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-  Lines: 9
 -  Date:
Thu Sep  7 17:54:27 1995
 -  Orig file: 
v1.3.24/linux/arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c
 -  Orig date: 
Thu Sep  7 17:17:16 1995
 
diff -u --recursive --new-file v1.3.24/linux/arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c linux/arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -480,6 +480,8 @@
 		case PTRACE_KILL: {
 			long tmp;
 
+			if (child->state == TASK_ZOMBIE)	/* already dead */
+				return 0;
 			wake_up_process(child);
 			child->exit_code = SIGKILL;
 	/* make sure the single step bit is not set. */
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