diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index 058371c5d360d9f56fae1131187a20a4b0b13e60..0a3ab670dd2fe5757d62ffb6caff47f2d58ec3dc 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -166,6 +166,16 @@ struct css_set {
 
 };
 
+/*
+ * cgroup_map_cb is an abstract callback API for reporting map-valued
+ * control files
+ */
+
+struct cgroup_map_cb {
+	int (*fill)(struct cgroup_map_cb *cb, const char *key, u64 value);
+	void *state;
+};
+
 /* struct cftype:
  *
  * The files in the cgroup filesystem mostly have a very simple read/write
@@ -194,6 +204,15 @@ struct cftype {
 	 * single integer. Use it in place of read()
 	 */
 	u64 (*read_u64) (struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft);
+	/*
+	 * read_map() is used for defining a map of key/value
+	 * pairs. It should call cb->fill(cb, key, value) for each
+	 * entry. The key/value pairs (and their ordering) should not
+	 * change between reboots.
+	 */
+	int (*read_map) (struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft,
+			 struct cgroup_map_cb *cb);
+
 	ssize_t (*write) (struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft,
 			  struct file *file,
 			  const char __user *buf, size_t nbytes, loff_t *ppos);
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 57afdde871ac2d2fc30490c4b0aacbc2eac28d57..693bcc03188ba27ec54d1c9792a11a72e1bbeb8d 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -1492,6 +1492,46 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_file_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
+/*
+ * seqfile ops/methods for returning structured data. Currently just
+ * supports string->u64 maps, but can be extended in future.
+ */
+
+struct cgroup_seqfile_state {
+	struct cftype *cft;
+	struct cgroup *cgroup;
+};
+
+static int cgroup_map_add(struct cgroup_map_cb *cb, const char *key, u64 value)
+{
+	struct seq_file *sf = cb->state;
+	return seq_printf(sf, "%s %llu\n", key, (unsigned long long)value);
+}
+
+static int cgroup_seqfile_show(struct seq_file *m, void *arg)
+{
+	struct cgroup_seqfile_state *state = m->private;
+	struct cftype *cft = state->cft;
+	struct cgroup_map_cb cb = {
+		.fill = cgroup_map_add,
+		.state = m,
+	};
+	return cft->read_map(state->cgroup, cft, &cb);
+}
+
+int cgroup_seqfile_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	struct seq_file *seq = file->private_data;
+	kfree(seq->private);
+	return single_release(inode, file);
+}
+
+static struct file_operations cgroup_seqfile_operations = {
+	.read = seq_read,
+	.llseek = seq_lseek,
+	.release = cgroup_seqfile_release,
+};
+
 static int cgroup_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	int err;
@@ -1504,7 +1544,18 @@ static int cgroup_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	cft = __d_cft(file->f_dentry);
 	if (!cft)
 		return -ENODEV;
-	if (cft->open)
+	if (cft->read_map) {
+		struct cgroup_seqfile_state *state =
+			kzalloc(sizeof(*state), GFP_USER);
+		if (!state)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		state->cft = cft;
+		state->cgroup = __d_cgrp(file->f_dentry->d_parent);
+		file->f_op = &cgroup_seqfile_operations;
+		err = single_open(file, cgroup_seqfile_show, state);
+		if (err < 0)
+			kfree(state);
+	} else if (cft->open)
 		err = cft->open(inode, file);
 	else
 		err = 0;