diff --git a/kernel/utsname_sysctl.c b/kernel/utsname_sysctl.c
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+/*
+ *  Copyright (C) 2007
+ *
+ *  Author: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmision.com>
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ *  published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2 of the
+ *  License.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/uts.h>
+#include <linux/utsname.h>
+#include <linux/version.h>
+#include <linux/sysctl.h>
+
+static void *get_uts(ctl_table *table, int write)
+{
+	char *which = table->data;
+#ifdef CONFIG_UTS_NS
+	struct uts_namespace *uts_ns = current->nsproxy->uts_ns;
+	which = (which - (char *)&init_uts_ns) + (char *)uts_ns;
+#endif
+	if (!write)
+		down_read(&uts_sem);
+	else
+		down_write(&uts_sem);
+	return which;
+}
+
+static void put_uts(ctl_table *table, int write, void *which)
+{
+	if (!write)
+		up_read(&uts_sem);
+	else
+		up_write(&uts_sem);
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
+/*
+ *	Special case of dostring for the UTS structure. This has locks
+ *	to observe. Should this be in kernel/sys.c ????
+ */
+static int proc_do_uts_string(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
+		  void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct ctl_table uts_table;
+	int r;
+	memcpy(&uts_table, table, sizeof(uts_table));
+	uts_table.data = get_uts(table, write);
+	r = proc_dostring(&uts_table,write,filp,buffer,lenp, ppos);
+	put_uts(table, write, uts_table.data);
+	return r;
+}
+#else
+#define proc_do_uts_string NULL
+#endif
+
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL
+/* The generic string strategy routine: */
+static int sysctl_uts_string(ctl_table *table, int __user *name, int nlen,
+		  void __user *oldval, size_t __user *oldlenp,
+		  void __user *newval, size_t newlen)
+{
+	struct ctl_table uts_table;
+	int r, write;
+	write = newval && newlen;
+	memcpy(&uts_table, table, sizeof(uts_table));
+	uts_table.data = get_uts(table, write);
+	r = sysctl_string(&uts_table, name, nlen,
+		oldval, oldlenp, newval, newlen);
+	put_uts(table, write, uts_table.data);
+	return r;
+}
+#else
+#define sysctl_uts_string NULL
+#endif
+
+static struct ctl_table uts_kern_table[] = {
+	{
+		.ctl_name	= KERN_OSTYPE,
+		.procname	= "ostype",
+		.data		= init_uts_ns.name.sysname,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(init_uts_ns.name.sysname),
+		.mode		= 0444,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_do_uts_string,
+		.strategy	= sysctl_uts_string,
+	},
+	{
+		.ctl_name	= KERN_OSRELEASE,
+		.procname	= "osrelease",
+		.data		= init_uts_ns.name.release,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(init_uts_ns.name.release),
+		.mode		= 0444,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_do_uts_string,
+		.strategy	= sysctl_uts_string,
+	},
+	{
+		.ctl_name	= KERN_VERSION,
+		.procname	= "version",
+		.data		= init_uts_ns.name.version,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(init_uts_ns.name.version),
+		.mode		= 0444,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_do_uts_string,
+		.strategy	= sysctl_uts_string,
+	},
+	{
+		.ctl_name	= KERN_NODENAME,
+		.procname	= "hostname",
+		.data		= init_uts_ns.name.nodename,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(init_uts_ns.name.nodename),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_do_uts_string,
+		.strategy	= sysctl_uts_string,
+	},
+	{
+		.ctl_name	= KERN_DOMAINNAME,
+		.procname	= "domainname",
+		.data		= init_uts_ns.name.domainname,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(init_uts_ns.name.domainname),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_do_uts_string,
+		.strategy	= sysctl_uts_string,
+	},
+	{}
+};
+
+static struct ctl_table uts_root_table[] = {
+	{
+		.ctl_name	= CTL_KERN,
+		.procname	= "kernel",
+		.mode		= 0555,
+		.child		= uts_kern_table,
+	},
+	{}
+};
+
+static int __init utsname_sysctl_init(void)
+{
+	register_sysctl_table(uts_root_table, 0);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+__initcall(utsname_sysctl_init);