return error;
 }
 
-static int cgroup_add_files(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *subsys,
-                           const struct cftype cfts[])
+static int cgroup_addrm_files(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *subsys,
+                             const struct cftype cfts[], bool is_add)
 {
        const struct cftype *cft;
        int err, ret = 0;
 
        for (cft = cfts; cft->name[0] != '\0'; cft++) {
-               err = cgroup_add_file(cgrp, subsys, cft);
+               if (is_add)
+                       err = cgroup_add_file(cgrp, subsys, cft);
+               else
+                       err = cgroup_rm_file(cgrp, cft);
                if (err) {
-                       pr_warning("cgroup_add_files: failed to create %s, err=%d\n",
-                                  cft->name, err);
+                       pr_warning("cgroup_addrm_files: failed to %s %s, err=%d\n",
+                                  is_add ? "add" : "remove", cft->name, err);
                        ret = err;
                }
        }
 }
 
 static void cgroup_cfts_commit(struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
-                              const struct cftype *cfts)
+                              const struct cftype *cfts, bool is_add)
        __releases(&cgroup_mutex) __releases(&cgroup_cft_mutex)
 {
        LIST_HEAD(pending);
                mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
                mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
                if (!cgroup_is_removed(cgrp))
-                       cgroup_add_files(cgrp, ss, cfts);
+                       cgroup_addrm_files(cgrp, ss, cfts, is_add);
                mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
                mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
        cgroup_cfts_prepare();
        set->cfts = cfts;
        list_add_tail(&set->node, &ss->cftsets);
-       cgroup_cfts_commit(ss, cfts);
+       cgroup_cfts_commit(ss, cfts, true);
 
        return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cgroup_add_cftypes);
 
+/**
+ * cgroup_rm_cftypes - remove an array of cftypes from a subsystem
+ * @ss: target cgroup subsystem
+ * @cfts: zero-length name terminated array of cftypes
+ *
+ * Unregister @cfts from @ss.  Files described by @cfts are removed from
+ * all existing cgroups to which @ss is attached and all future cgroups
+ * won't have them either.  This function can be called anytime whether @ss
+ * is attached or not.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on successful unregistration, -ENOENT if @cfts is not
+ * registered with @ss.
+ */
+int cgroup_rm_cftypes(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, const struct cftype *cfts)
+{
+       struct cftype_set *set;
+
+       cgroup_cfts_prepare();
+
+       list_for_each_entry(set, &ss->cftsets, node) {
+               if (set->cfts == cfts) {
+                       list_del_init(&set->node);
+                       cgroup_cfts_commit(ss, cfts, false);
+                       return 0;
+               }
+       }
+
+       cgroup_cfts_commit(ss, NULL, false);
+       return -ENOENT;
+}
+
 /**
  * cgroup_task_count - count the number of tasks in a cgroup.
  * @cgrp: the cgroup in question
        int err;
        struct cgroup_subsys *ss;
 
-       err = cgroup_add_files(cgrp, NULL, files);
+       err = cgroup_addrm_files(cgrp, NULL, files, true);
        if (err < 0)
                return err;
 
                        return err;
 
                list_for_each_entry(set, &ss->cftsets, node)
-                       cgroup_add_files(cgrp, ss, set->cfts);
+                       cgroup_addrm_files(cgrp, ss, set->cfts, true);
        }
 
        /* This cgroup is ready now */