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diff --git a/src/shared/macro.h b/src/shared/macro.h
index 9bf81dc3cc..f91f7de769 100644
--- a/src/shared/macro.h
+++ b/src/shared/macro.h
@@ -264,6 +264,23 @@ do { \
} \
} while(false)
+/* Remove this macro, when the kernel has f_type as unsigned int or long
+ * for every architecure. Currently some 64bit architecures (like s390x)
+ * have int in the kernel, but long in userspace for f_type, so glibc
+ * extends the int to long and carries over the sign. Negative numbers are
+ * caused by the 32bit magic constants in linux/magic.h stuffed into the
+ * signed int in the kernel and these negative numbers are extended to
+ * long, which cannot be simply compared to the magic constants anymore.
+ */
+#define CMP_F_TYPE(f, c) \
+ __extension__ ({ \
+ __SWORD_TYPE _f = (f); \
+ const __SWORD_TYPE _c = (c); \
+ const int _c32 = (c); \
+ (_f == _c || _f == _c32 ); \
+ })
+
+
/* Returns the number of chars needed to format variables of the
* specified type as a decimal string. Adds in extra space for a
* negative '-' prefix. */