diff -urN parent-timeslice-ref/arch/alpha/kernel/entry.S parent-timeslice/arch/alpha/kernel/entry.S
--- parent-timeslice-ref/arch/alpha/kernel/entry.S	Sat Apr 14 15:32:43 2001
+++ parent-timeslice/arch/alpha/kernel/entry.S	Sat Apr 14 15:32:55 2001
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #define TASK_EXEC_DOMAIN	32
 #define TASK_NEED_RESCHED	40
 #define TASK_PTRACE		48
-#define TASK_PROCESSOR		100
+#define TASK_PROCESSOR		96
 
 /*
  * task flags (must match include/linux/sched.h):
diff -urN parent-timeslice-ref/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S parent-timeslice/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S
--- parent-timeslice-ref/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S	Tue Nov 28 18:39:59 2000
+++ parent-timeslice/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S	Sat Apr 14 15:32:55 2001
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 exec_domain	= 16
 need_resched	= 20
 tsk_ptrace	= 24
-processor	= 52
+processor	= 60
 
 ENOSYS = 38
 
diff -urN parent-timeslice-ref/include/linux/sched.h parent-timeslice/include/linux/sched.h
--- parent-timeslice-ref/include/linux/sched.h	Sat Apr 14 15:32:43 2001
+++ parent-timeslice/include/linux/sched.h	Sat Apr 14 15:32:55 2001
@@ -301,10 +301,12 @@
  * all fields in a single cacheline that are needed for
  * the goodness() loop in schedule().
  */
-	long counter;
-	long nice;
-	unsigned long policy;
+	int counter;
+	int counter_refresh;
+	int nice;
+	unsigned long rt_priority;
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
+	unsigned int policy;
 	int has_cpu, processor, nid;
 	unsigned long cpus_allowed;
 	/*
@@ -346,7 +348,6 @@
 
 	wait_queue_head_t wait_chldexit;	/* for wait4() */
 	struct semaphore *vfork_sem;		/* for vfork() */
-	unsigned long rt_priority;
 	unsigned long it_real_value, it_prof_value, it_virt_value;
 	unsigned long it_real_incr, it_prof_incr, it_virt_incr;
 	struct timer_list real_timer;
diff -urN parent-timeslice-ref/kernel/exit.c parent-timeslice/kernel/exit.c
--- parent-timeslice-ref/kernel/exit.c	Thu Feb 22 03:45:13 2001
+++ parent-timeslice/kernel/exit.c	Sat Apr 14 15:32:55 2001
@@ -59,9 +59,11 @@
 		 * timeslices, because any timeslice recovered here
 		 * was given away by the parent in the first place.)
 		 */
-		current->counter += p->counter;
-		if (current->counter >= MAX_COUNTER)
-			current->counter = MAX_COUNTER;
+		if (!p->counter_refresh) {
+			current->counter += p->counter;
+			if (current->counter >= MAX_COUNTER)
+				current->counter = MAX_COUNTER;
+		}
 		free_task_struct(p);
 	} else {
 		printk("task releasing itself\n");
@@ -168,6 +170,7 @@
 			p->exit_signal = SIGCHLD;
 			p->self_exec_id++;
 			p->p_opptr = reaper;
+			p->counter_refresh = 1;
 			if (p->pdeath_signal) send_sig(p->pdeath_signal, p, 0);
 		}
 	}
diff -urN parent-timeslice-ref/kernel/fork.c parent-timeslice/kernel/fork.c
--- parent-timeslice-ref/kernel/fork.c	Sat Apr 14 15:32:43 2001
+++ parent-timeslice/kernel/fork.c	Sat Apr 14 15:33:51 2001
@@ -676,6 +676,8 @@
 	p->counter = current->counter;
 	current->counter = 0;
 	current->need_resched = 1;
+	/* Tell the parent if it can get back its timeslice when child exits */
+	p->counter_refresh = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Ok, add it to the run-queues and make it
diff -urN parent-timeslice-ref/kernel/sched.c parent-timeslice/kernel/sched.c
--- parent-timeslice-ref/kernel/sched.c	Sat Apr 14 15:32:43 2001
+++ parent-timeslice/kernel/sched.c	Sat Apr 14 15:32:55 2001
@@ -757,6 +757,7 @@
 				continue;
 #endif
 			p->counter = (p->counter >> 1) + NICE_TO_TICKS(p->nice);
+			p->counter_refresh = 1;
 		}
 		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 		spin_lock_irq(&runqueue_lock);