--- /dev/null
+diff -rup Python-2.5.1-orig/Modules/signalmodule.c Python-2.5.1/Modules/signalmodule.c
+--- Python-2.5.1-orig/Modules/signalmodule.c 2006-01-19 01:09:39.000000000 -0500
++++ Python-2.5.1/Modules/signalmodule.c 2008-01-07 12:32:00.000000000 -0500
+@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
+
+ #include <signal.h>
+
++#include <sys/stat.h>
++
+ #ifndef SIG_ERR
+ #define SIG_ERR ((PyOS_sighandler_t)(-1))
+ #endif
+@@ -75,6 +77,8 @@ static struct {
+ PyObject *func;
+ } Handlers[NSIG];
+
++static int wakeup_fd = -1;
++
+ static int is_tripped = 0; /* Speed up sigcheck() when none tripped */
+
+ static PyObject *DefaultHandler;
+@@ -112,6 +116,7 @@ checksignals_witharg(void * unused)
+ static void
+ signal_handler(int sig_num)
+ {
++ const char dummy_byte = '\0';
+ #ifdef WITH_THREAD
+ #ifdef WITH_PTH
+ if (PyThread_get_thread_ident() != main_thread) {
+@@ -125,6 +130,8 @@ signal_handler(int sig_num)
+ is_tripped++;
+ Handlers[sig_num].tripped = 1;
+ Py_AddPendingCall(checksignals_witharg, NULL);
++ if (wakeup_fd != -1)
++ write(wakeup_fd, &dummy_byte, 1);
+ #ifdef WITH_THREAD
+ }
+ #endif
+@@ -264,6 +271,39 @@ None -- if an unknown handler is in effe
+ anything else -- the callable Python object used as a handler");
+
+
++static PyObject *
++signal_set_wakeup_fd(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
++{
++ struct stat buf;
++ int fd, old_fd;
++ if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i:set_wakeup_fd", &fd))
++ return NULL;
++#ifdef WITH_THREAD
++ if (PyThread_get_thread_ident() != main_thread) {
++ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
++ "set_wakeup_fd only works in main thread");
++ return NULL;
++ }
++#endif
++ if (fd != -1 && fstat(fd, &buf) != 0) {
++ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "invalid fd");
++ return NULL;
++ }
++ old_fd = wakeup_fd;
++ wakeup_fd = fd;
++ return PyLong_FromLong(old_fd);
++}
++
++PyDoc_STRVAR(set_wakeup_fd_doc,
++"set_wakeup_fd(fd) -> fd\n\
++\n\
++Sets the fd to be written to (with '\\0') when a signal\n\
++comes in. A library can use this to wakeup select or poll.\n\
++The previous fd is returned.\n\
++\n\
++The fd must be non-blocking.");
++
++
+ /* List of functions defined in the module */
+ static PyMethodDef signal_methods[] = {
+ #ifdef HAVE_ALARM
+@@ -271,6 +311,7 @@ static PyMethodDef signal_methods[] = {
+ #endif
+ {"signal", signal_signal, METH_VARARGS, signal_doc},
+ {"getsignal", signal_getsignal, METH_VARARGS, getsignal_doc},
++ {"set_wakeup_fd", signal_set_wakeup_fd, METH_VARARGS, set_wakeup_fd_doc},
+ #ifdef HAVE_PAUSE
+ {"pause", (PyCFunction)signal_pause,
+ METH_NOARGS,pause_doc},