1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 6f8aaf3805d2..06b5085804a1 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ struct sysfs_dirent {
                 struct sysfs_elem_bin_attr      bin_attr;
         }                       s_elem;
 
-        int                     s_type;
+        unsigned int            s_flags;
         umode_t                 s_mode;
         ino_t                   s_ino;
         struct dentry           * s_dentry;
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ extern const struct file_operations bin_fops;
 extern const struct inode_operations sysfs_dir_inode_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations sysfs_symlink_inode_operations;
 
+static inline unsigned int sysfs_type(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
+{
+        return sd->s_flags & SYSFS_TYPE_MASK;
+}
+
 static inline struct sysfs_dirent * sysfs_get(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
 {
         if (sd) {