diff --git a/killproc-2.20.dif b/killproc-2.20.dif
index 215a06a..b315108 100644
--- a/killproc-2.20.dif
+++ b/killproc-2.20.dif
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
  .SH EXAMPLE
  .TP
 --- startproc.c
-+++ startproc.c	2011-10-17 15:43:02.443647315 +0000
++++ startproc.c	2011-10-20 12:19:33.523206609 +0000
 @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
      }
  
@@ -280,3 +280,100 @@
  	    case 'p':		/* Former option -f */
  		if (force)
  		    warn("option -p does not work in force mode\n");
+@@ -412,6 +415,8 @@ static int do_start(const char *inname,
+     const char * fullname;
+     char proc_exe[6+9+4+1];
+     static struct stat itsme;
++    sigset_t newset, oldset;
++    int pipe[2];
+ 
+     if ((n = snprintf(proc_exe, sizeof(proc_exe) - 1, "/proc/%d/exe", getpid())) > 0) {
+ 	proc_exe[n] = '\0';
+@@ -445,11 +450,17 @@ static int do_start(const char *inname,
+     if (sdaemon)
+ 	pid = 0;
+     else {
++	sigemptyset(&newset);
++	sigaddset(&newset, SIGQUIT);
++	sigaddset(&newset, SIGCHLD);
++	sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &newset, &oldset);
+ 	save_sigquit = signal(SIGQUIT, sig_quit);
+ 	if (sigchld)
+ 	    (void)signal(SIGCHLD, sig_chld);
+ 	else
+ 	    (void)signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
++	if (pipe2(pipe, O_CLOEXEC) < 0)
++	    error(100, "cannot open a pipe: %m\n");
+ 	if ((pid = fork()) == 0) {
+ 	    /* Update again to point to the child pid */
+ 	    fwd_sd_listen_pid();
+@@ -459,10 +470,15 @@ static int do_start(const char *inname,
+     switch (pid) {
+     case 0:
+     	if (!sdaemon) {
++	    sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &oldset, NULL);
+ 	    (void)signal(SIGINT,  SIG_DFL);
+ 	    (void)signal(SIGQUIT, SIG_DFL);
+ 	    (void)signal(SIGSEGV, SIG_DFL);
+ 	    (void)signal(SIGTERM, SIG_DFL);
++
++	    close(pipe[1]);
++	    read(pipe[0], proc_exe, 1);		/* Wait on parent with the pipe here */
++	    close(pipe[0]);
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	if (root) {
+@@ -615,8 +631,8 @@ static int do_start(const char *inname,
+ 	    fclose(tmp);
+ 	fflush(stdout);
+ 	fflush(stderr);		/* flush stdout and especially stderr */
+-	usleep(1);		/* Force the kernel to run the scheduler and update
+-				   the environment of the current processes */
++
++	close(pipe[0]);
+ 
+ 	if ((n = snprintf(proc_exe, sizeof(proc_exe) - 1, "/proc/%d/exe", pid)) > 0) {
+ 	    proc_exe[n] = '\0';
+@@ -628,17 +644,21 @@ static int do_start(const char *inname,
+ 	     * pid but before the execve() is done by the kernel, in later
+ 	     * case be sure not to run on our own binary.
+ 	     */
++	    n = 0;
+ 	    do {
+ 		struct stat serv;
+ 
+ 		errno = 0;
+ 		if (stat(proc_exe, &serv) < 0) {
+ 		    if (errno == ENOENT)
+-			break;			/* Seems to be a fast system */
+-
++			break;			/* Seems to be a very fast system
++						 * should not happen due to the pipe */
+ 		    error(100, "cannot stat %s: %s\n", proc_exe, strerror(errno));
+ 		}
+ 
++		if (n++ == 0)
++		    close(pipe[1]);		/* Sync child over the pipe */
++
+ 		if (itsme.st_dev != serv.st_dev || itsme.st_ino != serv.st_ino)
+ 		    break;			/* Seems to be a slow system */
+ 
+@@ -647,6 +667,9 @@ static int do_start(const char *inname,
+ 	    } while (true);
+ 
+ 	} else {
++
++	    close(pipe[1]);			/* Sync child over the pipe */
++
+ 	    warn("error in snprintf: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ 	    usleep(100*1000);
+ 	}
+@@ -657,7 +680,7 @@ retry:
+ 	case -1:		/* WNOHANG and hopefully no child but daemon */
+ 	    if (errno == EINTR)
+ 		goto retry;
+-	    if (errno != ECHILD) /* ECHILD shouldn´t happen, should it? (it does) */
++	    if (errno != ECHILD) /* ECHILD should not happen, should it? (it does) */
+ 		error(LSB_PROOFE," waitpid on %s: %s\n", fullname, strerror(errno));
+ 	    break;
+ 	case 0:			/* WNOHANG and no status available */
diff --git a/sysvinit.changes b/sysvinit.changes
index 5441641..9e6c82f 100644
--- a/sysvinit.changes
+++ b/sysvinit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct 20 12:31:09 UTC 2011 - werner@suse.de
+
+- Use pipe to synch parent with child in startproc (bnc#713342) 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct 18 09:30:36 UTC 2011 - werner@suse.de