diff --git a/fs/filesystems.c b/fs/filesystems.c
index 7a4f61a..f37f872 100644
--- a/fs/filesystems.c
+++ b/fs/filesystems.c
@@ -41,11 +41,12 @@ void put_filesystem(struct file_system_type *fs)
 	module_put(fs->owner);
 }
 
-static struct file_system_type **find_filesystem(const char *name)
+static struct file_system_type **find_filesystem(const char *name, unsigned len)
 {
 	struct file_system_type **p;
 	for (p=&file_systems; *p; p=&(*p)->next)
-		if (strcmp((*p)->name,name) == 0)
+		if (strlen((*p)->name) == len &&
+		    strncmp((*p)->name, name, len) == 0)
 			break;
 	return p;
 }
@@ -68,11 +69,12 @@ int register_filesystem(struct file_system_type * fs)
 	int res = 0;
 	struct file_system_type ** p;
 
+	BUG_ON(strchr(fs->name, '.'));
 	if (fs->next)
 		return -EBUSY;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fs->fs_supers);
 	write_lock(&file_systems_lock);
-	p = find_filesystem(fs->name);
+	p = find_filesystem(fs->name, strlen(fs->name));
 	if (*p)
 		res = -EBUSY;
 	else
@@ -215,19 +217,26 @@ int get_filesystem_list(char * buf)
 struct file_system_type *get_fs_type(const char *name)
 {
 	struct file_system_type *fs;
+	const char *dot = strchr(name, '.');
+	unsigned len = dot ? dot - name : strlen(name);
 
 	read_lock(&file_systems_lock);
-	fs = *(find_filesystem(name));
+	fs = *(find_filesystem(name, len));
 	if (fs && !try_module_get(fs->owner))
 		fs = NULL;
 	read_unlock(&file_systems_lock);
-	if (!fs && (request_module("%s", name) == 0)) {
+	if (!fs && (request_module("%.*s", len, name) == 0)) {
 		read_lock(&file_systems_lock);
-		fs = *(find_filesystem(name));
+		fs = *(find_filesystem(name, len));
 		if (fs && !try_module_get(fs->owner))
 			fs = NULL;
 		read_unlock(&file_systems_lock);
 	}
+
+	if (dot && fs && !(fs->fs_flags & FS_HAS_SUBTYPE)) {
+		put_filesystem(fs);
+		fs = NULL;
+	}
 	return fs;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index d8003be..1397018 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -636,6 +636,7 @@ static int fuse_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 static struct file_system_type fuse_fs_type = {
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.name		= "fuse",
+	.fs_flags	= FS_HAS_SUBTYPE,
 	.get_sb		= fuse_get_sb,
 	.kill_sb	= kill_anon_super,
 };
@@ -652,6 +653,7 @@ static int fuse_get_sb_blk(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 static struct file_system_type fuseblk_fs_type = {
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.name		= "fuseblk",
+	.fs_flags	= FS_HAS_SUBTYPE,
 	.get_sb		= fuse_get_sb_blk,
 	.kill_sb	= kill_block_super,
 	.fs_flags	= FS_REQUIRES_DEV,
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index be5e56b..c5b8810 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -377,6 +377,10 @@ static int show_vfsmnt(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	seq_path(m, mnt, mnt->mnt_root, " \t\n\\");
 	seq_putc(m, ' ');
 	mangle(m, mnt->mnt_sb->s_type->name);
+	if (mnt->mnt_sb->s_subtype && mnt->mnt_sb->s_subtype[0]) {
+		seq_putc(m, '.');
+		mangle(m, mnt->mnt_sb->s_subtype);
+	}
 	seq_puts(m, mnt->mnt_sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY ? " ro" : " rw");
 	for (fs_infop = fs_info; fs_infop->flag; fs_infop++) {
 		if (mnt->mnt_sb->s_flags & fs_infop->flag)
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 8341e4e..5260d62 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ out:
 static inline void destroy_super(struct super_block *s)
 {
 	security_sb_free(s);
+	kfree(s->s_subtype);
 	kfree(s);
 }
 
@@ -907,6 +908,29 @@ out:
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfs_kern_mount);
 
+static struct vfsmount *fs_set_subtype(struct vfsmount *mnt, const char *fstype)
+{
+	int err;
+	const char *subtype = strchr(fstype, '.');
+	if (subtype) {
+		subtype++;
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		if (!subtype[0])
+			goto err;
+	} else
+		subtype = "";
+
+	mnt->mnt_sb->s_subtype = kstrdup(subtype, GFP_KERNEL);
+	err = -ENOMEM;
+	if (!mnt->mnt_sb->s_subtype)
+		goto err;
+	return mnt;
+
+ err:
+	mntput(mnt);
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
+}
+
 struct vfsmount *
 do_kern_mount(const char *fstype, int flags, const char *name, void *data)
 {
@@ -915,6 +939,9 @@ do_kern_mount(const char *fstype, int flags, const char *name, void *data)
 	if (!type)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 	mnt = vfs_kern_mount(type, flags, name, data);
+	if (!IS_ERR(mnt) && (type->fs_flags & FS_HAS_SUBTYPE) &&
+	    !mnt->mnt_sb->s_subtype)
+		mnt = fs_set_subtype(mnt, fstype);
 	put_filesystem(type);
 	return mnt;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 986b5d5..527a09a 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ extern int dir_notify_enable;
 /* public flags for file_system_type */
 #define FS_REQUIRES_DEV 1 
 #define FS_BINARY_MOUNTDATA 2
+#define FS_HAS_SUBTYPE 4
 #define FS_REVAL_DOT	16384	/* Check the paths ".", ".." for staleness */
 #define FS_RENAME_DOES_D_MOVE	32768	/* FS will handle d_move()
 					 * during rename() internally.
@@ -961,6 +962,12 @@ struct super_block {
 	/* Granularity of c/m/atime in ns.
 	   Cannot be worse than a second */
 	u32		   s_time_gran;
+
+	/*
+	 * Filesystem subtype.  If non-empty the filesystem type field
+	 * in /proc/mounts will be "type.subtype"
+	 */
+	char *s_subtype;
 };
 
 extern struct timespec current_fs_time(struct super_block *sb);