diff -urN 2.4.3aa/kernel/exit.c 2.4.3aa-counter-refresh/kernel/exit.c
--- 2.4.3aa/kernel/exit.c	Wed Feb 21 18:45:13 2001
+++ 2.4.3aa-counter-refresh/kernel/exit.c	Sun Apr  1 12:43:40 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 2.4.3aa/kernel/fork.c 2.4.3aa-counter-refresh/kernel/fork.c
--- 2.4.3aa/kernel/fork.c	Sun Apr  1 12:41:00 2001
+++ 2.4.3aa-counter-refresh/kernel/fork.c	Sun Apr  1 12:43:40 2001
@@ -674,6 +674,8 @@
 	current->counter >>= 1;
 	if (!current->counter)
 		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 2.4.3aa/kernel/sched.c 2.4.3aa-counter-refresh/kernel/sched.c
--- 2.4.3aa/kernel/sched.c	Sun Apr  1 11:52:13 2001
+++ 2.4.3aa-counter-refresh/kernel/sched.c	Sun Apr  1 12:44:19 2001
@@ -758,6 +758,7 @@
 				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);
--- 2.4.3aa/include/linux/sched.h.~1~	Sun Apr  1 13:12:50 2001
+++ 2.4.3aa/include/linux/sched.h	Sun Apr  1 15:11:51 2001
@@ -301,9 +301,11 @@
  * 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;
+	unsigned int policy;
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
 	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;