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diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
index 9c452ef2328c..8a2f302327fa 100644
--- a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
@@ -594,15 +594,25 @@ rmdir() will fail with it. From this behavior, pre_destroy() can be
called multiple times against a cgroup.
int can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
- struct task_struct *task)
+ struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
(cgroup_mutex held by caller)
-Called prior to moving a task into a cgroup; if the subsystem
-returns an error, this will abort the attach operation. If a NULL
-task is passed, then a successful result indicates that *any*
-unspecified task can be moved into the cgroup. Note that this isn't
-called on a fork. If this method returns 0 (success) then this should
-remain valid while the caller holds cgroup_mutex and it is ensured that either
+Called prior to moving one or more tasks into a cgroup; if the
+subsystem returns an error, this will abort the attach operation.
+@tset contains the tasks to be attached and is guaranteed to have at
+least one task in it.
+
+If there are multiple tasks in the taskset, then:
+ - it's guaranteed that all are from the same thread group
+ - @tset contains all tasks from the thread group whether or not
+ they're switching cgroups
+ - the first task is the leader
+
+Each @tset entry also contains the task's old cgroup and tasks which
+aren't switching cgroup can be skipped easily using the
+cgroup_taskset_for_each() iterator. Note that this isn't called on a
+fork. If this method returns 0 (success) then this should remain valid
+while the caller holds cgroup_mutex and it is ensured that either
attach() or cancel_attach() will be called in future.
int can_attach_task(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *tsk);
@@ -613,14 +623,14 @@ attached (possibly many when using cgroup_attach_proc). Called after
can_attach.
void cancel_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
- struct task_struct *task, bool threadgroup)
+ struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
(cgroup_mutex held by caller)
Called when a task attach operation has failed after can_attach() has succeeded.
A subsystem whose can_attach() has some side-effects should provide this
function, so that the subsystem can implement a rollback. If not, not necessary.
This will be called only about subsystems whose can_attach() operation have
-succeeded.
+succeeded. The parameters are identical to can_attach().
void pre_attach(struct cgroup *cgrp);
(cgroup_mutex held by caller)
@@ -629,11 +639,12 @@ For any non-per-thread attachment work that needs to happen before
attach_task. Needed by cpuset.
void attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
- struct cgroup *old_cgrp, struct task_struct *task)
+ struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
(cgroup_mutex held by caller)
Called after the task has been attached to the cgroup, to allow any
post-attachment activity that requires memory allocations or blocking.
+The parameters are identical to can_attach().
void attach_task(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *tsk);
(cgroup_mutex held by caller)