1 files changed, 38 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 356c40d5d20a..f4c4dce9558f 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -829,6 +829,39 @@ enum cgroup_filetype {
         FILE_TASKLIST,
 };
 
+static ssize_t cgroup_write_uint(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft,
+                                 struct file *file,
+                                 const char __user *userbuf,
+                                 size_t nbytes, loff_t *unused_ppos)
+{
+        char buffer[64];
+        int retval = 0;
+        u64 val;
+        char *end;
+
+        if (!nbytes)
+                return -EINVAL;
+        if (nbytes >= sizeof(buffer))
+                return -E2BIG;
+        if (copy_from_user(buffer, userbuf, nbytes))
+                return -EFAULT;
+
+        buffer[nbytes] = 0;     /* nul-terminate */
+
+        /* strip newline if necessary */
+        if (nbytes && (buffer[nbytes-1] == '\n'))
+                buffer[nbytes-1] = 0;
+        val = simple_strtoull(buffer, &end, 0);
+        if (*end)
+                return -EINVAL;
+
+        /* Pass to subsystem */
+        retval = cft->write_uint(cont, cft, val);
+        if (!retval)
+                retval = nbytes;
+        return retval;
+}
+
 static ssize_t cgroup_common_file_write(struct cgroup *cont,
                                            struct cftype *cft,
                                            struct file *file,
@@ -886,10 +919,11 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_file_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 
         if (!cft)
                 return -ENODEV;
-        if (!cft->write)
-                return -EINVAL;
-
-        return cft->write(cont, cft, file, buf, nbytes, ppos);
+        if (cft->write)
+                return cft->write(cont, cft, file, buf, nbytes, ppos);
+        if (cft->write_uint)
+                return cgroup_write_uint(cont, cft, file, buf, nbytes, ppos);
+        return -EINVAL;
 }
 
 static ssize_t cgroup_read_uint(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft,