3 files changed, 17 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 055378d2513e..0e1c95074d42 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ static void zap_threads (struct mm_struct *mm)
                 do_each_thread(g,p) {
                         if (mm == p->mm && p != tsk &&
                             p->ptrace && p->parent->mm == mm) {
-                                __ptrace_unlink(p);
+                                __ptrace_detach(p, 0);
                         }
                 } while_each_thread(g,p);
                 write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
diff --git a/include/linux/ptrace.h b/include/linux/ptrace.h
index 9d5cd106b344..0d36750fc0f1 100644
--- a/include/linux/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ptrace.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ extern int ptrace_readdata(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long src, char __us
 extern int ptrace_writedata(struct task_struct *tsk, char __user *src, unsigned long dst, int len);
 extern int ptrace_attach(struct task_struct *tsk);
 extern int ptrace_detach(struct task_struct *, unsigned int);
+extern void __ptrace_detach(struct task_struct *, unsigned int);
 extern void ptrace_disable(struct task_struct *);
 extern int ptrace_check_attach(struct task_struct *task, int kill);
 extern int ptrace_request(struct task_struct *child, long request, long addr, long data);
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index d2cf144d0af5..d95a72c9279d 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ void ptrace_untrace(task_t *child)
  */
 void __ptrace_unlink(task_t *child)
 {
-        if (!child->ptrace)
-                BUG();
+        BUG_ON(!child->ptrace);
+
         child->ptrace = 0;
         if (!list_empty(&child->ptrace_list)) {
                 list_del_init(&child->ptrace_list);
@@ -184,22 +184,27 @@ bad:
         return retval;
 }
 
+void __ptrace_detach(struct task_struct *child, unsigned int data)
+{
+        child->exit_code = data;
+        /* .. re-parent .. */
+        __ptrace_unlink(child);
+        /* .. and wake it up. */
+        if (child->exit_state != EXIT_ZOMBIE)
+                wake_up_process(child);
+}
+
 int ptrace_detach(struct task_struct *child, unsigned int data)
 {
         if (!valid_signal(data))
-                return  -EIO;
+                return -EIO;
 
         /* Architecture-specific hardware disable .. */
         ptrace_disable(child);
 
-        /* .. re-parent .. */
-        child->exit_code = data;
-
         write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
-        __ptrace_unlink(child);
-        /* .. and wake it up. */
-        if (child->exit_state != EXIT_ZOMBIE)
-                wake_up_process(child);
+        if (child->ptrace)
+                __ptrace_detach(child, data);
         write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 
         return 0;