diff --git a/kernel/res_counter.c b/kernel/res_counter.c
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+/*
+ * resource cgroups
+ *
+ * Copyright 2007 OpenVZ SWsoft Inc
+ *
+ * Author: Pavel Emelianov <xemul@openvz.org>
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/parser.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/res_counter.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+
+void res_counter_init(struct res_counter *counter)
+{
+	spin_lock_init(&counter->lock);
+	counter->limit = (unsigned long)LONG_MAX;
+}
+
+int res_counter_charge_locked(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val)
+{
+	if (counter->usage + val > counter->limit) {
+		counter->failcnt++;
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	counter->usage += val;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int res_counter_charge(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val)
+{
+	int ret;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&counter->lock, flags);
+	ret = res_counter_charge_locked(counter, val);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&counter->lock, flags);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+void res_counter_uncharge_locked(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val)
+{
+	if (WARN_ON(counter->usage < val))
+		val = counter->usage;
+
+	counter->usage -= val;
+}
+
+void res_counter_uncharge(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&counter->lock, flags);
+	res_counter_uncharge_locked(counter, val);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&counter->lock, flags);
+}
+
+
+static inline unsigned long *res_counter_member(struct res_counter *counter,
+						int member)
+{
+	switch (member) {
+	case RES_USAGE:
+		return &counter->usage;
+	case RES_LIMIT:
+		return &counter->limit;
+	case RES_FAILCNT:
+		return &counter->failcnt;
+	};
+
+	BUG();
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+ssize_t res_counter_read(struct res_counter *counter, int member,
+		const char __user *userbuf, size_t nbytes, loff_t *pos)
+{
+	unsigned long *val;
+	char buf[64], *s;
+
+	s = buf;
+	val = res_counter_member(counter, member);
+	s += sprintf(s, "%lu\n", *val);
+	return simple_read_from_buffer((void __user *)userbuf, nbytes,
+			pos, buf, s - buf);
+}
+
+ssize_t res_counter_write(struct res_counter *counter, int member,
+		const char __user *userbuf, size_t nbytes, loff_t *pos)
+{
+	int ret;
+	char *buf, *end;
+	unsigned long tmp, *val;
+
+	buf = kmalloc(nbytes + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ret = -ENOMEM;
+	if (buf == NULL)
+		goto out;
+
+	buf[nbytes] = '\0';
+	ret = -EFAULT;
+	if (copy_from_user(buf, userbuf, nbytes))
+		goto out_free;
+
+	ret = -EINVAL;
+	tmp = simple_strtoul(buf, &end, 10);
+	if (*end != '\0')
+		goto out_free;
+
+	val = res_counter_member(counter, member);
+	*val = tmp;
+	ret = nbytes;
+out_free:
+	kfree(buf);
+out:
+	return ret;
+}