diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
index d038bb2..bc8a3b3 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 	struct rb_node **node = &kn->parent->dir.children.rb_node;
 	struct rb_node *parent = NULL;
 
-	if (sysfs_type(kn) == SYSFS_DIR)
+	if (kernfs_type(kn) == KERNFS_DIR)
 		kn->parent->dir.subdirs++;
 
 	while (*node) {
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
  */
 static void sysfs_unlink_sibling(struct kernfs_node *kn)
 {
-	if (sysfs_type(kn) == SYSFS_DIR)
+	if (kernfs_type(kn) == KERNFS_DIR)
 		kn->parent->dir.subdirs--;
 
 	rb_erase(&kn->rb, &kn->parent->dir.children);
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 	if (!atomic_inc_unless_negative(&kn->active))
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (kn->flags & SYSFS_FLAG_LOCKDEP)
+	if (kn->flags & KERNFS_LOCKDEP)
 		rwsem_acquire_read(&kn->dep_map, 0, 1, _RET_IP_);
 	return kn;
 }
@@ -156,10 +156,10 @@
 	if (unlikely(!kn))
 		return;
 
-	if (kn->flags & SYSFS_FLAG_LOCKDEP)
+	if (kn->flags & KERNFS_LOCKDEP)
 		rwsem_release(&kn->dep_map, 1, _RET_IP_);
 	v = atomic_dec_return(&kn->active);
-	if (likely(v != SD_DEACTIVATED_BIAS))
+	if (likely(v != KN_DEACTIVATED_BIAS))
 		return;
 
 	/*
@@ -180,9 +180,9 @@
 	DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(wait);
 	int v;
 
-	BUG_ON(!(kn->flags & SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED));
+	BUG_ON(!(kn->flags & KERNFS_REMOVED));
 
-	if (!(sysfs_type(kn) & SYSFS_ACTIVE_REF))
+	if (!(kernfs_type(kn) & KERNFS_ACTIVE_REF))
 		return;
 
 	kn->u.completion = (void *)&wait;
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@
 	/* atomic_add_return() is a mb(), put_active() will always see
 	 * the updated kn->u.completion.
 	 */
-	v = atomic_add_return(SD_DEACTIVATED_BIAS, &kn->active);
+	v = atomic_add_return(KN_DEACTIVATED_BIAS, &kn->active);
 
-	if (v != SD_DEACTIVATED_BIAS) {
+	if (v != KN_DEACTIVATED_BIAS) {
 		lock_contended(&kn->dep_map, _RET_IP_);
 		wait_for_completion(&wait);
 	}
@@ -235,13 +235,13 @@
 	 */
 	parent = kn->parent;
 
-	WARN(!(kn->flags & SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED),
+	WARN(!(kn->flags & KERNFS_REMOVED),
 		"sysfs: free using entry: %s/%s\n",
 		parent ? parent->name : "", kn->name);
 
-	if (sysfs_type(kn) == SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK)
+	if (kernfs_type(kn) == KERNFS_LINK)
 		kernfs_put(kn->symlink.target_kn);
-	if (sysfs_type(kn) & SYSFS_COPY_NAME)
+	if (kernfs_type(kn) & KERNFS_COPY_NAME)
 		kfree(kn->name);
 	if (kn->iattr) {
 		if (kn->iattr->ia_secdata)
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
 static int sysfs_dentry_delete(const struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct kernfs_node *kn = dentry->d_fsdata;
-	return !(kn && !(kn->flags & SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED));
+	return !(kn && !(kn->flags & KERNFS_REMOVED));
 }
 
 static int sysfs_dentry_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
 	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
 
 	/* The sysfs dirent has been deleted */
-	if (kn->flags & SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED)
+	if (kn->flags & KERNFS_REMOVED)
 		goto out_bad;
 
 	/* The sysfs dirent has been moved? */
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
 	struct kernfs_node *kn;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (type & SYSFS_COPY_NAME) {
+	if (type & KERNFS_COPY_NAME) {
 		name = dup_name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!name)
 			return NULL;
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
 
 	kn->name = name;
 	kn->mode = mode;
-	kn->flags = type | SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED;
+	kn->flags = type | KERNFS_REMOVED;
 
 	return kn;
 
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (sysfs_type(parent) != SYSFS_DIR)
+	if (kernfs_type(parent) != KERNFS_DIR)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	kn->hash = sysfs_name_hash(kn->name, kn->ns);
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* Mark the entry added into directory tree */
-	kn->flags &= ~SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED;
+	kn->flags &= ~KERNFS_REMOVED;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@
 	 * Removal can be called multiple times on the same node.  Only the
 	 * first invocation is effective and puts the base ref.
 	 */
-	if (kn->flags & SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED)
+	if (kn->flags & KERNFS_REMOVED)
 		return;
 
 	if (kn->parent) {
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	kn->flags |= SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED;
+	kn->flags |= KERNFS_REMOVED;
 	kn->u.removed_list = acxt->removed;
 	acxt->removed = kn;
 }
@@ -607,14 +607,14 @@
 
 	ida_init(&root->ino_ida);
 
-	kn = sysfs_new_dirent(root, "", S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO, SYSFS_DIR);
+	kn = sysfs_new_dirent(root, "", S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO, KERNFS_DIR);
 	if (!kn) {
 		ida_destroy(&root->ino_ida);
 		kfree(root);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 
-	kn->flags &= ~SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED;
+	kn->flags &= ~KERNFS_REMOVED;
 	kn->priv = priv;
 	kn->dir.root = root;
 
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@
 	int rc;
 
 	/* allocate */
-	kn = sysfs_new_dirent(kernfs_root(parent), name, mode, SYSFS_DIR);
+	kn = sysfs_new_dirent(kernfs_root(parent), name, mode, KERNFS_DIR);
 	if (!kn)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@
 
 		last = pos;
 
-		if (sysfs_type(pos) != SYSFS_DIR)
+		if (kernfs_type(pos) != KERNFS_DIR)
 			break;
 
 		rbn = rb_first(&pos->dir.children);
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@
 	struct kernfs_node *parent, loff_t hash, struct kernfs_node *pos)
 {
 	if (pos) {
-		int valid = !(pos->flags & SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED) &&
+		int valid = !(pos->flags & KERNFS_REMOVED) &&
 			pos->parent == parent && hash == pos->hash;
 		kernfs_put(pos);
 		if (!valid)
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/file.c b/fs/kernfs/file.c
index 2714a39..abe93e1 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/file.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
  */
 static const struct kernfs_ops *kernfs_ops(struct kernfs_node *kn)
 {
-	if (kn->flags & SYSFS_FLAG_LOCKDEP)
+	if (kn->flags & KERNFS_LOCKDEP)
 		lockdep_assert_held(kn);
 	return kn->attr.ops;
 }
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
 {
 	struct kernfs_open_file *of = kernfs_of(file);
 
-	if (of->kn->flags & SYSFS_FLAG_HAS_SEQ_SHOW)
+	if (of->kn->flags & KERNFS_HAS_SEQ_SHOW)
 		return seq_read(file, user_buf, count, ppos);
 	else
 		return kernfs_file_direct_read(of, user_buf, count, ppos);
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@
 	 * without grabbing @of->mutex by testing HAS_MMAP flag.  See the
 	 * comment in kernfs_file_open() for more details.
 	 */
-	if (!(of->kn->flags & SYSFS_FLAG_HAS_MMAP))
+	if (!(of->kn->flags & KERNFS_HAS_MMAP))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	mutex_lock(&of->mutex);
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@
 	struct kernfs_open_node *on;
 	struct kernfs_open_file *of;
 
-	if (!(kn->flags & SYSFS_FLAG_HAS_MMAP))
+	if (!(kn->flags & KERNFS_HAS_MMAP))
 		return;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&kernfs_open_node_lock);
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&kernfs_open_node_lock, flags);
 
-	if (!WARN_ON(sysfs_type(kn) != SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR)) {
+	if (!WARN_ON(kernfs_type(kn) != KERNFS_FILE)) {
 		on = kn->attr.open;
 		if (on) {
 			atomic_inc(&on->event);
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@
 	int rc;
 
 	kn = sysfs_new_dirent(kernfs_root(parent), name,
-			      (mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG, SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR);
+			      (mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG, KERNFS_FILE);
 	if (!kn)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
 	if (key) {
 		lockdep_init_map(&kn->dep_map, "s_active", key, 0);
-		kn->flags |= SYSFS_FLAG_LOCKDEP;
+		kn->flags |= KERNFS_LOCKDEP;
 	}
 #endif
 
@@ -807,9 +807,9 @@
 	 * ref.  Cache their existence in flags.
 	 */
 	if (ops->seq_show)
-		kn->flags |= SYSFS_FLAG_HAS_SEQ_SHOW;
+		kn->flags |= KERNFS_HAS_SEQ_SHOW;
 	if (ops->mmap)
-		kn->flags |= SYSFS_FLAG_HAS_MMAP;
+		kn->flags |= KERNFS_HAS_MMAP;
 
 	sysfs_addrm_start(&acxt);
 	rc = sysfs_add_one(&acxt, kn, parent);
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/inode.c b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
index a0e0038..af92638 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
 					    attrs->ia_secdata_len);
 	}
 
-	if (sysfs_type(kn) == SYSFS_DIR)
+	if (kernfs_type(kn) == KERNFS_DIR)
 		set_nlink(inode, kn->dir.subdirs + 2);
 }
 
@@ -299,16 +299,16 @@
 	sysfs_refresh_inode(kn, inode);
 
 	/* initialize inode according to type */
-	switch (sysfs_type(kn)) {
-	case SYSFS_DIR:
+	switch (kernfs_type(kn)) {
+	case KERNFS_DIR:
 		inode->i_op = &sysfs_dir_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &sysfs_dir_operations;
 		break;
-	case SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR:
+	case KERNFS_FILE:
 		inode->i_size = kn->attr.size;
 		inode->i_fop = &kernfs_file_operations;
 		break;
-	case SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK:
+	case KERNFS_LINK:
 		inode->i_op = &sysfs_symlink_inode_operations;
 		break;
 	default:
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
index 573f669..c4bf5bf 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
+++ b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@
 	struct simple_xattrs	xattrs;
 };
 
-#define SD_DEACTIVATED_BIAS		INT_MIN
+#define KN_DEACTIVATED_BIAS		INT_MIN
 
-/* SYSFS_TYPE_MASK and types are defined in include/linux/kernfs.h */
+/* KERNFS_TYPE_MASK and types are defined in include/linux/kernfs.h */
 
 /**
  * kernfs_root - find out the kernfs_root a kernfs_node belongs to
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/symlink.c b/fs/kernfs/symlink.c
index f36e3f1..a92284d 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/symlink.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 	int error;
 
 	kn = sysfs_new_dirent(kernfs_root(parent), name, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO,
-			      SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK);
+			      KERNFS_LINK);
 	if (!kn)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 4a80001..aa00740 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 	spin_unlock(&sysfs_symlink_target_lock);
 
 	if (kn) {
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(sysfs_type(kn) != SYSFS_DIR);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(kernfs_type(kn) != KERNFS_DIR);
 		kernfs_remove(kn);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index fd104b2..fe6388f 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 {
 	struct kobject *kobj = kn->parent->priv;
 
-	if (kn->flags & SYSFS_FLAG_LOCKDEP)
+	if (kn->flags & KERNFS_LOCKDEP)
 		lockdep_assert_held(kn);
 	return kobj->ktype ? kobj->ktype->sysfs_ops : NULL;
 }
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index 0d48ea9..aecb15f 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
 		goto out;
 
 	result = -EINVAL;
-	if (sysfs_type(kn) != SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK)
+	if (kernfs_type(kn) != KERNFS_LINK)
 		goto out;
 	if (kn->symlink.target_kn->priv != targ)
 		goto out;