diff --git a/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c b/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
index 84f38d2bd4b9..825d5f506919 100644
--- a/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
+++ b/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
@@ -50,21 +50,47 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct local_event, local_event) = {
 
 static int cn_filter(struct sock *dsk, struct sk_buff *skb, void *data)
 {
+	uintptr_t val;
+	__u32 what, exit_code, *ptr;
 	enum proc_cn_mcast_op mc_op;
 
-	if (!dsk)
+	if (!dsk || !data)
 		return 0;
 
+	ptr = (__u32 *)data;
+	what = *ptr++;
+	exit_code = *ptr;
+	val = ((struct proc_input *)(dsk->sk_user_data))->event_type;
 	mc_op = ((struct proc_input *)(dsk->sk_user_data))->mcast_op;
 
 	if (mc_op == PROC_CN_MCAST_IGNORE)
 		return 1;
 
-	return 0;
+	if ((__u32)val == PROC_EVENT_ALL)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Drop packet if we have to report only non-zero exit status
+	 * (PROC_EVENT_NONZERO_EXIT) and exit status is 0
+	 */
+	if (((__u32)val & PROC_EVENT_NONZERO_EXIT) &&
+	    (what == PROC_EVENT_EXIT)) {
+		if (exit_code)
+			return 0;
+		else
+			return 1;
+	}
+
+	if ((__u32)val & what)
+		return 0;
+
+	return 1;
 }
 
 static inline void send_msg(struct cn_msg *msg)
 {
+	__u32 filter_data[2];
+
 	local_lock(&local_event.lock);
 
 	msg->seq = __this_cpu_inc_return(local_event.count) - 1;
@@ -76,8 +102,16 @@ static inline void send_msg(struct cn_msg *msg)
 	 *
 	 * If cn_netlink_send() fails, the data is not sent.
 	 */
+	filter_data[0] = ((struct proc_event *)msg->data)->what;
+	if (filter_data[0] == PROC_EVENT_EXIT) {
+		filter_data[1] =
+		((struct proc_event *)msg->data)->event_data.exit.exit_code;
+	} else {
+		filter_data[1] = 0;
+	}
+
 	cn_netlink_send_mult(msg, msg->len, 0, CN_IDX_PROC, GFP_NOWAIT,
-			     cn_filter, NULL);
+			     cn_filter, (void *)filter_data);
 
 	local_unlock(&local_event.lock);
 }
@@ -357,12 +391,15 @@ static void cn_proc_ack(int err, int rcvd_seq, int rcvd_ack)
 
 /**
  * cn_proc_mcast_ctl
- * @data: message sent from userspace via the connector
+ * @msg: message sent from userspace via the connector
+ * @nsp: NETLINK_CB of the client's socket buffer
  */
 static void cn_proc_mcast_ctl(struct cn_msg *msg,
 			      struct netlink_skb_parms *nsp)
 {
 	enum proc_cn_mcast_op mc_op = 0, prev_mc_op = 0;
+	struct proc_input *pinput = NULL;
+	enum proc_cn_event ev_type = 0;
 	int err = 0, initial = 0;
 	struct sock *sk = NULL;
 
@@ -381,10 +418,21 @@ static void cn_proc_mcast_ctl(struct cn_msg *msg,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (msg->len == sizeof(mc_op))
+	if (msg->len == sizeof(*pinput)) {
+		pinput = (struct proc_input *)msg->data;
+		mc_op = pinput->mcast_op;
+		ev_type = pinput->event_type;
+	} else if (msg->len == sizeof(mc_op)) {
 		mc_op = *((enum proc_cn_mcast_op *)msg->data);
-	else
+		ev_type = PROC_EVENT_ALL;
+	} else {
 		return;
+	}
+
+	ev_type = valid_event((enum proc_cn_event)ev_type);
+
+	if (ev_type == PROC_EVENT_NONE)
+		ev_type = PROC_EVENT_ALL;
 
 	if (nsp->sk) {
 		sk = nsp->sk;
@@ -396,6 +444,8 @@ static void cn_proc_mcast_ctl(struct cn_msg *msg,
 			prev_mc_op =
 			((struct proc_input *)(sk->sk_user_data))->mcast_op;
 		}
+		((struct proc_input *)(sk->sk_user_data))->event_type =
+			ev_type;
 		((struct proc_input *)(sk->sk_user_data))->mcast_op = mc_op;
 	}
 
@@ -407,6 +457,8 @@ static void cn_proc_mcast_ctl(struct cn_msg *msg,
 	case PROC_CN_MCAST_IGNORE:
 		if (!initial && (prev_mc_op != PROC_CN_MCAST_IGNORE))
 			atomic_dec(&proc_event_num_listeners);
+		((struct proc_input *)(sk->sk_user_data))->event_type =
+			PROC_EVENT_NONE;
 		break;
 	default:
 		err = EINVAL;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/cn_proc.h b/include/uapi/linux/cn_proc.h
index 6a06fb424313..f2afb7cc4926 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/cn_proc.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/cn_proc.h
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ enum proc_cn_mcast_op {
 	PROC_CN_MCAST_IGNORE = 2
 };
 
+#define PROC_EVENT_ALL (PROC_EVENT_FORK | PROC_EVENT_EXEC | PROC_EVENT_UID |  \
+			PROC_EVENT_GID | PROC_EVENT_SID | PROC_EVENT_PTRACE | \
+			PROC_EVENT_COMM | PROC_EVENT_NONZERO_EXIT |           \
+			PROC_EVENT_COREDUMP | PROC_EVENT_EXIT)
+
+/*
+ * If you add an entry in proc_cn_event, make sure you add it in
+ * PROC_EVENT_ALL above as well.
+ */
 enum proc_cn_event {
 	/* Use successive bits so the enums can be used to record
 	 * sets of events as well
@@ -45,15 +54,25 @@ enum proc_cn_event {
 	/* "next" should be 0x00000400 */
 	/* "last" is the last process event: exit,
 	 * while "next to last" is coredumping event
+	 * before that is report only if process dies
+	 * with non-zero exit status
 	 */
+	PROC_EVENT_NONZERO_EXIT = 0x20000000,
 	PROC_EVENT_COREDUMP = 0x40000000,
 	PROC_EVENT_EXIT = 0x80000000
 };
 
 struct proc_input {
 	enum proc_cn_mcast_op mcast_op;
+	enum proc_cn_event event_type;
 };
 
+static inline enum proc_cn_event valid_event(enum proc_cn_event ev_type)
+{
+	ev_type &= PROC_EVENT_ALL;
+	return ev_type;
+}
+
 /*
  * From the user's point of view, the process
  * ID is the thread group ID and thread ID is the internal
