3 files changed, 30 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/utsname.h b/include/linux/utsname.h
index 923db99175f2..11232676bfff 100644
--- a/include/linux/utsname.h
+++ b/include/linux/utsname.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ struct new_utsname {
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/kref.h>
 #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 
 struct uts_namespace {
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ struct uts_namespace {
 };
 extern struct uts_namespace init_uts_ns;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_UTS_NS
 static inline void get_uts_ns(struct uts_namespace *ns)
 {
         kref_get(&ns->kref);
@@ -56,6 +58,25 @@ static inline void put_uts_ns(struct uts_namespace *ns)
 {
         kref_put(&ns->kref, free_uts_ns);
 }
+#else
+static inline void get_uts_ns(struct uts_namespace *ns)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void put_uts_ns(struct uts_namespace *ns)
+{
+}
+
+static inline struct uts_namespace *copy_utsname(unsigned long flags,
+                                        struct uts_namespace *ns)
+{
+        if (flags & CLONE_NEWUTS)
+                return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+        return ns;
+}
+#endif
+
 static inline struct new_utsname *utsname(void)
 {
         return &current->nsproxy->uts_ns->name;
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 7654207961a2..fef641af78c2 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -429,6 +429,13 @@ config NAMESPACES
           or same user id or pid may refer to different tasks when used in
           different namespaces.
 
+config UTS_NS
+        bool "UTS namespace"
+        depends on NAMESPACES
+        help
+          In this namespace tasks see different info provided with the
+          uname() system call
+
 config BLK_DEV_INITRD
         bool "Initial RAM filesystem and RAM disk (initramfs/initrd) support"
         depends on BROKEN || !FRV
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 685697c0a181..0f15bd409367 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ obj-y     = sched.o fork.o exec_domain.o panic.o printk.o profile.o \
             rcupdate.o extable.o params.o posix-timers.o \
             kthread.o wait.o kfifo.o sys_ni.o posix-cpu-timers.o mutex.o \
             hrtimer.o rwsem.o nsproxy.o srcu.o \
-            utsname.o notifier.o ksysfs.o pm_qos_params.o
+            notifier.o ksysfs.o pm_qos_params.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYSCTL) += sysctl_check.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_STACKTRACE) += stacktrace.o
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING) += spinlock.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_UID16) += uid16.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MODULES) += module.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KALLSYMS) += kallsyms.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_UTS_NS) += utsname.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PM) += power/
 obj-$(CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT) += acct.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC) += kexec.o