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diff --git a/signal.c b/signal.c
index 4726571c..b2317c9b 100644
--- a/signal.c
+++ b/signal.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2004-2011 Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2004-2012 Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>
  *
  * Licensed under the GPL v2. For licencing details see COPYING.
  */
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include <dirent.h>
 
 #include "para.h"
 #include "error.h"
@@ -23,15 +22,15 @@ static int signal_pipe[2];
  * during the application's startup part, followed by subsequent calls
  * to para_install_sighandler() for each signal that should be caught.
  *
- * para_signal_init() installs a generic signal handler which is used for all
- * signals simultaneously. When a signal arrives, this generic signal handler
- * writes the corresponding signal number to the signal pipe so that the
- * application can test for pending signals simply by checking the signal pipe
- * for reading, e.g. by using the select(2) system call.
+ * A generic signal handler is used for all signals simultaneously. When a
+ * 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).
  *
- * \return This function either succeeds or calls exit(2) to terminate
- * the current process. On success, the file descriptor of the signal pipe is
- * returned.
+ * \return This function either succeeds or calls exit(2) to terminate the
+ * current process. On success, the file descriptor of the read end of the
+ * signal pipe is returned.
  */
 int para_signal_init(void)
 {
@@ -148,10 +147,50 @@ void para_install_sighandler(int sig)
 	para_sigaction(sig, &generic_signal_handler);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Block a signal for the caller.
+ *
+ * \param sig The signal to block.
+ *
+ * This sets the given signal in the current signal mask of the calling process
+ * to prevent this signal from delivery.
+ *
+ * \sa \ref para_unblock_signal(), sigprocmask(2), sigaddset(3).
+ */
+void para_block_signal(int sig)
+{
+	sigset_t set;
+
+	PARA_DEBUG_LOG("blocking signal %d\n", sig);
+	sigemptyset(&set);
+	sigaddset(&set, sig);
+	sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &set, NULL);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Unblock a signal.
+ *
+ * \param sig The signal to unblock.
+ *
+ * This function removes the given signal from the current set of blocked
+ * signals.
+ *
+ * \sa \ref para_block_signal(), sigprocmask(2), sigaddset(3).
+ */
+void para_unblock_signal(int sig)
+{
+	sigset_t set;
+
+	PARA_DEBUG_LOG("unblocking signal %d\n", sig);
+	sigemptyset(&set);
+	sigaddset(&set, sig);
+	sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &set, NULL);
+}
+
 /**
  * Return the number of the next pending signal.
  *
- * \param rfds Th fd_set containing the signal pipe.
+ * \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