--- plugins/check_procs.c.orig	2007-07-15 11:21:51.000000000 -0400
+++ plugins/check_procs.c	2008-03-28 21:56:51.000000000 -0400
@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@
 			/* Ignore self */
 			if (mypid == procpid) continue;
 
+			if (metric == METRIC_CPU)
+			   if (procppid == 0 && procpid != 1)
+                             continue;
+
 			if ((options & STAT) && (strstr (statopts, procstat)))
 				resultsum |= STAT;
 			if ((options & ARGS) && procargs && (strstr (procargs, args) != NULL))