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commit b04acb2651e0aaf615de50e9138cddfd5c24021f
Author: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
Date:   Tue Jul 30 11:58:45 2013 +0200

    Fix race conditions in pldd that may leave the process stopped after detaching
    
    Fixes bug 15804

diff --git a/elf/pldd.c b/elf/pldd.c
index 684aff4..75f7812 100644
--- a/elf/pldd.c
+++ b/elf/pldd.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/ptrace.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
 
 #include <ldsodefs.h>
 #include <version.h>
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ static char *exe;
 
 /* Local functions.  */
 static int get_process_info (int dfd, long int pid);
+static void wait_for_ptrace_stop (long int pid);
 
 
 int
@@ -170,6 +172,8 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 		 tid);
 	}
 
+      wait_for_ptrace_stop (tid);
+
       struct thread_list *newp = alloca (sizeof (*newp));
       newp->tid = tid;
       newp->next = thread_list;
@@ -194,6 +198,27 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 }
 
 
+/* Wait for PID to enter ptrace-stop state after being attached.  */
+static void
+wait_for_ptrace_stop (long int pid)
+{
+  int status;
+
+  /* While waiting for SIGSTOP being delivered to the tracee we have to
+     reinject any other pending signal.  Ignore all other errors.  */
+  while (waitpid (pid, &status, __WALL) == pid && WIFSTOPPED (status))
+    {
+      /* The STOP signal should not be delivered to the tracee.  */
+      if (WSTOPSIG (status) == SIGSTOP)
+	return;
+      if (ptrace (PTRACE_CONT, pid, NULL,
+		  (void *) (uintptr_t) WSTOPSIG (status)))
+	/* The only possible error is that the process died.  */
+	return;
+    }
+}
+
+
 /* Handle program arguments.  */
 static error_t
 parse_opt (int key, char *arg, struct argp_state *state)