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Commit 648bb56d ("cgroup: lock cgroup_mutex in cgroup_init_subsys()")
made cgroup_init_subsys() grab cgroup_mutex before invoking
->css_alloc() for the root css.  Because memcg registers hotcpu notifier
from ->css_alloc() for the root css, this introduced circular locking
dependency between cgroup_mutex and cpu hotplug.

Fix it by moving hotcpu notifier registration to a subsys initcall.

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  [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
  3.7.0-rc4-work+ #42 Not tainted
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  bash/645 is trying to acquire lock:
   (cgroup_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8110c5b7>] cgroup_lock+0x17/0x20

  but task is already holding lock:
   (cpu_hotplug.lock){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8109300f>] cpu_hotplug_begin+0x2f/0x60

  which lock already depends on the new lock.

  the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

 -> #1 (cpu_hotplug.loc...