diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index eb0c3fe44b29b32e6ee72dc0bb52ccd351aa9323..cae1b8c5b08cbb7051b1e7ac67809cab5cb4e6bb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ static int gpio_setup_irq(struct gpio_desc *desc, struct device *dev,
 			goto free_id;
 		}
 
-		pdesc->value_sd = sysfs_get_dirent(dev->kobj.sd, "value");
+		pdesc->value_sd = sysfs_get_dirent(dev->kobj.sd, NULL, "value");
 		if (!pdesc->value_sd) {
 			ret = -ENODEV;
 			goto free_id;
diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
index 26ac8aad0b1993dab39cf91fc692f5dca534cdb5..f084249295d97e3fcda1171595b37de58edf3514 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
@@ -1678,9 +1678,9 @@ int bitmap_create(mddev_t *mddev)
 
 	bitmap->mddev = mddev;
 
-	bm = sysfs_get_dirent(mddev->kobj.sd, "bitmap");
+	bm = sysfs_get_dirent(mddev->kobj.sd, NULL, "bitmap");
 	if (bm) {
-		bitmap->sysfs_can_clear = sysfs_get_dirent(bm, "can_clear");
+		bitmap->sysfs_can_clear = sysfs_get_dirent(bm, NULL, "can_clear");
 		sysfs_put(bm);
 	} else
 		bitmap->sysfs_can_clear = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index cefd63daff3109ee6f54474e1d03f617c61d10f7..a9fd491796ac5005b9e05fce69cd4944434606a8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -1766,7 +1766,7 @@ static int bind_rdev_to_array(mdk_rdev_t * rdev, mddev_t * mddev)
 		kobject_del(&rdev->kobj);
 		goto fail;
 	}
-	rdev->sysfs_state = sysfs_get_dirent(rdev->kobj.sd, "state");
+	rdev->sysfs_state = sysfs_get_dirent(rdev->kobj.sd, NULL, "state");
 
 	list_add_rcu(&rdev->same_set, &mddev->disks);
 	bd_claim_by_disk(rdev->bdev, rdev->bdev->bd_holder, mddev->gendisk);
@@ -4189,7 +4189,7 @@ static int md_alloc(dev_t dev, char *name)
 	mutex_unlock(&disks_mutex);
 	if (!error) {
 		kobject_uevent(&mddev->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
-		mddev->sysfs_state = sysfs_get_dirent(mddev->kobj.sd, "array_state");
+		mddev->sysfs_state = sysfs_get_dirent(mddev->kobj.sd, NULL, "array_state");
 	}
 	mddev_put(mddev);
 	return error;
@@ -4398,7 +4398,7 @@ static int do_md_run(mddev_t * mddev)
 			printk(KERN_WARNING
 			       "md: cannot register extra attributes for %s\n",
 			       mdname(mddev));
-		mddev->sysfs_action = sysfs_get_dirent(mddev->kobj.sd, "sync_action");
+		mddev->sysfs_action = sysfs_get_dirent(mddev->kobj.sd, NULL, "sync_action");
 	} else if (mddev->ro == 2) /* auto-readonly not meaningful */
 		mddev->ro = 0;
 
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/bin.c b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
index e9d293593e52f79bc51bef2bbc352898b9bdd1ee..806b277453f92b1da898ec146e2bba8a9a413360 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/bin.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ int sysfs_create_bin_file(struct kobject *kobj,
 void sysfs_remove_bin_file(struct kobject *kobj,
 			   const struct bin_attribute *attr)
 {
-	sysfs_hash_and_remove(kobj->sd, attr->attr.name);
+	sysfs_hash_and_remove(kobj->sd, NULL, attr->attr.name);
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_create_bin_file);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 590717861c7aae3381ce8780c0f4a215f09e4066..b2b83067ccc89405696a432638710f913e55e5f9 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -380,9 +380,15 @@ int __sysfs_add_one(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt, struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 {
 	struct sysfs_inode_attrs *ps_iattr;
 
-	if (sysfs_find_dirent(acxt->parent_sd, sd->s_name))
+	if (sysfs_find_dirent(acxt->parent_sd, sd->s_ns, sd->s_name))
 		return -EEXIST;
 
+	if (sysfs_ns_type(acxt->parent_sd) && !sd->s_ns) {
+		WARN(1, KERN_WARNING "sysfs: ns required in '%s' for '%s'\n",
+			acxt->parent_sd->s_name, sd->s_name);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	sd->s_parent = sysfs_get(acxt->parent_sd);
 
 	sysfs_link_sibling(sd);
@@ -533,13 +539,17 @@ void sysfs_addrm_finish(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt)
  *	Pointer to sysfs_dirent if found, NULL if not.
  */
 struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_find_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
+				       const void *ns,
 				       const unsigned char *name)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
 
-	for (sd = parent_sd->s_dir.children; sd; sd = sd->s_sibling)
+	for (sd = parent_sd->s_dir.children; sd; sd = sd->s_sibling) {
+		if (sd->s_ns != ns)
+			continue;
 		if (!strcmp(sd->s_name, name))
 			return sd;
+	}
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -558,12 +568,13 @@ struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_find_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
  *	Pointer to sysfs_dirent if found, NULL if not.
  */
 struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_get_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
+				      const void *ns,
 				      const unsigned char *name)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
 
 	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
-	sd = sysfs_find_dirent(parent_sd, name);
+	sd = sysfs_find_dirent(parent_sd, ns, name);
 	sysfs_get(sd);
 	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
 
@@ -572,7 +583,8 @@ struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_get_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_get_dirent);
 
 static int create_dir(struct kobject *kobj, struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
-		      const char *name, struct sysfs_dirent **p_sd)
+	enum kobj_ns_type type, const void *ns, const char *name,
+	struct sysfs_dirent **p_sd)
 {
 	umode_t mode = S_IFDIR| S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO;
 	struct sysfs_addrm_cxt acxt;
@@ -583,6 +595,9 @@ static int create_dir(struct kobject *kobj, struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
 	sd = sysfs_new_dirent(name, mode, SYSFS_DIR);
 	if (!sd)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	sd->s_flags |= (type << SYSFS_NS_TYPE_SHIFT);
+	sd->s_ns = ns;
 	sd->s_dir.kobj = kobj;
 
 	/* link in */
@@ -601,7 +616,25 @@ static int create_dir(struct kobject *kobj, struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
 int sysfs_create_subdir(struct kobject *kobj, const char *name,
 			struct sysfs_dirent **p_sd)
 {
-	return create_dir(kobj, kobj->sd, name, p_sd);
+	return create_dir(kobj, kobj->sd,
+			  KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NONE, NULL, name, p_sd);
+}
+
+static enum kobj_ns_type sysfs_read_ns_type(struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+	const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *ops;
+	enum kobj_ns_type type;
+
+	ops = kobj_child_ns_ops(kobj);
+	if (!ops)
+		return KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NONE;
+
+	type = ops->type;
+	BUG_ON(type <= KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NONE);
+	BUG_ON(type >= KOBJ_NS_TYPES);
+	BUG_ON(!kobj_ns_type_registered(type));
+
+	return type;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -610,7 +643,9 @@ int sysfs_create_subdir(struct kobject *kobj, const char *name,
  */
 int sysfs_create_dir(struct kobject * kobj)
 {
+	enum kobj_ns_type type;
 	struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd, *sd;
+	const void *ns = NULL;
 	int error = 0;
 
 	BUG_ON(!kobj);
@@ -620,7 +655,11 @@ int sysfs_create_dir(struct kobject * kobj)
 	else
 		parent_sd = &sysfs_root;
 
-	error = create_dir(kobj, parent_sd, kobject_name(kobj), &sd);
+	if (sysfs_ns_type(parent_sd))
+		ns = kobj->ktype->namespace(kobj);
+	type = sysfs_read_ns_type(kobj);
+
+	error = create_dir(kobj, parent_sd, type, ns, kobject_name(kobj), &sd);
 	if (!error)
 		kobj->sd = sd;
 	return error;
@@ -630,13 +669,19 @@ static struct dentry * sysfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 				struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct dentry *ret = NULL;
-	struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd = dentry->d_parent->d_fsdata;
+	struct dentry *parent = dentry->d_parent;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd = parent->d_fsdata;
 	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
 	struct inode *inode;
+	enum kobj_ns_type type;
+	const void *ns;
 
 	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
 
-	sd = sysfs_find_dirent(parent_sd, dentry->d_name.name);
+	type = sysfs_ns_type(parent_sd);
+	ns = sysfs_info(dir->i_sb)->ns[type];
+
+	sd = sysfs_find_dirent(parent_sd, ns, dentry->d_name.name);
 
 	/* no such entry */
 	if (!sd) {
@@ -735,7 +780,8 @@ void sysfs_remove_dir(struct kobject * kobj)
 }
 
 int sysfs_rename(struct sysfs_dirent *sd,
-	struct sysfs_dirent *new_parent_sd, const char *new_name)
+	struct sysfs_dirent *new_parent_sd, const void *new_ns,
+	const char *new_name)
 {
 	const char *dup_name = NULL;
 	int error;
@@ -743,12 +789,12 @@ int sysfs_rename(struct sysfs_dirent *sd,
 	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
 
 	error = 0;
-	if ((sd->s_parent == new_parent_sd) &&
+	if ((sd->s_parent == new_parent_sd) && (sd->s_ns == new_ns) &&
 	    (strcmp(sd->s_name, new_name) == 0))
 		goto out;	/* nothing to rename */
 
 	error = -EEXIST;
-	if (sysfs_find_dirent(new_parent_sd, new_name))
+	if (sysfs_find_dirent(new_parent_sd, new_ns, new_name))
 		goto out;
 
 	/* rename sysfs_dirent */
@@ -770,6 +816,7 @@ int sysfs_rename(struct sysfs_dirent *sd,
 		sd->s_parent = new_parent_sd;
 		sysfs_link_sibling(sd);
 	}
+	sd->s_ns = new_ns;
 
 	error = 0;
  out:
@@ -780,19 +827,28 @@ int sysfs_rename(struct sysfs_dirent *sd,
 
 int sysfs_rename_dir(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name)
 {
-	return sysfs_rename(kobj->sd, kobj->sd->s_parent, new_name);
+	struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd = kobj->sd->s_parent;
+	const void *new_ns = NULL;
+
+	if (sysfs_ns_type(parent_sd))
+		new_ns = kobj->ktype->namespace(kobj);
+
+	return sysfs_rename(kobj->sd, parent_sd, new_ns, new_name);
 }
 
 int sysfs_move_dir(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *new_parent_kobj)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *sd = kobj->sd;
 	struct sysfs_dirent *new_parent_sd;
+	const void *new_ns = NULL;
 
 	BUG_ON(!sd->s_parent);
+	if (sysfs_ns_type(sd->s_parent))
+		new_ns = kobj->ktype->namespace(kobj);
 	new_parent_sd = new_parent_kobj && new_parent_kobj->sd ?
 		new_parent_kobj->sd : &sysfs_root;
 
-	return sysfs_rename(sd, new_parent_sd, sd->s_name);
+	return sysfs_rename(sd, new_parent_sd, new_ns, sd->s_name);
 }
 
 /* Relationship between s_mode and the DT_xxx types */
@@ -807,32 +863,35 @@ static int sysfs_dir_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_dir_pos(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
-	ino_t ino, struct sysfs_dirent *pos)
+static struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_dir_pos(const void *ns,
+	struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,	ino_t ino, struct sysfs_dirent *pos)
 {
 	if (pos) {
 		int valid = !(pos->s_flags & SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED) &&
 			pos->s_parent == parent_sd &&
 			ino == pos->s_ino;
 		sysfs_put(pos);
-		if (valid)
-			return pos;
+		if (!valid)
+			pos = NULL;
 	}
-	pos = NULL;
-	if ((ino > 1) && (ino < INT_MAX)) {
+	if (!pos && (ino > 1) && (ino < INT_MAX)) {
 		pos = parent_sd->s_dir.children;
 		while (pos && (ino > pos->s_ino))
 			pos = pos->s_sibling;
 	}
+	while (pos && pos->s_ns != ns)
+		pos = pos->s_sibling;
 	return pos;
 }
 
-static struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_dir_next_pos(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
-	ino_t ino, struct sysfs_dirent *pos)
+static struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_dir_next_pos(const void *ns,
+	struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,	ino_t ino, struct sysfs_dirent *pos)
 {
-	pos = sysfs_dir_pos(parent_sd, ino, pos);
+	pos = sysfs_dir_pos(ns, parent_sd, ino, pos);
 	if (pos)
 		pos = pos->s_sibling;
+	while (pos && pos->s_ns != ns)
+		pos = pos->s_sibling;
 	return pos;
 }
 
@@ -841,8 +900,13 @@ static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_path.dentry;
 	struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct sysfs_dirent *pos = filp->private_data;
+	enum kobj_ns_type type;
+	const void *ns;
 	ino_t ino;
 
+	type = sysfs_ns_type(parent_sd);
+	ns = sysfs_info(dentry->d_sb)->ns[type];
+
 	if (filp->f_pos == 0) {
 		ino = parent_sd->s_ino;
 		if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, filp->f_pos, ino, DT_DIR) == 0)
@@ -857,9 +921,9 @@ static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			filp->f_pos++;
 	}
 	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
-	for (pos = sysfs_dir_pos(parent_sd, filp->f_pos, pos);
+	for (pos = sysfs_dir_pos(ns, parent_sd, filp->f_pos, pos);
 	     pos;
-	     pos = sysfs_dir_next_pos(parent_sd, filp->f_pos, pos)) {
+	     pos = sysfs_dir_next_pos(ns, parent_sd, filp->f_pos, pos)) {
 		const char * name;
 		unsigned int type;
 		int len, ret;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index e222b25827461385fb780091956a61cb95c0330e..1beaa739d0a6399c43ac28f8b986d2aaa544972c 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -478,9 +478,12 @@ void sysfs_notify(struct kobject *k, const char *dir, const char *attr)
 	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
 
 	if (sd && dir)
-		sd = sysfs_find_dirent(sd, dir);
+		/* Only directories are tagged, so no need to pass
+		 * a tag explicitly.
+		 */
+		sd = sysfs_find_dirent(sd, NULL, dir);
 	if (sd && attr)
-		sd = sysfs_find_dirent(sd, attr);
+		sd = sysfs_find_dirent(sd, NULL, attr);
 	if (sd)
 		sysfs_notify_dirent(sd);
 
@@ -569,7 +572,7 @@ int sysfs_add_file_to_group(struct kobject *kobj,
 	int error;
 
 	if (group)
-		dir_sd = sysfs_get_dirent(kobj->sd, group);
+		dir_sd = sysfs_get_dirent(kobj->sd, NULL, group);
 	else
 		dir_sd = sysfs_get(kobj->sd);
 
@@ -599,7 +602,7 @@ int sysfs_chmod_file(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, mode_t mode)
 	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
 
 	rc = -ENOENT;
-	sd = sysfs_find_dirent(kobj->sd, attr->name);
+	sd = sysfs_find_dirent(kobj->sd, NULL, attr->name);
 	if (!sd)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -624,7 +627,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_chmod_file);
 
 void sysfs_remove_file(struct kobject * kobj, const struct attribute * attr)
 {
-	sysfs_hash_and_remove(kobj->sd, attr->name);
+	sysfs_hash_and_remove(kobj->sd, NULL, attr->name);
 }
 
 void sysfs_remove_files(struct kobject * kobj, const struct attribute **ptr)
@@ -646,11 +649,11 @@ void sysfs_remove_file_from_group(struct kobject *kobj,
 	struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd;
 
 	if (group)
-		dir_sd = sysfs_get_dirent(kobj->sd, group);
+		dir_sd = sysfs_get_dirent(kobj->sd, NULL, group);
 	else
 		dir_sd = sysfs_get(kobj->sd);
 	if (dir_sd) {
-		sysfs_hash_and_remove(dir_sd, attr->name);
+		sysfs_hash_and_remove(dir_sd, NULL, attr->name);
 		sysfs_put(dir_sd);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/group.c b/fs/sysfs/group.c
index fe611949a7f7419f789dbb8b4335b76d03e9fab9..23c1e598792a088cfdd757030f9d733251943fb7 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/group.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/group.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static void remove_files(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd, struct kobject *kobj,
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0, attr = grp->attrs; *attr; i++, attr++)
-		sysfs_hash_and_remove(dir_sd, (*attr)->name);
+		sysfs_hash_and_remove(dir_sd, NULL, (*attr)->name);
 }
 
 static int create_files(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd, struct kobject *kobj,
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static int create_files(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd, struct kobject *kobj,
 		 * visibility.  Do this by first removing then
 		 * re-adding (if required) the file */
 		if (update)
-			sysfs_hash_and_remove(dir_sd, (*attr)->name);
+			sysfs_hash_and_remove(dir_sd, NULL, (*attr)->name);
 		if (grp->is_visible) {
 			mode = grp->is_visible(kobj, *attr, i);
 			if (!mode)
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ void sysfs_remove_group(struct kobject * kobj,
 	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
 
 	if (grp->name) {
-		sd = sysfs_get_dirent(dir_sd, grp->name);
+		sd = sysfs_get_dirent(dir_sd, NULL, grp->name);
 		if (!sd) {
 			WARN(!sd, KERN_WARNING "sysfs group %p not found for "
 				"kobject '%s'\n", grp, kobject_name(kobj));
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index a4a0a9419711be52782e7afa4f9c81f9cb587658..cf2bad1462ea2d03dad0630f1f175ff93c85f374 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ void sysfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	sysfs_put(sd);
 }
 
-int sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd, const char *name)
+int sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd, const void *ns, const char *name)
 {
 	struct sysfs_addrm_cxt acxt;
 	struct sysfs_dirent *sd;
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ int sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd, const char *name)
 
 	sysfs_addrm_start(&acxt, dir_sd);
 
-	sd = sysfs_find_dirent(dir_sd, name);
+	sd = sysfs_find_dirent(dir_sd, ns, name);
 	if (sd)
 		sysfs_remove_one(&acxt, sd);
 
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/mount.c b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
index 50e4fb6a7403d27dd5c19a34a35c3d12373c704b..1afa32ba242c06023f96bad694cf0e4e93772188 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static const struct super_operations sysfs_ops = {
 struct sysfs_dirent sysfs_root = {
 	.s_name		= "",
 	.s_count	= ATOMIC_INIT(1),
-	.s_flags	= SYSFS_DIR,
+	.s_flags	= SYSFS_DIR | (KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NONE << SYSFS_NS_TYPE_SHIFT),
 	.s_mode		= S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO,
 	.s_ino		= 1,
 };
@@ -76,7 +76,13 @@ static int sysfs_test_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data)
 {
 	struct sysfs_super_info *sb_info = sysfs_info(sb);
 	struct sysfs_super_info *info = data;
+	enum kobj_ns_type type;
 	int found = 1;
+
+	for (type = KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NONE; type < KOBJ_NS_TYPES; type++) {
+		if (sb_info->ns[type] != info->ns[type])
+			found = 0;
+	}
 	return found;
 }
 
@@ -93,6 +99,7 @@ static int sysfs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 	int flags, const char *dev_name, void *data, struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
 	struct sysfs_super_info *info;
+	enum kobj_ns_type type;
 	struct super_block *sb;
 	int error;
 
@@ -100,6 +107,10 @@ static int sysfs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 	info = kzalloc(sizeof(*info), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!info)
 		goto out;
+
+	for (type = KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NONE; type < KOBJ_NS_TYPES; type++)
+		info->ns[type] = kobj_ns_current(type);
+
 	sb = sget(fs_type, sysfs_test_super, sysfs_set_super, info);
 	if (IS_ERR(sb) || sb->s_fs_info != info)
 		kfree(info);
@@ -137,6 +148,26 @@ static struct file_system_type sysfs_fs_type = {
 	.kill_sb	= sysfs_kill_sb,
 };
 
+void sysfs_exit_ns(enum kobj_ns_type type, const void *ns)
+{
+	struct super_block *sb;
+
+	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
+	spin_lock(&sb_lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(sb, &sysfs_fs_type.fs_supers, s_instances) {
+		struct sysfs_super_info *info = sysfs_info(sb);
+		/* Ignore superblocks that are in the process of unmounting */
+		if (sb->s_count <= S_BIAS)
+			continue;
+		/* Ignore superblocks with the wrong ns */
+		if (info->ns[type] != ns)
+			continue;
+		info->ns[type] = NULL;
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
+}
+
 int __init sysfs_init(void)
 {
 	int err = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index 942f239a2132c8b12d47c1258bb02cfbd17a2726..b6ebdaa00f379ef0fc0db36beec81e781e279285 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ static int sysfs_do_create_link(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *target,
 	if (!sd)
 		goto out_put;
 
+	if (sysfs_ns_type(parent_sd))
+		sd->s_ns = target->ktype->namespace(target);
 	sd->s_symlink.target_sd = target_sd;
 	target_sd = NULL;	/* reference is now owned by the symlink */
 
@@ -121,7 +123,7 @@ void sysfs_remove_link(struct kobject * kobj, const char * name)
 	else
 		parent_sd = kobj->sd;
 
-	sysfs_hash_and_remove(parent_sd, name);
+	sysfs_hash_and_remove(parent_sd, NULL, name);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -137,6 +139,7 @@ int sysfs_rename_link(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *targ,
 			const char *old, const char *new)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd, *sd = NULL;
+	const void *old_ns = NULL, *new_ns = NULL;
 	int result;
 
 	if (!kobj)
@@ -144,8 +147,11 @@ int sysfs_rename_link(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *targ,
 	else
 		parent_sd = kobj->sd;
 
+	if (targ->sd)
+		old_ns = targ->sd->s_ns;
+
 	result = -ENOENT;
-	sd = sysfs_get_dirent(parent_sd, old);
+	sd = sysfs_get_dirent(parent_sd, old_ns, old);
 	if (!sd)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -155,7 +161,10 @@ int sysfs_rename_link(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *targ,
 	if (sd->s_symlink.target_sd->s_dir.kobj != targ)
 		goto out;
 
-	result = sysfs_rename(sd, parent_sd, new);
+	if (sysfs_ns_type(parent_sd))
+		new_ns = targ->ktype->namespace(targ);
+
+	result = sysfs_rename(sd, parent_sd, new_ns, new);
 
 out:
 	sysfs_put(sd);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 030a39dbb02c7b8578109065f45cf4170adabe65..93847d54c2e3bca41993c1f0266528bb6c37feaf 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ struct sysfs_dirent {
 	struct sysfs_dirent	*s_sibling;
 	const char		*s_name;
 
+	const void		*s_ns;
 	union {
 		struct sysfs_elem_dir		s_dir;
 		struct sysfs_elem_symlink	s_symlink;
@@ -81,14 +82,22 @@ struct sysfs_dirent {
 #define SYSFS_COPY_NAME			(SYSFS_DIR | SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK)
 #define SYSFS_ACTIVE_REF		(SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR | SYSFS_KOBJ_BIN_ATTR)
 
-#define SYSFS_FLAG_MASK			~SYSFS_TYPE_MASK
-#define SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED		0x0200
+#define SYSFS_NS_TYPE_MASK		0xff00
+#define SYSFS_NS_TYPE_SHIFT		8
+
+#define SYSFS_FLAG_MASK			~(SYSFS_NS_TYPE_MASK|SYSFS_TYPE_MASK)
+#define SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED		0x020000
 
 static inline unsigned int sysfs_type(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 {
 	return sd->s_flags & SYSFS_TYPE_MASK;
 }
 
+static inline enum kobj_ns_type sysfs_ns_type(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
+{
+	return (sd->s_flags & SYSFS_NS_TYPE_MASK) >> SYSFS_NS_TYPE_SHIFT;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
 #define sysfs_dirent_init_lockdep(sd)				\
 do {								\
@@ -115,6 +124,7 @@ struct sysfs_addrm_cxt {
  * mount.c
  */
 struct sysfs_super_info {
+	const void *ns[KOBJ_NS_TYPES];
 };
 #define sysfs_info(SB) ((struct sysfs_super_info *)(SB->s_fs_info))
 extern struct sysfs_dirent sysfs_root;
@@ -140,8 +150,10 @@ void sysfs_remove_one(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt, struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
 void sysfs_addrm_finish(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt);
 
 struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_find_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
+				       const void *ns,
 				       const unsigned char *name);
 struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_get_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
+				      const void *ns,
 				      const unsigned char *name);
 struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_new_dirent(const char *name, umode_t mode, int type);
 
@@ -152,7 +164,7 @@ int sysfs_create_subdir(struct kobject *kobj, const char *name,
 void sysfs_remove_subdir(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
 
 int sysfs_rename(struct sysfs_dirent *sd,
-	struct sysfs_dirent *new_parent_sd, const char *new_name);
+	struct sysfs_dirent *new_parent_sd, const void *ns, const char *new_name);
 
 static inline struct sysfs_dirent *__sysfs_get(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 {
@@ -182,7 +194,7 @@ int sysfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr);
 int sysfs_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat *stat);
 int sysfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
 		size_t size, int flags);
-int sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd, const char *name);
+int sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd, const void *ns, const char *name);
 int sysfs_inode_init(void);
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index f0496b3d1811fa6ed9a23d0991ecca9a73d8e578..1885d21b0c80c4d6ffbe0dadc73fc382c367294e 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 struct kobject;
 struct module;
+enum kobj_ns_type;
 
 /* FIXME
  * The *owner field is no longer used.
@@ -168,10 +169,14 @@ void sysfs_remove_file_from_group(struct kobject *kobj,
 void sysfs_notify(struct kobject *kobj, const char *dir, const char *attr);
 void sysfs_notify_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
 struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_get_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
+				      const void *ns,
 				      const unsigned char *name);
 struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_get(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
 void sysfs_put(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
 void sysfs_printk_last_file(void);
+
+void sysfs_exit_ns(enum kobj_ns_type type, const void *tag);
+
 int __must_check sysfs_init(void);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_SYSFS */
@@ -301,6 +306,7 @@ static inline void sysfs_notify_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 }
 static inline
 struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_get_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
+				      const void *ns,
 				      const unsigned char *name)
 {
 	return NULL;
@@ -313,6 +319,10 @@ static inline void sysfs_put(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 {
 }
 
+static inline void sysfs_exit_ns(enum kobj_ns_type type, const void *tag)
+{
+}
+
 static inline int __must_check sysfs_init(void)
 {
 	return 0;
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index bbb2bb40ee1feae3af1c8d493a80f7722febb42f..b2c6d1f56e657a4817ccd6c13b70ba90a4b994f0 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -950,6 +950,7 @@ const void *kobj_ns_initial(enum kobj_ns_type type)
 
 void kobj_ns_exit(enum kobj_ns_type type, const void *ns)
 {
+	sysfs_exit_ns(type, ns);
 }