--- a/xinetd/signals.c	2009-05-07 05:56:52.000000000 -0400

+++ b/xinetd/signals.c.new	2009-05-07 05:56:44.000000000 -0400

@@ -389,9 +390,11 @@

          break ;

       default:

-         msg( LOG_NOTICE, func, "Unexpected signal %s", sig_name( sig ) ) ;

-         if ( debug.on && sig == SIGINT )

-            exit( 1 ) ;

+         /* Let my_handler() queue this signal for later logging.

+            Calling msg() and thus syslog() directly here can hang up

+            the process, trying to acquire an already acquired lock,

+            because another syslog() could have been the interrupted code. */

+         my_handler(sig);

    }

 }

@@ -495,6 +497,9 @@

          default:

             msg(LOG_ERR, func, "unexpected signal: %s in signal pipe", 

                sig_name(sig));

+

+            if ( debug.on && sig == SIGINT )

+               exit( 1 ) ;

       }

    }

 }