+#include <linux/err.h>
+
+/*
+ * Clone a new ns copying an original utsname, setting refcount to 1
+ * @old_ns: namespace to clone
+ * Return NULL on error (failure to kmalloc), new ns otherwise
+ */
+static struct uts_namespace *clone_uts_ns(struct uts_namespace *old_ns)
+{
+ struct uts_namespace *ns;
+
+ ns = kmalloc(sizeof(struct uts_namespace), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!ns)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+ down_read(&uts_sem);
+ memcpy(&ns->name, &old_ns->name, sizeof(ns->name));
+ up_read(&uts_sem);
+ kref_init(&ns->kref);
+ return ns;
+}