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diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index a6d8c3af0ad6..7d6ff8b18509 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -3066,6 +3066,35 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE4(rt_tgsigqueueinfo,
}
#endif
+/*
+ * Let kernel threads use this to say that they allow a certain signal.
+ * Must not be used if kthread was cloned with CLONE_SIGHAND.
+ */
+void allow_signal(int sig)
+{
+ spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+ /* This is only needed for daemonize()'ed kthreads */
+ sigdelset(&current->blocked, sig);
+ /*
+ * Kernel threads handle their own signals. Let the signal code
+ * know it'll be handled, so that they don't get converted to
+ * SIGKILL or just silently dropped.
+ */
+ current->sighand->action[(sig)-1].sa.sa_handler = (void __user *)2;
+ recalc_sigpending();
+ spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(allow_signal);
+
+void disallow_signal(int sig)
+{
+ spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+ current->sighand->action[(sig)-1].sa.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
+ recalc_sigpending();
+ spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(disallow_signal);
+
int do_sigaction(int sig, struct k_sigaction *act, struct k_sigaction *oact)
{
struct task_struct *p = current, *t;