diff --git a/include/linux/ptrace.h b/include/linux/ptrace.h
index 07d0df6..077904c 100644
--- a/include/linux/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ptrace.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>		/* For struct task_struct.  */
 #include <linux/err.h>			/* for IS_ERR_VALUE */
 #include <linux/bug.h>			/* For BUG_ON.  */
+#include <linux/pid_namespace.h>	/* For task_active_pid_ns.  */
 #include <uapi/linux/ptrace.h>
 
 /*
@@ -129,6 +130,37 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * ptrace_event_pid - possibly stop for a ptrace event notification
+ * @event:	%PTRACE_EVENT_* value to report
+ * @pid:	process identifier for %PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG to return
+ *
+ * Check whether @event is enabled and, if so, report @event and @pid
+ * to the ptrace parent.  @pid is reported as the pid_t seen from the
+ * the ptrace parent's pid namespace.
+ *
+ * Called without locks.
+ */
+static inline void ptrace_event_pid(int event, struct pid *pid)
+{
+	/*
+	 * FIXME: There's a potential race if a ptracer in a different pid
+	 * namespace than parent attaches between computing message below and
+	 * when we acquire tasklist_lock in ptrace_stop().  If this happens,
+	 * the ptracer will get a bogus pid from PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG.
+	 */
+	unsigned long message = 0;
+	struct pid_namespace *ns;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	ns = task_active_pid_ns(rcu_dereference(current->parent));
+	if (ns)
+		message = pid_nr_ns(pid, ns);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	ptrace_event(event, message);
+}
+
+/**
  * ptrace_init_task - initialize ptrace state for a new child
  * @child:		new child task
  * @ptrace:		true if child should be ptrace'd by parent's tracer