3 files changed, 34 insertions, 49 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/res_counter.h b/include/linux/res_counter.h
index 125660e7793..290205dfe09 100644
--- a/include/linux/res_counter.h
+++ b/include/linux/res_counter.h
@@ -63,9 +63,14 @@ u64 res_counter_read_u64(struct res_counter *counter, int member);
 ssize_t res_counter_read(struct res_counter *counter, int member,
 		const char __user *buf, size_t nbytes, loff_t *pos,
 		int (*read_strategy)(unsigned long long val, char *s));
-ssize_t res_counter_write(struct res_counter *counter, int member,
-		const char __user *buf, size_t nbytes, loff_t *pos,
-		int (*write_strategy)(char *buf, unsigned long long *val));
+
+typedef int (*write_strategy_fn)(const char *buf, unsigned long long *val);
+
+int res_counter_memparse_write_strategy(const char *buf,
+					unsigned long long *res);
+
+int res_counter_write(struct res_counter *counter, int member,
+		      const char *buffer, write_strategy_fn write_strategy);
 
 /*
  * the field descriptors. one for each member of res_counter
diff --git a/kernel/res_counter.c b/kernel/res_counter.c
index d3c61b4ebef..f275c8eca77 100644
--- a/kernel/res_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/res_counter.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/res_counter.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
 
 void res_counter_init(struct res_counter *counter)
 {
@@ -102,44 +103,37 @@ u64 res_counter_read_u64(struct res_counter *counter, int member)
 	return *res_counter_member(counter, member);
 }
 
-ssize_t res_counter_write(struct res_counter *counter, int member,
-		const char __user *userbuf, size_t nbytes, loff_t *pos,
-		int (*write_strategy)(char *st_buf, unsigned long long *val))
+int res_counter_memparse_write_strategy(const char *buf,
+					unsigned long long *res)
 {
-	int ret;
-	char *buf, *end;
-	unsigned long flags;
-	unsigned long long tmp, *val;
-
-	buf = kmalloc(nbytes + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
-	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	if (buf == NULL)
-		goto out;
+	char *end;
+	/* FIXME - make memparse() take const char* args */
+	*res = memparse((char *)buf, &end);
+	if (*end != '\0')
+		return -EINVAL;
 
-	buf[nbytes] = '\0';
-	ret = -EFAULT;
-	if (copy_from_user(buf, userbuf, nbytes))
-		goto out_free;
+	*res = PAGE_ALIGN(*res);
+	return 0;
+}
 
-	ret = -EINVAL;
+int res_counter_write(struct res_counter *counter, int member,
+		      const char *buf, write_strategy_fn write_strategy)
+{
+	char *end;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned long long tmp, *val;
 
-	strstrip(buf);
 	if (write_strategy) {
-		if (write_strategy(buf, &tmp)) {
-			goto out_free;
-		}
+		if (write_strategy(buf, &tmp))
+			return -EINVAL;
 	} else {
 		tmp = simple_strtoull(buf, &end, 10);
 		if (*end != '\0')
-			goto out_free;
+			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&counter->lock, flags);
 	val = res_counter_member(counter, member);
 	*val = tmp;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&counter->lock, flags);
-	ret = nbytes;
-out_free:
-	kfree(buf);
-out:
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index e46451e1d9b..7385d58fb06 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -838,32 +838,18 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int mem_cgroup_write_strategy(char *buf, unsigned long long *tmp)
-{
-	*tmp = memparse(buf, &buf);
-	if (*buf != '\0')
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	/*
-	 * Round up the value to the closest page size
-	 */
-	*tmp = ((*tmp + PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT) << PAGE_SHIFT;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static u64 mem_cgroup_read(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft)
 {
 	return res_counter_read_u64(&mem_cgroup_from_cont(cont)->res,
 				    cft->private);
 }
 
-static ssize_t mem_cgroup_write(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft,
-				struct file *file, const char __user *userbuf,
-				size_t nbytes, loff_t *ppos)
+static int mem_cgroup_write(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft,
+			    const char *buffer)
 {
 	return res_counter_write(&mem_cgroup_from_cont(cont)->res,
-				cft->private, userbuf, nbytes, ppos,
-				mem_cgroup_write_strategy);
+				 cft->private, buffer,
+				 res_counter_memparse_write_strategy);
 }
 
 static int mem_cgroup_reset(struct cgroup *cont, unsigned int event)
@@ -940,7 +926,7 @@ static struct cftype mem_cgroup_files[] = {
 	{
 		.name = "limit_in_bytes",
 		.private = RES_LIMIT,
-		.write = mem_cgroup_write,
+		.write_string = mem_cgroup_write,
 		.read_u64 = mem_cgroup_read,
 	},
 	{