->areg[1])
 
 #define cpu_relax()  barrier()
+#define cpu_relax_yield() cpu_relax()
 #define cpu_relax_lowlatency() cpu_relax()
 
 /* Special register access. */