* function to attach either it or all tasks in its threadgroup. Will lock
  * cgroup_mutex and threadgroup.
  */
-static int attach_task_by_pid(struct cgroup *cgrp, u64 pid, bool threadgroup)
+static ssize_t __cgroup_procs_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf,
+                                   size_t nbytes, loff_t off, bool threadgroup)
 {
        struct task_struct *tsk;
        const struct cred *cred = current_cred(), *tcred;
+       struct cgroup *cgrp = of_css(of)->cgroup;
+       pid_t pid;
        int ret;
 
+       if (kstrtoint(strstrip(buf), 0, &pid) || pid < 0)
+               return -EINVAL;
+
        if (!cgroup_lock_live_group(cgrp))
                return -ENODEV;
 
        put_task_struct(tsk);
 out_unlock_cgroup:
        mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
-       return ret;
+       return ret ?: nbytes;
 }
 
 /**
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cgroup_attach_task_all);
 
-static int cgroup_tasks_write(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
-                             struct cftype *cft, u64 pid)
+static ssize_t cgroup_tasks_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
+                                 char *buf, size_t nbytes, loff_t off)
 {
-       return attach_task_by_pid(css->cgroup, pid, false);
+       return __cgroup_procs_write(of, buf, nbytes, off, false);
 }
 
-static int cgroup_procs_write(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
-                             struct cftype *cft, u64 tgid)
+static ssize_t cgroup_procs_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
+                                 char *buf, size_t nbytes, loff_t off)
 {
-       return attach_task_by_pid(css->cgroup, tgid, true);
+       return __cgroup_procs_write(of, buf, nbytes, off, true);
 }
 
 static ssize_t cgroup_release_agent_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
                .seq_stop = cgroup_pidlist_stop,
                .seq_show = cgroup_pidlist_show,
                .private = CGROUP_FILE_PROCS,
-               .write_u64 = cgroup_procs_write,
+               .write = cgroup_procs_write,
                .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
        },
        {
                .seq_stop = cgroup_pidlist_stop,
                .seq_show = cgroup_pidlist_show,
                .private = CGROUP_FILE_TASKS,
-               .write_u64 = cgroup_tasks_write,
+               .write = cgroup_tasks_write,
                .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
        },
        {