From cdea367eef89d9d0a42cfd93aa0fd6b527d1af4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Bluemel <thomas@reactsoft.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 22:58:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] release the keep-alive reference of the process object

svn path=/trunk/; revision=18861
---
 reactos/ntoskrnl/ps/kill.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/ps/kill.c b/reactos/ntoskrnl/ps/kill.c
index 7cb67649c18..6e4b8a74c50 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/ps/kill.c
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/ps/kill.c
@@ -524,6 +524,9 @@ PspExitProcess(PEPROCESS Process)
     ObKillProcess(Process);
 
     KeSetProcess(&Process->Pcb, IO_NO_INCREMENT);
+    
+    /* release the keep-alive reference of the process object */
+    ObDereferenceObject(Process);
 
     return(STATUS_SUCCESS);
 }