diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/thread_info.h b/include/asm-ia64/thread_info.h
index 8bc9869..8adcde0 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/thread_info.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 #define end_of_stack(p) (unsigned long *)((void *)(p) + IA64_RBS_OFFSET)
 
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_TASK_STRUCT_ALLOCATOR
-#define alloc_task_struct()	((task_t *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_COMP, KERNEL_STACK_SIZE_ORDER))
+#define alloc_task_struct()	((struct task_struct *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_COMP, KERNEL_STACK_SIZE_ORDER))
 #define free_task_struct(tsk)	free_pages((unsigned long) (tsk), KERNEL_STACK_SIZE_ORDER)
 
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY */
diff --git a/include/asm-m32r/system.h b/include/asm-m32r/system.h
index 66c4742f..311cebf 100644
--- a/include/asm-m32r/system.h
+++ b/include/asm-m32r/system.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  * switch_to(prev, next) should switch from task `prev' to `next'
  * `prev' will never be the same as `next'.
  *
- * `next' and `prev' should be task_t, but it isn't always defined
+ * `next' and `prev' should be struct task_struct, but it isn't always defined
  */
 
 #define switch_to(prev, next, last)  do { \
diff --git a/include/asm-sh/system.h b/include/asm-sh/system.h
index b752e5c..ce2e606 100644
--- a/include/asm-sh/system.h
+++ b/include/asm-sh/system.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  */
 
 #define switch_to(prev, next, last) do {				\
- task_t *__last;							\
+ struct task_struct *__last;						\
  register unsigned long *__ts1 __asm__ ("r1") = &prev->thread.sp;	\
  register unsigned long *__ts2 __asm__ ("r2") = &prev->thread.pc;	\
  register unsigned long *__ts4 __asm__ ("r4") = (unsigned long *)prev;	\
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 8ebddba..c2797f0 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -184,11 +184,11 @@
 extern rwlock_t tasklist_lock;
 extern spinlock_t mmlist_lock;
 
-typedef struct task_struct task_t;
+struct task_struct;
 
 extern void sched_init(void);
 extern void sched_init_smp(void);
-extern void init_idle(task_t *idle, int cpu);
+extern void init_idle(struct task_struct *idle, int cpu);
 
 extern cpumask_t nohz_cpu_mask;
 
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@
 	wait_queue_head_t	wait_chldexit;	/* for wait4() */
 
 	/* current thread group signal load-balancing target: */
-	task_t			*curr_target;
+	struct task_struct	*curr_target;
 
 	/* shared signal handling: */
 	struct sigpending	shared_pending;
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@
     ((gi)->blocks[(i)/NGROUPS_PER_BLOCK][(i)%NGROUPS_PER_BLOCK])
 
 #ifdef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH_SWITCH_STACK
-extern void prefetch_stack(struct task_struct*);
+extern void prefetch_stack(struct task_struct *t);
 #else
 static inline void prefetch_stack(struct task_struct *t) { }
 #endif
@@ -1031,9 +1031,9 @@
 #define used_math() tsk_used_math(current)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-extern int set_cpus_allowed(task_t *p, cpumask_t new_mask);
+extern int set_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *p, cpumask_t new_mask);
 #else
-static inline int set_cpus_allowed(task_t *p, cpumask_t new_mask)
+static inline int set_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *p, cpumask_t new_mask)
 {
 	if (!cpu_isset(0, new_mask))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1042,7 +1042,8 @@
 #endif
 
 extern unsigned long long sched_clock(void);
-extern unsigned long long current_sched_time(const task_t *current_task);
+extern unsigned long long
+current_sched_time(const struct task_struct *current_task);
 
 /* sched_exec is called by processes performing an exec */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
@@ -1060,27 +1061,27 @@
 extern void sched_idle_next(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RT_MUTEXES
-extern int rt_mutex_getprio(task_t *p);
-extern void rt_mutex_setprio(task_t *p, int prio);
-extern void rt_mutex_adjust_pi(task_t *p);
+extern int rt_mutex_getprio(struct task_struct *p);
+extern void rt_mutex_setprio(struct task_struct *p, int prio);
+extern void rt_mutex_adjust_pi(struct task_struct *p);
 #else
-static inline int rt_mutex_getprio(task_t *p)
+static inline int rt_mutex_getprio(struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	return p->normal_prio;
 }
 # define rt_mutex_adjust_pi(p)		do { } while (0)
 #endif
 
-extern void set_user_nice(task_t *p, long nice);
-extern int task_prio(const task_t *p);
-extern int task_nice(const task_t *p);
-extern int can_nice(const task_t *p, const int nice);
-extern int task_curr(const task_t *p);
+extern void set_user_nice(struct task_struct *p, long nice);
+extern int task_prio(const struct task_struct *p);
+extern int task_nice(const struct task_struct *p);
+extern int can_nice(const struct task_struct *p, const int nice);
+extern int task_curr(const struct task_struct *p);
 extern int idle_cpu(int cpu);
 extern int sched_setscheduler(struct task_struct *, int, struct sched_param *);
-extern task_t *idle_task(int cpu);
-extern task_t *curr_task(int cpu);
-extern void set_curr_task(int cpu, task_t *p);
+extern struct task_struct *idle_task(int cpu);
+extern struct task_struct *curr_task(int cpu);
+extern void set_curr_task(int cpu, struct task_struct *p);
 
 void yield(void);
 
@@ -1137,8 +1138,8 @@
 #else
  static inline void kick_process(struct task_struct *tsk) { }
 #endif
-extern void FASTCALL(sched_fork(task_t * p, int clone_flags));
-extern void FASTCALL(sched_exit(task_t * p));
+extern void FASTCALL(sched_fork(struct task_struct * p, int clone_flags));
+extern void FASTCALL(sched_exit(struct task_struct * p));
 
 extern int in_group_p(gid_t);
 extern int in_egroup_p(gid_t);
@@ -1243,17 +1244,17 @@
 extern void daemonize(const char *, ...);
 extern int allow_signal(int);
 extern int disallow_signal(int);
-extern task_t *child_reaper;
+extern struct task_struct *child_reaper;
 
 extern int do_execve(char *, char __user * __user *, char __user * __user *, struct pt_regs *);
 extern long do_fork(unsigned long, unsigned long, struct pt_regs *, unsigned long, int __user *, int __user *);
-task_t *fork_idle(int);
+struct task_struct *fork_idle(int);
 
 extern void set_task_comm(struct task_struct *tsk, char *from);
 extern void get_task_comm(char *to, struct task_struct *tsk);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-extern void wait_task_inactive(task_t * p);
+extern void wait_task_inactive(struct task_struct * p);
 #else
 #define wait_task_inactive(p)	do { } while (0)
 #endif
@@ -1279,13 +1280,13 @@
 /* de_thread depends on thread_group_leader not being a pid based check */
 #define thread_group_leader(p)	(p == p->group_leader)
 
-static inline task_t *next_thread(const task_t *p)
+static inline struct task_struct *next_thread(const struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	return list_entry(rcu_dereference(p->thread_group.next),
-				task_t, thread_group);
+			  struct task_struct, thread_group);
 }
 
-static inline int thread_group_empty(task_t *p)
+static inline int thread_group_empty(struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	return list_empty(&p->thread_group);
 }