Index: gdb-7.7/gdb/linux-nat.c
===================================================================
--- gdb-7.7.orig/gdb/linux-nat.c	2014-02-09 19:18:24.048554459 +0100
+++ gdb-7.7/gdb/linux-nat.c	2014-02-09 19:19:22.210622806 +0100
@@ -1529,8 +1529,22 @@ get_pending_status (struct lwp_info *lp,
 			    gdb_signal_to_string (signo));
     }
 
-  if (*status == 0 && ptid_get_pid (lp->ptid) == pid_was_stopped)
-    *status = W_STOPCODE (SIGSTOP);
+  /* Workaround RHEL-5 kernel which has unreliable PTRACE_DETACH, SIGSTOP (that
+     many TIDs are left unstopped).  See RH Bug 496732.  */
+  if (ptid_get_pid (lp->ptid) == pid_was_stopped)
+    {
+      int err;
+
+      errno = 0;
+      err = kill_lwp (ptid_get_lwp (lp->ptid), SIGSTOP);
+      if (debug_linux_nat)
+	{
+	  fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog,
+			      "SC:  lwp kill %d %s\n",
+			      err,
+			      errno ? safe_strerror (errno) : "ERRNO-OK");
+	}
+    }
 
   return 0;
 }