--- linux-2.2.17/include/linux/sched.h.orig	Thu Sep 21 08:05:01 2000
+++ linux/include/linux/sched.h	Fri Sep 22 14:39:40 2000
@@ -504,6 +504,8 @@
 extern void flush_signal_handlers(struct task_struct *);
 extern int dequeue_signal(sigset_t *block, siginfo_t *);
 extern int send_sig_info(int, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *);
+extern int send_sig_info_nocheck(int, struct siginfo *info,
+				 struct task_struct *);
 extern int force_sig_info(int, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *);
 extern int kill_pg_info(int, struct siginfo *info, pid_t);
 extern int kill_sl_info(int, struct siginfo *info, pid_t);
--- linux-2.2.17/fs/fcntl.c.orig	Thu Sep 21 08:02:32 2000
+++ linux/fs/fcntl.c	Fri Sep 22 14:40:04 2000
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
 			si.si_pid   = pid;
 			si.si_uid   = uid;
 			si.si_fd    = fa->fa_fd;
-			if (!send_sig_info(fown->signum, &si, p))
+			if (!send_sig_info_nocheck(fown->signum, &si, p))
 				break;
 		/* fall-through: fall back on the old plain SIGIO signal */
 		case 0:
--- linux-2.2.17/kernel/signal.c.orig	Thu Sep 21 08:04:07 2000
+++ linux/kernel/signal.c	Fri Sep 22 14:38:45 2000
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
 }
 
 int
-send_sig_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *t)
+send_sig_info_nocheck(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *t)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret;
@@ -259,18 +259,6 @@
 printk("SIG queue (%s:%d): %d ", t->comm, t->pid, sig);
 #endif
 
-	ret = -EINVAL;
-	if (sig < 0 || sig > _NSIG)
-		goto out_nolock;
-	/* The somewhat baroque permissions check... */
-	ret = -EPERM;
-	if ((!info || ((unsigned long)info != 1 && SI_FROMUSER(info)))
-	    && ((sig != SIGCONT) || (current->session != t->session))
-	    && (current->euid ^ t->suid) && (current->euid ^ t->uid)
-	    && (current->uid ^ t->suid) && (current->uid ^ t->uid)
-	    && !capable(CAP_KILL))
-		goto out_nolock;
-
 	/* The null signal is a permissions and process existance probe.
 	   No signal is actually delivered.  Same goes for zombies.
 	   We have to grab the spinlock now so that we do not race
@@ -405,6 +393,30 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int
+send_sig_info(int sig, struct siginfo *info, struct task_struct *t)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = -EINVAL;
+	if (sig < 0 || sig > _NSIG)
+		goto out;
+	/* The somewhat baroque permissions check... */
+	ret = -EPERM;
+	if ((!info || ((unsigned long)info != 1 && SI_FROMUSER(info)))
+	    && ((sig != SIGCONT) || (current->session != t->session))
+	    && (current->euid ^ t->suid) && (current->euid ^ t->uid)
+	    && (current->uid ^ t->suid) && (current->uid ^ t->uid)
+	    && !capable(CAP_KILL))
+		goto out;
+
+	return send_sig_info_nocheck(sig, info, t);
+
+out:
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * Force a signal that the process can't ignore: if necessary
  * we unblock the signal and change any SIG_IGN to SIG_DFL.
@@ -634,6 +646,7 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(recalc_sigpending);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(send_sig);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(send_sig_info);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(send_sig_info_nocheck);
 
 
 /*