EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(simple_attr_read);
 
 /* interpret the buffer as a number to call the set function with */
-ssize_t simple_attr_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
-                         size_t len, loff_t *ppos)
+static ssize_t simple_attr_write_xsigned(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
+                         size_t len, loff_t *ppos, bool is_signed)
 {
        struct simple_attr *attr;
        unsigned long long val;
                goto out;
 
        attr->set_buf[size] = '\0';
-       ret = kstrtoull(attr->set_buf, 0, &val);
+       if (is_signed)
+               ret = kstrtoll(attr->set_buf, 0, &val);
+       else
+               ret = kstrtoull(attr->set_buf, 0, &val);
        if (ret)
                goto out;
        ret = attr->set(attr->data, val);
        mutex_unlock(&attr->mutex);
        return ret;
 }
+
+ssize_t simple_attr_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
+                         size_t len, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+       return simple_attr_write_xsigned(file, buf, len, ppos, false);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(simple_attr_write);
 
+ssize_t simple_attr_write_signed(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
+                         size_t len, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+       return simple_attr_write_xsigned(file, buf, len, ppos, true);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(simple_attr_write_signed);
+
 /**
  * generic_fh_to_dentry - generic helper for the fh_to_dentry export operation
  * @sb:                filesystem to do the file handle conversion on
 
  * All attributes contain a text representation of a numeric value
  * that are accessed with the get() and set() functions.
  */
-#define DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(__fops, __get, __set, __fmt)           \
+#define DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE_XSIGNED(__fops, __get, __set, __fmt, __is_signed)      \
 static int __fops ## _open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)     \
 {                                                                      \
        __simple_attr_check_format(__fmt, 0ull);                        \
        .open    = __fops ## _open,                                     \
        .release = simple_attr_release,                                 \
        .read    = simple_attr_read,                                    \
-       .write   = simple_attr_write,                                   \
+       .write   = (__is_signed) ? simple_attr_write_signed : simple_attr_write,        \
        .llseek  = generic_file_llseek,                                 \
 }
 
+#define DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(__fops, __get, __set, __fmt)           \
+       DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE_XSIGNED(__fops, __get, __set, __fmt, false)
+
+#define DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE_SIGNED(__fops, __get, __set, __fmt)    \
+       DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE_XSIGNED(__fops, __get, __set, __fmt, true)
+
 static inline __printf(1, 2)
 void __simple_attr_check_format(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
                         size_t len, loff_t *ppos);
 ssize_t simple_attr_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
                          size_t len, loff_t *ppos);
+ssize_t simple_attr_write_signed(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
+                                size_t len, loff_t *ppos);
 
 struct ctl_table;
 int __init list_bdev_fs_names(char *buf, size_t size);