#define NAMEI_RA_BLOCKS  4
 #define NAMEI_RA_SIZE        (NAMEI_RA_CHUNKS * NAMEI_RA_BLOCKS)
 
-static unsigned char ocfs2_filetype_table[] = {
-       DT_UNKNOWN, DT_REG, DT_DIR, DT_CHR, DT_BLK, DT_FIFO, DT_SOCK, DT_LNK
-};
-
 static int ocfs2_do_extend_dir(struct super_block *sb,
                               handle_t *handle,
                               struct inode *dir,
                                de->rec_len = cpu_to_le16(OCFS2_DIR_REC_LEN(de->name_len));
                                de = de1;
                        }
-                       de->file_type = OCFS2_FT_UNKNOWN;
+                       de->file_type = FT_UNKNOWN;
                        if (blkno) {
                                de->inode = cpu_to_le64(blkno);
                                ocfs2_set_de_type(de, inode->i_mode);
                }
                offset += le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len);
                if (le64_to_cpu(de->inode)) {
-                       unsigned char d_type = DT_UNKNOWN;
-
-                       if (de->file_type < OCFS2_FT_MAX)
-                               d_type = ocfs2_filetype_table[de->file_type];
-
                        if (!dir_emit(ctx, de->name, de->name_len,
-                                     le64_to_cpu(de->inode), d_type))
+                                     le64_to_cpu(de->inode),
+                                     fs_ftype_to_dtype(de->file_type)))
                                goto out;
                }
                ctx->pos += le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len);
                                break;
                        }
                        if (le64_to_cpu(de->inode)) {
-                               unsigned char d_type = DT_UNKNOWN;
-
-                               if (de->file_type < OCFS2_FT_MAX)
-                                       d_type = ocfs2_filetype_table[de->file_type];
                                if (!dir_emit(ctx, de->name,
                                                de->name_len,
                                                le64_to_cpu(de->inode),
-                                               d_type)) {
+                                       fs_ftype_to_dtype(de->file_type))) {
                                        brelse(bh);
                                        return 0;
                                }
 
 #define OCFS2_HB_LOCAL                 "heartbeat=local"
 #define OCFS2_HB_GLOBAL                        "heartbeat=global"
 
-/*
- * OCFS2 directory file types.  Only the low 3 bits are used.  The
- * other bits are reserved for now.
- */
-#define OCFS2_FT_UNKNOWN       0
-#define OCFS2_FT_REG_FILE      1
-#define OCFS2_FT_DIR           2
-#define OCFS2_FT_CHRDEV                3
-#define OCFS2_FT_BLKDEV                4
-#define OCFS2_FT_FIFO          5
-#define OCFS2_FT_SOCK          6
-#define OCFS2_FT_SYMLINK       7
-
-#define OCFS2_FT_MAX           8
-
 /*
  * OCFS2_DIR_PAD defines the directory entries boundaries
  *
 #define        OCFS2_LINKS_HI_SHIFT    16
 #define        OCFS2_DX_ENTRIES_MAX    (0xffffffffU)
 
-#define S_SHIFT                        12
-static unsigned char ocfs2_type_by_mode[S_IFMT >> S_SHIFT] = {
-       [S_IFREG >> S_SHIFT]  = OCFS2_FT_REG_FILE,
-       [S_IFDIR >> S_SHIFT]  = OCFS2_FT_DIR,
-       [S_IFCHR >> S_SHIFT]  = OCFS2_FT_CHRDEV,
-       [S_IFBLK >> S_SHIFT]  = OCFS2_FT_BLKDEV,
-       [S_IFIFO >> S_SHIFT]  = OCFS2_FT_FIFO,
-       [S_IFSOCK >> S_SHIFT] = OCFS2_FT_SOCK,
-       [S_IFLNK >> S_SHIFT]  = OCFS2_FT_SYMLINK,
-};
-
 
 /*
  * Convenience casts
 static inline void ocfs2_set_de_type(struct ocfs2_dir_entry *de,
                                    umode_t mode)
 {
-       de->file_type = ocfs2_type_by_mode[(mode & S_IFMT)>>S_SHIFT];
+       de->file_type = fs_umode_to_ftype(mode);
 }
 
 static inline int ocfs2_gd_is_discontig(struct ocfs2_group_desc *gd)