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+Taskdiag is a netlink interface for getting task properties. Compared to procfs,
+it is faster, more flexible and provides data in a binary format. Taskdiag was
+created using the basic idea of socket_diag.
+
+Interface
+---------
+
+The user-kernel interface is encapsulated in include/uapi/linux/task_diag.h
+
+Request
+-------
+
+A request is described by the task_diag_pid structure.
+
+struct task_diag_pid {
+	__u64	show_flags;	/* TASK_DIAG_SHOW_* */
+	__u64	dump_stratagy;	/* TASK_DIAG_DUMP_* */
+
+	__u32	pid;
+};
+
+dump_stratagy specifies a group of processes:
+/* per-process strategies */
+TASK_DIAG_DUMP_CHILDREN	- all children
+TASK_DIAG_DUMP_THREAD	- all threads
+TASK_DIAG_DUMP_ONE	- one process
+/* system wide strategies (the pid fiel is ignored) */
+TASK_DIAG_DUMP_ALL	  - all processes
+TASK_DIAG_DUMP_ALL_THREAD - all threads
+
+show_flags specifies which information are required.  If we set the
+TASK_DIAG_SHOW_BASE flag, the response message will contain the TASK_DIAG_BASE
+attribute which is described by the task_diag_base structure.
+
+In future, it can be extended by optional attributes. The request describes
+which task properties are required and for which processes they are required
+for.
+
+Response
+--------
+
+A response can be divided into a few netlink packets if the NETLINK_DUMP has
+been set in a request. Each task is described by a message. Each message
+contains the TASK_DIAG_PID attribute and optional attributes which have been
+requested. A message can be divided into a few parts if it doesn’t fit into a
+current netlink packet. In this case, the first message in the next packet
+contains the same PID and attributes which doesn’t  fit into the previous
+message.
+
+Examples
+--------
+
+A few examples can be found in tools/testing/selftests/task_diag/