Index: trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pantasks/ControllerOps.c
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--- trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pantasks/ControllerOps.c	(revision 23557)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pantasks/ControllerOps.c	(revision 23558)
@@ -286,6 +286,10 @@
   }
   sscanf (p, "%*s %s", string);
+  FreeIOBuffer (&buffer);
+
   job[0].pid = atoi (string);
-  FreeIOBuffer (&buffer);
+  if (job[0].pid < 0) {
+    return (FALSE);
+  }
   return (TRUE);
 }