Index: qemu-kvm/vl.c
===================================================================
--- qemu-kvm.orig/vl.c
+++ qemu-kvm/vl.c
@@ -271,6 +271,12 @@ uint8_t qemu_uuid[16];
 static QEMUBootSetHandler *boot_set_handler;
 static void *boot_set_opaque;
 
+#ifdef SIGRTMIN
+#define SIG_IPI (SIGRTMIN+4)
+#else
+#define SIG_IPI SIGUSR1
+#endif
+
 static int default_serial = 1;
 static int default_parallel = 1;
 static int default_virtcon = 1;
@@ -3379,7 +3385,8 @@ static QemuCond qemu_cpu_cond;
 static QemuCond qemu_system_cond;
 static QemuCond qemu_pause_cond;
 
-static void block_io_signals(void);
+static void tcg_block_io_signals(void);
+static void kvm_block_io_signals(CPUState *env);
 static void unblock_io_signals(void);
 static int tcg_has_work(void);
 static int cpu_has_work(CPUState *env);
@@ -3431,11 +3438,36 @@ static void qemu_wait_io_event(CPUState 
     qemu_wait_io_event_common(env);
 }
 
+static void qemu_kvm_eat_signal(CPUState *env, int timeout)
+{
+    struct timespec ts;
+    int r, e;
+    siginfo_t siginfo;
+    sigset_t waitset;
+
+    ts.tv_sec = timeout / 1000;
+    ts.tv_nsec = (timeout % 1000) * 1000000;
+
+    sigemptyset(&waitset);
+    sigaddset(&waitset, SIG_IPI);
+
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&qemu_global_mutex);
+    r = sigtimedwait(&waitset, &siginfo, &ts);
+    e = errno;
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&qemu_global_mutex);
+
+    if (r == -1 && !(e == EAGAIN || e == EINTR)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "sigtimedwait: %s\n", strerror(e));
+        exit(1);
+    }
+}
+
 static void qemu_kvm_wait_io_event(CPUState *env)
 {
     while (!cpu_has_work(env))
         qemu_cond_timedwait(env->halt_cond, &qemu_global_mutex, 1000);
 
+    qemu_kvm_eat_signal(env, 0);
     qemu_wait_io_event_common(env);
 }
 
@@ -3445,11 +3477,12 @@ static void *kvm_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg
 {
     CPUState *env = arg;
 
-    block_io_signals();
     qemu_thread_self(env->thread);
     if (kvm_enabled())
         kvm_init_vcpu(env);
 
+    kvm_block_io_signals(env);
+
     /* signal CPU creation */
     qemu_mutex_lock(&qemu_global_mutex);
     env->created = 1;
@@ -3474,7 +3507,7 @@ static void *tcg_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg
 {
     CPUState *env = arg;
 
-    block_io_signals();
+    tcg_block_io_signals();
     qemu_thread_self(env->thread);
 
     /* signal CPU creation */
@@ -3500,7 +3533,7 @@ void qemu_cpu_kick(void *_env)
     CPUState *env = _env;
     qemu_cond_broadcast(env->halt_cond);
     if (kvm_enabled())
-        qemu_thread_signal(env->thread, SIGUSR1);
+        qemu_thread_signal(env->thread, SIG_IPI);
 }
 
 int qemu_cpu_self(void *_env)
@@ -3519,7 +3552,7 @@ static void cpu_signal(int sig)
         cpu_exit(cpu_single_env);
 }
 
-static void block_io_signals(void)
+static void tcg_block_io_signals(void)
 {
     sigset_t set;
     struct sigaction sigact;
@@ -3532,12 +3565,44 @@ static void block_io_signals(void)
     pthread_sigmask(SIG_BLOCK, &set, NULL);
 
     sigemptyset(&set);
-    sigaddset(&set, SIGUSR1);
+    sigaddset(&set, SIG_IPI);
     pthread_sigmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &set, NULL);
 
     memset(&sigact, 0, sizeof(sigact));
     sigact.sa_handler = cpu_signal;
-    sigaction(SIGUSR1, &sigact, NULL);
+    sigaction(SIG_IPI, &sigact, NULL);
+}
+
+static void dummy_signal(int sig)
+{
+}
+
+static void kvm_block_io_signals(CPUState *env)
+{
+    int r;
+    sigset_t set;
+    struct sigaction sigact;
+
+    sigemptyset(&set);
+    sigaddset(&set, SIGUSR2);
+    sigaddset(&set, SIGIO);
+    sigaddset(&set, SIGALRM);
+    sigaddset(&set, SIGCHLD);
+    sigaddset(&set, SIG_IPI);
+    pthread_sigmask(SIG_BLOCK, &set, NULL);
+
+    pthread_sigmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, &set);
+    sigdelset(&set, SIG_IPI);
+
+    memset(&sigact, 0, sizeof(sigact));
+    sigact.sa_handler = dummy_signal;
+    sigaction(SIG_IPI, &sigact, NULL);
+
+    r = kvm_set_signal_mask(env, &set);
+    if (r) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "kvm_set_signal_mask: %s\n", strerror(r));
+        exit(1);
+    }
 }
 
 static void unblock_io_signals(void)
@@ -3551,7 +3616,7 @@ static void unblock_io_signals(void)
     pthread_sigmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &set, NULL);
 
     sigemptyset(&set);
-    sigaddset(&set, SIGUSR1);
+    sigaddset(&set, SIG_IPI);
     pthread_sigmask(SIG_BLOCK, &set, NULL);
 }
 
@@ -3560,7 +3625,7 @@ static void qemu_signal_lock(unsigned in
     qemu_mutex_lock(&qemu_fair_mutex);
 
     while (qemu_mutex_trylock(&qemu_global_mutex)) {
-        qemu_thread_signal(tcg_cpu_thread, SIGUSR1);
+        qemu_thread_signal(tcg_cpu_thread, SIG_IPI);
         if (!qemu_mutex_timedlock(&qemu_global_mutex, msecs))
             break;
     }
@@ -3601,7 +3666,7 @@ static void pause_all_vcpus(void)
 
     while (penv) {
         penv->stop = 1;
-        qemu_thread_signal(penv->thread, SIGUSR1);
+        qemu_thread_signal(penv->thread, SIG_IPI);
         qemu_cpu_kick(penv);
         penv = (CPUState *)penv->next_cpu;
     }
@@ -3610,7 +3675,7 @@ static void pause_all_vcpus(void)
         qemu_cond_timedwait(&qemu_pause_cond, &qemu_global_mutex, 100);
         penv = first_cpu;
         while (penv) {
-            qemu_thread_signal(penv->thread, SIGUSR1);
+            qemu_thread_signal(penv->thread, SIG_IPI);
             penv = (CPUState *)penv->next_cpu;
         }
     }
@@ -3623,7 +3688,7 @@ static void resume_all_vcpus(void)
     while (penv) {
         penv->stop = 0;
         penv->stopped = 0;
-        qemu_thread_signal(penv->thread, SIGUSR1);
+        qemu_thread_signal(penv->thread, SIG_IPI);
         qemu_cpu_kick(penv);
         penv = (CPUState *)penv->next_cpu;
     }
Index: qemu-kvm/kvm-all.c
===================================================================
--- qemu-kvm.orig/kvm-all.c
+++ qemu-kvm/kvm-all.c
@@ -771,6 +771,7 @@ int kvm_cpu_exec(CPUState *env)
         kvm_arch_post_run(env, run);
 
         if (ret == -EINTR || ret == -EAGAIN) {
+            cpu_exit(env);
             dprintf("io window exit\n");
             ret = 0;
             break;
@@ -1116,3 +1117,21 @@ void kvm_remove_all_breakpoints(CPUState
 {
 }
 #endif /* !KVM_CAP_SET_GUEST_DEBUG */
+
+int kvm_set_signal_mask(CPUState *env, const sigset_t *sigset)
+{
+    struct kvm_signal_mask *sigmask;
+    int r;
+
+    if (!sigset)
+        return kvm_vcpu_ioctl(env, KVM_SET_SIGNAL_MASK, NULL);
+
+    sigmask = qemu_malloc(sizeof(*sigmask) + sizeof(*sigset));
+
+    sigmask->len = 8;
+    memcpy(sigmask->sigset, sigset, sizeof(*sigset));
+    r = kvm_vcpu_ioctl(env, KVM_SET_SIGNAL_MASK, sigmask);
+    free(sigmask);
+
+    return r;
+}
Index: qemu-kvm/kvm.h
===================================================================
--- qemu-kvm.orig/kvm.h
+++ qemu-kvm/kvm.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ int kvm_remove_breakpoint(CPUState *curr
                           target_ulong len, int type);
 void kvm_remove_all_breakpoints(CPUState *current_env);
 int kvm_update_guest_debug(CPUState *env, unsigned long reinject_trap);
+int kvm_set_signal_mask(CPUState *env, const sigset_t *sigset);
 
 int kvm_pit_in_kernel(void);
 int kvm_irqchip_in_kernel(void);
