Index: src/benchmark/interrupt_linux.c
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--- src/benchmark/interrupt_linux.c	(revision 3373f87ed7d9f8d026121d6d4971811f49625a85)
+++ src/benchmark/interrupt_linux.c	(revision 3373f87ed7d9f8d026121d6d4971811f49625a85)
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+
+#define __CFA_SIGCXT__ ucontext_t *
+#define __CFA_SIGPARMS__ __attribute__((unused)) int sig, __attribute__((unused)) siginfo_t *sfp, __attribute__((unused)) __CFA_SIGCXT__ cxt
+
+void sigHandler( __CFA_SIGPARMS__ ) {
+	sigset_t mask;
+	sigemptyset( &mask );
+	sigaddset( &mask, SIGUSR1 );
+
+	if ( sigprocmask( SIG_UNBLOCK, &mask, NULL ) == -1 ) {
+		abort();
+	} // if
+}
+
+int main() {
+
+	struct sigaction act;
+
+	act.sa_sigaction = (void (*)(int, siginfo_t *, void *))sigHandler;
+	sigemptyset( &act.sa_mask );
+	sigaddset( &act.sa_mask, SIGUSR1 );
+
+	act.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
+
+	if ( sigaction( SIGUSR1, &act, NULL ) == -1 ) {
+		abort();
+	} // if
+
+	for( int i = 0; i < 50000000ul; i++ ) {
+		pthread_kill( pthread_self(), SIGUSR1 );
+	}
+}