diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c
index f6db303..a8c97d4 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/signal.c
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@
 	if (__get_user(set.sig[0], &sc->sc_mask))
 		goto give_sigsegv;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(sc, regs, sw))
@@ -261,7 +260,6 @@
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto give_sigsegv;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(&frame->uc.uc_mcontext, regs, sw))
@@ -468,12 +466,9 @@
 handle_signal(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
 	      struct pt_regs * regs, struct switch_stack *sw)
 {
-	sigset_t *oldset = &current->blocked;
+	sigset_t *oldset = sigmask_to_save();
 	int ret;
 
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-		oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-
 	if (ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_SIGINFO)
 		ret = setup_rt_frame(sig, ka, info, oldset, regs, sw);
 	else
@@ -483,12 +478,7 @@
 		force_sigsegv(sig, current);
 		return;
 	}
-	block_sigmask(ka, sig);
-	/* A signal was successfully delivered, and the
-	   saved sigmask was stored on the signal frame,
-	   and will be restored by sigreturn.  So we can
-	   simply clear the restore sigmask flag.  */
-	clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
+	signal_delivered(sig, info, ka, regs, 0);
 }
 
 static inline void
@@ -572,9 +562,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* If there's no signal to deliver, we just restore the saved mask.  */
-	if (test_and_clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-		set_current_blocked(&current->saved_sigmask);
-
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 	if (single_stepping)
 		ptrace_set_bpt(current);	/* re-set breakpoint */
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
index 63f327d..fd2392a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 
 #include "signal.h"
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 /*
  * For ARM syscalls, we encode the syscall number into the instruction.
  */
@@ -210,10 +208,8 @@
 	int err;
 
 	err = __copy_from_user(&set, &sf->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set));
-	if (err == 0) {
-		sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
+	if (err == 0)
 		set_current_blocked(&set);
-	}
 
 	__get_user_error(regs->ARM_r0, &sf->uc.uc_mcontext.arm_r0, err);
 	__get_user_error(regs->ARM_r1, &sf->uc.uc_mcontext.arm_r1, err);
@@ -528,13 +524,13 @@
 /*
  * OK, we're invoking a handler
  */	
-static int
+static void
 handle_signal(unsigned long sig, struct k_sigaction *ka,
-	      siginfo_t *info, sigset_t *oldset,
-	      struct pt_regs * regs)
+	      siginfo_t *info, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	struct thread_info *thread = current_thread_info();
 	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
+	sigset_t *oldset = sigmask_to_save();
 	int usig = sig;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -559,17 +555,9 @@
 
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		force_sigsegv(sig, tsk);
-		return ret;
+		return;
 	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Block the signal if we were successful.
-	 */
-	block_sigmask(ka, sig);
-
-	tracehook_signal_handler(sig, info, ka, regs, 0);
-
-	return 0;
+	signal_delivered(sig, info, ka, regs, 0);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -617,8 +605,6 @@
 	 */
 	signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
 	if (signr > 0) {
-		sigset_t *oldset;
-
 		/*
 		 * Depending on the signal settings we may need to revert the
 		 * decision to restart the system call.  But skip this if a
@@ -635,20 +621,7 @@
 			clear_thread_flag(TIF_SYSCALL_RESTARTSYS);
 		}
 
-		if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-			oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-		else
-			oldset = &current->blocked;
-		if (handle_signal(signr, &ka, &info, oldset, regs) == 0) {
-			/*
-			 * A signal was successfully delivered; the saved
-			 * sigmask will have been stored in the signal frame,
-			 * and will be restored by sigreturn, so we can simply
-			 * clear the TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK flag.
-			 */
-			if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-				clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-		}
+		handle_signal(signr, &ka, &info, regs);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -663,11 +636,7 @@
 			set_thread_flag(TIF_SYSCALL_RESTARTSYS);
 	}
 
-	/* If there's no signal to deliver, we just put the saved sigmask
-	 * back.
-	 */
-	if (test_and_clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-		set_current_blocked(&current->saved_sigmask);
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 }
 
 asmlinkage void
diff --git a/arch/avr32/kernel/entry-avr32b.S b/arch/avr32/kernel/entry-avr32b.S
index 5e6beb2..df28841 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/kernel/entry-avr32b.S
+++ b/arch/avr32/kernel/entry-avr32b.S
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
 	ld.w	r1, r0[TI_flags]
 	rjmp	1b
 
-2:	mov	r2, _TIF_SIGPENDING | _TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK | _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME
+2:	mov	r2, _TIF_SIGPENDING | _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME
 	tst	r1, r2
 	breq	3f
 	unmask_interrupts
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@
 	ld.w	r1, r0[TI_flags]
 	rjmp	fault_exit_work
 
-1:	mov	r2, _TIF_SIGPENDING | _TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK | _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME
+1:	mov	r2, _TIF_SIGPENDING | _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME
 	tst	r1, r2
 	breq	2f
 	unmask_interrupts
diff --git a/arch/avr32/kernel/signal.c b/arch/avr32/kernel/signal.c
index e7595ef..c140f9b 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/kernel/signal.c
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 #include <asm/ucontext.h>
 #include <asm/syscalls.h>
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 asmlinkage int sys_sigaltstack(const stack_t __user *uss, stack_t __user *uoss,
 			       struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
@@ -89,7 +87,6 @@
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext))
@@ -224,30 +221,27 @@
 
 static inline void
 handle_signal(unsigned long sig, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
-	      sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs *regs, int syscall)
+	      struct pt_regs *regs, int syscall)
 {
 	int ret;
 
 	/*
 	 * Set up the stack frame
 	 */
-	ret = setup_rt_frame(sig, ka, info, oldset, regs);
+	ret = setup_rt_frame(sig, ka, info, sigmask_to_save(), regs);
 
 	/*
 	 * Check that the resulting registers are sane
 	 */
 	ret |= !valid_user_regs(regs);
 
-	if (ret != 0) {
-		force_sigsegv(sig, current);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * Block the signal if we were successful.
 	 */
-	block_sigmask(ka, sig);
-	clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
+	if (ret != 0)
+		force_sigsegv(sig, current);
+	else
+		signal_delivered(sig, info, ka, regs, 0);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -255,7 +249,7 @@
  * doesn't want to handle. Thus you cannot kill init even with a
  * SIGKILL even by mistake.
  */
-int do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs, sigset_t *oldset, int syscall)
+static void do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs, int syscall)
 {
 	siginfo_t info;
 	int signr;
@@ -267,12 +261,7 @@
 	 * without doing anything if so.
 	 */
 	if (!user_mode(regs))
-		return 0;
-
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-		oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-	else if (!oldset)
-		oldset = &current->blocked;
+		return;
 
 	signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
 	if (syscall) {
@@ -297,15 +286,11 @@
 
 	if (signr == 0) {
 		/* No signal to deliver -- put the saved sigmask back */
-		if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)) {
-			clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-			sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &current->saved_sigmask, NULL);
-		}
-		return 0;
+		restore_saved_sigmask();
+		return;
 	}
 
-	handle_signal(signr, &ka, &info, oldset, regs, syscall);
-	return 1;
+	handle_signal(signr, &ka, &info, regs, syscall);
 }
 
 asmlinkage void do_notify_resume(struct pt_regs *regs, struct thread_info *ti)
@@ -315,8 +300,8 @@
 	if ((sysreg_read(SR) & MODE_MASK) == MODE_SUPERVISOR)
 		syscall = 1;
 
-	if (ti->flags & (_TIF_SIGPENDING | _TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-		do_signal(regs, &current->blocked, syscall);
+	if (ti->flags & _TIF_SIGPENDING))
+		do_signal(regs, syscall);
 
 	if (ti->flags & _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME) {
 		clear_thread_flag(TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME);
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 02560fd8..53ad100 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@
 					   TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
 #define TIF_MEMDIE		4	/* is terminating due to OOM killer */
 #define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	5	/* restore signal mask in do_signal() */
-#define TIF_FREEZE		6	/* is freezing for suspend */
 #define TIF_IRQ_SYNC		7	/* sync pipeline stage */
 #define TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	8	/* callback before returning to user */
 #define TIF_SINGLESTEP		9
@@ -111,7 +110,6 @@
 #define _TIF_NEED_RESCHED	(1<<TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
 #define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	(1<<TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
 #define _TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	(1<<TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)
-#define _TIF_FREEZE		(1<<TIF_FREEZE)
 #define _TIF_IRQ_SYNC		(1<<TIF_IRQ_SYNC)
 #define _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	(1<<TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME)
 #define _TIF_SINGLESTEP		(1<<TIF_SINGLESTEP)
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/signal.c b/arch/blackfin/kernel/signal.c
index fc9ecce..6682b73 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/signal.c
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 #include <asm/fixed_code.h>
 #include <asm/syscall.h>
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 /* Location of the trace bit in SYSCFG. */
 #define TRACE_BITS 0x0001
 
@@ -98,7 +96,6 @@
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (rt_restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &r0))
@@ -190,17 +187,22 @@
 	err |= copy_to_user(&frame->uc.uc_sigmask, set, sizeof(*set));
 
 	if (err)
-		goto give_sigsegv;
+		return -EFAULT;
 
 	/* Set up registers for signal handler */
-	wrusp((unsigned long)frame);
 	if (current->personality & FDPIC_FUNCPTRS) {
 		struct fdpic_func_descriptor __user *funcptr =
 			(struct fdpic_func_descriptor *) ka->sa.sa_handler;
-		__get_user(regs->pc, &funcptr->text);
-		__get_user(regs->p3, &funcptr->GOT);
+		u32 pc, p3;
+		err |= __get_user(pc, &funcptr->text);
+		err |= __get_user(p3, &funcptr->GOT);
+		if (err)
+			return -EFAULT;
+		regs->pc = pc;
+		regs->p3 = p3;
 	} else
 		regs->pc = (unsigned long)ka->sa.sa_handler;
+	wrusp((unsigned long)frame);
 	regs->rets = SIGRETURN_STUB;
 
 	regs->r0 = frame->sig;
@@ -208,10 +210,6 @@
 	regs->r2 = (unsigned long)(&frame->uc);
 
 	return 0;
-
- give_sigsegv:
-	force_sigsegv(sig, current);
-	return -EFAULT;
 }
 
 static inline void
@@ -247,24 +245,21 @@
 /*
  * OK, we're invoking a handler
  */
-static int
+static void
 handle_signal(int sig, siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *ka,
-	      sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs *regs)
+	      struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	int ret;
-
 	/* are we from a system call? to see pt_regs->orig_p0 */
 	if (regs->orig_p0 >= 0)
 		/* If so, check system call restarting.. */
 		handle_restart(regs, ka, 1);
 
 	/* set up the stack frame */
-	ret = setup_rt_frame(sig, ka, info, oldset, regs);
-
-	if (ret == 0)
-		block_sigmask(ka, sig);
-
-	return ret;
+	if (setup_rt_frame(sig, ka, info, sigmask_to_save(), regs) < 0)
+		force_sigsegv(sig, current);
+	else 
+		signal_delivered(sig, info, ka, regs,
+				test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -281,37 +276,16 @@
 	siginfo_t info;
 	int signr;
 	struct k_sigaction ka;
-	sigset_t *oldset;
 
 	current->thread.esp0 = (unsigned long)regs;
 
-	if (try_to_freeze())
-		goto no_signal;
-
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-		oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-	else
-		oldset = &current->blocked;
-
 	signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
 	if (signr > 0) {
 		/* Whee!  Actually deliver the signal.  */
-		if (handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka, oldset, regs) == 0) {
-			/* a signal was successfully delivered; the saved
-			 * sigmask will have been stored in the signal frame,
-			 * and will be restored by sigreturn, so we can simply
-			 * clear the TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK flag */
-			if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-				clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-
-			tracehook_signal_handler(signr, &info, &ka, regs,
-				test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP));
-		}
-
+		handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka, regs);
 		return;
 	}
 
- no_signal:
 	/* Did we come from a system call? */
 	if (regs->orig_p0 >= 0)
 		/* Restart the system call - no handlers present */
@@ -319,10 +293,7 @@
 
 	/* if there's no signal to deliver, we just put the saved sigmask
 	 * back */
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)) {
-		clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-		sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &current->saved_sigmask, NULL);
-	}
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -330,7 +301,7 @@
  */
 asmlinkage void do_notify_resume(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING) || test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
+	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING))
 		do_signal(regs);
 
 	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME)) {
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/mach-common/entry.S b/arch/blackfin/mach-common/entry.S
index 80aa253..04c2fbe 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/mach-common/entry.S
+++ b/arch/blackfin/mach-common/entry.S
@@ -711,8 +711,6 @@
 	jump .Lresume_userspace_1;
 
 .Lsyscall_sigpending:
-	cc = BITTST(r7, TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-	if cc jump .Lsyscall_do_signals;
 	cc = BITTST(r7, TIF_SIGPENDING);
 	if cc jump .Lsyscall_do_signals;
 	cc = BITTST(r7, TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME);
diff --git a/arch/c6x/kernel/signal.c b/arch/c6x/kernel/signal.c
index 9493f0b..3d8f3c2 100644
--- a/arch/c6x/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/c6x/kernel/signal.c
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 /*
  * Do a signal return, undo the signal stack.
  */
@@ -87,7 +85,6 @@
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext))
@@ -248,10 +245,9 @@
 /*
  * handle the actual delivery of a signal to userspace
  */
-static int handle_signal(int sig,
+static void handle_signal(int sig,
 			 siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *ka,
-			 sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs *regs,
-			 int syscall)
+			 struct pt_regs *regs, int syscall)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -278,11 +274,9 @@
 	}
 
 	/* Set up the stack frame */
-	ret = setup_rt_frame(sig, ka, info, oldset, regs);
-	if (ret == 0)
-		block_sigmask(ka, sig);
-
-	return ret;
+	if (setup_rt_frame(sig, ka, info, sigmask_to_save(), regs) < 0)
+		return;
+	signal_delivered(sig, info, ka, regs, 0);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -292,7 +286,6 @@
 {
 	struct k_sigaction ka;
 	siginfo_t info;
-	sigset_t *oldset;
 	int signr;
 
 	/* we want the common case to go fast, which is why we may in certain
@@ -300,25 +293,9 @@
 	if (!user_mode(regs))
 		return;
 
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-		oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-	else
-		oldset = &current->blocked;
-
 	signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
 	if (signr > 0) {
-		if (handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka, oldset,
-				  regs, syscall) == 0) {
-			/* a signal was successfully delivered; the saved
-			 * sigmask will have been stored in the signal frame,
-			 * and will be restored by sigreturn, so we can simply
-			 * clear the TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK flag */
-			if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-				clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-
-			tracehook_signal_handler(signr, &info, &ka, regs, 0);
-		}
-
+		handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka, regs, syscall);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -343,10 +320,7 @@
 
 	/* if there's no signal to deliver, we just put the saved sigmask
 	 * back */
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)) {
-		clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-		sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &current->saved_sigmask, NULL);
-	}
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -357,8 +331,7 @@
 				 int syscall)
 {
 	/* deal with pending signal delivery */
-	if (thread_info_flags & ((1 << TIF_SIGPENDING) |
-				 (1 << TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)))
+	if (thread_info_flags & (1 << TIF_SIGPENDING))
 		do_signal(regs, syscall);
 
 	if (thread_info_flags & (1 << TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME)) {
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/signal.c b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/signal.c
index e16f8f2..0bb477c 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/signal.c
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 
 #define DEBUG_SIG 0
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 /* a syscall in Linux/CRIS is a break 13 instruction which is 2 bytes */
 /* manipulate regs so that upon return, it will be re-executed */
 
@@ -176,7 +174,6 @@
 				    sizeof(frame->extramask))))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->sc))
@@ -212,7 +209,6 @@
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext))
@@ -415,10 +411,11 @@
  * OK, we're invoking a handler
  */
 
-static inline int handle_signal(int canrestart, unsigned long sig,
+static inline void handle_signal(int canrestart, unsigned long sig,
 	siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *ka,
-	sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs *regs)
+	struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
+	sigset_t *oldset = sigmask_to_save();
 	int ret;
 
 	/* Are we from a system call? */
@@ -456,9 +453,7 @@
 		ret = setup_frame(sig, ka, oldset, regs);
 
 	if (ret == 0)
-		block_sigmask(ka, sig);
-
-	return ret;
+		signal_delivered(sig, info, ka, regs, 0);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -478,7 +473,6 @@
 	siginfo_t info;
 	int signr;
         struct k_sigaction ka;
-	sigset_t *oldset;
 
 	/*
 	 * We want the common case to go fast, which
@@ -489,23 +483,10 @@
 	if (!user_mode(regs))
 		return;
 
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-		oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-	else
-		oldset = &current->blocked;
-
 	signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
 	if (signr > 0) {
 		/* Whee!  Actually deliver the signal.  */
-		if (handle_signal(canrestart, signr, &info, &ka,
-				oldset, regs)) {
-			/* a signal was successfully delivered; the saved
-			 * sigmask will have been stored in the signal frame,
-			 * and will be restored by sigreturn, so we can simply
-			 * clear the TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK flag */
-			if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-				clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-		}
+		handle_signal(canrestart, signr, &info, &ka, regs);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -525,8 +506,5 @@
 
 	/* if there's no signal to deliver, we just put the saved sigmask
 	 * back */
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)) {
-		clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-		sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &current->saved_sigmask, NULL);
-	}
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 }
diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/signal.c b/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/signal.c
index b338d8f..b60d1b6 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/signal.c
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@
 
 extern unsigned long cris_signal_return_page;
 
-/* Flag to check if a signal is blockable. */
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 /*
  * A syscall in CRIS is really a "break 13" instruction, which is 2
  * bytes. The registers is manipulated so upon return the instruction
@@ -167,7 +164,6 @@
 						 sizeof(frame->extramask))))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->sc))
@@ -208,7 +204,6 @@
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext))
@@ -434,11 +429,12 @@
 }
 
 /* Invoke a signal handler to, well, handle the signal. */
-static inline int
+static inline void
 handle_signal(int canrestart, unsigned long sig,
 	      siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *ka,
-              sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs * regs)
+              struct pt_regs * regs)
 {
+	sigset_t *oldset = sigmask_to_save();
 	int ret;
 
 	/* Check if this got called from a system call. */
@@ -489,9 +485,7 @@
 		ret = setup_frame(sig, ka, oldset, regs);
 
 	if (ret == 0)
-		block_sigmask(ka, sig);
-
-	return ret;
+		signal_delivered(sig, info, ka, regs, 0);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -511,7 +505,6 @@
 	int signr;
 	siginfo_t info;
         struct k_sigaction ka;
-	sigset_t *oldset;
 
 	/*
 	 * The common case should go fast, which is why this point is
@@ -521,25 +514,11 @@
 	if (!user_mode(regs))
 		return;
 
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-		oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-	else
-		oldset = &current->blocked;
-
 	signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
 
 	if (signr > 0) {
 		/* Whee!  Actually deliver the signal.  */
-		if (handle_signal(canrestart, signr, &info, &ka,
-				oldset, regs)) {
-			/* a signal was successfully delivered; the saved
-			 * sigmask will have been stored in the signal frame,
-			 * and will be restored by sigreturn, so we can simply
-			 * clear the TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK flag */
-			if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-				clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-		}
-
+		handle_signal(canrestart, signr, &info, &ka, regs);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -560,10 +539,7 @@
 
 	/* if there's no signal to deliver, we just put the saved sigmask
 	 * back */
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)) {
-		clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-		sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &current->saved_sigmask, NULL);
-	}
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 }
 
 asmlinkage void
diff --git a/arch/frv/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/frv/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 54ab13a..0ff03a3 100644
--- a/arch/frv/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/frv/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@
 #define TIF_NEED_RESCHED	3	/* rescheduling necessary */
 #define TIF_SINGLESTEP		4	/* restore singlestep on return to user mode */
 #define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	5	/* restore signal mask in do_signal() */
-#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	16	/* true if poll_idle() is polling TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
-#define TIF_MEMDIE		17	/* is terminating due to OOM killer */
+#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	6	/* true if poll_idle() is polling TIF_NEED_RESCHED */
+#define TIF_MEMDIE		7	/* is terminating due to OOM killer */
 
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	(1 << TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
 #define _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	(1 << TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME)
@@ -105,8 +105,16 @@
 #define _TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	(1 << TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)
 #define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	(1 << TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
 
-#define _TIF_WORK_MASK		0x0000FFFE	/* work to do on interrupt/exception return */
-#define _TIF_ALLWORK_MASK	0x0000FFFF	/* work to do on any return to u-space */
+/* work to do on interrupt/exception return */
+#define _TIF_WORK_MASK		\
+	(_TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME | _TIF_SIGPENDING | _TIF_NEED_RESCHED | _TIF_SINGLESTEP)
+
+/* work to do on any return to u-space */
+#define _TIF_ALLWORK_MASK	(_TIF_WORK_MASK | _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
+
+#if _TIF_ALLWORK_MASK >= 0x2000
+#error "_TIF_ALLWORK_MASK won't fit in an ANDI now (see entry.S)"
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Thread-synchronous status.
diff --git a/arch/frv/kernel/entry.S b/arch/frv/kernel/entry.S
index 5ba23f7..7d5e000 100644
--- a/arch/frv/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/frv/kernel/entry.S
@@ -905,18 +905,19 @@
 __syscall_exit:
 	LEDS		0x6300
 
-	sti		gr8,@(gr28,#REG_GR(8))	; save return value
+	# keep current PSR in GR23
+	movsg		psr,gr23
+
+	ldi		@(gr28,#REG_PSR),gr22
+
+	sti.p		gr8,@(gr28,#REG_GR(8))	; save return value
 
 	# rebuild saved psr - execve will change it for init/main.c
-	ldi		@(gr28,#REG_PSR),gr22
 	srli		gr22,#1,gr5
 	andi.p		gr22,#~PSR_PS,gr22
 	andi		gr5,#PSR_PS,gr5
 	or		gr5,gr22,gr22
-	ori		gr22,#PSR_S,gr22
-
-	# keep current PSR in GR23
-	movsg		psr,gr23
+	ori.p		gr22,#PSR_S,gr22
 
 	# make sure we don't miss an interrupt setting need_resched or sigpending between
 	# sampling and the RETT
@@ -924,9 +925,7 @@
 	movgs		gr23,psr
 
 	ldi		@(gr15,#TI_FLAGS),gr4
-	sethi.p		%hi(_TIF_ALLWORK_MASK),gr5
-	setlo		%lo(_TIF_ALLWORK_MASK),gr5
-	andcc		gr4,gr5,gr0,icc0
+	andicc		gr4,#_TIF_ALLWORK_MASK,gr0,icc0
 	bne		icc0,#0,__syscall_exit_work
 
 	# restore all registers and return
@@ -1111,9 +1110,7 @@
 __entry_return_from_user_interrupt:
 	LEDS		0x6402
 	ldi		@(gr15,#TI_FLAGS),gr4
-	sethi.p		%hi(_TIF_WORK_MASK),gr5
-	setlo		%lo(_TIF_WORK_MASK),gr5
-	andcc		gr4,gr5,gr0,icc0
+	andicc		gr4,#_TIF_WORK_MASK,gr0,icc0
 	beq		icc0,#1,__entry_return_direct
 
 __entry_work_pending:
@@ -1133,9 +1130,7 @@
 
 	LEDS		0x6401
 	ldi		@(gr15,#TI_FLAGS),gr4
-	sethi.p		%hi(_TIF_WORK_MASK),gr5
-	setlo		%lo(_TIF_WORK_MASK),gr5
-	andcc		gr4,gr5,gr0,icc0
+	andicc		gr4,#_TIF_WORK_MASK,gr0,icc0
 	beq		icc0,#1,__entry_return_direct
 	andicc		gr4,#_TIF_NEED_RESCHED,gr0,icc0
 	bne		icc0,#1,__entry_work_resched
@@ -1163,7 +1158,9 @@
 	# perform syscall exit tracing
 __syscall_exit_work:
 	LEDS		0x6340
-	andicc		gr4,#_TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE,gr0,icc0
+	andicc		gr22,#PSR_PS,gr0,icc1	; don't handle on return to kernel mode
+	andicc.p	gr4,#_TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE,gr0,icc0
+	bne		icc1,#0,__entry_return_direct
 	beq		icc0,#1,__entry_work_pending
 
 	movsg		psr,gr23
diff --git a/arch/frv/kernel/signal.c b/arch/frv/kernel/signal.c
index 595bf1e..f3b9064 100644
--- a/arch/frv/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/frv/kernel/signal.c
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 
 #define DEBUG_SIG 0
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 struct fdpic_func_descriptor {
 	unsigned long	text;
 	unsigned long	GOT;
@@ -149,7 +147,6 @@
 	    __copy_from_user(&set.sig[1], &frame->extramask, sizeof(frame->extramask)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(&frame->sc, &gr8))
@@ -172,7 +169,6 @@
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(&frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &gr8))
@@ -426,9 +422,10 @@
 /*
  * OK, we're invoking a handler
  */
-static int handle_signal(unsigned long sig, siginfo_t *info,
-			 struct k_sigaction *ka, sigset_t *oldset)
+static void handle_signal(unsigned long sig, siginfo_t *info,
+			 struct k_sigaction *ka)
 {
+	sigset_t *oldset = sigmask_to_save();
 	int ret;
 
 	/* Are we from a system call? */
@@ -460,11 +457,11 @@
 	else
 		ret = setup_frame(sig, ka, oldset);
 
-	if (ret == 0)
-		block_sigmask(ka, sig);
+	if (ret)
+		return;
 
-	return ret;
-
+	signal_delivered(sig, info, ka, __frame,
+				 test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP));
 } /* end handle_signal() */
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
@@ -477,44 +474,14 @@
 {
 	struct k_sigaction ka;
 	siginfo_t info;
-	sigset_t *oldset;
 	int signr;
 
-	/*
-	 * We want the common case to go fast, which
-	 * is why we may in certain cases get here from
-	 * kernel mode. Just return without doing anything
-	 * if so.
-	 */
-	if (!user_mode(__frame))
-		return;
-
-	if (try_to_freeze())
-		goto no_signal;
-
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-		oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-	else
-		oldset = &current->blocked;
-
 	signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, __frame, NULL);
 	if (signr > 0) {
-		if (handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka, oldset) == 0) {
-			/* a signal was successfully delivered; the saved
-			 * sigmask will have been stored in the signal frame,
-			 * and will be restored by sigreturn, so we can simply
-			 * clear the TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK flag */
-			if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-				clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-
-			tracehook_signal_handler(signr, &info, &ka, __frame,
-						 test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP));
-		}
-
+		handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka);
 		return;
 	}
 
-no_signal:
 	/* Did we come from a system call? */
 	if (__frame->syscallno != -1) {
 		/* Restart the system call - no handlers present */
@@ -536,11 +503,7 @@
 
 	/* if there's no signal to deliver, we just put the saved sigmask
 	 * back */
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)) {
-		clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-		sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &current->saved_sigmask, NULL);
-	}
-
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 } /* end do_signal() */
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
@@ -555,7 +518,7 @@
 		clear_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP);
 
 	/* deal with pending signal delivery */
-	if (thread_info_flags & (_TIF_SIGPENDING | _TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
+	if (thread_info_flags & _TIF_SIGPENDING))
 		do_signal();
 
 	/* deal with notification on about to resume userspace execution */
diff --git a/arch/h8300/kernel/signal.c b/arch/h8300/kernel/signal.c
index e58992a..fca1037 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/h8300/kernel/signal.c
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@
 #include <asm/traps.h>
 #include <asm/ucontext.h>
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 /*
  * Atomically swap in the new signal mask, and wait for a signal.
  */
@@ -186,7 +184,6 @@
 			      sizeof(frame->extramask))))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 	
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->sc, &er0))
@@ -211,7 +208,6 @@
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 	
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &er0))
@@ -412,8 +408,9 @@
  */
 static void
 handle_signal(unsigned long sig, siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *ka,
-	      sigset_t *oldset,	struct pt_regs * regs)
+	      struct pt_regs * regs)
 {
+	sigset_t *oldset = sigmask_to_save();
 	int ret;
 	/* are we from a system call? */
 	if (regs->orig_er0 >= 0) {
@@ -441,10 +438,8 @@
 	else
 		ret = setup_frame(sig, ka, oldset, regs);
 
-	if (!ret) {
-		block_sigmask(ka, sig);
-		clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-	}
+	if (!ret)
+		signal_delivered(sig, info, ka, regs, 0);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -457,7 +452,6 @@
 	siginfo_t info;
 	int signr;
 	struct k_sigaction ka;
-	sigset_t *oldset;
 
 	/*
 	 * We want the common case to go fast, which
@@ -468,23 +462,14 @@
 	if ((regs->ccr & 0x10))
 		return;
 
-	if (try_to_freeze())
-		goto no_signal;
-
 	current->thread.esp0 = (unsigned long) regs;
 
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-		oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-	else
-		oldset = &current->blocked;
-
 	signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
 	if (signr > 0) {
 		/* Whee!  Actually deliver the signal.  */
-		handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka, oldset, regs);
+		handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka, regs);
 		return;
 	}
- no_signal:
 	/* Did we come from a system call? */
 	if (regs->orig_er0 >= 0) {
 		/* Restart the system call - no handlers present */
@@ -501,8 +486,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* If there's no signal to deliver, we just restore the saved mask.  */
-	if (test_and_clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-		set_current_blocked(&current->saved_sigmask);
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 }
 
 asmlinkage void do_notify_resume(struct pt_regs *regs, u32 thread_info_flags)
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/kernel/signal.c b/arch/hexagon/kernel/signal.c
index 21a3018..304b0808 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/hexagon/kernel/signal.c
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 #include <asm/signal.h>
 #include <asm/vdso.h>
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 struct rt_sigframe {
 	unsigned long tramp[2];
 	struct siginfo info;
@@ -149,11 +147,9 @@
 /*
  * Setup invocation of signal handler
  */
-static int handle_signal(int sig, siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *ka,
-			 sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs *regs)
+static void handle_signal(int sig, siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *ka,
+			 struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	int rc;
-
 	/*
 	 * If we're handling a signal that aborted a system call,
 	 * set up the error return value before adding the signal
@@ -186,15 +182,12 @@
 	 * Set up the stack frame; not doing the SA_SIGINFO thing.  We
 	 * only set up the rt_frame flavor.
 	 */
-	rc = setup_rt_frame(sig, ka, info, oldset, regs);
-
 	/* If there was an error on setup, no signal was delivered. */
-	if (rc)
-		return rc;
+	if (setup_rt_frame(sig, ka, info, sigmask_to_save(), regs) < 0)
+		return;
 
-	block_sigmask(ka, sig);
-
-	return 0;
+	signal_delivered(sig, info, ka, regs,
+			test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -209,34 +202,13 @@
 	if (!user_mode(regs))
 		return;
 
-	if (try_to_freeze())
-		goto no_signal;
-
 	signo = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &sigact, regs, NULL);
 
 	if (signo > 0) {
-		sigset_t *oldset;
-
-		if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-			oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-		else
-			oldset = &current->blocked;
-
-		if (handle_signal(signo, &info, &sigact, oldset, regs) == 0) {
-			/*
-			 * Successful delivery case.  The saved sigmask is
-			 * stored in the signal frame, and will be restored
-			 * by sigreturn.  We can clear the TIF flag.
-			 */
-			clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-
-			tracehook_signal_handler(signo, &info, &sigact, regs,
-				test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP));
-		}
+		handle_signal(signo, &info, &sigact, regs);
 		return;
 	}
 
-no_signal:
 	/*
 	 * If we came from a system call, handle the restart.
 	 */
@@ -259,10 +231,7 @@
 
 no_restart:
 	/* If there's no signal to deliver, put the saved sigmask back */
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)) {
-		clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-		sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &current->saved_sigmask, NULL);
-	}
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 }
 
 void do_notify_resume(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long thread_info_flags)
@@ -301,7 +270,6 @@
 	if (__copy_from_user(&blocked, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(blocked)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&blocked, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&blocked);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext))
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 310d973..f7ee853 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -141,7 +141,23 @@
 {
 	struct thread_info *ti = current_thread_info();
 	ti->status |= TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
-	set_bit(TIF_SIGPENDING, &ti->flags);
+	WARN_ON(!test_bit(TIF_SIGPENDING, &ti->flags));
+}
+static inline void clear_restore_sigmask(void)
+{
+	current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
+}
+static inline bool test_restore_sigmask(void)
+{
+	return current_thread_info()->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
+}
+static inline bool test_and_clear_restore_sigmask(void)
+{
+	struct thread_info *ti = current_thread_info();
+	if (!(ti->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
+		return false;
+	ti->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
+	return true;
 }
 #endif	/* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/signal.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/signal.c
index 7523501..a199be1 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/signal.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 
 #define DEBUG_SIG	0
 #define STACK_ALIGN	16		/* minimal alignment for stack pointer */
-#define _BLOCKABLE	(~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
 
 #if _NSIG_WORDS > 1
 # define PUT_SIGSET(k,u)	__copy_to_user((u)->sig, (k)->sig, sizeof(sigset_t))
@@ -200,7 +199,6 @@
 	if (GET_SIGSET(&set, &sc->sc_mask))
 		goto give_sigsegv;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(sc, scr))
@@ -415,18 +413,13 @@
 }
 
 static long
-handle_signal (unsigned long sig, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info, sigset_t *oldset,
+handle_signal (unsigned long sig, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
 	       struct sigscratch *scr)
 {
-	if (!setup_frame(sig, ka, info, oldset, scr))
+	if (!setup_frame(sig, ka, info, sigmask_to_save(), scr))
 		return 0;
 
-	block_sigmask(ka, sig);
-
-	/*
-	 * Let tracing know that we've done the handler setup.
-	 */
-	tracehook_signal_handler(sig, info, ka, &scr->pt,
+	signal_delivered(sig, info, ka, &scr->pt,
 				 test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP));
 
 	return 1;
@@ -440,7 +433,6 @@
 ia64_do_signal (struct sigscratch *scr, long in_syscall)
 {
 	struct k_sigaction ka;
-	sigset_t *oldset;
 	siginfo_t info;
 	long restart = in_syscall;
 	long errno = scr->pt.r8;
@@ -453,11 +445,6 @@
 	if (!user_mode(&scr->pt))
 		return;
 
-	if (current_thread_info()->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK)
-		oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-	else
-		oldset = &current->blocked;
-
 	/*
 	 * This only loops in the rare cases of handle_signal() failing, in which case we
 	 * need to push through a forced SIGSEGV.
@@ -507,16 +494,8 @@
 		 * Whee!  Actually deliver the signal.  If the delivery failed, we need to
 		 * continue to iterate in this loop so we can deliver the SIGSEGV...
 		 */
-		if (handle_signal(signr, &ka, &info, oldset, scr)) {
-			/*
-			 * A signal was successfully delivered; the saved
-			 * sigmask will have been stored in the signal frame,
-			 * and will be restored by sigreturn, so we can simply
-			 * clear the TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK flag.
-			 */
-			current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
+		if (handle_signal(signr, &ka, &info, scr))
 			return;
-		}
 	}
 
 	/* Did we come from a system call? */
@@ -538,8 +517,5 @@
 
 	/* if there's no signal to deliver, we just put the saved sigmask
 	 * back */
-	if (current_thread_info()->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK) {
-		current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
-		sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &current->saved_sigmask, NULL);
-	}
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 }
diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/signal.c b/arch/m32r/kernel/signal.c
index 64804f1..f3fb2c0 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/signal.c
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 
 #define DEBUG_SIG 0
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 asmlinkage int
 sys_sigaltstack(const stack_t __user *uss, stack_t __user *uoss,
 		unsigned long r2, unsigned long r3, unsigned long r4,
@@ -111,7 +109,6 @@
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &result))
@@ -267,9 +264,9 @@
  * OK, we're invoking a handler
  */
 
-static int
+static void
 handle_signal(unsigned long sig, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
-	      sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs *regs)
+	      struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	/* Are we from a system call? */
 	if (regs->syscall_nr >= 0) {
@@ -294,11 +291,10 @@
 	}
 
 	/* Set up the stack frame */
-	if (setup_rt_frame(sig, ka, info, oldset, regs))
-		return -EFAULT;
+	if (setup_rt_frame(sig, ka, info, sigmask_to_save(), regs))
+		return;
 
-	block_sigmask(ka, sig);
-	return 0;
+	signal_delivered(sig, info, ka, regs, 0);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -311,7 +307,6 @@
 	siginfo_t info;
 	int signr;
 	struct k_sigaction ka;
-	sigset_t *oldset;
 
 	/*
 	 * We want the common case to go fast, which
@@ -322,14 +317,6 @@
 	if (!user_mode(regs))
 		return;
 
-	if (try_to_freeze()) 
-		goto no_signal;
-
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-		oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-	else
-		oldset = &current->blocked;
-
 	signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
 	if (signr > 0) {
 		/* Re-enable any watchpoints before delivering the
@@ -339,13 +326,11 @@
 		 */
 
 		/* Whee!  Actually deliver the signal.  */
-		if (handle_signal(signr, &ka, &info, oldset, regs) == 0)
-			clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
+		handle_signal(signr, &ka, &info, regs);
 
 		return;
 	}
 
- no_signal:
 	/* Did we come from a system call? */
 	if (regs->syscall_nr >= 0) {
 		/* Restart the system call - no handlers present */
@@ -360,10 +345,7 @@
 			prev_insn(regs);
 		}
 	}
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)) {
-		clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-		sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &current->saved_sigmask, NULL);
-	}
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/signal.c b/arch/m68k/kernel/signal.c
index 973eec6..710a528 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/signal.c
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@
 #include <asm/traps.h>
 #include <asm/ucontext.h>
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 
 /*
@@ -795,7 +793,6 @@
 			      sizeof(frame->extramask))))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->sc, frame + 1))
@@ -820,7 +817,6 @@
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (rt_restore_ucontext(regs, sw, &frame->uc))
@@ -1123,8 +1119,9 @@
  */
 static void
 handle_signal(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
-	      sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs *regs)
+	      struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
+	sigset_t *oldset = sigmask_to_save();
 	int err;
 	/* are we from a system call? */
 	if (regs->orig_d0 >= 0)
@@ -1140,14 +1137,12 @@
 	if (err)
 		return;
 
-	block_sigmask(ka, sig);
+	signal_delivered(sig, info, ka, regs, 0);
 
 	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_DELAYED_TRACE)) {
 		regs->sr &= ~0x8000;
 		send_sig(SIGTRAP, current, 1);
 	}
-
-	clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1160,19 +1155,13 @@
 	siginfo_t info;
 	struct k_sigaction ka;
 	int signr;
-	sigset_t *oldset;
 
 	current->thread.esp0 = (unsigned long) regs;
 
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-		oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-	else
-		oldset = &current->blocked;
-
 	signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
 	if (signr > 0) {
 		/* Whee!  Actually deliver the signal.  */
-		handle_signal(signr, &ka, &info, oldset, regs);
+		handle_signal(signr, &ka, &info, regs);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -1182,10 +1171,7 @@
 		handle_restart(regs, NULL, 0);
 
 	/* If there's no signal to deliver, we just restore the saved mask.  */
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)) {
-		clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-		sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &current->saved_sigmask, NULL);
-	}
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 }
 
 void do_notify_resume(struct pt_regs *regs)
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 1a8ab6a..6c610234 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -166,7 +166,23 @@
 {
 	struct thread_info *ti = current_thread_info();
 	ti->status |= TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
-	set_bit(TIF_SIGPENDING, (unsigned long *)&ti->flags);
+	WARN_ON(!test_bit(TIF_SIGPENDING, (unsigned long *)&ti->flags));
+}
+static inline void clear_restore_sigmask(void)
+{
+	current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
+}
+static inline bool test_restore_sigmask(void)
+{
+	return current_thread_info()->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
+}
+static inline bool test_and_clear_restore_sigmask(void)
+{
+	struct thread_info *ti = current_thread_info();
+	if (!(ti->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
+		return false;
+	ti->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
+	return true;
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/signal.c b/arch/microblaze/kernel/signal.c
index 5d796e3..76b9722 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/signal.c
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 #include <asm/syscalls.h>
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 asmlinkage long
 sys_sigaltstack(const stack_t __user *uss, stack_t __user *uoss,
 		struct pt_regs *regs)
@@ -106,7 +104,6 @@
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &rval))
@@ -310,10 +307,11 @@
  * OK, we're invoking a handler
  */
 
-static int
+static void
 handle_signal(unsigned long sig, struct k_sigaction *ka,
-		siginfo_t *info, sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs *regs)
+		siginfo_t *info, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
+	sigset_t *oldset = sigmask_to_save();
 	int ret;
 
 	/* Set up the stack frame */
@@ -323,11 +321,9 @@
 		ret = setup_rt_frame(sig, ka, NULL, oldset, regs);
 
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		return;
 
-	block_sigmask(ka, sig);
-
-	return 0;
+	signal_delivered(sig, info, ka, regs, 0);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -344,33 +340,18 @@
 	siginfo_t info;
 	int signr;
 	struct k_sigaction ka;
-	sigset_t *oldset;
 #ifdef DEBUG_SIG
 	printk(KERN_INFO "do signal: %p %d\n", regs, in_syscall);
 	printk(KERN_INFO "do signal2: %lx %lx %ld [%lx]\n", regs->pc, regs->r1,
 			regs->r12, current_thread_info()->flags);
 #endif
 
-	if (current_thread_info()->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK)
-		oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-	else
-		oldset = &current->blocked;
-
 	signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
 	if (signr > 0) {
 		/* Whee! Actually deliver the signal. */
 		if (in_syscall)
 			handle_restart(regs, &ka, 1);
-		if (!handle_signal(signr, &ka, &info, oldset, regs)) {
-			/*
-			 * A signal was successfully delivered; the saved
-			 * sigmask will have been stored in the signal frame,
-			 * and will be restored by sigreturn, so we can simply
-			 * clear the TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK flag.
-			 */
-			current_thread_info()->status &=
-			    ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
-		}
+		handle_signal(signr, &ka, &info, regs);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -381,10 +362,7 @@
 	 * If there's no signal to deliver, we just put the saved sigmask
 	 * back.
 	 */
-	if (current_thread_info()->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK) {
-		current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
-		sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &current->saved_sigmask, NULL);
-	}
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 }
 
 void do_notify_resume(struct pt_regs *regs, int in_syscall)
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/signal-common.h b/arch/mips/kernel/signal-common.h
index 10263b4..9c60d09 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/signal-common.h
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/signal-common.h
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 #  define DEBUGP(fmt, args...)
 #endif
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 /*
  * Determine which stack to use..
  */
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/signal.c b/arch/mips/kernel/signal.c
index 8a6e6d1..f2c09cf 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/signal.c
@@ -339,7 +339,6 @@
 	if (__copy_from_user(&blocked, &frame->sf_mask, sizeof(blocked)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&blocked, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&blocked);
 
 	sig = restore_sigcontext(&regs, &frame->sf_sc);
@@ -375,7 +374,6 @@
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->rs_uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	sig = restore_sigcontext(&regs, &frame->rs_uc.uc_mcontext);
@@ -514,9 +512,10 @@
 	.restart	= __NR_restart_syscall
 };
 
-static int handle_signal(unsigned long sig, siginfo_t *info,
-	struct k_sigaction *ka, sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs *regs)
+static void handle_signal(unsigned long sig, siginfo_t *info,
+	struct k_sigaction *ka, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
+	sigset_t *oldset = sigmask_to_save();
 	int ret;
 	struct mips_abi *abi = current->thread.abi;
 	void *vdso = current->mm->context.vdso;
@@ -550,17 +549,14 @@
 				       ka, regs, sig, oldset);
 
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		return;
 
-	block_sigmask(ka, sig);
-
-	return ret;
+	signal_delivered(sig, info, ka, regs, 0);
 }
 
 static void do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	struct k_sigaction ka;
-	sigset_t *oldset;
 	siginfo_t info;
 	int signr;
 
@@ -572,25 +568,10 @@
 	if (!user_mode(regs))
 		return;
 
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-		oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-	else
-		oldset = &current->blocked;
-
 	signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
 	if (signr > 0) {
 		/* Whee!  Actually deliver the signal.  */
-		if (handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka, oldset, regs) == 0) {
-			/*
-			 * A signal was successfully delivered; the saved
-			 * sigmask will have been stored in the signal frame,
-			 * and will be restored by sigreturn, so we can simply
-			 * clear the TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK flag.
-			 */
-			if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-				clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-		}
-
+		handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka, regs);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -614,10 +595,7 @@
 	 * If there's no signal to deliver, we just put the saved sigmask
 	 * back
 	 */
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)) {
-		clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-		sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &current->saved_sigmask, NULL);
-	}
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -630,7 +608,7 @@
 	local_irq_enable();
 
 	/* deal with pending signal delivery */
-	if (thread_info_flags & (_TIF_SIGPENDING | _TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
+	if (thread_info_flags & _TIF_SIGPENDING)
 		do_signal(regs);
 
 	if (thread_info_flags & _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME) {
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/signal32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/signal32.c
index b4fe2ea..da1b56a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/signal32.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/signal32.c
@@ -465,7 +465,6 @@
 	if (__copy_conv_sigset_from_user(&blocked, &frame->sf_mask))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&blocked, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&blocked);
 
 	sig = restore_sigcontext32(&regs, &frame->sf_sc);
@@ -503,7 +502,6 @@
 	if (__copy_conv_sigset_from_user(&set, &frame->rs_uc.uc_sigmask))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	sig = restore_sigcontext32(&regs, &frame->rs_uc.uc_mcontext);
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/signal_n32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/signal_n32.c
index 63ffac9..3574c14 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/signal_n32.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/signal_n32.c
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@
 	if (__copy_conv_sigset_from_user(&set, &frame->rs_uc.uc_sigmask))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	sig = restore_sigcontext(&regs, &frame->rs_uc.uc_mcontext);
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/kernel/signal.c b/arch/mn10300/kernel/signal.c
index b8b6aa1..6ab0bee 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/mn10300/kernel/signal.c
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 
 #define DEBUG_SIG 0
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 /*
  * atomically swap in the new signal mask, and wait for a signal.
  */
@@ -163,7 +161,6 @@
 			     sizeof(frame->extramask)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(current_frame(), &frame->sc, &d0))
@@ -191,7 +188,6 @@
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(current_frame(), &frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &d0))
@@ -430,8 +426,9 @@
  */
 static int handle_signal(int sig,
 			 siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *ka,
-			 sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs *regs)
+			 struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
+	sigset_t *oldset = sigmask_to_save();
 	int ret;
 
 	/* Are we from a system call? */
@@ -461,11 +458,11 @@
 		ret = setup_rt_frame(sig, ka, info, oldset, regs);
 	else
 		ret = setup_frame(sig, ka, oldset, regs);
+	if (ret)
+		return;
 
-	if (ret == 0)
-		block_sigmask(ka, sig);
-
-	return ret;
+	signal_delivered(sig, info, ka, regs,
+				 test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -475,7 +472,6 @@
 {
 	struct k_sigaction ka;
 	siginfo_t info;
-	sigset_t *oldset;
 	int signr;
 
 	/* we want the common case to go fast, which is why we may in certain
@@ -483,23 +479,9 @@
 	if (!user_mode(regs))
 		return;
 
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-		oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-	else
-		oldset = &current->blocked;
-
 	signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
 	if (signr > 0) {
-		if (handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka, oldset, regs) == 0) {
-			/* a signal was successfully delivered; the saved
-			 * sigmask will have been stored in the signal frame,
-			 * and will be restored by sigreturn, so we can simply
-			 * clear the TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK flag */
-			if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-				clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-
-			tracehook_signal_handler(signr, &info, &ka, regs,
-						 test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP));
+		if (handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka, regs) == 0) {
 		}
 
 		return;
@@ -525,10 +507,7 @@
 
 	/* if there's no signal to deliver, we just put the saved sigmask
 	 * back */
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)) {
-		clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-		sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &current->saved_sigmask, NULL);
-	}
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -548,7 +527,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* deal with pending signal delivery */
-	if (thread_info_flags & (_TIF_SIGPENDING | _TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
+	if (thread_info_flags & _TIF_SIGPENDING)
 		do_signal(regs);
 
 	if (thread_info_flags & _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME) {
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/kernel/signal.c b/arch/openrisc/kernel/signal.c
index 9ae6115..3011029 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/openrisc/kernel/signal.c
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 
 #define DEBUG_SIG 0
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 asmlinkage long
 _sys_sigaltstack(const stack_t *uss, stack_t *uoss, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
@@ -101,7 +99,6 @@
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext))
@@ -251,20 +248,19 @@
 	return -EFAULT;
 }
 
-static inline int
+static inline void
 handle_signal(unsigned long sig,
 	      siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *ka,
-	      sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs *regs)
+	      struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = setup_rt_frame(sig, ka, info, oldset, regs);
+	ret = setup_rt_frame(sig, ka, info, sigmask_to_save(), regs);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		return;
 
-	block_sigmask(ka, sig);
-
-	return 0;
+	signal_delivered(sig, info, ka, regs,
+				 test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -339,30 +335,10 @@
 	if (signr <= 0) {
 		/* no signal to deliver so we just put the saved sigmask
 		 * back */
-		if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)) {
-			clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-			sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &current->saved_sigmask, NULL);
-		}
-
+		restore_saved_sigmask();
 	} else {		/* signr > 0 */
-		sigset_t *oldset;
-
-		if (current_thread_info()->flags & _TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)
-			oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-		else
-			oldset = &current->blocked;
-
 		/* Whee!  Actually deliver the signal.  */
-		if (!handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka, oldset, regs)) {
-			/* a signal was successfully delivered; the saved
-			 * sigmask will have been stored in the signal frame,
-			 * and will be restored by sigreturn, so we can simply
-			 * clear the TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK flag */
-			clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-		}
-
-		tracehook_signal_handler(signr, &info, &ka, regs,
-					 test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP));
+		handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka, regs);
 	}
 
 	return;
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 83ae7dd..22b4726 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 #define _TIF_BLOCKSTEP		(1 << TIF_BLOCKSTEP)
 
 #define _TIF_USER_WORK_MASK     (_TIF_SIGPENDING | _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME | \
-                                 _TIF_NEED_RESCHED | _TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)
+                                 _TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/entry.S b/arch/parisc/kernel/entry.S
index c7fbc96..18670a0 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/entry.S
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@
 	/* As above */
 	mfctl   %cr30,%r1
 	LDREG	TI_FLAGS(%r1),%r19
-	ldi	(_TIF_SIGPENDING|_TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK|_TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME), %r20
+	ldi	(_TIF_SIGPENDING|_TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME), %r20
 	and,COND(<>)	%r19, %r20, %r0
 	b,n	intr_restore	/* skip past if we've nothing to do */
 
@@ -2032,7 +2032,7 @@
 	.import do_signal,code
 syscall_check_sig:
 	LDREG	TI_FLAGS-THREAD_SZ_ALGN-FRAME_SIZE(%r30),%r19
-	ldi	(_TIF_SIGPENDING|_TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK|_TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME), %r26
+	ldi	(_TIF_SIGPENDING|_TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME), %r26
 	and,COND(<>)	%r19, %r26, %r0
 	b,n	syscall_restore	/* skip past if we've nothing to do */
 
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/signal.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/signal.c
index e7a7cd3..594459b 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/signal.c
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@
 #define DBG(LEVEL, ...)
 #endif
 	
-
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 /* gcc will complain if a pointer is cast to an integer of different
  * size.  If you really need to do this (and we do for an ELF32 user
  * application in an ELF64 kernel) then you have to do a cast to an
@@ -131,7 +128,6 @@
 			goto give_sigsegv;
 	}
 		
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	/* Good thing we saved the old gr[30], eh? */
@@ -443,8 +439,9 @@
 
 static long
 handle_signal(unsigned long sig, siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *ka,
-		sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs *regs, int in_syscall)
+		struct pt_regs *regs, int in_syscall)
 {
+	sigset_t *oldset = sigmask_to_save();
 	DBG(1,"handle_signal: sig=%ld, ka=%p, info=%p, oldset=%p, regs=%p\n",
 	       sig, ka, info, oldset, regs);
 	
@@ -452,12 +449,13 @@
 	if (!setup_rt_frame(sig, ka, info, oldset, regs, in_syscall))
 		return 0;
 
-	block_sigmask(ka, sig);
-
-	tracehook_signal_handler(sig, info, ka, regs, 
+	signal_delivered(sig, info, ka, regs, 
 		test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP) ||
 		test_thread_flag(TIF_BLOCKSTEP));
 
+	DBG(1,KERN_DEBUG "do_signal: Exit (success), regs->gr[28] = %ld\n",
+		regs->gr[28]);
+
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -568,28 +566,17 @@
 	siginfo_t info;
 	struct k_sigaction ka;
 	int signr;
-	sigset_t *oldset;
 
-	DBG(1,"\ndo_signal: oldset=0x%p, regs=0x%p, sr7 %#lx, in_syscall=%d\n",
-	       oldset, regs, regs->sr[7], in_syscall);
+	DBG(1,"\ndo_signal: regs=0x%p, sr7 %#lx, in_syscall=%d\n",
+	       regs, regs->sr[7], in_syscall);
 
 	/* Everyone else checks to see if they are in kernel mode at
 	   this point and exits if that's the case.  I'm not sure why
 	   we would be called in that case, but for some reason we
 	   are. */
 
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-		oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-	else
-		oldset = &current->blocked;
-
-	DBG(1,"do_signal: oldset %08lx / %08lx\n", 
-		oldset->sig[0], oldset->sig[1]);
-
-
 	/* May need to force signal if handle_signal failed to deliver */
 	while (1) {
-	  
 		signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
 		DBG(3,"do_signal: signr = %d, regs->gr[28] = %ld\n", signr, regs->gr[28]); 
 	
@@ -603,14 +590,8 @@
 		/* Whee!  Actually deliver the signal.  If the
 		   delivery failed, we need to continue to iterate in
 		   this loop so we can deliver the SIGSEGV... */
-		if (handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka, oldset,
-				  regs, in_syscall)) {
-			DBG(1,KERN_DEBUG "do_signal: Exit (success), regs->gr[28] = %ld\n",
-				regs->gr[28]);
-			if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-				clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
+		if (handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka, regs, in_syscall))
 			return;
-		}
 	}
 	/* end of while(1) looping forever if we can't force a signal */
 
@@ -621,18 +602,12 @@
 	DBG(1,"do_signal: Exit (not delivered), regs->gr[28] = %ld\n", 
 		regs->gr[28]);
 
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)) {
-		clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-		sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &current->saved_sigmask, NULL);
-	}
-
-	return;
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 }
 
 void do_notify_resume(struct pt_regs *regs, long in_syscall)
 {
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING) ||
-	    test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
+	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING))
 		do_signal(regs, in_syscall);
 
 	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME)) {
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/signal32.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/signal32.c
index e141324..fd49aed 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/signal32.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/signal32.c
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@
 #define DBG(LEVEL, ...)
 #endif
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 inline void
 sigset_32to64(sigset_t *s64, compat_sigset_t *s32)
 {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
index a556ccc..68831e9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -140,7 +140,23 @@
 {
 	struct thread_info *ti = current_thread_info();
 	ti->local_flags |= _TLF_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
-	set_bit(TIF_SIGPENDING, &ti->flags);
+	WARN_ON(!test_bit(TIF_SIGPENDING, &ti->flags));
+}
+static inline void clear_restore_sigmask(void)
+{
+	current_thread_info()->local_flags &= ~_TLF_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
+}
+static inline bool test_restore_sigmask(void)
+{
+	return current_thread_info()->local_flags & _TLF_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
+}
+static inline bool test_and_clear_restore_sigmask(void)
+{
+	struct thread_info *ti = current_thread_info();
+	if (!(ti->local_flags & _TLF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
+		return false;
+	ti->local_flags &= ~_TLF_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
+	return true;
 }
 
 static inline bool test_thread_local_flags(unsigned int flags)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.c
index bfc3ec13..5c023c9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.c
@@ -51,16 +51,6 @@
         return (void __user *)newsp;
 }
 
-
-/*
- * Restore the user process's signal mask
- */
-void restore_sigmask(sigset_t *set)
-{
-	sigdelsetmask(set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
-	set_current_blocked(set);
-}
-
 static void check_syscall_restart(struct pt_regs *regs, struct k_sigaction *ka,
 				  int has_handler)
 {
@@ -114,30 +104,21 @@
 
 static int do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	sigset_t *oldset;
+	sigset_t *oldset = sigmask_to_save();
 	siginfo_t info;
 	int signr;
 	struct k_sigaction ka;
 	int ret;
 	int is32 = is_32bit_task();
 
-	if (current_thread_info()->local_flags & _TLF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)
-		oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-	else
-		oldset = &current->blocked;
-
 	signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
 
 	/* Is there any syscall restart business here ? */
 	check_syscall_restart(regs, &ka, signr > 0);
 
 	if (signr <= 0) {
-		struct thread_info *ti = current_thread_info();
 		/* No signal to deliver -- put the saved sigmask back */
-		if (ti->local_flags & _TLF_RESTORE_SIGMASK) {
-			ti->local_flags &= ~_TLF_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
-			sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &current->saved_sigmask, NULL);
-		}
+		restore_saved_sigmask();
 		regs->trap = 0;
 		return 0;               /* no signals delivered */
 	}
@@ -167,18 +148,7 @@
 
 	regs->trap = 0;
 	if (ret) {
-		block_sigmask(&ka, signr);
-
-		/*
-		 * A signal was successfully delivered; the saved sigmask is in
-		 * its frame, and we can clear the TLF_RESTORE_SIGMASK flag.
-		 */
-		current_thread_info()->local_flags &= ~_TLF_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
-
-		/*
-		 * Let tracing know that we've done the handler setup.
-		 */
-		tracehook_signal_handler(signr, &info, &ka, regs,
+		signal_delivered(signr, &info, &ka, regs,
 					 test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP));
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.h b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.h
index 8dde973..e00acb4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.h
@@ -10,13 +10,10 @@
 #ifndef _POWERPC_ARCH_SIGNAL_H
 #define _POWERPC_ARCH_SIGNAL_H
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 extern void do_notify_resume(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long thread_info_flags);
 
 extern void __user * get_sigframe(struct k_sigaction *ka, struct pt_regs *regs,
 				  size_t frame_size, int is_32);
-extern void restore_sigmask(sigset_t *set);
 
 extern int handle_signal32(unsigned long sig, struct k_sigaction *ka,
 			   siginfo_t *info, sigset_t *oldset,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
index 61f6aff..8b4c049 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@
 	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, mcp, sizeof(*mcp)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 #endif
-	restore_sigmask(&set);
+	set_current_blocked(&set);
 	if (restore_user_regs(regs, mcp, sig))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@
 	set.sig[0] = sigctx.oldmask;
 	set.sig[1] = sigctx._unused[3];
 #endif
-	restore_sigmask(&set);
+	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	sr = (struct mcontext __user *)from_user_ptr(sigctx.regs);
 	addr = sr;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
index 2692efd..d183f87 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
 
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &new_ctx->uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		do_exit(SIGSEGV);
-	restore_sigmask(&set);
+	set_current_blocked(&set);
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, NULL, 0, &new_ctx->uc_mcontext))
 		do_exit(SIGSEGV);
 
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
 
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &uc->uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
-	restore_sigmask(&set);
+	set_current_blocked(&set);
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, NULL, 1, &uc->uc_mcontext))
 		goto badframe;
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_signal.c b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_signal.c
index 377c096..3c0c198 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_signal.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_signal.c
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 #include "compat_ptrace.h"
 #include "entry.h"
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 typedef struct 
 {
 	__u8 callee_used_stack[__SIGNAL_FRAMESIZE32];
@@ -364,7 +362,6 @@
 		goto badframe;
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set.sig, &frame->sc.oldmask, _SIGMASK_COPY_SIZE32))
 		goto badframe;
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 	if (restore_sigregs32(regs, &frame->sregs))
 		goto badframe;
@@ -390,7 +387,6 @@
 		goto badframe;
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 	if (restore_sigregs32(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext))
 		goto badframe;
@@ -572,7 +568,7 @@
  * OK, we're invoking a handler
  */	
 
-int handle_signal32(unsigned long sig, struct k_sigaction *ka,
+void handle_signal32(unsigned long sig, struct k_sigaction *ka,
 		    siginfo_t *info, sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -583,8 +579,8 @@
 	else
 		ret = setup_frame32(sig, ka, oldset, regs);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-	block_sigmask(ka, sig);
-	return 0;
+		return;
+	signal_delivered(sig, info, ka, regs,
+				 test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLE_STEP));
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/entry.h b/arch/s390/kernel/entry.h
index 6cdddac..f66a229 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/entry.h
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/entry.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 void syscall_trace(struct pt_regs *regs, int entryexit);
 void kernel_stack_overflow(struct pt_regs * regs);
 void do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs);
-int handle_signal32(unsigned long sig, struct k_sigaction *ka,
+void handle_signal32(unsigned long sig, struct k_sigaction *ka,
 		    siginfo_t *info, sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs *regs);
 void do_notify_resume(struct pt_regs *regs);
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/signal.c b/arch/s390/kernel/signal.c
index 42a6e8b..ac565b4 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/signal.c
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@
 #include <asm/switch_to.h>
 #include "entry.h"
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
-
 typedef struct 
 {
 	__u8 callee_used_stack[__SIGNAL_FRAMESIZE];
@@ -169,7 +166,6 @@
 		goto badframe;
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set.sig, &frame->sc.oldmask, _SIGMASK_COPY_SIZE))
 		goto badframe;
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 	if (restore_sigregs(regs, &frame->sregs))
 		goto badframe;
@@ -189,7 +185,6 @@
 		goto badframe;
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set.sig, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 	if (restore_sigregs(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext))
 		goto badframe;
@@ -367,7 +362,7 @@
 	return -EFAULT;
 }
 
-static int handle_signal(unsigned long sig, struct k_sigaction *ka,
+static void handle_signal(unsigned long sig, struct k_sigaction *ka,
 			 siginfo_t *info, sigset_t *oldset,
 			 struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
@@ -379,9 +374,9 @@
 	else
 		ret = setup_frame(sig, ka, oldset, regs);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-	block_sigmask(ka, sig);
-	return 0;
+		return;
+	signal_delivered(sig, info, ka, regs,
+				 test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLE_STEP));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -398,12 +393,7 @@
 	siginfo_t info;
 	int signr;
 	struct k_sigaction ka;
-	sigset_t *oldset;
-
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-		oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-	else
-		oldset = &current->blocked;
+	sigset_t *oldset = sigmask_to_save();
 
 	/*
 	 * Get signal to deliver. When running under ptrace, at this point
@@ -441,24 +431,10 @@
 		/* No longer in a system call */
 		clear_thread_flag(TIF_SYSCALL);
 
-		if ((is_compat_task() ?
-		     handle_signal32(signr, &ka, &info, oldset, regs) :
-		     handle_signal(signr, &ka, &info, oldset, regs)) == 0) {
-			/*
-			 * A signal was successfully delivered; the saved
-			 * sigmask will have been stored in the signal frame,
-			 * and will be restored by sigreturn, so we can simply
-			 * clear the TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK flag.
-			 */
-			if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-				clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-
-			/*
-			 * Let tracing know that we've done the handler setup.
-			 */
-			tracehook_signal_handler(signr, &info, &ka, regs,
-					 test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLE_STEP));
-		}
+		if (is_compat_task())
+			handle_signal32(signr, &ka, &info, oldset, regs);
+		else
+			handle_signal(signr, &ka, &info, oldset, regs);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -484,10 +460,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * If there's no signal to deliver, we just put the saved sigmask back.
 	 */
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)) {
-		clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-		sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &current->saved_sigmask, NULL);
-	}
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 }
 
 void do_notify_resume(struct pt_regs *regs)
diff --git a/arch/score/kernel/signal.c b/arch/score/kernel/signal.c
index 302838d..e382c52 100644
--- a/arch/score/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/score/kernel/signal.c
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@
 #include <asm/syscalls.h>
 #include <asm/ucontext.h>
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 struct rt_sigframe {
 	u32 rs_ass[4];		/* argument save space */
 	u32 rs_code[2];		/* signal trampoline */
@@ -162,7 +160,6 @@
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->rs_uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	sig = restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->rs_uc.uc_mcontext);
@@ -241,11 +238,9 @@
 	return -EFAULT;
 }
 
-static int handle_signal(unsigned long sig, siginfo_t *info,
-	struct k_sigaction *ka, sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs *regs)
+static void handle_signal(unsigned long sig, siginfo_t *info,
+	struct k_sigaction *ka, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	int ret;
-
 	if (regs->is_syscall) {
 		switch (regs->regs[4]) {
 		case ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK:
@@ -269,18 +264,15 @@
 	/*
 	 * Set up the stack frame
 	 */
-	ret = setup_rt_frame(ka, regs, sig, oldset, info);
+	if (setup_rt_frame(ka, regs, sig, sigmask_to_save(), info) < 0)
+		return;
 
-	if (ret == 0)
-		block_sigmask(ka, sig);
-
-	return ret;
+	signal_delivered(sig, info, ka, regs, 0);
 }
 
 static void do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	struct k_sigaction ka;
-	sigset_t *oldset;
 	siginfo_t info;
 	int signr;
 
@@ -292,25 +284,10 @@
 	if (!user_mode(regs))
 		return;
 
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-		oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-	else
-		oldset = &current->blocked;
-
 	signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
 	if (signr > 0) {
 		/* Actually deliver the signal.  */
-		if (handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka, oldset, regs) == 0) {
-			/*
-			 * A signal was successfully delivered; the saved
-			 * sigmask will have been stored in the signal frame,
-			 * and will be restored by sigreturn, so we can simply
-			 * clear the TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK flag.
-			 */
-			if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-				clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-		}
-
+		handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka, regs);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -337,10 +314,7 @@
 	 * If there's no signal to deliver, we just put the saved sigmask
 	 * back
 	 */
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)) {
-		clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-		sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &current->saved_sigmask, NULL);
-	}
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 0c04ffc..bc13b57 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
 {
 	struct thread_info *ti = current_thread_info();
 	ti->status |= TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
-	set_bit(TIF_SIGPENDING, (unsigned long *)&ti->flags);
+	WARN_ON(!test_bit(TIF_SIGPENDING, (unsigned long *)&ti->flags));
 }
 
 #define TI_FLAG_FAULT_CODE_SHIFT	24
@@ -189,6 +189,23 @@
 	struct thread_info *ti = current_thread_info();
 	return ti->flags >> TI_FLAG_FAULT_CODE_SHIFT;
 }
+
+static inline void clear_restore_sigmask(void)
+{
+	current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
+}
+static inline bool test_restore_sigmask(void)
+{
+	return current_thread_info()->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
+}
+static inline bool test_and_clear_restore_sigmask(void)
+{
+	struct thread_info *ti = current_thread_info();
+	if (!(ti->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
+		return false;
+	ti->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
+	return true;
+}
 #endif	/* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/sh/kernel/signal_32.c
index 9d7bfd6..d6b7b61 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 #include <asm/syscalls.h>
 #include <asm/fpu.h>
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 struct fdpic_func_descriptor {
 	unsigned long	text;
 	unsigned long	GOT;
@@ -226,7 +224,6 @@
 				    sizeof(frame->extramask))))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->sc, &r0))
@@ -256,7 +253,6 @@
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &r0))
@@ -522,10 +518,11 @@
 /*
  * OK, we're invoking a handler
  */
-static int
+static void
 handle_signal(unsigned long sig, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
-	      sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int save_r0)
+	      struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int save_r0)
 {
+	sigset_t *oldset = sigmask_to_save();
 	int ret;
 
 	/* Set up the stack frame */
@@ -534,10 +531,10 @@
 	else
 		ret = setup_frame(sig, ka, oldset, regs);
 
-	if (ret == 0)
-		block_sigmask(ka, sig);
-
-	return ret;
+	if (ret)
+		return;
+	signal_delivered(sig, info, ka, regs,
+			test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -554,7 +551,6 @@
 	siginfo_t info;
 	int signr;
 	struct k_sigaction ka;
-	sigset_t *oldset;
 
 	/*
 	 * We want the common case to go fast, which
@@ -565,30 +561,12 @@
 	if (!user_mode(regs))
 		return;
 
-	if (current_thread_info()->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK)
-		oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-	else
-		oldset = &current->blocked;
-
 	signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
 	if (signr > 0) {
 		handle_syscall_restart(save_r0, regs, &ka.sa);
 
 		/* Whee!  Actually deliver the signal.  */
-		if (handle_signal(signr, &ka, &info, oldset,
-				  regs, save_r0) == 0) {
-			/*
-			 * A signal was successfully delivered; the saved
-			 * sigmask will have been stored in the signal frame,
-			 * and will be restored by sigreturn, so we can simply
-			 * clear the TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK flag
-			 */
-			current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
-
-			tracehook_signal_handler(signr, &info, &ka, regs,
-					test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP));
-		}
-
+		handle_signal(signr, &ka, &info, regs, save_r0);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -610,10 +588,7 @@
 	 * If there's no signal to deliver, we just put the saved sigmask
 	 * back.
 	 */
-	if (current_thread_info()->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK) {
-		current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
-		sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &current->saved_sigmask, NULL);
-	}
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 }
 
 asmlinkage void do_notify_resume(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int save_r0,
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/signal_64.c b/arch/sh/kernel/signal_64.c
index aa64284..6b5b3df 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/signal_64.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/signal_64.c
@@ -41,11 +41,9 @@
 
 #define DEBUG_SIG 0
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
-static int
+static void
 handle_signal(unsigned long sig, siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *ka,
-		sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs * regs);
+		struct pt_regs * regs);
 
 static inline void
 handle_syscall_restart(struct pt_regs *regs, struct sigaction *sa)
@@ -88,7 +86,6 @@
 	siginfo_t info;
 	int signr;
 	struct k_sigaction ka;
-	sigset_t *oldset;
 
 	/*
 	 * We want the common case to go fast, which
@@ -99,28 +96,13 @@
 	if (!user_mode(regs))
 		return;
 
-	if (current_thread_info()->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK)
-		oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-	else
-		oldset = &current->blocked;
-
 	signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, 0);
 	if (signr > 0) {
 		handle_syscall_restart(regs, &ka.sa);
 
 		/* Whee!  Actually deliver the signal.  */
-		if (handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka, oldset, regs) == 0) {
-			/*
-			 * If a signal was successfully delivered, the
-			 * saved sigmask is in its frame, and we can
-			 * clear the TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK flag.
-			 */
-			current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
-
-			tracehook_signal_handler(signr, &info, &ka, regs,
-					test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP));
-			return;
-		}
+		handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka, regs);
+		return;
 	}
 
 	/* Did we come from a system call? */
@@ -143,12 +125,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* No signal to deliver -- put the saved sigmask back */
-	if (current_thread_info()->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK) {
-		current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
-		sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &current->saved_sigmask, NULL);
-	}
-
-	return;
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -351,7 +328,6 @@
 				    sizeof(frame->extramask))))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->sc, &ret))
@@ -384,7 +360,6 @@
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &ret))
@@ -659,10 +634,11 @@
 /*
  * OK, we're invoking a handler
  */
-static int
+static void
 handle_signal(unsigned long sig, siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *ka,
-		sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs * regs)
+		struct pt_regs * regs)
 {
+	sigset_t *oldset = sigmask_to_save();
 	int ret;
 
 	/* Set up the stack frame */
@@ -671,10 +647,11 @@
 	else
 		ret = setup_frame(sig, ka, oldset, regs);
 
-	if (ret == 0)
-		block_sigmask(ka, sig);
+	if (ret)
+		return;
 
-	return ret;
+	signal_delivered(sig, info, ka, regs,
+			test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP));
 }
 
 asmlinkage void do_notify_resume(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long thread_info_flags)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_32.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_32.h
index 5af6649..e6cd224 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_32.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_32.h
@@ -131,8 +131,7 @@
 #define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	(1<<TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
 
 #define _TIF_DO_NOTIFY_RESUME_MASK	(_TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME | \
-					 _TIF_SIGPENDING | \
-					 _TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)
+					 _TIF_SIGPENDING)
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_64.h
index 7f0981b..cfa8c38 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_64.h
@@ -238,7 +238,23 @@
 {
 	struct thread_info *ti = current_thread_info();
 	ti->status |= TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
-	set_bit(TIF_SIGPENDING, &ti->flags);
+	WARN_ON(!test_bit(TIF_SIGPENDING, &ti->flags));
+}
+static inline void clear_restore_sigmask(void)
+{
+	current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
+}
+static inline bool test_restore_sigmask(void)
+{
+	return current_thread_info()->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
+}
+static inline bool test_and_clear_restore_sigmask(void)
+{
+	struct thread_info *ti = current_thread_info();
+	if (!(ti->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
+		return false;
+	ti->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
+	return true;
 }
 #endif	/* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/signal32.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/signal32.c
index bb1513e..a53e0a5 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/signal32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/signal32.c
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 
 #include "sigutil.h"
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 /* This magic should be in g_upper[0] for all upper parts
  * to be valid.
  */
@@ -274,7 +272,6 @@
 		case 2: set.sig[1] = seta[2] + (((long)seta[3]) << 32);
 		case 1: set.sig[0] = seta[0] + (((long)seta[1]) << 32);
 	}
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 	return;
 
@@ -376,7 +373,6 @@
 		case 2: set.sig[1] = seta.sig[2] + (((long)seta.sig[3]) << 32);
 		case 1: set.sig[0] = seta.sig[0] + (((long)seta.sig[1]) << 32);
 	}
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 	return;
 segv:
@@ -775,7 +771,7 @@
 	return -EFAULT;
 }
 
-static inline int handle_signal32(unsigned long signr, struct k_sigaction *ka,
+static inline void handle_signal32(unsigned long signr, struct k_sigaction *ka,
 				  siginfo_t *info,
 				  sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
@@ -787,12 +783,9 @@
 		err = setup_frame32(ka, regs, signr, oldset);
 
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		return;
 
-	block_sigmask(ka, signr);
-	tracehook_signal_handler(signr, info, ka, regs, 0);
-
-	return 0;
+	signal_delivered(signr, info, ka, regs, 0);
 }
 
 static inline void syscall_restart32(unsigned long orig_i0, struct pt_regs *regs,
@@ -841,14 +834,7 @@
 	if (signr > 0) {
 		if (restart_syscall)
 			syscall_restart32(orig_i0, regs, &ka.sa);
-		if (handle_signal32(signr, &ka, &info, oldset, regs) == 0) {
-			/* A signal was successfully delivered; the saved
-			 * sigmask will have been stored in the signal frame,
-			 * and will be restored by sigreturn, so we can simply
-			 * clear the TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK flag.
-			 */
-			current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
-		}
+		handle_signal32(signr, &ka, &info, oldset, regs);
 		return;
 	}
 	if (restart_syscall &&
@@ -872,10 +858,7 @@
 	/* If there's no signal to deliver, we just put the saved sigmask
 	 * back
 	 */
-	if (current_thread_info()->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK) {
-		current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
-		set_current_blocked(&current->saved_sigmask);
-	}
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 }
 
 struct sigstack32 {
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_32.c
index 6b42e86..68f9c86 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 
 #include "sigutil.h"
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 extern void fpsave(unsigned long *fpregs, unsigned long *fsr,
 		   void *fpqueue, unsigned long *fpqdepth);
 extern void fpload(unsigned long *fpregs, unsigned long *fsr);
@@ -130,7 +128,6 @@
 	if (err)
 		goto segv_and_exit;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 	return;
 
@@ -197,7 +194,6 @@
 			goto segv;
 	}
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 	return;
 segv:
@@ -449,10 +445,11 @@
 	return -EFAULT;
 }
 
-static inline int
+static inline void
 handle_signal(unsigned long signr, struct k_sigaction *ka,
-	      siginfo_t *info, sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs *regs)
+	      siginfo_t *info, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
+	sigset_t *oldset = sigmask_to_save();
 	int err;
 
 	if (ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_SIGINFO)
@@ -461,12 +458,9 @@
 		err = setup_frame(ka, regs, signr, oldset);
 
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		return;
 
-	block_sigmask(ka, signr);
-	tracehook_signal_handler(signr, info, ka, regs, 0);
-
-	return 0;
+	signal_delivered(signr, info, ka, regs, 0);
 }
 
 static inline void syscall_restart(unsigned long orig_i0, struct pt_regs *regs,
@@ -498,7 +492,6 @@
 {
 	struct k_sigaction ka;
 	int restart_syscall;
-	sigset_t *oldset;
 	siginfo_t info;
 	int signr;
 
@@ -523,11 +516,6 @@
 	if (pt_regs_is_syscall(regs) && (regs->psr & PSR_C))
 		regs->u_regs[UREG_G6] = orig_i0;
 
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-		oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-	else
-		oldset = &current->blocked;
-
 	signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
 
 	/* If the debugger messes with the program counter, it clears
@@ -544,15 +532,7 @@
 	if (signr > 0) {
 		if (restart_syscall)
 			syscall_restart(orig_i0, regs, &ka.sa);
-		if (handle_signal(signr, &ka, &info, oldset, regs) == 0) {
-			/* a signal was successfully delivered; the saved
-			 * sigmask will have been stored in the signal frame,
-			 * and will be restored by sigreturn, so we can simply
-			 * clear the TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK flag.
-			 */
-			if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-				clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-		}
+		handle_signal(signr, &ka, &info, regs);
 		return;
 	}
 	if (restart_syscall &&
@@ -576,16 +556,13 @@
 	/* if there's no signal to deliver, we just put the saved sigmask
 	 * back
 	 */
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)) {
-		clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-		set_current_blocked(&current->saved_sigmask);
-	}
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 }
 
 void do_notify_resume(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long orig_i0,
 		      unsigned long thread_info_flags)
 {
-	if (thread_info_flags & (_TIF_SIGPENDING | _TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
+	if (thread_info_flags & _TIF_SIGPENDING)
 		do_signal(regs, orig_i0);
 	if (thread_info_flags & _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME) {
 		clear_thread_flag(TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME);
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_64.c
index c82cf1c..867de2f 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/signal_64.c
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@
 #include "systbls.h"
 #include "sigutil.h"
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 /* {set, get}context() needed for 64-bit SparcLinux userland. */
 asmlinkage void sparc64_set_context(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
@@ -71,7 +69,6 @@
 			if (__copy_from_user(&set, &ucp->uc_sigmask, sizeof(sigset_t)))
 				goto do_sigsegv;
 		}
-		sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 		set_current_blocked(&set);
 	}
 	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_32BIT)) {
@@ -315,7 +312,6 @@
 	/* Prevent syscall restart.  */
 	pt_regs_clear_syscall(regs);
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 	return;
 segv:
@@ -466,7 +462,7 @@
 	return -EFAULT;
 }
 
-static inline int handle_signal(unsigned long signr, struct k_sigaction *ka,
+static inline void handle_signal(unsigned long signr, struct k_sigaction *ka,
 				siginfo_t *info,
 				sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
@@ -475,12 +471,9 @@
 	err = setup_rt_frame(ka, regs, signr, oldset,
 			     (ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_SIGINFO) ? info : NULL);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		return;
 
-	block_sigmask(ka, signr);
-	tracehook_signal_handler(signr, info, ka, regs, 0);
-
-	return 0;
+	signal_delivered(signr, info, ka, regs, 0);
 }
 
 static inline void syscall_restart(unsigned long orig_i0, struct pt_regs *regs,
@@ -512,7 +505,7 @@
 {
 	struct k_sigaction ka;
 	int restart_syscall;
-	sigset_t *oldset;
+	sigset_t *oldset = sigmask_to_save();
 	siginfo_t info;
 	int signr;
 	
@@ -538,11 +531,6 @@
 	    (regs->tstate & (TSTATE_XCARRY | TSTATE_ICARRY)))
 		regs->u_regs[UREG_G6] = orig_i0;
 
-	if (current_thread_info()->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK)
-		oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-	else
-		oldset = &current->blocked;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_32BIT)) {
 		extern void do_signal32(sigset_t *, struct pt_regs *);
@@ -563,14 +551,7 @@
 	if (signr > 0) {
 		if (restart_syscall)
 			syscall_restart(orig_i0, regs, &ka.sa);
-		if (handle_signal(signr, &ka, &info, oldset, regs) == 0) {
-			/* A signal was successfully delivered; the saved
-			 * sigmask will have been stored in the signal frame,
-			 * and will be restored by sigreturn, so we can simply
-			 * clear the TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK flag.
-			 */
-			current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
-		}
+		handle_signal(signr, &ka, &info, oldset, regs);
 		return;
 	}
 	if (restart_syscall &&
@@ -594,10 +575,7 @@
 	/* If there's no signal to deliver, we just put the saved sigmask
 	 * back
 	 */
-	if (current_thread_info()->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK) {
-		current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
-		set_current_blocked(&current->saved_sigmask);
-	}
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 }
 
 void do_notify_resume(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long orig_i0, unsigned long thread_info_flags)
diff --git a/arch/tile/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/tile/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 656c486..7e1fef3 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -166,7 +166,23 @@
 {
 	struct thread_info *ti = current_thread_info();
 	ti->status |= TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
-	set_bit(TIF_SIGPENDING, &ti->flags);
+	WARN_ON(!test_bit(TIF_SIGPENDING, &ti->flags));
+}
+static inline void clear_restore_sigmask(void)
+{
+	current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
+}
+static inline bool test_restore_sigmask(void)
+{
+	return current_thread_info()->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
+}
+static inline bool test_and_clear_restore_sigmask(void)
+{
+	struct thread_info *ti = current_thread_info();
+	if (!(ti->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
+		return false;
+	ti->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
+	return true;
 }
 #endif	/* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/compat_signal.c b/arch/tile/kernel/compat_signal.c
index cdef6e5..474571b 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/compat_signal.c
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/compat_signal.c
@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@
 	struct compat_ucontext uc;
 };
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 long compat_sys_rt_sigaction(int sig, struct compat_sigaction __user *act,
 			     struct compat_sigaction __user *oact,
 			     size_t sigsetsize)
@@ -302,7 +300,6 @@
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext))
diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/signal.c b/arch/tile/kernel/signal.c
index f79d4b8..e29b055 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/signal.c
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
 
 #define DEBUG_SIG 0
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(sigaltstack, const stack_t __user *, uss,
 		stack_t __user *, uoss, struct pt_regs *, regs)
 {
@@ -96,7 +94,6 @@
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext))
@@ -242,10 +239,11 @@
  * OK, we're invoking a handler
  */
 
-static int handle_signal(unsigned long sig, siginfo_t *info,
-			 struct k_sigaction *ka, sigset_t *oldset,
+static void handle_signal(unsigned long sig, siginfo_t *info,
+			 struct k_sigaction *ka,
 			 struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
+	sigset_t *oldset = sigmask_to_save();
 	int ret;
 
 	/* Are we from a system call? */
@@ -278,15 +276,9 @@
 	else
 #endif
 		ret = setup_rt_frame(sig, ka, info, oldset, regs);
-	if (ret == 0) {
-		/* This code is only called from system calls or from
-		 * the work_pending path in the return-to-user code, and
-		 * either way we can re-enable interrupts unconditionally.
-		 */
-		block_sigmask(ka, sig);
-	}
-
-	return ret;
+	if (ret)
+		return;
+	signal_delivered(sig, info, ka, regs, 0);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -299,7 +291,6 @@
 	siginfo_t info;
 	int signr;
 	struct k_sigaction ka;
-	sigset_t *oldset;
 
 	/*
 	 * i386 will check if we're coming from kernel mode and bail out
@@ -308,24 +299,10 @@
 	 * helpful, we can reinstate the check on "!user_mode(regs)".
 	 */
 
-	if (current_thread_info()->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK)
-		oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-	else
-		oldset = &current->blocked;
-
 	signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
 	if (signr > 0) {
 		/* Whee! Actually deliver the signal.  */
-		if (handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka, oldset, regs) == 0) {
-			/*
-			 * A signal was successfully delivered; the saved
-			 * sigmask will have been stored in the signal frame,
-			 * and will be restored by sigreturn, so we can simply
-			 * clear the TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK flag.
-			 */
-			current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
-		}
-
+		handle_signal(signr, &info, &ka, regs);
 		goto done;
 	}
 
@@ -350,10 +327,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* If there's no signal to deliver, just put the saved sigmask back. */
-	if (current_thread_info()->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK) {
-		current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
-		sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &current->saved_sigmask, NULL);
-	}
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 
 done:
 	/* Avoid double syscall restart if there are nested signals. */
diff --git a/arch/um/include/shared/frame_kern.h b/arch/um/include/shared/frame_kern.h
index 7607849..e584e40 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/shared/frame_kern.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/shared/frame_kern.h
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
 #ifndef __FRAME_KERN_H_
 #define __FRAME_KERN_H_
 
-#define _S(nr) (1<<((nr)-1))
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(_S(SIGKILL) | _S(SIGSTOP)))
-
 extern int setup_signal_stack_sc(unsigned long stack_top, int sig, 
 				 struct k_sigaction *ka,
 				 struct pt_regs *regs, 
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/signal.c b/arch/um/kernel/signal.c
index 292e706..7362d58 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/signal.c
@@ -15,17 +15,13 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_signals);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unblock_signals);
 
-#define _S(nr) (1<<((nr)-1))
-
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(_S(SIGKILL) | _S(SIGSTOP)))
-
 /*
  * OK, we're invoking a handler
  */
-static int handle_signal(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long signr,
-			 struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
-			 sigset_t *oldset)
+static void handle_signal(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long signr,
+			 struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info)
 {
+	sigset_t *oldset = sigmask_to_save();
 	unsigned long sp;
 	int err;
 
@@ -65,9 +61,7 @@
 	if (err)
 		force_sigsegv(signr, current);
 	else
-		block_sigmask(ka, signr);
-
-	return err;
+		signal_delivered(signr, info, ka, regs, 0);
 }
 
 static int kern_do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs)
@@ -77,24 +71,9 @@
 	int sig, handled_sig = 0;
 
 	while ((sig = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka_copy, regs, NULL)) > 0) {
-		sigset_t *oldset;
-		if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-			oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-		else
-			oldset = &current->blocked;
 		handled_sig = 1;
 		/* Whee!  Actually deliver the signal.  */
-		if (!handle_signal(regs, sig, &ka_copy, &info, oldset)) {
-			/*
-			 * a signal was successfully delivered; the saved
-			 * sigmask will have been stored in the signal frame,
-			 * and will be restored by sigreturn, so we can simply
-			 * clear the TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK flag
-			 */
-			if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-				clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-			break;
-		}
+		handle_signal(regs, sig, &ka_copy, &info);
 	}
 
 	/* Did we come from a system call? */
@@ -130,10 +109,8 @@
 	 * if there's no signal to deliver, we just put the saved sigmask
 	 * back
 	 */
-	if (!handled_sig && test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK)) {
-		clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-		sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &current->saved_sigmask, NULL);
-	}
+	if (!handled_sig)
+		restore_saved_sigmask();
 	return handled_sig;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/kernel/signal.c b/arch/unicore32/kernel/signal.c
index 28782ad..8adedb3 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/unicore32/kernel/signal.c
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 #include <asm/ucontext.h>
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 /*
  * For UniCore syscalls, we encode the syscall number into the instruction.
  */
@@ -61,10 +59,8 @@
 	int err;
 
 	err = __copy_from_user(&set, &sf->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set));
-	if (err == 0) {
-		sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
+	if (err == 0)
 		set_current_blocked(&set);
-	}
 
 	err |= __get_user(regs->UCreg_00, &sf->uc.uc_mcontext.regs.UCreg_00);
 	err |= __get_user(regs->UCreg_01, &sf->uc.uc_mcontext.regs.UCreg_01);
@@ -312,13 +308,12 @@
 /*
  * OK, we're invoking a handler
  */
-static int handle_signal(unsigned long sig, struct k_sigaction *ka,
-	      siginfo_t *info, sigset_t *oldset,
-	      struct pt_regs *regs, int syscall)
+static void handle_signal(unsigned long sig, struct k_sigaction *ka,
+	      siginfo_t *info, struct pt_regs *regs, int syscall)
 {
 	struct thread_info *thread = current_thread_info();
 	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
-	sigset_t blocked;
+	sigset_t *oldset = sigmask_to_save();
 	int usig = sig;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -364,15 +359,10 @@
 
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		force_sigsegv(sig, tsk);
-		return ret;
+		return;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Block the signal if we were successful.
-	 */
-	block_sigmask(ka, sig);
-
-	return 0;
+	signal_delivered(sig, info, ka, regs, 0);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -399,32 +389,12 @@
 	if (!user_mode(regs))
 		return;
 
-	if (try_to_freeze())
-		goto no_signal;
-
 	signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
 	if (signr > 0) {
-		sigset_t *oldset;
-
-		if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-			oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-		else
-			oldset = &current->blocked;
-		if (handle_signal(signr, &ka, &info, oldset, regs, syscall)
-				== 0) {
-			/*
-			 * A signal was successfully delivered; the saved
-			 * sigmask will have been stored in the signal frame,
-			 * and will be restored by sigreturn, so we can simply
-			 * clear the TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK flag.
-			 */
-			if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-				clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-		}
+		handle_signal(signr, &ka, &info, regs, syscall);
 		return;
 	}
 
- no_signal:
 	/*
 	 * No signal to deliver to the process - restart the syscall.
 	 */
@@ -451,8 +421,7 @@
 	/* If there's no signal to deliver, we just put the saved
 	 * sigmask back.
 	 */
-	if (test_and_clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-		set_current_blocked(&current->saved_sigmask);
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 }
 
 asmlinkage void do_notify_resume(struct pt_regs *regs,
diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
index 98bd70f..daeca56 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@
 				    sizeof(frame->extramask))))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (ia32_restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->sc, &ax))
@@ -299,7 +298,6 @@
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (ia32_restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &ax))
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/sighandling.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/sighandling.h
index ada93b3..beff97f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/sighandling.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/sighandling.h
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 
 #include <asm/processor-flags.h>
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 #define __FIX_EFLAGS	(X86_EFLAGS_AC | X86_EFLAGS_OF | \
 			 X86_EFLAGS_DF | X86_EFLAGS_TF | X86_EFLAGS_SF | \
 			 X86_EFLAGS_ZF | X86_EFLAGS_AF | X86_EFLAGS_PF | \
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 5c25de0..89f794f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -248,7 +248,23 @@
 {
 	struct thread_info *ti = current_thread_info();
 	ti->status |= TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
-	set_bit(TIF_SIGPENDING, (unsigned long *)&ti->flags);
+	WARN_ON(!test_bit(TIF_SIGPENDING, (unsigned long *)&ti->flags));
+}
+static inline void clear_restore_sigmask(void)
+{
+	current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
+}
+static inline bool test_restore_sigmask(void)
+{
+	return current_thread_info()->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
+}
+static inline bool test_and_clear_restore_sigmask(void)
+{
+	struct thread_info *ti = current_thread_info();
+	if (!(ti->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
+		return false;
+	ti->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
+	return true;
 }
 
 static inline bool is_ia32_task(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
index 01ccf9b..623f288 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
@@ -316,7 +316,6 @@
 	preempt_stop(CLBR_ANY)
 ret_from_intr:
 	GET_THREAD_INFO(%ebp)
-resume_userspace_sig:
 #ifdef CONFIG_VM86
 	movl PT_EFLAGS(%esp), %eax	# mix EFLAGS and CS
 	movb PT_CS(%esp), %al
@@ -615,9 +614,13 @@
 					# vm86-space
 	TRACE_IRQS_ON
 	ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
+	movb PT_CS(%esp), %bl
+	andb $SEGMENT_RPL_MASK, %bl
+	cmpb $USER_RPL, %bl
+	jb resume_kernel
 	xorl %edx, %edx
 	call do_notify_resume
-	jmp resume_userspace_sig
+	jmp resume_userspace
 
 	ALIGN
 work_notifysig_v86:
@@ -630,9 +633,13 @@
 #endif
 	TRACE_IRQS_ON
 	ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
+	movb PT_CS(%esp), %bl
+	andb $SEGMENT_RPL_MASK, %bl
+	cmpb $USER_RPL, %bl
+	jb resume_kernel
 	xorl %edx, %edx
 	call do_notify_resume
-	jmp resume_userspace_sig
+	jmp resume_userspace
 END(work_pending)
 
 	# perform syscall exit tracing
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
index 2e937a5..21af737 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
@@ -555,7 +555,6 @@
 				    sizeof(frame->extramask))))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->sc, &ax))
@@ -581,7 +580,6 @@
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &ax))
@@ -647,42 +645,28 @@
 		struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	int usig = signr_convert(sig);
-	sigset_t *set = &current->blocked;
-	int ret;
-
-	if (current_thread_info()->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK)
-		set = &current->saved_sigmask;
+	sigset_t *set = sigmask_to_save();
 
 	/* Set up the stack frame */
 	if (is_ia32) {
 		if (ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_SIGINFO)
-			ret = ia32_setup_rt_frame(usig, ka, info, set, regs);
+			return ia32_setup_rt_frame(usig, ka, info, set, regs);
 		else
-			ret = ia32_setup_frame(usig, ka, set, regs);
+			return ia32_setup_frame(usig, ka, set, regs);
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI
 	} else if (is_x32) {
-		ret = x32_setup_rt_frame(usig, ka, info,
+		return x32_setup_rt_frame(usig, ka, info,
 					 (compat_sigset_t *)set, regs);
 #endif
 	} else {
-		ret = __setup_rt_frame(sig, ka, info, set, regs);
+		return __setup_rt_frame(sig, ka, info, set, regs);
 	}
-
-	if (ret) {
-		force_sigsegv(sig, current);
-		return -EFAULT;
-	}
-
-	current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
-	return ret;
 }
 
-static int
+static void
 handle_signal(unsigned long sig, siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *ka,
 		struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	int ret;
-
 	/* Are we from a system call? */
 	if (syscall_get_nr(current, regs) >= 0) {
 		/* If so, check system call restarting.. */
@@ -713,10 +697,10 @@
 	    likely(test_and_clear_thread_flag(TIF_FORCED_TF)))
 		regs->flags &= ~X86_EFLAGS_TF;
 
-	ret = setup_rt_frame(sig, ka, info, regs);
-
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+	if (setup_rt_frame(sig, ka, info, regs) < 0) {
+		force_sigsegv(sig, current);
+		return;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Clear the direction flag as per the ABI for function entry.
@@ -731,12 +715,8 @@
 	 */
 	regs->flags &= ~X86_EFLAGS_TF;
 
-	block_sigmask(ka, sig);
-
-	tracehook_signal_handler(sig, info, ka, regs,
-				 test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP));
-
-	return 0;
+	signal_delivered(sig, info, ka, regs,
+			 test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP));
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
@@ -757,16 +737,6 @@
 	siginfo_t info;
 	int signr;
 
-	/*
-	 * We want the common case to go fast, which is why we may in certain
-	 * cases get here from kernel mode. Just return without doing anything
-	 * if so.
-	 * X86_32: vm86 regs switched out by assembly code before reaching
-	 * here, so testing against kernel CS suffices.
-	 */
-	if (!user_mode(regs))
-		return;
-
 	signr = get_signal_to_deliver(&info, &ka, regs, NULL);
 	if (signr > 0) {
 		/* Whee! Actually deliver the signal.  */
@@ -796,10 +766,7 @@
 	 * If there's no signal to deliver, we just put the saved sigmask
 	 * back.
 	 */
-	if (current_thread_info()->status & TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK) {
-		current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_RESTORE_SIGMASK;
-		set_current_blocked(&current->saved_sigmask);
-	}
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -934,7 +901,6 @@
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, &frame->uc.uc_mcontext, &ax))
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/signal.c b/arch/x86/um/signal.c
index bb0fb03..a508cea1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/um/signal.c
@@ -486,7 +486,6 @@
 	    copy_from_user(&set.sig[1], extramask, sig_size))
 		goto segfault;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (copy_sc_from_user(&current->thread.regs, sc))
@@ -600,7 +599,6 @@
 	if (copy_from_user(&set, &uc->uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto segfault;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (copy_sc_from_user(&current->thread.regs, &uc->uc_mcontext))
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/signal.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/signal.c
index ea7e177..b9f8e58 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/signal.c
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 
 #define DEBUG_SIG  0
 
-#define _BLOCKABLE (~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)))
-
 extern struct task_struct *coproc_owners[];
 
 struct rt_sigframe
@@ -261,7 +259,6 @@
 	if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set)))
 		goto badframe;
 
-	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, frame))
@@ -452,15 +449,6 @@
 	siginfo_t info;
 	int signr;
 	struct k_sigaction ka;
-	sigset_t oldset;
-
-	if (try_to_freeze())
-		goto no_signal;
-
-	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-		oldset = &current->saved_sigmask;
-	else
-		oldset = &current->blocked;
 
 	task_pt_regs(current)->icountlevel = 0;
 
@@ -501,19 +489,17 @@
 
 		/* Whee!  Actually deliver the signal.  */
 		/* Set up the stack frame */
-		ret = setup_frame(signr, &ka, &info, oldset, regs);
+		ret = setup_frame(signr, &ka, &info, sigmask_to_save(), regs);
 		if (ret)
 			return;
 
-		clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-		block_sigmask(&ka, signr);
+		signal_delivered(signr, info, ka, regs, 0);
 		if (current->ptrace & PT_SINGLESTEP)
 			task_pt_regs(current)->icountlevel = 1;
 
 		return;
 	}
 
-no_signal:
 	/* Did we come from a system call? */
 	if ((signed) regs->syscall >= 0) {
 		/* Restart the system call - no handlers present */
@@ -532,8 +518,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* If there's no signal to deliver, we just restore the saved mask.  */
-	if (test_and_clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK))
-		set_current_blocked(&current->saved_sigmask);
+	restore_saved_sigmask();
 
 	if (current->ptrace & PT_SINGLESTEP)
 		task_pt_regs(current)->icountlevel = 1;
diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index 3004d2b..6161255 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -1542,7 +1542,6 @@
 				 compat_ptr(a.exp), compat_ptr(a.tvp));
 }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SET_RESTORE_SIGMASK
 static long do_compat_pselect(int n, compat_ulong_t __user *inp,
 	compat_ulong_t __user *outp, compat_ulong_t __user *exp,
 	struct compat_timespec __user *tsp, compat_sigset_t __user *sigmask,
@@ -1665,11 +1664,9 @@
 
 	return ret;
 }
-#endif /* HAVE_SET_RESTORE_SIGMASK */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EPOLL
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SET_RESTORE_SIGMASK
 asmlinkage long compat_sys_epoll_pwait(int epfd,
 			struct compat_epoll_event __user *events,
 			int maxevents, int timeout,
@@ -1713,7 +1710,6 @@
 
 	return err;
 }
-#endif /* HAVE_SET_RESTORE_SIGMASK */
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_EPOLL */
 
diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 079d1be..74598f6 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -1853,8 +1853,6 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SET_RESTORE_SIGMASK
-
 /*
  * Implement the event wait interface for the eventpoll file. It is the kernel
  * part of the user space epoll_pwait(2).
@@ -1899,8 +1897,6 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
-#endif /* HAVE_SET_RESTORE_SIGMASK */
-
 static int __init eventpoll_init(void)
 {
 	struct sysinfo si;
diff --git a/fs/select.c b/fs/select.c
index 17d33d0..bae3215 100644
--- a/fs/select.c
+++ b/fs/select.c
@@ -614,7 +614,6 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SET_RESTORE_SIGMASK
 static long do_pselect(int n, fd_set __user *inp, fd_set __user *outp,
 		       fd_set __user *exp, struct timespec __user *tsp,
 		       const sigset_t __user *sigmask, size_t sigsetsize)
@@ -686,7 +685,6 @@
 
 	return do_pselect(n, inp, outp, exp, tsp, up, sigsetsize);
 }
-#endif /* HAVE_SET_RESTORE_SIGMASK */
 
 #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_OLD_SELECT
 struct sel_arg_struct {
@@ -941,7 +939,6 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SET_RESTORE_SIGMASK
 SYSCALL_DEFINE5(ppoll, struct pollfd __user *, ufds, unsigned int, nfds,
 		struct timespec __user *, tsp, const sigset_t __user *, sigmask,
 		size_t, sigsetsize)
@@ -992,4 +989,3 @@
 
 	return ret;
 }
-#endif /* HAVE_SET_RESTORE_SIGMASK */
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 660c8ae..f34437e 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2207,6 +2207,20 @@
 extern int do_sigaction(int, struct k_sigaction *, struct k_sigaction *);
 extern int do_sigaltstack(const stack_t __user *, stack_t __user *, unsigned long);
 
+static inline void restore_saved_sigmask(void)
+{
+	if (test_and_clear_restore_sigmask())
+		__set_current_blocked(&current->saved_sigmask);
+}
+
+static inline sigset_t *sigmask_to_save(void)
+{
+	sigset_t *res = &current->blocked;
+	if (unlikely(test_restore_sigmask()))
+		res = &current->saved_sigmask;
+	return res;
+}
+
 static inline int kill_cad_pid(int sig, int priv)
 {
 	return kill_pid(cad_pid, sig, priv);
diff --git a/include/linux/signal.h b/include/linux/signal.h
index 17046cc..26b424a 100644
--- a/include/linux/signal.h
+++ b/include/linux/signal.h
@@ -250,12 +250,13 @@
 extern int do_sigtimedwait(const sigset_t *, siginfo_t *,
 				const struct timespec *);
 extern int sigprocmask(int, sigset_t *, sigset_t *);
-extern void set_current_blocked(const sigset_t *);
+extern void set_current_blocked(sigset_t *);
+extern void __set_current_blocked(const sigset_t *);
 extern int show_unhandled_signals;
 extern int sigsuspend(sigset_t *);
 
 extern int get_signal_to_deliver(siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *return_ka, struct pt_regs *regs, void *cookie);
-extern void block_sigmask(struct k_sigaction *ka, int signr);
+extern void signal_delivered(int sig, siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *ka, struct pt_regs *regs, int stepping);
 extern void exit_signals(struct task_struct *tsk);
 
 extern struct kmem_cache *sighand_cachep;
diff --git a/include/linux/thread_info.h b/include/linux/thread_info.h
index db78775..ccc1899 100644
--- a/include/linux/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/linux/thread_info.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #define _LINUX_THREAD_INFO_H
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/bug.h>
 
 struct timespec;
 struct compat_timespec;
@@ -125,10 +126,26 @@
 static inline void set_restore_sigmask(void)
 {
 	set_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
-	set_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING);
+	WARN_ON(!test_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING));
+}
+static inline void clear_restore_sigmask(void)
+{
+	clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
+}
+static inline bool test_restore_sigmask(void)
+{
+	return test_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
+}
+static inline bool test_and_clear_restore_sigmask(void)
+{
+	return test_and_clear_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
 }
 #endif	/* TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK && !HAVE_SET_RESTORE_SIGMASK */
 
+#ifndef HAVE_SET_RESTORE_SIGMASK
+#error "no set_restore_sigmask() provided and default one won't work"
+#endif
+
 #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_THREAD_INFO_H */
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 08dfbd7..6771027 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -2368,24 +2368,34 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * block_sigmask - add @ka's signal mask to current->blocked
- * @ka: action for @signr
- * @signr: signal that has been successfully delivered
+ * signal_delivered - 
+ * @sig:		number of signal being delivered
+ * @info:		siginfo_t of signal being delivered
+ * @ka:			sigaction setting that chose the handler
+ * @regs:		user register state
+ * @stepping:		nonzero if debugger single-step or block-step in use
  *
  * This function should be called when a signal has succesfully been
- * delivered. It adds the mask of signals for @ka to current->blocked
- * so that they are blocked during the execution of the signal
- * handler. In addition, @signr will be blocked unless %SA_NODEFER is
- * set in @ka->sa.sa_flags.
+ * delivered. It updates the blocked signals accordingly (@ka->sa.sa_mask
+ * is always blocked, and the signal itself is blocked unless %SA_NODEFER
+ * is set in @ka->sa.sa_flags.  Tracing is notified.
  */
-void block_sigmask(struct k_sigaction *ka, int signr)
+void signal_delivered(int sig, siginfo_t *info, struct k_sigaction *ka,
+			struct pt_regs *regs, int stepping)
 {
 	sigset_t blocked;
 
+	/* A signal was successfully delivered, and the
+	   saved sigmask was stored on the signal frame,
+	   and will be restored by sigreturn.  So we can
+	   simply clear the restore sigmask flag.  */
+	clear_restore_sigmask();
+
 	sigorsets(&blocked, &current->blocked, &ka->sa.sa_mask);
 	if (!(ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_NODEFER))
-		sigaddset(&blocked, signr);
+		sigaddset(&blocked, sig);
 	set_current_blocked(&blocked);
+	tracehook_signal_handler(sig, info, ka, regs, stepping);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2518,7 +2528,16 @@
  * It is wrong to change ->blocked directly, this helper should be used
  * to ensure the process can't miss a shared signal we are going to block.
  */
-void set_current_blocked(const sigset_t *newset)
+void set_current_blocked(sigset_t *newset)
+{
+	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
+	sigdelsetmask(newset, sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP));
+	spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
+	__set_task_blocked(tsk, newset);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
+}
+
+void __set_current_blocked(const sigset_t *newset)
 {
 	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
 
@@ -2558,7 +2577,7 @@
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	set_current_blocked(&newset);
+	__set_current_blocked(&newset);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3132,7 +3151,7 @@
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 
-		set_current_blocked(&new_blocked);
+		__set_current_blocked(&new_blocked);
 	}
 
 	if (oset) {
@@ -3196,7 +3215,6 @@
 	int old = current->blocked.sig[0];
 	sigset_t newset;
 
-	siginitset(&newset, newmask & ~(sigmask(SIGKILL) | sigmask(SIGSTOP)));
 	set_current_blocked(&newset);
 
 	return old;
@@ -3235,11 +3253,8 @@
 
 #endif
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SET_RESTORE_SIGMASK
 int sigsuspend(sigset_t *set)
 {
-	sigdelsetmask(set, sigmask(SIGKILL)|sigmask(SIGSTOP));
-
 	current->saved_sigmask = current->blocked;
 	set_current_blocked(set);
 
@@ -3248,7 +3263,6 @@
 	set_restore_sigmask();
 	return -ERESTARTNOHAND;
 }
-#endif
 
 #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
 /**