diff --git a/kernel/utsname.c b/kernel/utsname.c
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+/*
+ *  Copyright (C) 2004 IBM Corporation
+ *
+ *  Author: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.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>
+
+/*
+ * Copy task tsk's utsname namespace, or clone it if flags
+ * specifies CLONE_NEWUTS.  In latter case, changes to the
+ * utsname of this process won't be seen by parent, and vice
+ * versa.
+ */
+int copy_utsname(int flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	struct uts_namespace *old_ns = tsk->nsproxy->uts_ns;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	if (!old_ns)
+		return 0;
+
+	get_uts_ns(old_ns);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+void free_uts_ns(struct kref *kref)
+{
+	struct uts_namespace *ns;
+
+	ns = container_of(kref, struct uts_namespace, kref);
+	kfree(ns);
+}