p->exit_signal = SIGCHLD;
 
        /* If it has exited notify the new parent about this child's death. */
-       if (!p->ptrace &&
+       if (!task_ptrace(p) &&
            p->exit_state == EXIT_ZOMBIE && thread_group_empty(p)) {
                do_notify_parent(p, p->exit_signal);
                if (task_detached(p)) {
        list_for_each_entry_safe(p, n, &father->children, sibling) {
                p->real_parent = reaper;
                if (p->parent == father) {
-                       BUG_ON(p->ptrace);
+                       BUG_ON(task_ptrace(p));
                        p->parent = p->real_parent;
                }
                reparent_thread(father, p, &dead_children);
                return 0;
        }
 
-       if (likely(!ptrace) && unlikely(p->ptrace)) {
+       if (likely(!ptrace) && unlikely(task_ptrace(p))) {
                /*
                 * This child is hidden by ptrace.
                 * We aren't allowed to see it now, but eventually we will.
 
        /* do_notify_parent_cldstop should have been called instead.  */
        BUG_ON(task_is_stopped_or_traced(tsk));
 
-       BUG_ON(!tsk->ptrace &&
+       BUG_ON(!task_ptrace(tsk) &&
               (tsk->group_leader != tsk || !thread_group_empty(tsk)));
 
        info.si_signo = sig;
 
        psig = tsk->parent->sighand;
        spin_lock_irqsave(&psig->siglock, flags);
-       if (!tsk->ptrace && sig == SIGCHLD &&
+       if (!task_ptrace(tsk) && sig == SIGCHLD &&
            (psig->action[SIGCHLD-1].sa.sa_handler == SIG_IGN ||
             (psig->action[SIGCHLD-1].sa.sa_flags & SA_NOCLDWAIT))) {
                /*
        struct task_struct *parent;
        struct sighand_struct *sighand;
 
-       if (tsk->ptrace & PT_PTRACED)
+       if (task_ptrace(tsk))
                parent = tsk->parent;
        else {
                tsk = tsk->group_leader;
 
 static inline int may_ptrace_stop(void)
 {
-       if (!likely(current->ptrace & PT_PTRACED))
+       if (!likely(task_ptrace(current)))
                return 0;
        /*
         * Are we in the middle of do_coredump?
 static int ptrace_signal(int signr, siginfo_t *info,
                         struct pt_regs *regs, void *cookie)
 {
-       if (!(current->ptrace & PT_PTRACED))
+       if (!task_ptrace(current))
                return signr;
 
        ptrace_signal_deliver(regs, cookie);