diff --git a/killproc-2.16.dif b/killproc-2.16.dif
index 9be8383..8e7ba3d 100644
--- a/killproc-2.16.dif
+++ b/killproc-2.16.dif
@@ -1,4 +1,130 @@
---- .dummy
-+++ .dummy	2009-08-19 12:18:39.181901099 +0200
-@@ -0,0 +1 @@
-+this is a dummy, remove if real changes are required
+--- libinit.c
++++ libinit.c	2009-09-29 10:42:09.875428620 +0200
+@@ -446,9 +446,9 @@ static pid_t getpppid(const pid_t ppid)
+ 	goto out;
+ 
+     if ((fp = open(proc(pid, "stat"), O_PROCMODE)) != -1) {
+-	xread(fp, buf, BUFSIZ);
++	ssize_t len = xread(fp, buf, BUFSIZ);
+ 	close(fp);
+-	if (sscanf(buf,"%*d %*s %*c %d %*d %*d", &pppid) != 1)
++	if (len <= 0 || sscanf(buf,"%*d %*s %*c %d %*d %*d", &pppid) != 1)
+ 	    warn("can not read ppid for process %d!\n", ppid);
+     }
+ out:
+@@ -591,10 +591,11 @@ int pidof (const char * inname, const ch
+ 	    char ent[3];
+ 	    boolean thread;
+ 	    ssize_t len;
++
+ 	    len = xread(fp,ent,3);
+ 	    close(fp);
+ 
+-	    if (!len)
++	    if (len <= 0)
+ 		continue;
+     
+ 	    thread = (strncmp(ent, "0 ", 2) == 0);
+@@ -682,6 +683,9 @@ int pidof (const char * inname, const ch
+ 	    len = xread(fp, entry, PATH_MAX);
+ 	    close(fp);
+ 
++	    if (len <= 0)
++		continue;
++
+ 	    /* Seek for a script not for a binary */
+ 	    if (!(scrpt = checkscripts(entry, root, len, d->d_name)))
+ 		continue;
+@@ -713,7 +717,7 @@ int pidof (const char * inname, const ch
+ 	    len = xread(fp, entry, PATH_MAX);
+ 	    close(fp);
+ 
+-	    if (!len)
++	    if (len <= 0)
+ 		continue;
+ 
+ 	    comm  = index(entry,  ' ');
+@@ -764,7 +768,8 @@ int verify_pidfile (const char * pid_fil
+ 		    const char * root, unsigned short flags,
+ 		    const boolean ignore)
+ {
+-    int fp, cnt;
++    int fp;
++    ssize_t cnt;
+     boolean isscrpt = false;
+     pid_t pid;
+     char *swapname = NULL, *bufp;
+@@ -789,11 +794,12 @@ int verify_pidfile (const char * pid_fil
+     }
+ 
+     errno = 0;
+-    if ((cnt = xread (fp, buf, BUFSIZ)) < 0) {
++    cnt = xread(fp, buf, BUFSIZ);
++    close(fp);
++    if (cnt < 0) {
+ 	warn("Can not read pid file %s: %s\n", pid_file, strerror(errno));
+ 	return -1;
+     }
+-    close(fp);
+     buf[cnt] = '\0';
+ 
+     bufp = buf;
+@@ -847,10 +853,11 @@ int verify_pidfile (const char * pid_fil
+ 	char ent[3];
+ 	boolean thread;
+ 	ssize_t len;
++
+ 	len = xread(fp, ent, sizeof(ent));
+ 	close(fp);
+ 
+-	if (!len)
++	if (len <= 0)
+ 	    goto out;
+     
+ 	thread = (strncmp(ent, "0 ", 2) == 0);
+@@ -932,6 +939,9 @@ int verify_pidfile (const char * pid_fil
+ 	len = xread(fp, entry, PATH_MAX);
+ 	close(fp);
+ 
++	if (len <= 0)
++	    goto out;
++
+ 	/* Seek for a script not for a binary */
+ 	if (!(scrpt = checkscripts(entry, root, len, buf)))
+ 	    goto out;		/* Nothing found */
+@@ -951,7 +961,7 @@ int verify_pidfile (const char * pid_fil
+ 	len = xread(fp, entry, PATH_MAX);
+ 	close(fp);
+ 
+-	if (!len)
++	if (len <= 0)
+ 	    goto out;
+ 
+ 	comm  = index(entry,  ' ');
+@@ -1040,7 +1050,7 @@ int check_pids (const char * inname, con
+ 	    len = xread(fp, ent, sizeof(ent));
+ 	    close(fp);
+ 
+-	    if (!len)
++	    if (len <= 0)
+ 		goto ignore;		/* Bogus */
+ 
+ 	    thread = (strncmp(ent, "0 ", 2) == 0);
+@@ -1111,7 +1121,7 @@ int check_pids (const char * inname, con
+ 	    len = xread(fp, entry, PATH_MAX);
+ 	    close(fp);
+ 
+-	    if (!len)
++	    if (len <= 0)
+ 		goto ignore;		/* Bogus */
+ 
+ 	    /* Seek for a script not for a binary */
+@@ -1131,7 +1141,7 @@ int check_pids (const char * inname, con
+ 	    len = xread(fp, entry, PATH_MAX);
+ 	    close(fp);
+ 
+-	    if (!len)
++	    if (len <= 0)
+ 		goto ignore;		/* Bogus */
+ 
+ 	    comm  = index(entry,  ' ');
diff --git a/sysvinit.changes b/sysvinit.changes
index fefbf34..05c86f8 100644
--- a/sysvinit.changes
+++ b/sysvinit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Sep 29 10:48:03 CEST 2009 - werner@suse.de
+
+- Make killproc utils more stable in case that during read(2) a proc
+  file the corresponding process has already terminated (bnc#542717)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Aug 20 14:17:32 CEST 2009 - werner@suse.de