1 files changed, 14 insertions, 66 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index d597d3015786..86b71e714e13 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -504,10 +504,6 @@ static struct css_set *find_css_set(
  * knows that the cgroup won't be removed, as cgroup_rmdir()
  * needs that mutex.
  *
- * The cgroup_common_file_write handler for operations that modify
- * the cgroup hierarchy holds cgroup_mutex across the entire operation,
- * single threading all such cgroup modifications across the system.
- *
  * The fork and exit callbacks cgroup_fork() and cgroup_exit(), don't
  * (usually) take cgroup_mutex.  These are the two most performance
  * critical pieces of code here.  The exception occurs on cgroup_exit(),
@@ -1279,18 +1275,14 @@ int cgroup_attach_task(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *tsk)
 }
 
 /*
- * Attach task with pid 'pid' to cgroup 'cgrp'. Call with
- * cgroup_mutex, may take task_lock of task
+ * Attach task with pid 'pid' to cgroup 'cgrp'. Call with cgroup_mutex
+ * held. May take task_lock of task
  */
-static int attach_task_by_pid(struct cgroup *cgrp, char *pidbuf)
+static int attach_task_by_pid(struct cgroup *cgrp, u64 pid)
 {
-        pid_t pid;
         struct task_struct *tsk;
         int ret;
 
-        if (sscanf(pidbuf, "%d", &pid) != 1)
-                return -EIO;
-
         if (pid) {
                 rcu_read_lock();
                 tsk = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
@@ -1316,6 +1308,16 @@ static int attach_task_by_pid(struct cgroup *cgrp, char *pidbuf)
         return ret;
 }
 
+static int cgroup_tasks_write(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft, u64 pid)
+{
+        int ret;
+        if (!cgroup_lock_live_group(cgrp))
+                return -ENODEV;
+        ret = attach_task_by_pid(cgrp, pid);
+        cgroup_unlock();
+        return ret;
+}
+
 /* The various types of files and directories in a cgroup file system */
 enum cgroup_filetype {
         FILE_ROOT,
@@ -1434,60 +1436,6 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_write_string(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft,
         return retval;
 }
 
-static ssize_t cgroup_common_file_write(struct cgroup *cgrp,
-                                           struct cftype *cft,
-                                           struct file *file,
-                                           const char __user *userbuf,
-                                           size_t nbytes, loff_t *unused_ppos)
-{
-        enum cgroup_filetype type = cft->private;
-        char *buffer;
-        int retval = 0;
-
-        if (nbytes >= PATH_MAX)
-                return -E2BIG;
-
-        /* +1 for nul-terminator */
-        buffer = kmalloc(nbytes + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (buffer == NULL)
-                return -ENOMEM;
-
-        if (copy_from_user(buffer, userbuf, nbytes)) {
-                retval = -EFAULT;
-                goto out1;
-        }
-        buffer[nbytes] = 0;     /* nul-terminate */
-        strstrip(buffer);       /* strip -just- trailing whitespace */
-
-        mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
-
-        /*
-         * This was already checked for in cgroup_file_write(), but
-         * check again now we're holding cgroup_mutex.
-         */
-        if (cgroup_is_removed(cgrp)) {
-                retval = -ENODEV;
-                goto out2;
-        }
-
-        switch (type) {
-        case FILE_TASKLIST:
-                retval = attach_task_by_pid(cgrp, buffer);
-                break;
-        default:
-                retval = -EINVAL;
-                goto out2;
-        }
-
-        if (retval == 0)
-                retval = nbytes;
-out2:
-        mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
-out1:
-        kfree(buffer);
-        return retval;
-}
-
 static ssize_t cgroup_file_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
                                                 size_t nbytes, loff_t *ppos)
 {
@@ -2265,7 +2213,7 @@ static struct cftype files[] = {
                 .name = "tasks",
                 .open = cgroup_tasks_open,
                 .read = cgroup_tasks_read,
-                .write = cgroup_common_file_write,
+                .write_u64 = cgroup_tasks_write,
                 .release = cgroup_tasks_release,
                 .private = FILE_TASKLIST,
         },