diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index ae76b58..da7470c 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -5947,6 +5947,7 @@ L:	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	fs/*
 F:	include/linux/fs.h
+F:	include/linux/fs_types.h
 F:	include/uapi/linux/fs.h
 
 FINTEK F75375S HARDWARE MONITOR AND FAN CONTROLLER DRIVER
diff --git a/fs/Makefile b/fs/Makefile
index 293733f..23fcd8c 100644
--- a/fs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ obj-y :=	open.o read_write.o file_table.o super.o \
 		attr.o bad_inode.o file.o filesystems.o namespace.o \
 		seq_file.o xattr.o libfs.o fs-writeback.o \
 		pnode.o splice.o sync.o utimes.o d_path.o \
-		stack.o fs_struct.o statfs.o fs_pin.o nsfs.o
+		stack.o fs_struct.o statfs.o fs_pin.o nsfs.o \
+		fs_types.o
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_BLOCK),y)
 obj-y +=	buffer.o block_dev.o direct-io.o mpage.o
diff --git a/fs/ext2/dir.c b/fs/ext2/dir.c
index 3b8114d..13318e2 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/dir.c
@@ -252,33 +252,10 @@ ext2_validate_entry(char *base, unsigned offset, unsigned mask)
 	return (char *)p - base;
 }
 
-static unsigned char ext2_filetype_table[EXT2_FT_MAX] = {
-	[EXT2_FT_UNKNOWN]	= DT_UNKNOWN,
-	[EXT2_FT_REG_FILE]	= DT_REG,
-	[EXT2_FT_DIR]		= DT_DIR,
-	[EXT2_FT_CHRDEV]	= DT_CHR,
-	[EXT2_FT_BLKDEV]	= DT_BLK,
-	[EXT2_FT_FIFO]		= DT_FIFO,
-	[EXT2_FT_SOCK]		= DT_SOCK,
-	[EXT2_FT_SYMLINK]	= DT_LNK,
-};
-
-#define S_SHIFT 12
-static unsigned char ext2_type_by_mode[S_IFMT >> S_SHIFT] = {
-	[S_IFREG >> S_SHIFT]	= EXT2_FT_REG_FILE,
-	[S_IFDIR >> S_SHIFT]	= EXT2_FT_DIR,
-	[S_IFCHR >> S_SHIFT]	= EXT2_FT_CHRDEV,
-	[S_IFBLK >> S_SHIFT]	= EXT2_FT_BLKDEV,
-	[S_IFIFO >> S_SHIFT]	= EXT2_FT_FIFO,
-	[S_IFSOCK >> S_SHIFT]	= EXT2_FT_SOCK,
-	[S_IFLNK >> S_SHIFT]	= EXT2_FT_SYMLINK,
-};
-
 static inline void ext2_set_de_type(ext2_dirent *de, struct inode *inode)
 {
-	umode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
 	if (EXT2_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(inode->i_sb, EXT2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_FILETYPE))
-		de->file_type = ext2_type_by_mode[(mode & S_IFMT)>>S_SHIFT];
+		de->file_type = fs_umode_to_ftype(inode->i_mode);
 	else
 		de->file_type = 0;
 }
@@ -293,14 +270,14 @@ ext2_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	unsigned long n = pos >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long npages = dir_pages(inode);
 	unsigned chunk_mask = ~(ext2_chunk_size(inode)-1);
-	unsigned char *types = NULL;
 	bool need_revalidate = !inode_eq_iversion(inode, file->f_version);
+	bool has_filetype;
 
 	if (pos > inode->i_size - EXT2_DIR_REC_LEN(1))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (EXT2_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_FILETYPE))
-		types = ext2_filetype_table;
+	has_filetype =
+		EXT2_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_FILETYPE);
 
 	for ( ; n < npages; n++, offset = 0) {
 		char *kaddr, *limit;
@@ -335,8 +312,8 @@ ext2_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 			if (de->inode) {
 				unsigned char d_type = DT_UNKNOWN;
 
-				if (types && de->file_type < EXT2_FT_MAX)
-					d_type = types[de->file_type];
+				if (has_filetype)
+					d_type = fs_ftype_to_dtype(de->file_type);
 
 				if (!dir_emit(ctx, de->name, de->name_len,
 						le32_to_cpu(de->inode),
diff --git a/fs/ext2/ext2.h b/fs/ext2/ext2.h
index e770cd1..93fcfe7 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ext2.h
+++ b/fs/ext2/ext2.h
@@ -604,22 +604,6 @@ struct ext2_dir_entry_2 {
 };
 
 /*
- * Ext2 directory file types.  Only the low 3 bits are used.  The
- * other bits are reserved for now.
- */
-enum {
-	EXT2_FT_UNKNOWN		= 0,
-	EXT2_FT_REG_FILE	= 1,
-	EXT2_FT_DIR		= 2,
-	EXT2_FT_CHRDEV		= 3,
-	EXT2_FT_BLKDEV		= 4,
-	EXT2_FT_FIFO		= 5,
-	EXT2_FT_SOCK		= 6,
-	EXT2_FT_SYMLINK		= 7,
-	EXT2_FT_MAX
-};
-
-/*
  * EXT2_DIR_PAD defines the directory entries boundaries
  *
  * NOTE: It must be a multiple of 4
diff --git a/fs/fs_types.c b/fs/fs_types.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78365e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/fs_types.c
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
+
+/*
+ * fs on-disk file type to dirent file type conversion
+ */
+static const unsigned char fs_dtype_by_ftype[FT_MAX] = {
+	[FT_UNKNOWN]	= DT_UNKNOWN,
+	[FT_REG_FILE]	= DT_REG,
+	[FT_DIR]	= DT_DIR,
+	[FT_CHRDEV]	= DT_CHR,
+	[FT_BLKDEV]	= DT_BLK,
+	[FT_FIFO]	= DT_FIFO,
+	[FT_SOCK]	= DT_SOCK,
+	[FT_SYMLINK]	= DT_LNK
+};
+
+/**
+ * fs_ftype_to_dtype() - fs on-disk file type to dirent type.
+ * @filetype: The on-disk file type to convert.
+ *
+ * This function converts the on-disk file type value (FT_*) to the directory
+ * entry type (DT_*).
+ *
+ * Context: Any context.
+ * Return:
+ * * DT_UNKNOWN		- Unknown type
+ * * DT_FIFO		- FIFO
+ * * DT_CHR		- Character device
+ * * DT_DIR		- Directory
+ * * DT_BLK		- Block device
+ * * DT_REG		- Regular file
+ * * DT_LNK		- Symbolic link
+ * * DT_SOCK		- Local-domain socket
+ */
+unsigned char fs_ftype_to_dtype(unsigned int filetype)
+{
+	if (filetype >= FT_MAX)
+		return DT_UNKNOWN;
+
+	return fs_dtype_by_ftype[filetype];
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fs_ftype_to_dtype);
+
+/*
+ * dirent file type to fs on-disk file type conversion
+ * Values not initialized explicitly are FT_UNKNOWN (0).
+ */
+static const unsigned char fs_ftype_by_dtype[DT_MAX] = {
+	[DT_REG]	= FT_REG_FILE,
+	[DT_DIR]	= FT_DIR,
+	[DT_LNK]	= FT_SYMLINK,
+	[DT_CHR]	= FT_CHRDEV,
+	[DT_BLK]	= FT_BLKDEV,
+	[DT_FIFO]	= FT_FIFO,
+	[DT_SOCK]	= FT_SOCK,
+};
+
+/**
+ * fs_umode_to_ftype() - file mode to on-disk file type.
+ * @mode: The file mode to convert.
+ *
+ * This function converts the file mode value to the on-disk file type (FT_*).
+ *
+ * Context: Any context.
+ * Return:
+ * * FT_UNKNOWN		- Unknown type
+ * * FT_REG_FILE	- Regular file
+ * * FT_DIR		- Directory
+ * * FT_CHRDEV		- Character device
+ * * FT_BLKDEV		- Block device
+ * * FT_FIFO		- FIFO
+ * * FT_SOCK		- Local-domain socket
+ * * FT_SYMLINK		- Symbolic link
+ */
+unsigned char fs_umode_to_ftype(umode_t mode)
+{
+	return fs_ftype_by_dtype[S_DT(mode)];
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fs_umode_to_ftype);
+
+/**
+ * fs_umode_to_dtype() - file mode to dirent file type.
+ * @mode: The file mode to convert.
+ *
+ * This function converts the file mode value to the directory
+ * entry type (DT_*).
+ *
+ * Context: Any context.
+ * Return:
+ * * DT_UNKNOWN		- Unknown type
+ * * DT_FIFO		- FIFO
+ * * DT_CHR		- Character device
+ * * DT_DIR		- Directory
+ * * DT_BLK		- Block device
+ * * DT_REG		- Regular file
+ * * DT_LNK		- Symbolic link
+ * * DT_SOCK		- Local-domain socket
+ */
+unsigned char fs_umode_to_dtype(umode_t mode)
+{
+	return fs_ftype_to_dtype(fs_umode_to_ftype(mode));
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fs_umode_to_dtype);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 08f2604..4ede9ff 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/uuid.h>
 #include <linux/errseq.h>
 #include <linux/ioprio.h>
+#include <linux/fs_types.h>
 
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/fs.h>
@@ -1707,22 +1708,6 @@ int fiemap_fill_next_extent(struct fiemap_extent_info *info, u64 logical,
 int fiemap_check_flags(struct fiemap_extent_info *fieinfo, u32 fs_flags);
 
 /*
- * File types
- *
- * NOTE! These match bits 12..15 of stat.st_mode
- * (ie "(i_mode >> 12) & 15").
- */
-#define DT_UNKNOWN	0
-#define DT_FIFO		1
-#define DT_CHR		2
-#define DT_DIR		4
-#define DT_BLK		6
-#define DT_REG		8
-#define DT_LNK		10
-#define DT_SOCK		12
-#define DT_WHT		14
-
-/*
  * This is the "filldir" function type, used by readdir() to let
  * the kernel specify what kind of dirent layout it wants to have.
  * This allows the kernel to read directories into kernel space or
diff --git a/include/linux/fs_types.h b/include/linux/fs_types.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5481679
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/fs_types.h
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _LINUX_FS_TYPES_H
+#define _LINUX_FS_TYPES_H
+
+/*
+ * This is a header for the common implementation of dirent
+ * to fs on-disk file type conversion.  Although the fs on-disk
+ * bits are specific to every file system, in practice, many
+ * file systems use the exact same on-disk format to describe
+ * the lower 3 file type bits that represent the 7 POSIX file
+ * types.
+ *
+ * It is important to note that the definitions in this
+ * header MUST NOT change. This would break both the
+ * userspace ABI and the on-disk format of filesystems
+ * using this code.
+ *
+ * All those file systems can use this generic code for the
+ * conversions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * struct dirent file types
+ * exposed to user via getdents(2), readdir(3)
+ *
+ * These match bits 12..15 of stat.st_mode
+ * (ie "(i_mode >> 12) & 15").
+ */
+#define S_DT_SHIFT	12
+#define S_DT(mode)	(((mode) & S_IFMT) >> S_DT_SHIFT)
+#define S_DT_MASK	(S_IFMT >> S_DT_SHIFT)
+
+/* these are defined by POSIX and also present in glibc's dirent.h */
+#define DT_UNKNOWN	0
+#define DT_FIFO		1
+#define DT_CHR		2
+#define DT_DIR		4
+#define DT_BLK		6
+#define DT_REG		8
+#define DT_LNK		10
+#define DT_SOCK		12
+#define DT_WHT		14
+
+#define DT_MAX		(S_DT_MASK + 1) /* 16 */
+
+/*
+ * fs on-disk file types.
+ * Only the low 3 bits are used for the POSIX file types.
+ * Other bits are reserved for fs private use.
+ * These definitions are shared and used by multiple filesystems,
+ * and MUST NOT change under any circumstances.
+ *
+ * Note that no fs currently stores the whiteout type on-disk,
+ * so whiteout dirents are exposed to user as DT_CHR.
+ */
+#define FT_UNKNOWN	0
+#define FT_REG_FILE	1
+#define FT_DIR		2
+#define FT_CHRDEV	3
+#define FT_BLKDEV	4
+#define FT_FIFO		5
+#define FT_SOCK		6
+#define FT_SYMLINK	7
+
+#define FT_MAX		8
+
+/*
+ * declarations for helper functions, accompanying implementation
+ * is in fs/fs_types.c
+ */
+extern unsigned char fs_ftype_to_dtype(unsigned int filetype);
+extern unsigned char fs_umode_to_ftype(umode_t mode);
+extern unsigned char fs_umode_to_dtype(umode_t mode);
+
+#endif
