diff -urN parent-timeslice-ref/include/linux/sched.h parent-timeslice/include/linux/sched.h
--- parent-timeslice-ref/include/linux/sched.h	Tue May 15 21:35:45 2001
+++ parent-timeslice/include/linux/sched.h	Tue May 15 21:36:00 2001
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_SCHED
 	int nid;
 #endif
+	int get_child_timeslice;
 	struct task_struct *next_task, *prev_task;
 	struct mm_struct *active_mm;
 
diff -urN parent-timeslice-ref/kernel/exit.c parent-timeslice/kernel/exit.c
--- parent-timeslice-ref/kernel/exit.c	Tue May 15 10:03:16 2001
+++ parent-timeslice/kernel/exit.c	Tue May 15 21:36:36 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->get_child_timeslice) {
+			current->counter += p->counter;
+			if (current->counter >= MAX_COUNTER)
+				current->counter = MAX_COUNTER;
+		}
 		p->pid = 0;
 		free_task_struct(p);
 	} else {
@@ -169,6 +171,7 @@
 			p->exit_signal = SIGCHLD;
 			p->self_exec_id++;
 			p->p_opptr = reaper;
+			p->get_child_timeslice = 0;
 			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	Tue May 15 21:35:45 2001
+++ parent-timeslice/kernel/fork.c	Tue May 15 21:36:00 2001
@@ -675,6 +675,9 @@
 	if (!current->counter)
 		current->need_resched = 1;
 
+	/* Tell the parent if it can get back its timeslice when child exits */
+	p->get_child_timeslice = 1;
+
 	/*
 	 * Ok, add it to the run-queues and make it
 	 * visible to the rest of the system.
diff -urN parent-timeslice-ref/kernel/sched.c parent-timeslice/kernel/sched.c
--- parent-timeslice-ref/kernel/sched.c	Tue May 15 21:35:45 2001
+++ parent-timeslice/kernel/sched.c	Tue May 15 21:36:00 2001
@@ -752,6 +752,7 @@
 				continue;
 #endif
 			p->counter = (p->counter >> 1) + NICE_TO_TICKS(p->nice);
+			p->get_child_timeslice = 0;
 		}
 		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 		spin_lock_irq(&runqueue_lock);