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diff --git a/signal.c b/signal.c
index 4e876cfe..d9a6aa37 100644
--- a/signal.c
+++ b/signal.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static int signal_pipe[2];
  * signal arrives, the signal handler writes the number of the signal received
  * to one end of the signal pipe. The application can test for pending signals
  * by checking if the file descriptor of the other end of the signal pipe is
- * ready for reading, see select(2).
+ * ready for reading.
  *
  * \return This function either succeeds or calls exit(3) to terminate the
  * current process. On success, a signal task structure is returned.
@@ -72,10 +72,13 @@ static void generic_signal_handler(int s)
 		errno = save_errno;
 		return;
 	}
-	if (ret < 0)
-		PARA_EMERG_LOG("%s\n", strerror(errno));
-	else
-		PARA_EMERG_LOG("short write to signal pipe\n");
+	/*
+	 * This is a fatal error which should never happen. We must not call
+	 * PARA_XXX_LOG() here because this might acquire the log mutex which
+	 * is already taken by the main program if the interrupt occurs while a
+	 * log message is being printed. The mutex will not be released as long
+	 * as this signal handler is running, so a deadlock ensues.
+	 */
 	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
 
@@ -202,16 +205,14 @@ void para_unblock_signal(int sig)
 /**
  * Return the number of the next pending signal.
  *
- * \param rfds The fd_set containing the signal pipe.
- *
  * \return On success, the number of the received signal is returned. If there
  * is no signal currently pending, the function returns zero. On read errors
  * from the signal pipe, the process is terminated.
  */
-int para_next_signal(fd_set *rfds)
+int para_next_signal(void)
 {
 	size_t n;
-	int s, ret = read_nonblock(signal_pipe[0], &s, sizeof(s), rfds, &n);
+	int s, ret = read_nonblock(signal_pipe[0], &s, sizeof(s), &n);
 
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		PARA_EMERG_LOG("%s\n", para_strerror(-ret));