Eric, though I personally don't care much:
1. I ask for not setting your authorship/copyright on the code which you just copied
  from other places. Just doesn't look polite IMHO.
2. I would propose to not introduce utsname_sysctl.c.
  both files are too small and minor that I can't see much reasons splitting them.

Kirill

> From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> - unquoted
> 
> This is just a simple cleanup to keep kernel/sysctl.c
> from getting to crowded with special cases, and by
> keeping all of the utsname logic to together it makes
> the code a little more readable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
> ---
>  kernel/Makefile         |    1 +
>  kernel/sysctl.c         |  115 -------------------------------------
>  kernel/utsname_sysctl.c |  146 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 115 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
> index 14f4d45..d286c44 100644
> --- a/kernel/Makefile
> +++ b/kernel/Makefile
> @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SECCOMP) += seccomp.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST) += rcutorture.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_RELAY) += relay.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_UTS_NS) += utsname.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_SYSCTL) += utsname_sysctl.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_TASK_DELAY_ACCT) += delayacct.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_TASKSTATS) += taskstats.o tsacct.o
>  
> diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
> index 7420761..a8c0a03 100644
> --- a/kernel/sysctl.c
> +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
> @@ -135,13 +135,6 @@ static int parse_table(int __user *, int, void __user *, size_t __user *,
>  		void __user *, size_t, ctl_table *);
>  #endif
>  
> -static int proc_do_uts_string(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
> -		  void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
> -
> -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);
> -
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SYSVIPC
>  static int sysctl_ipc_data(ctl_table *table, int __user *name, int nlen,
>  		  void __user *oldval, size_t __user *oldlenp,
> @@ -174,27 +167,6 @@ extern ctl_table inotify_table[];
>  int sysctl_legacy_va_layout;
>  #endif
>  
> -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_SYSVIPC
>  static void *get_ipc(ctl_table *table, int write)
> @@ -275,51 +247,6 @@ static ctl_table root_table[] = {
>  
>  static ctl_table 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,
> -	},
> -	{
>  		.ctl_name	= KERN_PANIC,
>  		.procname	= "panic",
>  		.data		= &panic_timeout,
> @@ -1746,21 +1673,6 @@ int proc_dostring(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
>  			       buffer, lenp, ppos);
>  }
>  
> -/*
> - *	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)
> -{
> -	int r;
> -	void *which;
> -	which = get_uts(table, write);
> -	r = _proc_do_string(which, table->maxlen,write,filp,buffer,lenp, ppos);
> -	put_uts(table, write, which);
> -	return r;
> -}
>  
>  static int do_proc_dointvec_conv(int *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
>  				 int *valp,
> @@ -2379,12 +2291,6 @@ int proc_dostring(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
>  	return -ENOSYS;
>  }
>  
> -static int proc_do_uts_string(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
> -		void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
> -{
> -	return -ENOSYS;
> -}
> -
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SYSVIPC
>  static int proc_do_ipc_string(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
>  		void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
> @@ -2602,21 +2508,6 @@ int sysctl_ms_jiffies(ctl_table *table, int __user *name, int nlen,
>  }
>  
>  
> -/* 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;
> -}
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SYSVIPC
>  /* The generic sysctl ipc data routine. */
> @@ -2723,12 +2614,6 @@ int sysctl_ms_jiffies(ctl_table *table, int __user *name, int nlen,
>  	return -ENOSYS;
>  }
>  
> -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)
> -{
> -	return -ENOSYS;
> -}
>  static int sysctl_ipc_data(ctl_table *table, int __user *name, int nlen,
>  		void __user *oldval, size_t __user *oldlenp,
>  		void __user *newval, size_t newlen)
> diff --git a/kernel/utsname_sysctl.c b/kernel/utsname_sysctl.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..324aa13
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/kernel/utsname_sysctl.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
> +/*
> + *  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,