diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a7266b2fc3e4..b14cb4245fcd 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: daded34be96b1975ff8539ff62ad8b158ce7d842
+refs/heads/master: dae33574dcf5211e1f43c7e45fa29f73ba3e00cb
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/ptrace.h b/trunk/include/linux/ptrace.h
index dae6d85520fb..ed69c03692d9 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/ptrace.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/ptrace.h
@@ -176,6 +176,19 @@ static inline void ptrace_init_task(struct task_struct *child, bool ptrace)
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * ptrace_release_task - final ptrace-related cleanup of a zombie being reaped
+ * @task:	task in %EXIT_DEAD state
+ *
+ * Called with write_lock(&tasklist_lock) held.
+ */
+static inline void ptrace_release_task(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&task->ptraced));
+	ptrace_unlink(task);
+	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&task->ptrace_entry));
+}
+
 #ifndef force_successful_syscall_return
 /*
  * System call handlers that, upon successful completion, need to return a
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/tracehook.h b/trunk/include/linux/tracehook.h
index 830e6e16097d..9a5b3be2503a 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/tracehook.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/tracehook.h
@@ -228,4 +228,32 @@ static inline void tracehook_report_vfork_done(struct task_struct *child,
 	ptrace_event(PT_TRACE_VFORK_DONE, PTRACE_EVENT_VFORK_DONE, pid);
 }
 
+/**
+ * tracehook_prepare_release_task - task is being reaped, clean up tracing
+ * @task:		task in %EXIT_DEAD state
+ *
+ * This is called in release_task() just before @task gets finally reaped
+ * and freed.  This would be the ideal place to remove and clean up any
+ * tracing-related state for @task.
+ *
+ * Called with no locks held.
+ */
+static inline void tracehook_prepare_release_task(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+}
+
+/**
+ * tracehook_finish_release_task - task is being reaped, clean up tracing
+ * @task:		task in %EXIT_DEAD state
+ *
+ * This is called in release_task() when @task is being in the middle of
+ * being reaped.  After this, there must be no tracing entanglements.
+ *
+ * Called with write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock) held.
+ */
+static inline void tracehook_finish_release_task(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	ptrace_release_task(task);
+}
+
 #endif	/* <linux/tracehook.h> */
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/exit.c b/trunk/kernel/exit.c
index c3691cbc220a..da28745f7c38 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/exit.c
@@ -163,27 +163,17 @@ static void delayed_put_task_struct(struct rcu_head *rhp)
 	put_task_struct(container_of(rhp, struct task_struct, rcu));
 }
 
-/*
- * Do final ptrace-related cleanup of a zombie being reaped.
- *
- * Called with write_lock(&tasklist_lock) held.
- */
-static void ptrace_release_task(struct task_struct *p)
-{
-	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&p->ptraced));
-	ptrace_unlink(p);
-	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&p->ptrace_entry));
-}
 
 void release_task(struct task_struct * p)
 {
 	struct task_struct *leader;
 	int zap_leader;
 repeat:
+	tracehook_prepare_release_task(p);
 	atomic_dec(&p->user->processes);
 	proc_flush_task(p);
 	write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
-	ptrace_release_task(p);
+	tracehook_finish_release_task(p);
 	__exit_signal(p);
 
 	/*
@@ -205,6 +195,13 @@ void release_task(struct task_struct * p)
 		 * that case.
 		 */
 		zap_leader = task_detached(leader);
+
+		/*
+		 * This maintains the invariant that release_task()
+		 * only runs on a task in EXIT_DEAD, just for sanity.
+		 */
+		if (zap_leader)
+			leader->exit_state = EXIT_DEAD;
 	}
 
 	write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);