diff --git a/fs/proc/namespaces.c b/fs/proc/namespaces.c
index 53d4cc8..041b64f 100644
--- a/fs/proc/namespaces.c
+++ b/fs/proc/namespaces.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 static struct dentry *proc_ns_get_dentry(struct super_block *sb,
 	struct task_struct *task, const struct proc_ns_operations *ns_ops)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry;
+	struct dentry *dentry, *result;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct proc_inode *ei;
 	struct qstr qname = { .name = "", };
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 
-	inode = new_inode(sb);
+	inode = iget_locked(sb, ns_ops->inum(ns));
 	if (!inode) {
 		dput(dentry);
 		ns_ops->put(ns);
@@ -83,16 +83,24 @@
 	}
 		
 	ei = PROC_I(inode);
-	inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();
-	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
-	inode->i_op = &ns_inode_operations;
-	inode->i_mode = S_IFREG|S_IRUSR;
-	inode->i_fop = &ns_file_operations;
-	ei->ns_ops = ns_ops;
-	ei->ns = ns;
+	if (inode->i_state & I_NEW) {
+		inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
+		inode->i_op = &ns_inode_operations;
+		inode->i_mode = S_IFREG|S_IRUSR;
+		inode->i_fop = &ns_file_operations;
+		ei->ns_ops = ns_ops;
+		ei->ns = ns;
+		unlock_new_inode(inode);
+	} else {
+		ns_ops->put(ns);
+	}
 
 	d_set_d_op(dentry, &ns_dentry_operations);
-	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	result = d_instantiate_unique(dentry, inode);
+	if (result) {
+		dput(dentry);
+		dentry = result;
+	}
 
 	return dentry;
 }
@@ -135,6 +143,7 @@
 	struct proc_inode *ei = PROC_I(inode);
 	const struct proc_ns_operations *ns_ops = ei->ns_ops;
 	struct task_struct *task;
+	void *ns;
 	char name[50];
 	int len = -EACCES;
 
@@ -145,14 +154,20 @@
 	if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ))
 		goto out_put_task;
 
-	snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s", ns_ops->name);
+	len = -ENOENT;
+	ns = ns_ops->get(task);
+	if (!ns)
+		goto out_put_task;
+
+	snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s:[%u]", ns_ops->name, ns_ops->inum(ns));
 	len = strlen(name);
 
 	if (len > buflen)
 		len = buflen;
-	if (copy_to_user(buffer, ns_ops->name, len))
+	if (copy_to_user(buffer, name, len))
 		len = -EFAULT;
 
+	ns_ops->put(ns);
 out_put_task:
 	put_task_struct(task);
 out:
diff --git a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
index a6d1655..22a4dc4 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
 
 	/* user_ns which owns the ipc ns */
 	struct user_namespace *user_ns;
+
+	unsigned int	proc_inum;
 };
 
 extern struct ipc_namespace init_ipc_ns;
diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
index 3067b44..5ebb8d7 100644
--- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
@@ -28,9 +28,12 @@
  */
 
 enum {
-	PROC_ROOT_INO = 1,
+	PROC_ROOT_INO		= 1,
+	PROC_IPC_INIT_INO	= 0xEFFFFFFFU,
+	PROC_UTS_INIT_INO	= 0xEFFFFFFEU,
 };
 
+
 /*
  * This is not completely implemented yet. The idea is to
  * create an in-memory tree (like the actual /proc filesystem
@@ -257,6 +260,7 @@
 	void *(*get)(struct task_struct *task);
 	void (*put)(void *ns);
 	int (*install)(struct nsproxy *nsproxy, void *ns);
+	unsigned int (*inum)(void *ns);
 };
 extern const struct proc_ns_operations netns_operations;
 extern const struct proc_ns_operations utsns_operations;
diff --git a/include/linux/utsname.h b/include/linux/utsname.h
index 4e5b021..03db764 100644
--- a/include/linux/utsname.h
+++ b/include/linux/utsname.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 	struct kref kref;
 	struct new_utsname name;
 	struct user_namespace *user_ns;
+	unsigned int proc_inum;
 };
 extern struct uts_namespace init_uts_ns;
 
diff --git a/include/net/net_namespace.h b/include/net/net_namespace.h
index aef430d..850799f 100644
--- a/include/net/net_namespace.h
+++ b/include/net/net_namespace.h
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
 	struct list_head	cleanup_list;	/* namespaces on death row */
 	struct list_head	exit_list;	/* Use only net_mutex */
 
+	unsigned int		proc_inum;
+
 	struct proc_dir_entry 	*proc_net;
 	struct proc_dir_entry 	*proc_net_stat;
 
diff --git a/init/version.c b/init/version.c
index 86fe0cc..58170f1 100644
--- a/init/version.c
+++ b/init/version.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/utsname.h>
 #include <generated/utsrelease.h>
 #include <linux/version.h>
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
 #define version(a) Version_ ## a
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@
 		.domainname	= UTS_DOMAINNAME,
 	},
 	.user_ns = &init_user_ns,
+	.proc_inum = PROC_UTS_INIT_INO,
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(init_uts_ns);
 
diff --git a/ipc/msgutil.c b/ipc/msgutil.c
index 8b5ce5d..f7da485 100644
--- a/ipc/msgutil.c
+++ b/ipc/msgutil.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/ipc.h>
 #include <linux/ipc_namespace.h>
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
 #include "util.h"
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
 	.mq_msgsize_max  = DFLT_MSGSIZEMAX,
 #endif
 	.user_ns = &init_user_ns,
+	.proc_inum = PROC_IPC_INIT_INO,
 };
 
 atomic_t nr_ipc_ns = ATOMIC_INIT(1);
diff --git a/ipc/namespace.c b/ipc/namespace.c
index ce0a647..cd7f733 100644
--- a/ipc/namespace.c
+++ b/ipc/namespace.c
@@ -26,9 +26,16 @@
 	if (ns == NULL)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
+	err = proc_alloc_inum(&ns->proc_inum);
+	if (err) {
+		kfree(ns);
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	}
+
 	atomic_set(&ns->count, 1);
 	err = mq_init_ns(ns);
 	if (err) {
+		proc_free_inum(ns->proc_inum);
 		kfree(ns);
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 	}
@@ -113,6 +120,7 @@
 	 */
 	ipcns_notify(IPCNS_REMOVED);
 	put_user_ns(ns->user_ns);
+	proc_free_inum(ns->proc_inum);
 	kfree(ns);
 }
 
@@ -170,10 +178,18 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static unsigned int ipcns_inum(void *vp)
+{
+	struct ipc_namespace *ns = vp;
+
+	return ns->proc_inum;
+}
+
 const struct proc_ns_operations ipcns_operations = {
 	.name		= "ipc",
 	.type		= CLONE_NEWIPC,
 	.get		= ipcns_get,
 	.put		= ipcns_put,
 	.install	= ipcns_install,
+	.inum		= ipcns_inum,
 };
diff --git a/kernel/utsname.c b/kernel/utsname.c
index bff131b..3ab6a08 100644
--- a/kernel/utsname.c
+++ b/kernel/utsname.c
@@ -36,11 +36,18 @@
 					  struct uts_namespace *old_ns)
 {
 	struct uts_namespace *ns;
+	int err;
 
 	ns = create_uts_ns();
 	if (!ns)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
+	err = proc_alloc_inum(&ns->proc_inum);
+	if (err) {
+		kfree(ns);
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	}
+
 	down_read(&uts_sem);
 	memcpy(&ns->name, &old_ns->name, sizeof(ns->name));
 	ns->user_ns = get_user_ns(task_cred_xxx(tsk, user)->user_ns);
@@ -78,6 +85,7 @@
 
 	ns = container_of(kref, struct uts_namespace, kref);
 	put_user_ns(ns->user_ns);
+	proc_free_inum(ns->proc_inum);
 	kfree(ns);
 }
 
@@ -110,11 +118,18 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static unsigned int utsns_inum(void *vp)
+{
+	struct uts_namespace *ns = vp;
+
+	return ns->proc_inum;
+}
+
 const struct proc_ns_operations utsns_operations = {
 	.name		= "uts",
 	.type		= CLONE_NEWUTS,
 	.get		= utsns_get,
 	.put		= utsns_put,
 	.install	= utsns_install,
+	.inum		= utsns_inum,
 };
-
diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
index ea489db..4791afc 100644
--- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
+++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
@@ -366,6 +366,21 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_net_ns_by_pid);
 
+static __net_init int net_ns_net_init(struct net *net)
+{
+	return proc_alloc_inum(&net->proc_inum);
+}
+
+static __net_exit void net_ns_net_exit(struct net *net)
+{
+	proc_free_inum(net->proc_inum);
+}
+
+static struct pernet_operations __net_initdata net_ns_ops = {
+	.init = net_ns_net_init,
+	.exit = net_ns_net_exit,		
+};
+
 static int __init net_ns_init(void)
 {
 	struct net_generic *ng;
@@ -397,6 +412,8 @@
 
 	mutex_unlock(&net_mutex);
 
+	register_pernet_subsys(&net_ns_ops);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -624,11 +641,18 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static unsigned int netns_inum(void *ns)
+{
+	struct net *net = ns;
+	return net->proc_inum;
+}
+
 const struct proc_ns_operations netns_operations = {
 	.name		= "net",
 	.type		= CLONE_NEWNET,
 	.get		= netns_get,
 	.put		= netns_put,
 	.install	= netns_install,
+	.inum		= netns_inum,
 };
 #endif