35 files changed, 180 insertions, 160 deletions

diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
index 73c7622b529..8a31fc1bfb1 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
@@ -402,15 +402,15 @@ osf_utsname(char __user *name)
 
         down_read(&uts_sem);
         error = -EFAULT;
-        if (copy_to_user(name + 0, system_utsname.sysname, 32))
+        if (copy_to_user(name + 0, utsname()->sysname, 32))
                 goto out;
-        if (copy_to_user(name + 32, system_utsname.nodename, 32))
+        if (copy_to_user(name + 32, utsname()->nodename, 32))
                 goto out;
-        if (copy_to_user(name + 64, system_utsname.release, 32))
+        if (copy_to_user(name + 64, utsname()->release, 32))
                 goto out;
-        if (copy_to_user(name + 96, system_utsname.version, 32))
+        if (copy_to_user(name + 96, utsname()->version, 32))
                 goto out;
-        if (copy_to_user(name + 128, system_utsname.machine, 32))
+        if (copy_to_user(name + 128, utsname()->machine, 32))
                 goto out;
 
         error = 0;
@@ -449,8 +449,8 @@ osf_getdomainname(char __user *name, int namelen)
 
         down_read(&uts_sem);
         for (i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
-                __put_user(system_utsname.domainname[i], name + i);
-                if (system_utsname.domainname[i] == '\0')
+                __put_user(utsname()->domainname[i], name + i);
+                if (utsname()->domainname[i] == '\0')
                         break;
         }
         up_read(&uts_sem);
@@ -607,12 +607,12 @@ osf_sigstack(struct sigstack __user *uss, struct sigstack __user *uoss)
 asmlinkage long
 osf_sysinfo(int command, char __user *buf, long count)
 {
-        static char * sysinfo_table[] = {
-                system_utsname.sysname,
-                system_utsname.nodename,
-                system_utsname.release,
-                system_utsname.version,
-                system_utsname.machine,
+        char *sysinfo_table[] = {
+                utsname()->sysname,
+                utsname()->nodename,
+                utsname()->release,
+                utsname()->version,
+                utsname()->machine,
                 "alpha",        /* instruction set architecture */
                 "dummy",        /* hardware serial number */
                 "dummy",        /* hardware manufacturer */
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/sys_i386.c b/arch/i386/kernel/sys_i386.c
index 8fdb1fb17a5..dc6e3bbeba3 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/sys_i386.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/sys_i386.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ asmlinkage int sys_uname(struct old_utsname __user * name)
         if (!name)
                 return -EFAULT;
         down_read(&uts_sem);
-        err=copy_to_user(name, &system_utsname, sizeof (*name));
+        err = copy_to_user(name, utsname(), sizeof (*name));
         up_read(&uts_sem);
         return err?-EFAULT:0;
 }
@@ -226,16 +226,21 @@ asmlinkage int sys_olduname(struct oldold_utsname __user * name)
   
         down_read(&uts_sem);
         
-        error = __copy_to_user(&name->sysname,&system_utsname.sysname,__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error |= __put_user(0,name->sysname+__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->nodename,&system_utsname.nodename,__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error |= __put_user(0,name->nodename+__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->release,&system_utsname.release,__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error |= __put_user(0,name->release+__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->version,&system_utsname.version,__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error |= __put_user(0,name->version+__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->machine,&system_utsname.machine,__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error |= __put_user(0,name->machine+__OLD_UTS_LEN);
+        error = __copy_to_user(&name->sysname, &utsname()->sysname,
+                               __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+        error |= __put_user(0, name->sysname + __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->nodename, &utsname()->nodename,
+                                __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+        error |= __put_user(0, name->nodename + __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->release, &utsname()->release,
+                                __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+        error |= __put_user(0, name->release + __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->version, &utsname()->version,
+                                __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+        error |= __put_user(0, name->version + __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->machine, &utsname()->machine,
+                                __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+        error |= __put_user(0, name->machine + __OLD_UTS_LEN);
         
         up_read(&uts_sem);
         
diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn_hwperf.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn_hwperf.c
index b632b9c1e3b..462ea178f49 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn_hwperf.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn_hwperf.c
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ static int sn_topology_show(struct seq_file *s, void *d)
                         "coherency_domain %d, "
                         "region_size %d\n",
 
-                        partid, system_utsname.nodename,
+                        partid, utsname()->nodename,
                         shubtype ? "shub2" : "shub1", 
                         (u64)nasid_mask << nasid_shift, nasid_msb, nasid_shift,
                         system_size, sharing_size, coher, region_size);
diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/sys_m32r.c b/arch/m32r/kernel/sys_m32r.c
index a9cea32eb82..7c29396cc67 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/sys_m32r.c
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/sys_m32r.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ asmlinkage int sys_uname(struct old_utsname * name)
         if (!name)
                 return -EFAULT;
         down_read(&uts_sem);
-        err=copy_to_user(name, &system_utsname, sizeof (*name));
+        err = copy_to_user(name, utsname(), sizeof (*name));
         up_read(&uts_sem);
         return err?-EFAULT:0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
index 43b1162d714..52cada45b35 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_newuname(struct new_utsname __user * name)
         int ret = 0;
 
         down_read(&uts_sem);
-        if (copy_to_user(name,&system_utsname,sizeof *name))
+        if (copy_to_user(name, utsname(), sizeof *name))
                 ret = -EFAULT;
         up_read(&uts_sem);
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/syscall.c b/arch/mips/kernel/syscall.c
index 9951240cc3f..970e3e96b1d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/syscall.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/syscall.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ out:
  */
 asmlinkage int sys_uname(struct old_utsname __user * name)
 {
-        if (name && !copy_to_user(name, &system_utsname, sizeof (*name)))
+        if (name && !copy_to_user(name, utsname(), sizeof (*name)))
                 return 0;
         return -EFAULT;
 }
@@ -248,16 +248,21 @@ asmlinkage int sys_olduname(struct oldold_utsname __user * name)
         if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE,name,sizeof(struct oldold_utsname)))
                 return -EFAULT;
 
-        error = __copy_to_user(&name->sysname,&system_utsname.sysname,__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error -= __put_user(0,name->sysname+__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error -= __copy_to_user(&name->nodename,&system_utsname.nodename,__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error -= __put_user(0,name->nodename+__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error -= __copy_to_user(&name->release,&system_utsname.release,__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error -= __put_user(0,name->release+__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error -= __copy_to_user(&name->version,&system_utsname.version,__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error -= __put_user(0,name->version+__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error -= __copy_to_user(&name->machine,&system_utsname.machine,__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error = __put_user(0,name->machine+__OLD_UTS_LEN);
+        error = __copy_to_user(&name->sysname, &utsname()->sysname,
+                               __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+        error -= __put_user(0, name->sysname + __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+        error -= __copy_to_user(&name->nodename, &utsname()->nodename,
+                                __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+        error -= __put_user(0, name->nodename + __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+        error -= __copy_to_user(&name->release, &utsname()->release,
+                                __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+        error -= __put_user(0, name->release + __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+        error -= __copy_to_user(&name->version, &utsname()->version,
+                                __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+        error -= __put_user(0, name->version + __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+        error -= __copy_to_user(&name->machine, &utsname()->machine,
+                                __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+        error = __put_user(0, name->machine + __OLD_UTS_LEN);
         error = error ? -EFAULT : 0;
 
         return error;
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/sysirix.c b/arch/mips/kernel/sysirix.c
index 1137dd6ea7a..11bb9717497 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/sysirix.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/sysirix.c
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ asmlinkage int irix_getdomainname(char __user *name, int len)
         down_read(&uts_sem);
         if (len > __NEW_UTS_LEN)
                 len = __NEW_UTS_LEN;
-        err = copy_to_user(name, system_utsname.domainname, len) ? -EFAULT : 0;
+        err = copy_to_user(name, utsname()->domainname, len) ? -EFAULT : 0;
         up_read(&uts_sem);
 
         return err;
@@ -1127,11 +1127,11 @@ struct iuname {
 asmlinkage int irix_uname(struct iuname __user *buf)
 {
         down_read(&uts_sem);
-        if (copy_from_user(system_utsname.sysname, buf->sysname, 65)
-            || copy_from_user(system_utsname.nodename, buf->nodename, 65)
-            || copy_from_user(system_utsname.release, buf->release, 65)
-            || copy_from_user(system_utsname.version, buf->version, 65)
-            || copy_from_user(system_utsname.machine, buf->machine, 65)) {
+        if (copy_from_user(utsname()->sysname, buf->sysname, 65)
+            || copy_from_user(utsname()->nodename, buf->nodename, 65)
+            || copy_from_user(utsname()->release, buf->release, 65)
+            || copy_from_user(utsname()->version, buf->version, 65)
+            || copy_from_user(utsname()->machine, buf->machine, 65)) {
                 return -EFAULT;
         }
         up_read(&uts_sem);
diff --git a/arch/parisc/hpux/sys_hpux.c b/arch/parisc/hpux/sys_hpux.c
index cb69727027a..2e2dc4f2c85 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/hpux/sys_hpux.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/hpux/sys_hpux.c
@@ -266,16 +266,21 @@ static int hpux_uname(struct hpux_utsname *name)
 
         down_read(&uts_sem);
 
-        error = __copy_to_user(&name->sysname,&system_utsname.sysname,HPUX_UTSLEN-1);
-        error |= __put_user(0,name->sysname+HPUX_UTSLEN-1);
-        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->nodename,&system_utsname.nodename,HPUX_UTSLEN-1);
-        error |= __put_user(0,name->nodename+HPUX_UTSLEN-1);
-        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->release,&system_utsname.release,HPUX_UTSLEN-1);
-        error |= __put_user(0,name->release+HPUX_UTSLEN-1);
-        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->version,&system_utsname.version,HPUX_UTSLEN-1);
-        error |= __put_user(0,name->version+HPUX_UTSLEN-1);
-        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->machine,&system_utsname.machine,HPUX_UTSLEN-1);
-        error |= __put_user(0,name->machine+HPUX_UTSLEN-1);
+        error = __copy_to_user(&name->sysname, &utsname()->sysname,
+                               HPUX_UTSLEN - 1);
+        error |= __put_user(0, name->sysname + HPUX_UTSLEN - 1);
+        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->nodename, &utsname()->nodename,
+                                HPUX_UTSLEN - 1);
+        error |= __put_user(0, name->nodename + HPUX_UTSLEN - 1);
+        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->release, &utsname()->release,
+                                HPUX_UTSLEN - 1);
+        error |= __put_user(0, name->release + HPUX_UTSLEN - 1);
+        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->version, &utsname()->version,
+                                HPUX_UTSLEN - 1);
+        error |= __put_user(0, name->version + HPUX_UTSLEN - 1);
+        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->machine, &utsname()->machine,
+                                HPUX_UTSLEN - 1);
+        error |= __put_user(0, name->machine + HPUX_UTSLEN - 1);
 
         up_read(&uts_sem);
 
@@ -373,8 +378,8 @@ int hpux_utssys(char *ubuf, int n, int type)
                 /*  TODO:  print a warning about using this?  */
                 down_write(&uts_sem);
                 error = -EFAULT;
-                if (!copy_from_user(system_utsname.sysname, ubuf, len)) {
-                        system_utsname.sysname[len] = 0;
+                if (!copy_from_user(utsname()->sysname, ubuf, len)) {
+                        utsname()->sysname[len] = 0;
                         error = 0;
                 }
                 up_write(&uts_sem);
@@ -400,8 +405,8 @@ int hpux_utssys(char *ubuf, int n, int type)
                 /*  TODO:  print a warning about this?  */
                 down_write(&uts_sem);
                 error = -EFAULT;
-                if (!copy_from_user(system_utsname.release, ubuf, len)) {
-                        system_utsname.release[len] = 0;
+                if (!copy_from_user(utsname()->release, ubuf, len)) {
+                        utsname()->release[len] = 0;
                         error = 0;
                 }
                 up_write(&uts_sem);
@@ -422,13 +427,13 @@ int hpux_getdomainname(char *name, int len)
         
         down_read(&uts_sem);
         
-        nlen = strlen(system_utsname.domainname) + 1;
+        nlen = strlen(utsname()->domainname) + 1;
 
         if (nlen < len)
                 len = nlen;
         if(len > __NEW_UTS_LEN)
                 goto done;
-        if(copy_to_user(name, system_utsname.domainname, len))
+        if(copy_to_user(name, utsname()->domainname, len))
                 goto done;
         err = 0;
 done:
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c
index 9b69d99a910..d358866b880 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ long ppc_newuname(struct new_utsname __user * name)
         int err = 0;
 
         down_read(&uts_sem);
-        if (copy_to_user(name, &system_utsname, sizeof(*name)))
+        if (copy_to_user(name, utsname(), sizeof(*name)))
                 err = -EFAULT;
         up_read(&uts_sem);
         if (!err)
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ int sys_uname(struct old_utsname __user *name)
         int err = 0;
         
         down_read(&uts_sem);
-        if (copy_to_user(name, &system_utsname, sizeof(*name)))
+        if (copy_to_user(name, utsname(), sizeof(*name)))
                 err = -EFAULT;
         up_read(&uts_sem);
         if (!err)
@@ -289,19 +289,19 @@ int sys_olduname(struct oldold_utsname __user *name)
                 return -EFAULT;
   
         down_read(&uts_sem);
-        error = __copy_to_user(&name->sysname, &system_utsname.sysname,
+        error = __copy_to_user(&name->sysname, &utsname()->sysname,
                                __OLD_UTS_LEN);
         error |= __put_user(0, name->sysname + __OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->nodename, &system_utsname.nodename,
+        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->nodename, &utsname()->nodename,
                                 __OLD_UTS_LEN);
         error |= __put_user(0, name->nodename + __OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->release, &system_utsname.release,
+        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->release, &utsname()->release,
                                 __OLD_UTS_LEN);
         error |= __put_user(0, name->release + __OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->version, &system_utsname.version,
+        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->version, &utsname()->version,
                                 __OLD_UTS_LEN);
         error |= __put_user(0, name->version + __OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->machine, &system_utsname.machine,
+        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->machine, &utsname()->machine,
                                 __OLD_UTS_LEN);
         error |= override_machine(name->machine);
         up_read(&uts_sem);
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/sys_sh.c b/arch/sh/kernel/sys_sh.c
index b68ff705f06..11c2acde6ea 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/sys_sh.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/sys_sh.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ asmlinkage int sys_uname(struct old_utsname * name)
         if (!name)
                 return -EFAULT;
         down_read(&uts_sem);
-        err=copy_to_user(name, &system_utsname, sizeof (*name));
+        err = copy_to_user(name, utsname(), sizeof (*name));
         up_read(&uts_sem);
         return err?-EFAULT:0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/sh64/kernel/sys_sh64.c b/arch/sh64/kernel/sys_sh64.c
index 58ff7d522d8..c6de1a95af4 100644
--- a/arch/sh64/kernel/sys_sh64.c
+++ b/arch/sh64/kernel/sys_sh64.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ asmlinkage int sys_uname(struct old_utsname * name)
         if (!name)
                 return -EFAULT;
         down_read(&uts_sem);
-        err=copy_to_user(name, &system_utsname, sizeof (*name));
+        err = copy_to_user(name, utsname(), sizeof (*name));
         up_read(&uts_sem);
         return err?-EFAULT:0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc.c
index 896863fb208..002ab4dbe5c 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc.c
@@ -475,13 +475,13 @@ asmlinkage int sys_getdomainname(char __user *name, int len)
 
         down_read(&uts_sem);
         
-        nlen = strlen(system_utsname.domainname) + 1;
+        nlen = strlen(utsname()->domainname) + 1;
         err = -EINVAL;
         if (nlen > len)
                 goto out;
 
         err = -EFAULT;
-        if (!copy_to_user(name, system_utsname.domainname, nlen))
+        if (!copy_to_user(name, utsname()->domainname, nlen))
                 err = 0;
 
 out:
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sunos.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sunos.c
index aa0fb2efb61..9d2cd97d1c3 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sunos.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sunos.c
@@ -483,13 +483,18 @@ asmlinkage int sunos_uname(struct sunos_utsname __user *name)
 {
         int ret;
         down_read(&uts_sem);
-        ret = copy_to_user(&name->sname[0], &system_utsname.sysname[0], sizeof(name->sname) - 1);
+        ret = copy_to_user(&name->sname[0], &utsname()->sysname[0],
+                           sizeof(name->sname) - 1);
         if (!ret) {
-                ret |= __copy_to_user(&name->nname[0], &system_utsname.nodename[0], sizeof(name->nname) - 1);
+                ret |= __copy_to_user(&name->nname[0], &utsname()->nodename[0],
+                                      sizeof(name->nname) - 1);
                 ret |= __put_user('\0', &name->nname[8]);
-                ret |= __copy_to_user(&name->rel[0], &system_utsname.release[0], sizeof(name->rel) - 1);
-                ret |= __copy_to_user(&name->ver[0], &system_utsname.version[0], sizeof(name->ver) - 1);
-                ret |= __copy_to_user(&name->mach[0], &system_utsname.machine[0], sizeof(name->mach) - 1);
+                ret |= __copy_to_user(&name->rel[0], &utsname()->release[0],
+                                      sizeof(name->rel) - 1);
+                ret |= __copy_to_user(&name->ver[0], &utsname()->version[0],
+                                      sizeof(name->ver) - 1);
+                ret |= __copy_to_user(&name->mach[0], &utsname()->machine[0],
+                                      sizeof(name->mach) - 1);
         }
         up_read(&uts_sem);
         return ret ? -EFAULT : 0;
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc.c
index c608c947e6c..89ac435aacc 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc.c
@@ -712,13 +712,13 @@ asmlinkage long sys_getdomainname(char __user *name, int len)
 
         down_read(&uts_sem);
         
-        nlen = strlen(system_utsname.domainname) + 1;
+        nlen = strlen(utsname()->domainname) + 1;
         err = -EINVAL;
         if (nlen > len)
                 goto out;
 
         err = -EFAULT;
-        if (!copy_to_user(name, system_utsname.domainname, nlen))
+        if (!copy_to_user(name, utsname()->domainname, nlen))
                 err = 0;
 
 out:
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sunos32.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sunos32.c
index 87ebdf858a3..953296b73f3 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sunos32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sunos32.c
@@ -439,16 +439,16 @@ asmlinkage int sunos_uname(struct sunos_utsname __user *name)
         int ret;
 
         down_read(&uts_sem);
-        ret = copy_to_user(&name->sname[0], &system_utsname.sysname[0],
+        ret = copy_to_user(&name->sname[0], &utsname()->sysname[0],
                            sizeof(name->sname) - 1);
-        ret |= copy_to_user(&name->nname[0], &system_utsname.nodename[0],
+        ret |= copy_to_user(&name->nname[0], &utsname()->nodename[0],
                             sizeof(name->nname) - 1);
         ret |= put_user('\0', &name->nname[8]);
-        ret |= copy_to_user(&name->rel[0], &system_utsname.release[0],
+        ret |= copy_to_user(&name->rel[0], &utsname()->release[0],
                             sizeof(name->rel) - 1);
-        ret |= copy_to_user(&name->ver[0], &system_utsname.version[0],
+        ret |= copy_to_user(&name->ver[0], &utsname()->version[0],
                             sizeof(name->ver) - 1);
-        ret |= copy_to_user(&name->mach[0], &system_utsname.machine[0],
+        ret |= copy_to_user(&name->mach[0], &utsname()->machine[0],
                             sizeof(name->mach) - 1);
         up_read(&uts_sem);
         return (ret ? -EFAULT : 0);
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/solaris/misc.c b/arch/sparc64/solaris/misc.c
index 9c581328e76..9ed997982f8 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/solaris/misc.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/solaris/misc.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ asmlinkage int solaris_utssys(u32 buf, u32 flags, int which, u32 buf2)
                 /* Let's cheat */
                 err  = set_utsfield(v->sysname, "SunOS", 1, 0);
                 down_read(&uts_sem);
-                err |= set_utsfield(v->nodename, system_utsname.nodename,
+                err |= set_utsfield(v->nodename, utsname()->nodename,
                                     1, 1);
                 up_read(&uts_sem);
                 err |= set_utsfield(v->release, "2.6", 0, 0);
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ asmlinkage int solaris_utsname(u32 buf)
         /* Why should we not lie a bit? */
         down_read(&uts_sem);
         err  = set_utsfield(v->sysname, "SunOS", 0, 0);
-        err |= set_utsfield(v->nodename, system_utsname.nodename, 1, 1);
+        err |= set_utsfield(v->nodename, utsname()->nodename, 1, 1);
         err |= set_utsfield(v->release, "5.6", 0, 0);
         err |= set_utsfield(v->version, "Generic", 0, 0);
         err |= set_utsfield(v->machine, machine(), 0, 0);
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ asmlinkage int solaris_sysinfo(int cmd, u32 buf, s32 count)
         case SI_HOSTNAME:
                 r = buffer + 256;
                 down_read(&uts_sem);
-                for (p = system_utsname.nodename, q = buffer; 
+                for (p = utsname()->nodename, q = buffer;
                      q < r && *p && *p != '.'; *q++ = *p++);
                 up_read(&uts_sem);
                 *q = 0;
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c
index 773a134e7fd..a67dcbd78de 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ void mconsole_version(struct mc_request *req)
 {
         char version[256];
 
-        sprintf(version, "%s %s %s %s %s", system_utsname.sysname,
-                system_utsname.nodename, system_utsname.release,
-                system_utsname.version, system_utsname.machine);
+        sprintf(version, "%s %s %s %s %s", utsname()->sysname,
+                utsname()->nodename, utsname()->release,
+                utsname()->version, utsname()->machine);
         mconsole_reply(req, version, 0, 0);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/syscall.c b/arch/um/kernel/syscall.c
index 48cf88dd02d..abf14aaf905 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/syscall.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/syscall.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ long sys_uname(struct old_utsname __user * name)
         if (!name)
                 return -EFAULT;
         down_read(&uts_sem);
-        err = copy_to_user(name, &system_utsname, sizeof (*name));
+        err = copy_to_user(name, utsname(), sizeof (*name));
         up_read(&uts_sem);
         return err?-EFAULT:0;
 }
@@ -126,21 +126,21 @@ long sys_olduname(struct oldold_utsname __user * name)
 
         down_read(&uts_sem);
 
-        error = __copy_to_user(&name->sysname,&system_utsname.sysname,
+        error = __copy_to_user(&name->sysname, &utsname()->sysname,
                                __OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error |= __put_user(0,name->sysname+__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->nodename,&system_utsname.nodename,
+        error |= __put_user(0, name->sysname + __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->nodename, &utsname()->nodename,
                                 __OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error |= __put_user(0,name->nodename+__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->release,&system_utsname.release,
+        error |= __put_user(0, name->nodename + __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->release, &utsname()->release,
                                 __OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error |= __put_user(0,name->release+__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->version,&system_utsname.version,
+        error |= __put_user(0, name->release + __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->version, &utsname()->version,
                                 __OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error |= __put_user(0,name->version+__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->machine,&system_utsname.machine,
+        error |= __put_user(0, name->version + __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+        error |= __copy_to_user(&name->machine, &utsname()->machine,
                                 __OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        error |= __put_user(0,name->machine+__OLD_UTS_LEN);
+        error |= __put_user(0, name->machine + __OLD_UTS_LEN);
 
         up_read(&uts_sem);
 
diff --git a/arch/um/sys-x86_64/syscalls.c b/arch/um/sys-x86_64/syscalls.c
index 6fce9f45dfd..73ce4463f70 100644
--- a/arch/um/sys-x86_64/syscalls.c
+++ b/arch/um/sys-x86_64/syscalls.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_uname64(struct new_utsname __user * name)
 {
         int err;
         down_read(&uts_sem);
-        err = copy_to_user(name, &system_utsname, sizeof (*name));
+        err = copy_to_user(name, utsname(), sizeof (*name));
         up_read(&uts_sem);
         if (personality(current->personality) == PER_LINUX32)
                 err |= copy_to_user(&name->machine, "i686", 5);
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/ia32/sys_ia32.c b/arch/x86_64/ia32/sys_ia32.c
index f280d3665f4..26a01717cc1 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/ia32/sys_ia32.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/ia32/sys_ia32.c
@@ -784,36 +784,36 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_olduname(struct oldold_utsname __user * name)
 
         if (!name)
                 return -EFAULT;
-        if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE,name,sizeof(struct oldold_utsname)))
+        if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, name, sizeof(struct oldold_utsname)))
                 return -EFAULT;
   
         down_read(&uts_sem);
-        
-        err = __copy_to_user(&name->sysname,&system_utsname.sysname,
+
+        err = __copy_to_user(&name->sysname,&utsname()->sysname,
                                 __OLD_UTS_LEN);
         err |= __put_user(0,name->sysname+__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        err |= __copy_to_user(&name->nodename,&system_utsname.nodename,
+        err |= __copy_to_user(&name->nodename,&utsname()->nodename,
                                 __OLD_UTS_LEN);
         err |= __put_user(0,name->nodename+__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        err |= __copy_to_user(&name->release,&system_utsname.release,
+        err |= __copy_to_user(&name->release,&utsname()->release,
                                 __OLD_UTS_LEN);
         err |= __put_user(0,name->release+__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-        err |= __copy_to_user(&name->version,&system_utsname.version,
+        err |= __copy_to_user(&name->version,&utsname()->version,
                                 __OLD_UTS_LEN);
         err |= __put_user(0,name->version+__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-         { 
-                 char *arch = "x86_64";
-                 if (personality(current->personality) == PER_LINUX32)
-                         arch = "i686";
+        {
+                char *arch = "x86_64";
+                if (personality(current->personality) == PER_LINUX32)
+                        arch = "i686";
                  
-                 err |= __copy_to_user(&name->machine,arch,strlen(arch)+1);
-         }
-        
-         up_read(&uts_sem);
-         
-         err = err ? -EFAULT : 0;
-         
-         return err;
+                err |= __copy_to_user(&name->machine, arch, strlen(arch)+1);
+        }
+
+        up_read(&uts_sem);
+
+        err = err ? -EFAULT : 0;
+
+        return err;
 }
 
 long sys32_uname(struct old_utsname __user * name)
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ long sys32_uname(struct old_utsname __user * name)
         if (!name)
                 return -EFAULT;
         down_read(&uts_sem);
-        err=copy_to_user(name, &system_utsname, sizeof (*name));
+        err = copy_to_user(name, utsname(), sizeof (*name));
         up_read(&uts_sem);
         if (personality(current->personality) == PER_LINUX32) 
                 err |= copy_to_user(&name->machine, "i686", 5);
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/sys_x86_64.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/sys_x86_64.c
index 6449ea8fe75..76bf7c241fe 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/sys_x86_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/sys_x86_64.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_uname(struct new_utsname __user * name)
 {
         int err;
         down_read(&uts_sem);
-        err = copy_to_user(name, &system_utsname, sizeof (*name));
+        err = copy_to_user(name, utsname(), sizeof (*name));
         up_read(&uts_sem);
         if (personality(current->personality) == PER_LINUX32) 
                 err |= copy_to_user(&name->machine, "i686", 5);                 
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls.c
index 4688ba2db84..37c90ca5b98 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ out:
 
 int sys_uname(struct old_utsname * name)
 {
-        if (name && !copy_to_user(name, &system_utsname, sizeof (*name)))
+        if (name && !copy_to_user(name, utsname(), sizeof (*name)))
                 return 0;
         return -EFAULT;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index b430a12eb81..07f47a0208a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -889,8 +889,8 @@ static void init_std_data(struct entropy_store *r)
 
         do_gettimeofday(&tv);
         add_entropy_words(r, (__u32 *)&tv, sizeof(tv)/4);
-        add_entropy_words(r, (__u32 *)&system_utsname,
-                          sizeof(system_utsname)/4);
+        add_entropy_words(r, (__u32 *)utsname(),
+                          sizeof(*(utsname()))/4);
 }
 
 static int __init rand_initialize(void)
diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 0e9ba0b9d71..c78762051da 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -772,12 +772,12 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,struct smb_vol *vol)
         separator[1] = 0; 
 
         memset(vol->source_rfc1001_name,0x20,15);
-        for(i=0;i < strnlen(system_utsname.nodename,15);i++) {
+        for(i=0;i < strnlen(utsname()->nodename,15);i++) {
                 /* does not have to be a perfect mapping since the field is
                 informational, only used for servers that do not support
                 port 445 and it can be overridden at mount time */
                 vol->source_rfc1001_name[i] = 
-                        toupper(system_utsname.nodename[i]);
+                        toupper(utsname()->nodename[i]);
         }
         vol->source_rfc1001_name[15] = 0;
         /* null target name indicates to use *SMBSERVR default called name
@@ -2153,7 +2153,7 @@ CIFSSessSetup(unsigned int xid, struct cifsSesInfo *ses,
                                   32, nls_codepage);
                 bcc_ptr += 2 * bytes_returned;
                 bytes_returned =
-                    cifs_strtoUCS((__le16 *) bcc_ptr, system_utsname.release,
+                    cifs_strtoUCS((__le16 *) bcc_ptr, utsname()->release,
                                   32, nls_codepage);
                 bcc_ptr += 2 * bytes_returned;
                 bcc_ptr += 2;
@@ -2180,8 +2180,8 @@ CIFSSessSetup(unsigned int xid, struct cifsSesInfo *ses,
                 }
                 strcpy(bcc_ptr, "Linux version ");
                 bcc_ptr += strlen("Linux version ");
-                strcpy(bcc_ptr, system_utsname.release);
-                bcc_ptr += strlen(system_utsname.release) + 1;
+                strcpy(bcc_ptr, utsname()->release);
+                bcc_ptr += strlen(utsname()->release) + 1;
                 strcpy(bcc_ptr, CIFS_NETWORK_OPSYS);
                 bcc_ptr += strlen(CIFS_NETWORK_OPSYS) + 1;
         }
@@ -2445,7 +2445,7 @@ CIFSNTLMSSPNegotiateSessSetup(unsigned int xid,
                                   32, nls_codepage);
                 bcc_ptr += 2 * bytes_returned;
                 bytes_returned =
-                    cifs_strtoUCS((__le16 *) bcc_ptr, system_utsname.release, 32,
+                    cifs_strtoUCS((__le16 *) bcc_ptr, utsname()->release, 32,
                                   nls_codepage);
                 bcc_ptr += 2 * bytes_returned;
                 bcc_ptr += 2;   /* null terminate Linux version */
@@ -2462,8 +2462,8 @@ CIFSNTLMSSPNegotiateSessSetup(unsigned int xid,
         } else {                /* ASCII */
                 strcpy(bcc_ptr, "Linux version ");
                 bcc_ptr += strlen("Linux version ");
-                strcpy(bcc_ptr, system_utsname.release);
-                bcc_ptr += strlen(system_utsname.release) + 1;
+                strcpy(bcc_ptr, utsname()->release);
+                bcc_ptr += strlen(utsname()->release) + 1;
                 strcpy(bcc_ptr, CIFS_NETWORK_OPSYS);
                 bcc_ptr += strlen(CIFS_NETWORK_OPSYS) + 1;
                 bcc_ptr++;      /* empty domain field */
@@ -2836,7 +2836,7 @@ CIFSNTLMSSPAuthSessSetup(unsigned int xid, struct cifsSesInfo *ses,
                                   32, nls_codepage);
                 bcc_ptr += 2 * bytes_returned;
                 bytes_returned =
-                    cifs_strtoUCS((__le16 *) bcc_ptr, system_utsname.release, 32,
+                    cifs_strtoUCS((__le16 *) bcc_ptr, utsname()->release, 32,
                                   nls_codepage);
                 bcc_ptr += 2 * bytes_returned;
                 bcc_ptr += 2;   /* null term version string */
@@ -2888,8 +2888,8 @@ CIFSNTLMSSPAuthSessSetup(unsigned int xid, struct cifsSesInfo *ses,
 
                 strcpy(bcc_ptr, "Linux version ");
                 bcc_ptr += strlen("Linux version ");
-                strcpy(bcc_ptr, system_utsname.release);
-                bcc_ptr += strlen(system_utsname.release) + 1;
+                strcpy(bcc_ptr, utsname()->release);
+                bcc_ptr += strlen(utsname()->release) + 1;
                 strcpy(bcc_ptr, CIFS_NETWORK_OPSYS);
                 bcc_ptr += strlen(CIFS_NETWORK_OPSYS) + 1;
                 bcc_ptr++;      /* null domain */
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 6270f8f20a6..d993ea1a81a 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ static void format_corename(char *corename, const char *pattern, long signr)
                         case 'h':
                                 down_read(&uts_sem);
                                 rc = snprintf(out_ptr, out_end - out_ptr,
-                                              "%s", system_utsname.nodename);
+                                              "%s", utsname()->nodename);
                                 up_read(&uts_sem);
                                 if (rc > out_end - out_ptr)
                                         goto out;
diff --git a/fs/lockd/clntproc.c b/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
index 271e2165fff..0116729cec5 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
@@ -129,11 +129,11 @@ static void nlmclnt_setlockargs(struct nlm_rqst *req, struct file_lock *fl)
         nlmclnt_next_cookie(&argp->cookie);
         argp->state   = nsm_local_state;
         memcpy(&lock->fh, NFS_FH(fl->fl_file->f_dentry->d_inode), sizeof(struct nfs_fh));
-        lock->caller  = system_utsname.nodename;
+        lock->caller  = utsname()->nodename;
         lock->oh.data = req->a_owner;
         lock->oh.len  = snprintf(req->a_owner, sizeof(req->a_owner), "%u@%s",
                                 (unsigned int)fl->fl_u.nfs_fl.owner->pid,
-                                system_utsname.nodename);
+                                utsname()->nodename);
         lock->svid = fl->fl_u.nfs_fl.owner->pid;
         lock->fl.fl_start = fl->fl_start;
         lock->fl.fl_end = fl->fl_end;
diff --git a/fs/lockd/mon.c b/fs/lockd/mon.c
index 5954dcb497e..a816b920d43 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/mon.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/mon.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ xdr_encode_common(struct rpc_rqst *rqstp, u32 *p, struct nsm_args *argp)
          */
         sprintf(buffer, "%u.%u.%u.%u", NIPQUAD(argp->addr));
         if (!(p = xdr_encode_string(p, buffer))
-         || !(p = xdr_encode_string(p, system_utsname.nodename)))
+         || !(p = xdr_encode_string(p, utsname()->nodename)))
                 return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
         *p++ = htonl(argp->prog);
         *p++ = htonl(argp->vers);
diff --git a/fs/lockd/svclock.c b/fs/lockd/svclock.c
index c9d419703cf..93c00ee7189 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svclock.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svclock.c
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ static int nlmsvc_setgrantargs(struct nlm_rqst *call, struct nlm_lock *lock)
 {
         locks_copy_lock(&call->a_args.lock.fl, &lock->fl);
         memcpy(&call->a_args.lock.fh, &lock->fh, sizeof(call->a_args.lock.fh));
-        call->a_args.lock.caller = system_utsname.nodename;
+        call->a_args.lock.caller = utsname()->nodename;
         call->a_args.lock.oh.len = lock->oh.len;
 
         /* set default data area */
diff --git a/fs/lockd/xdr.c b/fs/lockd/xdr.c
index 033ea4ac2c3..61c46facf25 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/xdr.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/xdr.c
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ nlmclt_decode_res(struct rpc_rqst *req, u32 *p, struct nlm_res *resp)
  */
 #define NLM_void_sz             0
 #define NLM_cookie_sz           1+XDR_QUADLEN(NLM_MAXCOOKIELEN)
-#define NLM_caller_sz           1+XDR_QUADLEN(sizeof(system_utsname.nodename))
+#define NLM_caller_sz           1+XDR_QUADLEN(sizeof(utsname()->nodename))
 #define NLM_netobj_sz           1+XDR_QUADLEN(XDR_MAX_NETOBJ)
 /* #define NLM_owner_sz         1+XDR_QUADLEN(NLM_MAXOWNER) */
 #define NLM_fhandle_sz          1+XDR_QUADLEN(NFS2_FHSIZE)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c b/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c
index c0a754ecdee..1d656a64519 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ static int __init root_nfs_name(char *name)
         /* Override them by options set on kernel command-line */
         root_nfs_parse(name, buf);
 
-        cp = system_utsname.nodename;
+        cp = utsname()->nodename;
         if (strlen(buf) + strlen(cp) > NFS_MAXPATHLEN) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "Root-NFS: Pathname for remote directory too long.\n");
                 return -1;
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/elf.h b/include/asm-i386/elf.h
index db4344d9f73..3a05436f31c 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/elf.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/elf.h
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ typedef struct user_fxsr_struct elf_fpxregset_t;
    For the moment, we have only optimizations for the Intel generations,
    but that could change... */
 
-#define ELF_PLATFORM  (system_utsname.machine)
+#define ELF_PLATFORM  (utsname()->machine)
 
 #define SET_PERSONALITY(ex, ibcs2) do { } while (0)
 
diff --git a/include/linux/lockd/lockd.h b/include/linux/lockd/lockd.h
index 0d92c468d55..47b7dbd647a 100644
--- a/include/linux/lockd/lockd.h
+++ b/include/linux/lockd/lockd.h
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ struct nlm_wait;
 /*
  * Memory chunk for NLM client RPC request.
  */
-#define NLMCLNT_OHSIZE          (sizeof(system_utsname.nodename)+10)
+#define NLMCLNT_OHSIZE          (sizeof(utsname()->nodename)+10)
 struct nlm_rqst {
         unsigned int            a_flags;        /* initial RPC task flags */
         struct nlm_host *       a_host;         /* host handle */
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 398d57923f9..3a4776e8f16 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1655,7 +1655,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_newuname(struct new_utsname __user * name)
         int errno = 0;
 
         down_read(&uts_sem);
-        if (copy_to_user(name,&system_utsname,sizeof *name))
+        if (copy_to_user(name, utsname(), sizeof *name))
                 errno = -EFAULT;
         up_read(&uts_sem);
         return errno;
@@ -1673,8 +1673,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys_sethostname(char __user *name, int len)
         down_write(&uts_sem);
         errno = -EFAULT;
         if (!copy_from_user(tmp, name, len)) {
-                memcpy(system_utsname.nodename, tmp, len);
-                system_utsname.nodename[len] = 0;
+                memcpy(utsname()->nodename, tmp, len);
+                utsname()->nodename[len] = 0;
                 errno = 0;
         }
         up_write(&uts_sem);
@@ -1690,11 +1690,11 @@ asmlinkage long sys_gethostname(char __user *name, int len)
         if (len < 0)
                 return -EINVAL;
         down_read(&uts_sem);
-        i = 1 + strlen(system_utsname.nodename);
+        i = 1 + strlen(utsname()->nodename);
         if (i > len)
                 i = len;
         errno = 0;
-        if (copy_to_user(name, system_utsname.nodename, i))
+        if (copy_to_user(name, utsname()->nodename, i))
                 errno = -EFAULT;
         up_read(&uts_sem);
         return errno;
@@ -1719,8 +1719,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys_setdomainname(char __user *name, int len)
         down_write(&uts_sem);
         errno = -EFAULT;
         if (!copy_from_user(tmp, name, len)) {
-                memcpy(system_utsname.domainname, tmp, len);
-                system_utsname.domainname[len] = 0;
+                memcpy(utsname()->domainname, tmp, len);
+                utsname()->domainname[len] = 0;
                 errno = 0;
         }
         up_write(&uts_sem);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
index 1fbb38415b1..99d50065aa7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ static void __init ic_do_bootp_ext(u8 *ext)
                         }
                         break;
                 case 12:        /* Host name */
-                        ic_bootp_string(system_utsname.nodename, ext+1, *ext, __NEW_UTS_LEN);
+                        ic_bootp_string(utsname()->nodename, ext+1, *ext, __NEW_UTS_LEN);
                         ic_host_name_set = 1;
                         break;
                 case 15:        /* Domain name (DNS) */
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ static void __init ic_do_bootp_ext(u8 *ext)
                                 ic_bootp_string(root_server_path, ext+1, *ext, sizeof(root_server_path));
                         break;
                 case 40:        /* NIS Domain name (_not_ DNS) */
-                        ic_bootp_string(system_utsname.domainname, ext+1, *ext, __NEW_UTS_LEN);
+                        ic_bootp_string(utsname()->domainname, ext+1, *ext, __NEW_UTS_LEN);
                         break;
         }
 }
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ static int __init ip_auto_config(void)
         printk(", mask=%u.%u.%u.%u", NIPQUAD(ic_netmask));
         printk(", gw=%u.%u.%u.%u", NIPQUAD(ic_gateway));
         printk(",\n     host=%s, domain=%s, nis-domain=%s",
-               system_utsname.nodename, ic_domain, system_utsname.domainname);
+               utsname()->nodename, ic_domain, utsname()->domainname);
         printk(",\n     bootserver=%u.%u.%u.%u", NIPQUAD(ic_servaddr));
         printk(", rootserver=%u.%u.%u.%u", NIPQUAD(root_server_addr));
         printk(", rootpath=%s", root_server_path);
@@ -1478,11 +1478,11 @@ static int __init ip_auto_config_setup(char *addrs)
                         case 4:
                                 if ((dp = strchr(ip, '.'))) {
                                         *dp++ = '\0';
-                                        strlcpy(system_utsname.domainname, dp,
-                                                sizeof(system_utsname.domainname));
+                                        strlcpy(utsname()->domainname, dp,
+                                                sizeof(utsname()->domainname));
                                 }
-                                strlcpy(system_utsname.nodename, ip,
-                                        sizeof(system_utsname.nodename));
+                                strlcpy(utsname()->nodename, ip,
+                                        sizeof(utsname()->nodename));
                                 ic_host_name_set = 1;
                                 break;
                         case 5:
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 124ff0ceb55..78696f2dc7d 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -161,10 +161,10 @@ static struct rpc_clnt * rpc_new_client(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, char *servname, s
         }
 
         /* save the nodename */
-        clnt->cl_nodelen = strlen(system_utsname.nodename);
+        clnt->cl_nodelen = strlen(utsname()->nodename);
         if (clnt->cl_nodelen > UNX_MAXNODENAME)
                 clnt->cl_nodelen = UNX_MAXNODENAME;
-        memcpy(clnt->cl_nodename, system_utsname.nodename, clnt->cl_nodelen);
+        memcpy(clnt->cl_nodename, utsname()->nodename, clnt->cl_nodelen);
         return clnt;
 
 out_no_auth: