In wait_task_stopped() exit_code already contains the right value for the si_status member of siginfo, and this is simply set in the non WNOWAIT case. Pass it unchanged to wait_noreap_copyout(); we would only need to shift it and add 0x7f if we were returning it in the user status field and that isn't used for any function that permits WNOWAIT. Signed-off-by: Scott James Remnant Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath --- a/kernel/exit.c +++ b/kernel/exit.c @@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ static int wait_task_stopped(struct task_struct *p, int delayed_group_leader, if (unlikely(!exit_code) || unlikely(p->exit_state)) goto bail_ref; return wait_noreap_copyout(p, pid, uid, - why, (exit_code << 8) | 0x7f, + why, exit_code, infop, ru); }