- Settings for a single feature should be contained in a single file.
 
 - The root cgroup should be exempt from resource control and thus
-  shouldn't have resource control interface files.  Also,
-  informational files on the root cgroup which end up showing global
-  information available elsewhere shouldn't exist.
+  shouldn't have resource control interface files.
 
 - The default time unit is microseconds.  If a different unit is ever
   used, an explicit unit suffix must be present.
 All time durations are in microseconds.
 
   cpu.stat
-       A read-only flat-keyed file which exists on non-root cgroups.
+       A read-only flat-keyed file.
        This file exists whether the controller is enabled or not.
 
        It always reports the following three stats:
 
        cgroup_base_stat_cputime_account_end(cgrp, rstatc);
 }
 
+/*
+ * compute the cputime for the root cgroup by getting the per cpu data
+ * at a global level, then categorizing the fields in a manner consistent
+ * with how it is done by __cgroup_account_cputime_field for each bit of
+ * cpu time attributed to a cgroup.
+ */
+static void root_cgroup_cputime(struct task_cputime *cputime)
+{
+       int i;
+
+       cputime->stime = 0;
+       cputime->utime = 0;
+       cputime->sum_exec_runtime = 0;
+       for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
+               struct kernel_cpustat kcpustat;
+               u64 *cpustat = kcpustat.cpustat;
+               u64 user = 0;
+               u64 sys = 0;
+
+               kcpustat_cpu_fetch(&kcpustat, i);
+
+               user += cpustat[CPUTIME_USER];
+               user += cpustat[CPUTIME_NICE];
+               cputime->utime += user;
+
+               sys += cpustat[CPUTIME_SYSTEM];
+               sys += cpustat[CPUTIME_IRQ];
+               sys += cpustat[CPUTIME_SOFTIRQ];
+               cputime->stime += sys;
+
+               cputime->sum_exec_runtime += user;
+               cputime->sum_exec_runtime += sys;
+               cputime->sum_exec_runtime += cpustat[CPUTIME_STEAL];
+               cputime->sum_exec_runtime += cpustat[CPUTIME_GUEST];
+               cputime->sum_exec_runtime += cpustat[CPUTIME_GUEST_NICE];
+       }
+}
+
 void cgroup_base_stat_cputime_show(struct seq_file *seq)
 {
        struct cgroup *cgrp = seq_css(seq)->cgroup;
        u64 usage, utime, stime;
-
-       if (!cgroup_parent(cgrp))
-               return;
-
-       cgroup_rstat_flush_hold(cgrp);
-       usage = cgrp->bstat.cputime.sum_exec_runtime;
-       cputime_adjust(&cgrp->bstat.cputime, &cgrp->prev_cputime, &utime, &stime);
-       cgroup_rstat_flush_release();
+       struct task_cputime cputime;
+
+       if (cgroup_parent(cgrp)) {
+               cgroup_rstat_flush_hold(cgrp);
+               usage = cgrp->bstat.cputime.sum_exec_runtime;
+               cputime_adjust(&cgrp->bstat.cputime, &cgrp->prev_cputime,
+                              &utime, &stime);
+               cgroup_rstat_flush_release();
+       } else {
+               root_cgroup_cputime(&cputime);
+               usage = cputime.sum_exec_runtime;
+               utime = cputime.utime;
+               stime = cputime.stime;
+       }
 
        do_div(usage, NSEC_PER_USEC);
        do_div(utime, NSEC_PER_USEC);