diff --git a/include/linux/taskstats.h b/include/linux/taskstats.h
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+/* taskstats.h - exporting per-task statistics
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) Shailabh Nagar, IBM Corp. 2006
+ *           (C) Balbir Singh,   IBM Corp. 2006
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it would be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_TASKSTATS_H
+#define _LINUX_TASKSTATS_H
+
+/* Format for per-task data returned to userland when
+ *	- a task exits
+ *	- listener requests stats for a task
+ *
+ * The struct is versioned. Newer versions should only add fields to
+ * the bottom of the struct to maintain backward compatibility.
+ *
+ *
+ * To add new fields
+ *	a) bump up TASKSTATS_VERSION
+ *	b) add comment indicating new version number at end of struct
+ *	c) add new fields after version comment; maintain 64-bit alignment
+ */
+
+#define TASKSTATS_VERSION	1
+
+struct taskstats {
+
+	/* Version 1 */
+	__u64	version;
+};
+
+
+#define TASKSTATS_LISTEN_GROUP	0x1
+
+/*
+ * Commands sent from userspace
+ * Not versioned. New commands should only be inserted at the enum's end
+ * prior to __TASKSTATS_CMD_MAX
+ */
+
+enum {
+	TASKSTATS_CMD_UNSPEC = 0,	/* Reserved */
+	TASKSTATS_CMD_GET,		/* user->kernel request/get-response */
+	TASKSTATS_CMD_NEW,		/* kernel->user event */
+	__TASKSTATS_CMD_MAX,
+};
+
+#define TASKSTATS_CMD_MAX (__TASKSTATS_CMD_MAX - 1)
+
+enum {
+	TASKSTATS_TYPE_UNSPEC = 0,	/* Reserved */
+	TASKSTATS_TYPE_PID,		/* Process id */
+	TASKSTATS_TYPE_TGID,		/* Thread group id */
+	TASKSTATS_TYPE_STATS,		/* taskstats structure */
+	TASKSTATS_TYPE_AGGR_PID,	/* contains pid + stats */
+	TASKSTATS_TYPE_AGGR_TGID,	/* contains tgid + stats */
+	__TASKSTATS_TYPE_MAX,
+};
+
+#define TASKSTATS_TYPE_MAX (__TASKSTATS_TYPE_MAX - 1)
+
+enum {
+	TASKSTATS_CMD_ATTR_UNSPEC = 0,
+	TASKSTATS_CMD_ATTR_PID,
+	TASKSTATS_CMD_ATTR_TGID,
+	__TASKSTATS_CMD_ATTR_MAX,
+};
+
+#define TASKSTATS_CMD_ATTR_MAX (__TASKSTATS_CMD_ATTR_MAX - 1)
+
+/* NETLINK_GENERIC related info */
+
+#define TASKSTATS_GENL_NAME	"TASKSTATS"
+#define TASKSTATS_GENL_VERSION	0x1
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_TASKSTATS_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/taskstats_kern.h b/include/linux/taskstats_kern.h
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+/* taskstats_kern.h - kernel header for per-task statistics interface
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) Shailabh Nagar, IBM Corp. 2006
+ *           (C) Balbir Singh,   IBM Corp. 2006
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_TASKSTATS_KERN_H
+#define _LINUX_TASKSTATS_KERN_H
+
+#include <linux/taskstats.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+
+enum {
+	TASKSTATS_MSG_UNICAST,		/* send data only to requester */
+	TASKSTATS_MSG_MULTICAST,	/* send data to a group */
+};
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_TASKSTATS
+extern kmem_cache_t *taskstats_cache;
+
+static inline void taskstats_exit_alloc(struct taskstats **ptidstats,
+					struct taskstats **ptgidstats)
+{
+	*ptidstats = kmem_cache_zalloc(taskstats_cache, SLAB_KERNEL);
+	*ptgidstats = kmem_cache_zalloc(taskstats_cache, SLAB_KERNEL);
+}
+
+static inline void taskstats_exit_free(struct taskstats *tidstats,
+					struct taskstats *tgidstats)
+{
+	if (tidstats)
+		kmem_cache_free(taskstats_cache, tidstats);
+	if (tgidstats)
+		kmem_cache_free(taskstats_cache, tgidstats);
+}
+
+extern void taskstats_exit_send(struct task_struct *, struct taskstats *,
+				struct taskstats *);
+extern void taskstats_init_early(void);
+
+#else
+static inline void taskstats_exit_alloc(struct taskstats **ptidstats,
+					struct taskstats **ptgidstats)
+{}
+static inline void taskstats_exit_free(struct taskstats *ptidstats,
+					struct taskstats *ptgidstats)
+{}
+static inline void taskstats_exit_send(struct task_struct *tsk,
+					struct taskstats *tidstats,
+					struct taskstats *tgidstats)
+{}
+static inline void taskstats_init_early(void)
+{}
+#endif /* CONFIG_TASKSTATS */
+
+#endif
+