diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
index 43594978958e..a6fe933de9da 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ menuconfig DRM
 	select I2C
 	select I2C_ALGOBIT
 	select DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
+	select SIMPLEFS
 	select SYNC_FILE
 	help
 	  Kernel-level support for the Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
index 7b1a628d1f6e..187a61091b5c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/simplefs.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/cxl/Kconfig
index 39eec9031487..a62795079d9c 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/cxl/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/Kconfig
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ config CXL
 	select CXL_BASE
 	select CXL_AFU_DRIVER_OPS
 	select CXL_LIB
+	select SIMPLEFS
 	default m
 	help
 	  Select this option to enable driver support for IBM Coherent
diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/api.c b/drivers/misc/cxl/api.c
index b493de962153..0b8f8de7475a 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/cxl/api.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/api.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <misc/cxl.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
+#include <linux/simplefs.h>
 #include <linux/pseudo_fs.h>
 #include <linux/sched/mm.h>
 #include <linux/mmu_context.h>
diff --git a/drivers/misc/ocxl/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/ocxl/Kconfig
index 2d2266c1439e..ddd9245fff3d 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/ocxl/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/misc/ocxl/Kconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ config OCXL
 	depends on PPC_POWERNV && PCI && EEH
 	select OCXL_BASE
 	select HOTPLUG_PCI_POWERNV
+	select SIMPLEFS
 	default m
 	help
 	  Select this option to enable the ocxl driver for Open
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/ocxl_hw.c b/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/ocxl_hw.c
index 7018cd802569..429f55651090 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/ocxl_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/ocxl_hw.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/idr.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
+#include <linux/simplefs.h>
 #include <linux/pseudo_fs.h>
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index f08fbbfafd9a..a6795ae312a2 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -218,6 +218,9 @@ config HUGETLB_PAGE
 config MEMFD_CREATE
 	def_bool TMPFS || HUGETLBFS
 
+config SIMPLEFS
+	bool
+
 config ARCH_HAS_GIGANTIC_PAGE
 	bool
 
diff --git a/fs/Kconfig.binfmt b/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
index 62dc4f577ba1..af7b765de4d3 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
+++ b/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ config BINFMT_EM86
 
 config BINFMT_MISC
 	tristate "Kernel support for MISC binaries"
+	select SIMPLEFS
 	---help---
 	  If you say Y here, it will be possible to plug wrapper-driven binary
 	  formats into the kernel. You will like this especially when you use
diff --git a/fs/Makefile b/fs/Makefile
index 2ce5112b02c8..c5c665984b9e 100644
--- a/fs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/Makefile
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PROC_FS) += proc_namespace.o
 obj-y				+= notify/
 obj-$(CONFIG_EPOLL)		+= eventpoll.o
 obj-y				+= anon_inodes.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SIMPLEFS)		+= simplefs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SIGNALFD)		+= signalfd.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TIMERFD)		+= timerfd.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EVENTFD)		+= eventfd.o
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_misc.c b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
index cdb45829354d..c764110f5f0b 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_misc.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/fs_context.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/simplefs.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
 #include "internal.h"
diff --git a/fs/configfs/Kconfig b/fs/configfs/Kconfig
index 272b64456999..3b461e4e3989 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/configfs/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 config CONFIGFS_FS
 	tristate "Userspace-driven configuration filesystem"
+	select SIMPLEFS
 	select SYSFS
 	help
 	  configfs is a RAM-based filesystem that provides the converse
diff --git a/fs/configfs/mount.c b/fs/configfs/mount.c
index 0c6e8cf61953..331c2f064f02 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/mount.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * configfs Copyright (C) 2005 Oracle.  All rights reserved.
  */
 
-#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/simplefs.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/fs_context.h>
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index b7f2e971ecbc..7b9fddced48f 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #define pr_fmt(fmt)	"debugfs: " fmt
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/simplefs.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 3759fbacf522..26ec729f7bcd 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/cred.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/vfs.h>
+#include <linux/simplefs.h>
 #include <linux/quotaops.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
@@ -663,41 +664,6 @@ int simple_fill_super(struct super_block *s, unsigned long magic,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_fill_super);
 
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(pin_fs_lock);
-
-int simple_pin_fs(struct file_system_type *type, struct vfsmount **mount, int *count)
-{
-	struct vfsmount *mnt = NULL;
-	spin_lock(&pin_fs_lock);
-	if (unlikely(!*mount)) {
-		spin_unlock(&pin_fs_lock);
-		mnt = vfs_kern_mount(type, SB_KERNMOUNT, type->name, NULL);
-		if (IS_ERR(mnt))
-			return PTR_ERR(mnt);
-		spin_lock(&pin_fs_lock);
-		if (!*mount)
-			*mount = mnt;
-	}
-	mntget(*mount);
-	++*count;
-	spin_unlock(&pin_fs_lock);
-	mntput(mnt);
-	return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_pin_fs);
-
-void simple_release_fs(struct vfsmount **mount, int *count)
-{
-	struct vfsmount *mnt;
-	spin_lock(&pin_fs_lock);
-	mnt = *mount;
-	if (!--*count)
-		*mount = NULL;
-	spin_unlock(&pin_fs_lock);
-	mntput(mnt);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_release_fs);
-
 /**
  * simple_read_from_buffer - copy data from the buffer to user space
  * @to: the user space buffer to read to
diff --git a/fs/simplefs.c b/fs/simplefs.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..226d18963801
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/simplefs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#include <linux/simplefs.h>
+#include <linux/mount.h>
+
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(pin_fs_lock);
+
+int simple_pin_fs(struct file_system_type *type, struct vfsmount **mount, int *count)
+{
+	struct vfsmount *mnt = NULL;
+	spin_lock(&pin_fs_lock);
+	if (unlikely(!*mount)) {
+		spin_unlock(&pin_fs_lock);
+		mnt = vfs_kern_mount(type, SB_KERNMOUNT, type->name, NULL);
+		if (IS_ERR(mnt))
+			return PTR_ERR(mnt);
+		spin_lock(&pin_fs_lock);
+		if (!*mount)
+			*mount = mnt;
+	}
+	mntget(*mount);
+	++*count;
+	spin_unlock(&pin_fs_lock);
+	mntput(mnt);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_pin_fs);
+
+void simple_release_fs(struct vfsmount **mount, int *count)
+{
+	struct vfsmount *mnt;
+	spin_lock(&pin_fs_lock);
+	mnt = *mount;
+	if (!--*count)
+		*mount = NULL;
+	spin_unlock(&pin_fs_lock);
+	mntput(mnt);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_release_fs);
diff --git a/fs/tracefs/inode.c b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
index 0ee8c6dfb036..4353ca81e1d7 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/simplefs.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 4f6f59b4f22a..55b679b89c8a 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -3363,8 +3363,6 @@ struct tree_descr { const char *name; const struct file_operations *ops; int mod
 struct dentry *d_alloc_name(struct dentry *, const char *);
 extern int simple_fill_super(struct super_block *, unsigned long,
 			     const struct tree_descr *);
-extern int simple_pin_fs(struct file_system_type *, struct vfsmount **mount, int *count);
-extern void simple_release_fs(struct vfsmount **mount, int *count);
 
 extern ssize_t simple_read_from_buffer(void __user *to, size_t count,
 			loff_t *ppos, const void *from, size_t available);
diff --git a/include/linux/simplefs.h b/include/linux/simplefs.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1076a44db308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/simplefs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _LINUX_SIMPLEFS_H
+#define _LINUX_SIMPLEFS_H
+
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+
+extern int simple_pin_fs(struct file_system_type *, struct vfsmount **mount, int *count);
+extern void simple_release_fs(struct vfsmount **mount, int *count);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index d1398cef3b18..fc38a6f0fc11 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -288,12 +288,16 @@ config STRIP_ASM_SYMS
 
 config READABLE_ASM
 	bool "Generate readable assembler code"
-	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
-	help
-	  Disable some compiler optimizations that tend to generate human unreadable
-	  assembler output. This may make the kernel slightly slower, but it helps
-	  to keep kernel developers who have to stare a lot at assembler listings
-	  sane.
+    depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+    help
+      Disable some compiler optimizations that tend to generate human unreadable
+      assembler output. This may make the kernel slightly slower, but it helps
+      to keep kernel developers who have to stare a lot at assembler listings
+      sane.
+	  
+config DEBUG_FS
+	bool "Debug Filesystem"
+	select SIMPLEFS
 
 config HEADERS_INSTALL
 	bool "Install uapi headers to usr/include"
diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig
index cd3cc7da3a55..2c6713aa8b4f 100644
--- a/security/Kconfig
+++ b/security/Kconfig
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ config SECURITY_WRITABLE_HOOKS
 
 config SECURITYFS
 	bool "Enable the securityfs filesystem"
+	select SIMPLEFS
 	help
 	  This will build the securityfs filesystem.  It is currently used by
 	  various security modules (AppArmor, IMA, SafeSetID, TOMOYO, TPM).
diff --git a/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c b/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
index 828bb1eb77ea..d62d3fca47f2 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/simplefs.h>
 #include <linux/fs_context.h>
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/zlib.h>
@@ -2529,6 +2529,7 @@ static int aa_mk_null_file(struct dentry *parent)
 	struct vfsmount *mount;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct inode *inode;
+	int error;
 
 	mount = vfs_kern_mount(type, SB_KERNMOUNT, type->name, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(mount))
diff --git a/security/inode.c b/security/inode.c
index 6c326939750d..a9a9ee4de21d 100644
--- a/security/inode.c
+++ b/security/inode.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 /* #define DEBUG */
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/simplefs.h>
 #include <linux/fs_context.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
