diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index ed3e92e41c6e..0c991023ee47 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -578,7 +578,12 @@ struct task_struct *cgroup_iter_next(struct cgroup *cgrp,
 void cgroup_iter_end(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_iter *it);
 int cgroup_scan_tasks(struct cgroup_scanner *scan);
 int cgroup_attach_task(struct cgroup *, struct task_struct *);
-int cgroup_attach_task_current_cg(struct task_struct *);
+int cgroup_attach_task_all(struct task_struct *from, struct task_struct *);
+
+static inline int cgroup_attach_task_current_cg(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	return cgroup_attach_task_all(current, tsk);
+}
 
 /*
  * CSS ID is ID for cgroup_subsys_state structs under subsys. This only works
@@ -636,6 +641,11 @@ static inline int cgroupstats_build(struct cgroupstats *stats,
 }
 
 /* No cgroups - nothing to do */
+static inline int cgroup_attach_task_all(struct task_struct *from,
+					 struct task_struct *t)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 static inline int cgroup_attach_task_current_cg(struct task_struct *t)
 {
 	return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 192f88c5b0f9..c9483d8f6140 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -1791,19 +1791,20 @@ out:
 }
 
 /**
- * cgroup_attach_task_current_cg - attach task 'tsk' to current task's cgroup
+ * cgroup_attach_task_all - attach task 'tsk' to all cgroups of task 'from'
+ * @from: attach to all cgroups of a given task
  * @tsk: the task to be attached
  */
-int cgroup_attach_task_current_cg(struct task_struct *tsk)
+int cgroup_attach_task_all(struct task_struct *from, struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
 	struct cgroupfs_root *root;
-	struct cgroup *cur_cg;
 	int retval = 0;
 
 	cgroup_lock();
 	for_each_active_root(root) {
-		cur_cg = task_cgroup_from_root(current, root);
-		retval = cgroup_attach_task(cur_cg, tsk);
+		struct cgroup *from_cg = task_cgroup_from_root(from, root);
+
+		retval = cgroup_attach_task(from_cg, tsk);
 		if (retval)
 			break;
 	}
@@ -1811,7 +1812,7 @@ int cgroup_attach_task_current_cg(struct task_struct *tsk)
 
 	return retval;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cgroup_attach_task_current_cg);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cgroup_attach_task_all);
 
 /*
  * Attach task with pid 'pid' to cgroup 'cgrp'. Call with cgroup_mutex