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diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index 9d05c3ca2d5e..a557eea7166f 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -6166,6 +6166,20 @@ static int cgroup_css_set_fork(struct kernel_clone_args *kargs)
if (ret)
goto err;
+ /*
+ * Spawning a task directly into a cgroup works by passing a file
+ * descriptor to the target cgroup directory. This can even be an O_PATH
+ * file descriptor. But it can never be a cgroup.procs file descriptor.
+ * This was done on purpose so spawning into a cgroup could be
+ * conceptualized as an atomic
+ *
+ * fd = openat(dfd_cgroup, "cgroup.procs", ...);
+ * write(fd, <child-pid>, ...);
+ *
+ * sequence, i.e. it's a shorthand for the caller opening and writing
+ * cgroup.procs of the cgroup indicated by @dfd_cgroup. This allows us
+ * to always use the caller's credentials.
+ */
ret = cgroup_attach_permissions(cset->dfl_cgrp, dst_cgrp, sb,
!(kargs->flags & CLONE_THREAD),
current->nsproxy->cgroup_ns);