diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/index.rst
index c980dfe9abf1..9842e21afd4a 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/index.rst
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ MAC extensions, other extensions can be built using the LSM to provide
 specific changes to system operation when these tweaks are not available
 in the core functionality of Linux itself.
 
-Without a specific LSM built into the kernel, the default LSM will be the
-Linux capabilities system. Most LSMs choose to extend the capabilities
-system, building their checks on top of the defined capability hooks.
+The Linux capabilities modules will always be included. This may be
+followed by any number of "minor" modules and at most one "major" module.
 For more details on capabilities, see ``capabilities(7)`` in the Linux
 man-pages project.
 
@@ -30,6 +29,14 @@ order in which checks are made. The capability module will always
 be first, followed by any "minor" modules (e.g. Yama) and then
 the one "major" module (e.g. SELinux) if there is one configured.
 
+Process attributes associated with "major" security modules should
+be accessed and maintained using the special files in ``/proc/.../attr``.
+A security module may maintain a module specific subdirectory there,
+named after the module. ``/proc/.../attr/smack`` is provided by the Smack
+security module and contains all its special files. The files directly
+in ``/proc/.../attr`` remain as legacy interfaces for modules that provide
+subdirectories.
+
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 60316b52d659..03f577c7c311 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -140,9 +140,13 @@ struct pid_entry {
 #define REG(NAME, MODE, fops)				\
 	NOD(NAME, (S_IFREG|(MODE)), NULL, &fops, {})
 #define ONE(NAME, MODE, show)				\
-	NOD(NAME, (S_IFREG|(MODE)), 			\
+	NOD(NAME, (S_IFREG|(MODE)),			\
 		NULL, &proc_single_file_operations,	\
 		{ .proc_show = show } )
+#define ATTR(LSM, NAME, MODE)				\
+	NOD(NAME, (S_IFREG|(MODE)),			\
+		NULL, &proc_pid_attr_operations,	\
+		{ .lsm = LSM })
 
 /*
  * Count the number of hardlinks for the pid_entry table, excluding the .
@@ -2496,7 +2500,7 @@ static ssize_t proc_pid_attr_read(struct file * file, char __user * buf,
 	if (!task)
 		return -ESRCH;
 
-	length = security_getprocattr(task,
+	length = security_getprocattr(task, PROC_I(inode)->op.lsm,
 				      (char*)file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name,
 				      &p);
 	put_task_struct(task);
@@ -2542,7 +2546,8 @@ static ssize_t proc_pid_attr_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
 	if (length < 0)
 		goto out_free;
 
-	length = security_setprocattr(file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name,
+	length = security_setprocattr(PROC_I(inode)->op.lsm,
+				      file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name,
 				      page, count);
 	mutex_unlock(&current->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
 out_free:
@@ -2559,13 +2564,53 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_pid_attr_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 };
 
+#define LSM_DIR_OPS(LSM) \
+static int proc_##LSM##_attr_dir_iterate(struct file *filp, \
+			     struct dir_context *ctx) \
+{ \
+	return proc_pident_readdir(filp, ctx, \
+				   LSM##_attr_dir_stuff, \
+				   ARRAY_SIZE(LSM##_attr_dir_stuff)); \
+} \
+\
+static const struct file_operations proc_##LSM##_attr_dir_ops = { \
+	.read		= generic_read_dir, \
+	.iterate	= proc_##LSM##_attr_dir_iterate, \
+	.llseek		= default_llseek, \
+}; \
+\
+static struct dentry *proc_##LSM##_attr_dir_lookup(struct inode *dir, \
+				struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags) \
+{ \
+	return proc_pident_lookup(dir, dentry, \
+				  LSM##_attr_dir_stuff, \
+				  ARRAY_SIZE(LSM##_attr_dir_stuff)); \
+} \
+\
+static const struct inode_operations proc_##LSM##_attr_dir_inode_ops = { \
+	.lookup		= proc_##LSM##_attr_dir_lookup, \
+	.getattr	= pid_getattr, \
+	.setattr	= proc_setattr, \
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_SMACK
+static const struct pid_entry smack_attr_dir_stuff[] = {
+	ATTR("smack", "current",	0666),
+};
+LSM_DIR_OPS(smack);
+#endif
+
 static const struct pid_entry attr_dir_stuff[] = {
-	REG("current",    S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO, proc_pid_attr_operations),
-	REG("prev",       S_IRUGO,	   proc_pid_attr_operations),
-	REG("exec",       S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO, proc_pid_attr_operations),
-	REG("fscreate",   S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO, proc_pid_attr_operations),
-	REG("keycreate",  S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO, proc_pid_attr_operations),
-	REG("sockcreate", S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO, proc_pid_attr_operations),
+	ATTR(NULL, "current",		0666),
+	ATTR(NULL, "prev",		0444),
+	ATTR(NULL, "exec",		0666),
+	ATTR(NULL, "fscreate",		0666),
+	ATTR(NULL, "keycreate",		0666),
+	ATTR(NULL, "sockcreate",	0666),
+#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_SMACK
+	DIR("smack",			0555,
+	    proc_smack_attr_dir_inode_ops, proc_smack_attr_dir_ops),
+#endif
 };
 
 static int proc_attr_dir_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
diff --git a/fs/proc/internal.h b/fs/proc/internal.h
index 4a67188c8d74..c39154eceefb 100644
--- a/fs/proc/internal.h
+++ b/fs/proc/internal.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ union proc_op {
 	int (*proc_show)(struct seq_file *m,
 		struct pid_namespace *ns, struct pid *pid,
 		struct task_struct *task);
+	const char *lsm;
 };
 
 struct proc_inode {
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 73f1ef625d40..e3283de8be8c 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -375,8 +375,10 @@ int security_sem_semctl(struct sem_array *sma, int cmd);
 int security_sem_semop(struct sem_array *sma, struct sembuf *sops,
 			unsigned nsops, int alter);
 void security_d_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode);
-int security_getprocattr(struct task_struct *p, char *name, char **value);
-int security_setprocattr(const char *name, void *value, size_t size);
+int security_getprocattr(struct task_struct *p, const char *lsm, char *name,
+			 char **value);
+int security_setprocattr(const char *lsm, const char *name, void *value,
+			 size_t size);
 int security_netlink_send(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
 int security_ismaclabel(const char *name);
 int security_secid_to_secctx(u32 secid, char **secdata, u32 *seclen);
@@ -1128,15 +1130,18 @@ static inline int security_sem_semop(struct sem_array *sma,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline void security_d_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
+static inline void security_d_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry,
+					  struct inode *inode)
 { }
 
-static inline int security_getprocattr(struct task_struct *p, char *name, char **value)
+static inline int security_getprocattr(struct task_struct *p, const char *lsm,
+				       char *name, char **value)
 {
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-static inline int security_setprocattr(char *name, void *value, size_t size)
+static inline int security_setprocattr(const char *lsm, char *name,
+				       void *value, size_t size)
 {
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index 1cd8526cb0b7..00c3580bb6c6 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -1254,14 +1254,30 @@ void security_d_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_d_instantiate);
 
-int security_getprocattr(struct task_struct *p, char *name, char **value)
+int security_getprocattr(struct task_struct *p, const char *lsm, char *name,
+				char **value)
 {
-	return call_int_hook(getprocattr, -EINVAL, p, name, value);
+	struct security_hook_list *hp;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(hp, &security_hook_heads.getprocattr, list) {
+		if (lsm != NULL && strcmp(lsm, hp->lsm))
+			continue;
+		return hp->hook.getprocattr(p, name, value);
+	}
+	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-int security_setprocattr(const char *name, void *value, size_t size)
+int security_setprocattr(const char *lsm, const char *name, void *value,
+			 size_t size)
 {
-	return call_int_hook(setprocattr, -EINVAL, name, value, size);
+	struct security_hook_list *hp;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(hp, &security_hook_heads.setprocattr, list) {
+		if (lsm != NULL && strcmp(lsm, hp->lsm))
+			continue;
+		return hp->hook.setprocattr(name, value, size);
+	}
+	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
 int security_netlink_send(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
