diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/resource_counter.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/resource_counter.txt
index 0c4a344e78fa4c32693bf231240597bee5a8fe2b..c4d99ed0b418d46460e0df48a321beed1fc0a58d 100644
--- a/Documentation/cgroups/resource_counter.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/resource_counter.txt
@@ -83,16 +83,17 @@ to work with it.
 	res_counter->lock internally (it must be called with res_counter->lock
 	held). The force parameter indicates whether we can bypass the limit.
 
- e. void res_counter_uncharge[_locked]
+ e. u64 res_counter_uncharge[_locked]
 			(struct res_counter *rc, unsigned long val)
 
 	When a resource is released (freed) it should be de-accounted
 	from the resource counter it was accounted to.  This is called
-	"uncharging".
+	"uncharging". The return value of this function indicate the amount
+	of charges still present in the counter.
 
 	The _locked routines imply that the res_counter->lock is taken.
 
- f. void res_counter_uncharge_until
+ f. u64 res_counter_uncharge_until
 		(struct res_counter *rc, struct res_counter *top,
 		 unsinged long val)
 
diff --git a/include/linux/res_counter.h b/include/linux/res_counter.h
index 6f54e40fa218a3d09aa38aa49513d0c5616a83b5..5ae8456d967010b8cb35b1d861d28a487e2103ba 100644
--- a/include/linux/res_counter.h
+++ b/include/linux/res_counter.h
@@ -125,14 +125,16 @@ int res_counter_charge_nofail(struct res_counter *counter,
  *
  * these calls check for usage underflow and show a warning on the console
  * _locked call expects the counter->lock to be taken
+ *
+ * returns the total charges still present in @counter.
  */
 
-void res_counter_uncharge_locked(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val);
-void res_counter_uncharge(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val);
+u64 res_counter_uncharge_locked(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val);
+u64 res_counter_uncharge(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val);
 
-void res_counter_uncharge_until(struct res_counter *counter,
-				struct res_counter *top,
-				unsigned long val);
+u64 res_counter_uncharge_until(struct res_counter *counter,
+			       struct res_counter *top,
+			       unsigned long val);
 /**
  * res_counter_margin - calculate chargeable space of a counter
  * @cnt: the counter
diff --git a/kernel/res_counter.c b/kernel/res_counter.c
index 3920d593e63c7d86acfcc07f1caa1443a065ffb1..ff55247e7049aeaf08fcf2d058ef6e5d5d20d76b 100644
--- a/kernel/res_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/res_counter.c
@@ -86,33 +86,39 @@ int res_counter_charge_nofail(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val,
 	return __res_counter_charge(counter, val, limit_fail_at, true);
 }
 
-void res_counter_uncharge_locked(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val)
+u64 res_counter_uncharge_locked(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val)
 {
 	if (WARN_ON(counter->usage < val))
 		val = counter->usage;
 
 	counter->usage -= val;
+	return counter->usage;
 }
 
-void res_counter_uncharge_until(struct res_counter *counter,
-				struct res_counter *top,
-				unsigned long val)
+u64 res_counter_uncharge_until(struct res_counter *counter,
+			       struct res_counter *top,
+			       unsigned long val)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct res_counter *c;
+	u64 ret = 0;
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	for (c = counter; c != top; c = c->parent) {
+		u64 r;
 		spin_lock(&c->lock);
-		res_counter_uncharge_locked(c, val);
+		r = res_counter_uncharge_locked(c, val);
+		if (c == counter)
+			ret = r;
 		spin_unlock(&c->lock);
 	}
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
+	return ret;
 }
 
-void res_counter_uncharge(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val)
+u64 res_counter_uncharge(struct res_counter *counter, unsigned long val)
 {
-	res_counter_uncharge_until(counter, NULL, val);
+	return res_counter_uncharge_until(counter, NULL, val);
 }
 
 static inline unsigned long long *