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diff --git a/gdb/linux-nat.c b/gdb/linux-nat.c
index 6ca5c7e..3b117b5 100644
--- a/gdb/linux-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/linux-nat.c
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ holding the child stopped. Try \"set detach-on-fork\" or \
if (detach_fork)
{
struct cleanup *old_chain;
+ int status = 0;
/* Before detaching from the child, remove all breakpoints
from it. If we forked, then this has already been taken
@@ -447,7 +448,29 @@ holding the child stopped. Try \"set detach-on-fork\" or \
if (linux_nat_prepare_to_resume != NULL)
linux_nat_prepare_to_resume (child_lp);
- ptrace (PTRACE_DETACH, child_pid, 0, 0);
+
+ /* When debugging an inferior in an architecture that supports
+ hardware single stepping on a kernel without commit
+ 6580807da14c423f0d0a708108e6df6ebc8bc83d, the vfork child
+ process starts with the TIF_SINGLESTEP/X86_EFLAGS_TF bits
+ set if the parent process had them set.
+ To work around this, single step the child process
+ once before detaching to clear the flags. */
+
+ if (!gdbarch_software_single_step_p (target_thread_architecture
+ (child_lp->ptid)))
+ {
+ int status;
+
+ linux_disable_event_reporting (child_pid);
+ if (ptrace (PTRACE_SINGLESTEP, child_pid, 0, 0) < 0)
+ perror_with_name (_("Couldn't do single step"));
+ if (my_waitpid (child_pid, &status, 0) < 0)
+ perror_with_name (_("Couldn't wait vfork process"));
+ }
+
+ if (WIFSTOPPED (status))
+ ptrace (PTRACE_DETACH, child_pid, 0, WSTOPSIG (status));
do_cleanups (old_chain);
}