--- /dev/null
+From 2da958760f798224065508431787e3a83b7fe2ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
+Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 21:59:54 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH-0.9.33] MIPS: set _NSIG to 128, not 129. This matches glibc.
+
+Prompted by lkml discussion of a MIPS bug where sending
+signal 128 was found to be able to crash the machine :/
+
+Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
+---
+ libc/sysdeps/linux/mips/bits/signum.h | 17 +++++++++++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/libc/sysdeps/linux/mips/bits/signum.h b/libc/sysdeps/linux/mips/bits/signum.h
+index cf9b834..e83250e 100644
+--- a/libc/sysdeps/linux/mips/bits/signum.h
++++ b/libc/sysdeps/linux/mips/bits/signum.h
+@@ -53,7 +53,20 @@
+ #define SIGXCPU 30 /* CPU limit exceeded (4.2 BSD). */
+ #define SIGXFSZ 31 /* File size limit exceeded (4.2 BSD). */
+
+-/* Biggest signal number + 1 (including real-time signals). */
+-#define _NSIG 129
++/* MIPS is special by having 128 signals.
++ * All (?) other architectures have at most 64 signals.
++ * Having 128 signals is problematic because signal nos are 1-based
++ * and last signal number is then 128.
++ * This plays havoc with WIFSIGNALED and WCOREDUMP in waitpid status word,
++ * when process dies from signal 128.
++ * Linux kernel 3.9 accepts signal 128, with awful results :/
++ * It is being fixed.
++ *
++ * glibc (accidentally?) papers over this issue by declaring _NSIG to be 128,
++ * not 129 (despite claiming that _NSIG is "biggest signal number + 1"
++ * in the comment above that definition). We follow suit.
++ * Note that this results in __SIGRTMAX == 127. It is intended.
++ */
++#define _NSIG 128
+
+ #endif /* <signal.h> included. */
+--
+1.8.1.2
+
--- /dev/null
+From 4a96b948687166da26a6c327e6c6733ad2336c5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
+Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 21:57:06 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH-0.9.33] bits/waitstatus.h: correctly interpret status 0x007f on
+ MIPS
+
+On other architectures exit status of 0x007f is not possible,
+they don't have signal 127.
+
+Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
+---
+ libc/sysdeps/linux/common/bits/waitstatus.h | 16 ++++++++++++----
+ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/bits/waitstatus.h b/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/bits/waitstatus.h
+index 45d0fd3..33f39a8 100644
+--- a/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/bits/waitstatus.h
++++ b/libc/sysdeps/linux/common/bits/waitstatus.h
+@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
+ /* Everything extant so far uses these same bits. */
+
+
+-/* If WIFEXITED(STATUS), the low-order 8 bits of the status. */
++/* If WIFEXITED(STATUS), the low-order 8 bits of exit(N). */
+ #define __WEXITSTATUS(status) (((status) & 0xff00) >> 8)
+
+ /* If WIFSIGNALED(STATUS), the terminating signal. */
+@@ -36,12 +36,20 @@
+ /* Nonzero if STATUS indicates normal termination. */
+ #define __WIFEXITED(status) (__WTERMSIG(status) == 0)
+
+-/* Nonzero if STATUS indicates termination by a signal. */
+-#define __WIFSIGNALED(status) \
+- (((signed char) (((status) & 0x7f) + 1) >> 1) > 0)
++/* Nonzero if STATUS indicates termination by a signal.
++ * Note that status 0x007f is "died from signal 127", not "stopped by signal 0".
++ * This does happen on MIPS.
++ * The comparison is "< 0xff", not "< 0x7f", because WCOREDUMP bit (0x80)
++ * can be set too.
++ */
++#define __WIFSIGNALED(status) (((unsigned)((status) & 0xffff) - 1U) < 0xffU)
+
+ /* Nonzero if STATUS indicates the child is stopped. */
++#if !defined(__mips__)
+ #define __WIFSTOPPED(status) (((status) & 0xff) == 0x7f)
++#else
++#define __WIFSTOPPED(status) (((status) & 0xff) == 0x7f && ((status) & 0xff00))
++#endif
+
+ /* Nonzero if STATUS indicates the child continued after a stop. We only
+ define this if <bits/waitflags.h> provides the WCONTINUED flag bit. */
+--
+1.8.1.2
+