* the current resource consumption level
         */
        unsigned long long usage;
+       /*
+        * the maximal value of the usage from the counter creation
+        */
+       unsigned long long max_usage;
        /*
         * the limit that usage cannot exceed
         */
 
 enum {
        RES_USAGE,
+       RES_MAX_USAGE,
        RES_LIMIT,
        RES_FAILCNT,
 };
        return ret;
 }
 
+static inline void res_counter_reset_max(struct res_counter *cnt)
+{
+       unsigned long flags;
+
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&cnt->lock, flags);
+       cnt->max_usage = cnt->usage;
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cnt->lock, flags);
+}
+
 #endif
 
                                mem_cgroup_write_strategy);
 }
 
+static ssize_t mem_cgroup_max_reset(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft,
+                               struct file *file, const char __user *userbuf,
+                               size_t nbytes, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+       struct mem_cgroup *mem;
+
+       mem = mem_cgroup_from_cont(cont);
+       res_counter_reset_max(&mem->res);
+       return nbytes;
+}
+
 static ssize_t mem_force_empty_write(struct cgroup *cont,
                                struct cftype *cft, struct file *file,
                                const char __user *userbuf,
                .private = RES_USAGE,
                .read_u64 = mem_cgroup_read,
        },
+       {
+               .name = "max_usage_in_bytes",
+               .private = RES_MAX_USAGE,
+               .write = mem_cgroup_max_reset,
+               .read_u64 = mem_cgroup_read,
+       },
        {
                .name = "limit_in_bytes",
                .private = RES_LIMIT,