* That makes it a way to test a stopped process for
  * being ptrace-stopped vs being job-control-stopped.
  *
- * If we actually decide not to stop at all because the tracer is gone,
- * we leave nostop_code in current->exit_code.
+ * If we actually decide not to stop at all because the tracer
+ * is gone, we keep current->exit_code unless clear_code.
  */
-static void ptrace_stop(int exit_code, int nostop_code, siginfo_t *info)
+static void ptrace_stop(int exit_code, int clear_code, siginfo_t *info)
 {
        int killed = 0;
 
                 * Don't drop the lock yet, another tracer may come.
                 */
                __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
-               current->exit_code = nostop_code;
+               if (clear_code)
+                       current->exit_code = 0;
                read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
        }
 
 
        /* Let the debugger run.  */
        spin_lock_irq(¤t->sighand->siglock);
-       ptrace_stop(exit_code, 0, &info);
+       ptrace_stop(exit_code, 1, &info);
        spin_unlock_irq(¤t->sighand->siglock);
 }
 
                        ptrace_signal_deliver(regs, cookie);
 
                        /* Let the debugger run.  */
-                       ptrace_stop(signr, signr, info);
+                       ptrace_stop(signr, 0, info);
 
                        /* We're back.  Did the debugger cancel the sig?  */
                        signr = current->exit_code;