diff --git a/frysk-0.4-flushstat.patch b/frysk-0.4-flushstat.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac3d473
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frysk-0.4-flushstat.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff -up frysk-0.4/frysk-core/frysk/proc/live/LinuxPtraceProc.java.flushstat frysk-0.4/frysk-core/frysk/proc/live/LinuxPtraceProc.java
+--- frysk-0.4/frysk-core/frysk/proc/live/LinuxPtraceProc.java.flushstat	2010-03-30 14:06:41.000000000 -0400
++++ frysk-0.4/frysk-core/frysk/proc/live/LinuxPtraceProc.java	2010-03-30 14:44:09.000000000 -0400
+@@ -244,6 +244,9 @@ public class LinuxPtraceProc extends Liv
+ 	return stat;
+     }
+     private Stat stat;
++    void flushStat() {
++	stat = null;
++    }
+ 
+     public String getCommand() {
+ 	return getStat().comm;
+diff -up frysk-0.4/frysk-core/frysk/proc/live/LinuxPtraceTaskState.java.flushstat frysk-0.4/frysk-core/frysk/proc/live/LinuxPtraceTaskState.java
+--- frysk-0.4/frysk-core/frysk/proc/live/LinuxPtraceTaskState.java.flushstat	2010-03-30 14:06:41.000000000 -0400
++++ frysk-0.4/frysk-core/frysk/proc/live/LinuxPtraceTaskState.java	2010-03-30 14:44:32.000000000 -0400
+@@ -867,7 +867,8 @@ abstract class LinuxPtraceTaskState exte
+ 	}
+ 	LinuxPtraceTaskState handleExecedEvent(LinuxPtraceTask task) {
+ 	    fine.log("handleExecedEvent", task); 
+-	    ((LinuxPtraceProc)task.getProc()).getStat().scan(task.tid);
++
++	    ((LinuxPtraceProc)task.getProc()).flushStat();
+ 
+ 	    // All breakpoints have been erased.  We need to
+ 	    // explicitly tell those attached to the current Task.
diff --git a/frysk-0.4-ftrace.patch b/frysk-0.4-ftrace.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63a8607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frysk-0.4-ftrace.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+diff -up frysk-0.4/frysk-core/frysk/bindir/ftrace.xml-in.ftrace frysk-0.4/frysk-core/frysk/bindir/ftrace.xml-in
+--- frysk-0.4/frysk-core/frysk/bindir/ftrace.xml-in.ftrace	2010-03-30 14:56:44.000000000 -0400
++++ frysk-0.4/frysk-core/frysk/bindir/ftrace.xml-in	2010-03-30 15:01:54.000000000 -0400
+@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@
+   <refsynopsisdiv>
+     <cmdsynopsis>
+       <command>ftrace</command>
+-      <arg choice="opt">-c</arg>
++      <arg choice="opt">-f</arg>
++      <arg choice="opt">-follow</arg>
+       <arg choice="opt">-dl</arg>
+       <arg choice="opt">-m</arg>
+       <arg choice="opt">-o=<replaceable>FILE</replaceable></arg>
+@@ -118,9 +119,10 @@
+ 	    </varlistentry>
+ 
+ 	    <varlistentry>
+-		<term>-c</term>
++		<term>-f</term>
++		<term>-follow</term>
+ 		<listitem>
+-		    <para>Trace children: automatically attach to forks of
++		    <para>Follow children: automatically attach to forks of
+ 		    traced process.</para>
+ 		</listitem>
+ 	    </varlistentry>
+diff -up frysk-0.4/frysk-core/frysk/bindir/TestFtrace.java.ftrace frysk-0.4/frysk-core/frysk/bindir/TestFtrace.java
+--- frysk-0.4/frysk-core/frysk/bindir/TestFtrace.java.ftrace	2010-03-30 14:56:36.000000000 -0400
++++ frysk-0.4/frysk-core/frysk/bindir/TestFtrace.java	2010-03-30 15:00:32.000000000 -0400
+@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class TestFtrace extends TestLib 
+ 		"-sys=",
+ 		"/bin/ls"
+ 	    });
+-	e.expect("execve");
++	e.expect("attached");
+ 	e.expect("close");
+     }
+ 
diff --git a/frysk.spec b/frysk.spec
index 625eb4d..717e2a2 100644
--- a/frysk.spec
+++ b/frysk.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary:	Execution analysis and debugging tool-suite.
 Name:		frysk
 Version:	0.4
-Release:	25%{?dist}
+Release:	26%{?dist}
 
 # antlrv2 is Public Domain; antlrv3 is BSD.
 # getopt is GPLv2 with exception
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ Patch12:	frysk-0.4-taskstoperr.patch
 Patch13:	frysk-0.4-lostfork.patch
 Patch14:	frysk-0.4-nooptimize.patch
 Patch15:	frysk-0.4-skipdecl.patch
+Patch16:	frysk-0.4-flushstat.patch
+Patch17:	frysk-0.4-ftrace.patch
 
 Patch100:	frysk-0.4-aclocaljavac.patch
 
@@ -167,6 +169,8 @@ mv frysk-core/frysk/util/ProcStopUtil.java frysk-core/frysk/util/TaskStopUtil.ja
 %patch13 -p1 -z .lostfork
 %patch14 -p1 -z .nooptimize
 %patch15 -p1 -z .skipdecl
+%patch16 -p1 -z .flushstat
+%patch17 -p1 -z .ftrace
 
 %if %{fedora}0 >= 130
 %patch100 -p1 -z .aclocaljavac
@@ -358,6 +362,12 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_mandir}/man1/frysk.1.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Mar 30 2010 Andrew Cagney <cagney [at] fedoraproject.org> - 0.4-26
+- during an exec, flush the cached "stat", don't re-read it -
+  frysk-0.4-flushstat.patch
+- document ftrace's -f/-follow option, update tests -
+  frysk-0.4-ftrace.patch
+
 * Tue Mar 30 2010 Andrew Cagney <cagney [at] fedoraproject.org> - 0.4-25
 - for stack tests use a pragma to reduce optimization level -
   frysk-0.4-nooptimize