diff --git a/heartbeat/IPv6addr.c b/heartbeat/IPv6addr.c
index d8562559b..c354c9dde 100644
--- a/heartbeat/IPv6addr.c
+++ b/heartbeat/IPv6addr.c
@@ -1,876 +1,882 @@
 
 /*
  * This program manages IPv6 address with OCF Resource Agent standard.
  *
  * Author: Huang Zhen <zhenh@cn.ibm.com>
  * Copyright (c) 2004 International Business Machines
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
  * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
  * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  * GNU General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
  */
  
 /*
  * It can add an IPv6 address, or remove one.
  *
  * Usage:  IPv6addr {start|stop|status|monitor|meta-data}
  *
  * The "start" arg adds an IPv6 address.
  * The "stop" arg removes one.
  * The "status" arg shows whether the IPv6 address exists
  * The "monitor" arg shows whether the IPv6 address can be pinged (ICMPv6 ECHO)
  * The "meta_data" arg shows the meta data(XML)
  */
  
 /*
  * ipv6-address:
  *
  * currently the following forms are legal:
  *	address
  *	address/prefix
  *
  *     E.g.
  *	3ffe:ffff:0:f101::3
  *	3ffe:ffff:0:f101::3/64
  *
  * It should be passed by environment variant:
  *	OCF_RESKEY_ipv6addr=3ffe:ffff:0:f101::3
  *	OCF_RESKEY_cidr_netmask=64
  *	OCF_RESKEY_nic=eth0
  *
  */
  
 /*
  * start:
  * 	1.IPv6addr will choice a proper interface for the new address.
  *	2.Then assign the new address to the interface.
  *	3.Wait until the new address is available (reply ICMPv6 ECHO packet)
  *	4.Send out the unsolicited advertisements.
  *
  *	return 0(OCF_SUCCESS) for success
  *	return 1(OCF_ERR_GENERIC) for failure
  *	return 2(OCF_ERR_ARGS) for invalid or excess argument(s)
  *
  *
  * stop:
  *	remove the address from the inferface.
  *
  *	return 0(OCF_SUCCESS) for success
  *	return 1(OCF_ERR_GENERIC) for failure
  *	return 2(OCF_ERR_ARGS) for invalid or excess argument(s)
  *
  * status:
  *	return the status of the address. only check whether it exists.
  *
  *	return 0(OCF_SUCCESS) for existing
  *	return 1(OCF_NOT_RUNNING) for not existing
  *	return 2(OCF_ERR_ARGS) for invalid or excess argument(s)
  *
  *
  * monitor:
  *	ping the address by ICMPv6 ECHO request.
  *
  *	return 0(OCF_SUCCESS) for response correctly.
  *	return 1(OCF_NOT_RUNNING) for no response.
  *	return 2(OCF_ERR_ARGS) for invalid or excess argument(s)
  */
 
 #include <config.h>
 #include <IPv6addr.h>
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <netinet/icmp6.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h> /* for inet_pton */
 #include <net/if.h> /* for if_nametoindex */
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <libgen.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <clplumbing/cl_log.h>
 
 
 #define PIDFILE_BASE HA_RSCTMPDIR  "/IPv6addr-"
 
 /*
 0	No error, action succeeded completely
 1 	generic or unspecified error (current practice)
 	The "monitor" operation shall return this for a crashed, hung or
 	otherwise non-functional resource.
 2 	invalid or excess argument(s)
 	Likely error code for validate-all, if the instance parameters
 	do not validate. Any other action is free to also return this
 	exit status code for this case.
 3 	unimplemented feature (for example, "reload")
 4 	user had insufficient privilege
 5 	program is not installed
 6 	program is not configured
 7 	program is not running
 8	resource is running in "master" mode and fully operational
 9	resource is in "master" mode but in a failed state
 */
 #define	OCF_SUCCESS		0
 #define	OCF_ERR_GENERIC		1
 #define	OCF_ERR_ARGS		2
 #define	OCF_ERR_UNIMPLEMENTED	3
 #define	OCF_ERR_PERM		4
 #define	OCF_ERR_INSTALLED	5
 #define	OCF_ERR_CONFIGURED	6
 #define	OCF_NOT_RUNNING		7
 
 const char* APP_NAME		= "IPv6addr";
 
 const char*	START_CMD 	= "start";
 const char*	STOP_CMD  	= "stop";
 const char*	STATUS_CMD 	= "status";
 const char*	MONITOR_CMD 	= "monitor";
 const char*	ADVT_CMD	= "advt";
 const char*	RECOVER_CMD 	= "recover";
 const char*	RELOAD_CMD 	= "reload";
 const char*	META_DATA_CMD 	= "meta-data";
 const char*	VALIDATE_CMD 	= "validate-all";
 
 const int	QUERY_COUNT	= 5;
 
 struct in6_ifreq {
 	struct in6_addr ifr6_addr;
 	uint32_t ifr6_prefixlen;
 	unsigned int ifr6_ifindex;
 };
 
 static int start_addr6(struct in6_addr* addr6, int prefix_len, char* prov_ifname);
 static int stop_addr6(struct in6_addr* addr6, int prefix_len, char* prov_ifname);
 static int status_addr6(struct in6_addr* addr6, int prefix_len, char* prov_ifname);
 static int monitor_addr6(struct in6_addr* addr6, int prefix_len);
 static int advt_addr6(struct in6_addr* addr6, int prefix_len, char* prov_ifname);
 static int meta_data_addr6(void);
 
 
 static void usage(const char* self);
 int write_pid_file(const char *pid_file);
 int create_pid_directory(const char *pid_file);
 static void byebye(int nsig);
 
 static char* scan_if(struct in6_addr* addr_target, int* plen_target,
 		     int use_mask, char* prov_ifname);
 static char* find_if(struct in6_addr* addr_target, int* plen_target, char* prov_ifname);
 static char* get_if(struct in6_addr* addr_target, int* plen_target, char* prov_ifname);
 static int assign_addr6(struct in6_addr* addr6, int prefix_len, char* if_name);
 static int unassign_addr6(struct in6_addr* addr6, int prefix_len, char* if_name);
 int is_addr6_available(struct in6_addr* addr6);
 
 int
 main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
 	char		pid_file[256];
 	char*		ipv6addr;
 	char*		cidr_netmask;
 	int		ret;
 	char*		cp;
 	char*		prov_ifname = NULL;
 	int		prefix_len = -1;
 	struct in6_addr	addr6;
+	struct sigaction act;
 
 	/* Check the count of parameters first */
 	if (argc < 2) {
 		usage(argv[0]);
 		return OCF_ERR_ARGS;
 	}
 
 	/* set termination signal */
-	siginterrupt(SIGTERM, 1);
-	signal(SIGTERM, byebye);
+	memset(&act, 0, sizeof(struct sigaction));
+	act.sa_flags &= ~SA_RESTART; /* redundant - to stress syscalls should fail */
+	act.sa_handler = byebye;
+	if ((sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask) < 0) || (sigaction(SIGTERM, &act, NULL) < 0)) {
+		cl_log(LOG_ERR, "Could not set handler for signal: %s", strerror(errno));
+		return OCF_ERR_GENERIC;
+	}
 
 	/* open system log */
 	cl_log_set_entity(APP_NAME);
 	cl_log_set_facility(LOG_DAEMON);
 
 	/* the meta-data dont need any parameter */
 	if (0 == strncmp(META_DATA_CMD, argv[1], strlen(META_DATA_CMD))) {
 		ret = meta_data_addr6();
 		return OCF_SUCCESS;
 	}
 
 	/* check the OCF_RESKEY_ipv6addr parameter, should be an IPv6 address */
 	ipv6addr = getenv("OCF_RESKEY_ipv6addr");
 
 	if (ipv6addr == NULL) {
 		cl_log(LOG_ERR, "Please set OCF_RESKEY_ipv6addr to the IPv6 address you want to manage.");
 		usage(argv[0]);
 		return OCF_ERR_ARGS;
 	}
 
 	/* legacy option */
 	if ((cp = strchr(ipv6addr, '/'))) {
 		prefix_len = atol(cp + 1);
 		if ((prefix_len < 0) || (prefix_len > 128)) {
 			cl_log(LOG_ERR, "Invalid prefix_len [%s], should be an integer in [0, 128]", cp+1);
 			usage(argv[0]);
 			return OCF_ERR_ARGS;
 		}
 		*cp=0;
 	}
 
 	/* get provided netmask (optional) */
 	cidr_netmask = getenv("OCF_RESKEY_cidr_netmask");
 
 	if (cidr_netmask != NULL) {
 		if ((atol(cidr_netmask) < 0) || (atol(cidr_netmask) > 128)) {
 			cl_log(LOG_ERR, "Invalid prefix_len [%s], "
 				"should be an integer in [0, 128]", cidr_netmask);
 			usage(argv[0]);
 			return OCF_ERR_ARGS;
 		}
 		if (prefix_len != -1 && prefix_len != atol(cidr_netmask)) {
 			cl_log(LOG_DEBUG, "prefix_len(%d) is overwritted by cidr_netmask(%s)",
 				prefix_len, cidr_netmask);
 		}
 		prefix_len = atol(cidr_netmask);
 
 	} else if (prefix_len == -1) {
 		prefix_len = 0;
 	}
 
 	/* get provided interface name (optional) */
 	prov_ifname = getenv("OCF_RESKEY_nic");
 
 	if (inet_pton(AF_INET6, ipv6addr, &addr6) <= 0) {
 		cl_log(LOG_ERR, "Invalid IPv6 address [%s]", ipv6addr);
 		usage(argv[0]);
 		return OCF_ERR_ARGS;
 	}
 
 	/* Check whether this system supports IPv6 */
 	if (access(IF_INET6, R_OK)) {
 		cl_log(LOG_ERR, "No support for INET6 on this system.");
 		return OCF_ERR_GENERIC;
 	}
 
 	/* create the pid file so we can make sure that only one IPv6addr
 	 * for this address is running
 	 */
 	if (snprintf(pid_file, sizeof(pid_file), "%s%s", PIDFILE_BASE, ipv6addr)
 		>= (int)sizeof(pid_file)) {
 		cl_log(LOG_ERR, "Pid file truncated");
 		return OCF_ERR_GENERIC;
 	}
 
 	if (write_pid_file(pid_file) < 0) {
 		return OCF_ERR_GENERIC;
 	}
 
 
 	/* switch the command */
 	if (0 == strncmp(START_CMD,argv[1], strlen(START_CMD))) {
 		ret = start_addr6(&addr6, prefix_len, prov_ifname);
 	}else if (0 == strncmp(STOP_CMD,argv[1], strlen(STOP_CMD))) {
 		ret = stop_addr6(&addr6, prefix_len, prov_ifname);
 	}else if (0 == strncmp(STATUS_CMD,argv[1], strlen(STATUS_CMD))) {
 		ret = status_addr6(&addr6, prefix_len, prov_ifname);
 	}else if (0 ==strncmp(MONITOR_CMD,argv[1], strlen(MONITOR_CMD))) {
 		ret = monitor_addr6(&addr6, prefix_len);
 	}else if (0 ==strncmp(RELOAD_CMD,argv[1], strlen(RELOAD_CMD))) {
 		ret = OCF_ERR_UNIMPLEMENTED;
 	}else if (0 ==strncmp(RECOVER_CMD,argv[1], strlen(RECOVER_CMD))) {
 		ret = OCF_ERR_UNIMPLEMENTED;
 	}else if (0 ==strncmp(VALIDATE_CMD,argv[1], strlen(VALIDATE_CMD))) {
 	/* ipv6addr has been validated by inet_pton, hence a valid IPv6 address */
 		ret = OCF_SUCCESS;
 	}else if (0 ==strncmp(ADVT_CMD,argv[1], strlen(MONITOR_CMD))) {
 		ret = advt_addr6(&addr6, prefix_len, prov_ifname);
 	}else{
 		usage(argv[0]);
 		ret = OCF_ERR_ARGS;
 	}
 
 	/* release the pid file */
 	unlink(pid_file);
 
 	return ret;
 }
 int
 start_addr6(struct in6_addr* addr6, int prefix_len, char* prov_ifname)
 {
 	int	i;
 	char*	if_name;
 	if(OCF_SUCCESS == status_addr6(addr6,prefix_len,prov_ifname)) {
 		return OCF_SUCCESS;
 	}
 
 	/* we need to find a proper device to assign the address */
 	if_name = find_if(addr6, &prefix_len, prov_ifname);
 	if (NULL == if_name) {
 		cl_log(LOG_ERR, "no valid mechanisms");
 		return OCF_ERR_GENERIC;
 	}
 
 	/* Assign the address */
 	if (0 != assign_addr6(addr6, prefix_len, if_name)) {
 		cl_log(LOG_ERR, "failed to assign the address to %s", if_name);
 		return OCF_ERR_GENERIC;
 	}
 
 	/* Check whether the address available */
 	for (i = 0; i < QUERY_COUNT; i++) {
 		if (0 == is_addr6_available(addr6)) {
 			break;
 		}
 		sleep(1);
 	}
 	if (i == QUERY_COUNT) {
 		cl_log(LOG_ERR, "failed to ping the address");
 		return OCF_ERR_GENERIC;
 	}
 
 	/* Send unsolicited advertisement packet to neighbor */
 	for (i = 0; i < UA_REPEAT_COUNT; i++) {
 		send_ua(addr6, if_name);
 		sleep(1);
 	}
 	return OCF_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 int
 advt_addr6(struct in6_addr* addr6, int prefix_len, char* prov_ifname)
 {
 	/* First, we need to find a proper device to assign the address */
 	char*	if_name = get_if(addr6, &prefix_len, prov_ifname);
 	int	i;
 	if (NULL == if_name) {
 		cl_log(LOG_ERR, "no valid mechanisms");
 		return OCF_ERR_GENERIC;
 	}
 	/* Send unsolicited advertisement packet to neighbor */
 	for (i = 0; i < UA_REPEAT_COUNT; i++) {
 		send_ua(addr6, if_name);
 		sleep(1);
 	}
 	return OCF_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 int
 stop_addr6(struct in6_addr* addr6, int prefix_len, char* prov_ifname)
 {
 	char* if_name;
 	if(OCF_NOT_RUNNING == status_addr6(addr6,prefix_len,prov_ifname)) {
 		return OCF_SUCCESS;
 	}
 
 	if_name = get_if(addr6, &prefix_len, prov_ifname);
 
 	if (NULL == if_name) {
 		cl_log(LOG_ERR, "no valid mechanisms.");
 		/* I think this should be a success exit according to LSB. */
 		return OCF_ERR_GENERIC;
 	}
 
 	/* Unassign the address */
 	if (0 != unassign_addr6(addr6, prefix_len, if_name)) {
 		cl_log(LOG_ERR, "failed to assign the address to %s", if_name);
 		return OCF_ERR_GENERIC;
 	}
 
 	return OCF_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 int
 status_addr6(struct in6_addr* addr6, int prefix_len, char* prov_ifname)
 {
 	char* if_name = get_if(addr6, &prefix_len, prov_ifname);
 	if (NULL == if_name) {
 		return OCF_NOT_RUNNING;
 	}
 	return OCF_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 int
 monitor_addr6(struct in6_addr* addr6, int prefix_len)
 {
 	if(0 == is_addr6_available(addr6)) {
 		return OCF_SUCCESS;
 	}
 	return OCF_NOT_RUNNING;
 }
 
 /* find the network interface associated with an address */
 char*
 scan_if(struct in6_addr* addr_target, int* plen_target, int use_mask, char* prov_ifname)
 {
 	FILE *f;
 	static char devname[21]="";
 	struct in6_addr addr;
 	struct in6_addr mask;
 	unsigned int plen, scope, dad_status, if_idx;
 	unsigned int addr6p[4];
 
 	/* open /proc/net/if_inet6 file */
 	if ((f = fopen(IF_INET6, "r")) == NULL) {
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	/* Loop for each entry */
 	while (1) {
 		int		i;
 		int		n;
 		int		s;
 		gboolean	same = TRUE;
 
 		i = fscanf(f, "%08x%08x%08x%08x %x %02x %02x %02x %20s\n",
 		       	   &addr6p[0], &addr6p[1], &addr6p[2], &addr6p[3],
 			   &if_idx, &plen, &scope, &dad_status, devname);
 		if (i == EOF) {
 			break;
 		}
 		else if (i != 9) {
 			cl_log(LOG_INFO, "Error parsing %s, "
 			       "perhaps the format has changed\n", IF_INET6);
 			break;
 		}
 
 		/* Consider link-local addresses (scope == 0x20) only when
 		 * the inerface name is provided, and global addresses
 		 * (scope == 0). Skip everything else.
 		 */
 		if (scope != 0) {
 			if (scope != 0x20 || prov_ifname == 0
 				|| *prov_ifname == 0)
 				continue;
 		}
 
 		/* If specified prefix, only same prefix entry
 		 * would be considered.
 		 */
 		if (*plen_target!=0 && plen != *plen_target) {
 			continue;
 		}
 
 		/* If interface name provided, only same devname entry
 		 * would be considered
 		 */
 		if (prov_ifname!=0 && *prov_ifname!=0)
 		{
 			if (strcmp(devname, prov_ifname))
 				continue;
 		}
 
 		for (i = 0; i< 4; i++) {
 			addr.s6_addr32[i] = htonl(addr6p[i]);
 		}
 
 		/* Make the mask based on prefix length */
 		memset(mask.s6_addr, 0xff, 16);
 		if (use_mask && plen < 128) {
 			n = plen / 32;
 			memset(mask.s6_addr32 + n + 1, 0, (3 - n) * 4);
 			s = 32 - plen % 32;
 			if (s == 32) 
 				mask.s6_addr32[n] = 0x0;
 			else
 				mask.s6_addr32[n] = 0xffffffff << s;
 			mask.s6_addr32[n] = htonl(mask.s6_addr32[n]);
 		}
 
 		/* compare addr and addr_target */
 		same = TRUE;
 		for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
 			if ((addr.s6_addr32[i]&mask.s6_addr32[i]) !=
 			    (addr_target->s6_addr32[i]&mask.s6_addr32[i])) {
 				same = FALSE;
 				break;
 			}
 		}
 		
 		/* We found it!	*/
 		if (same) {
 			fclose(f);
 			*plen_target = plen;
 			return devname;
 		}
 	}
 	fclose(f);
 	return NULL;
 }
 /* find a proper network interface to assign the address */
 char*
 find_if(struct in6_addr* addr_target, int* plen_target, char* prov_ifname)
 {
 	char *best_ifname = scan_if(addr_target, plen_target, 1, prov_ifname);
 
 	/* use the provided ifname and prefix if the address did not match */
 	if (best_ifname == NULL &&
 	    prov_ifname != 0 &&  *prov_ifname != 0 && *plen_target != 0) {
 		cl_log(LOG_INFO, "Could not find a proper interface by the ipv6addr. Using the specified nic:'%s' and cidr_netmask:'%d'", prov_ifname, *plen_target);
 		return prov_ifname;
 	}
 	return best_ifname;
 }
 /* get the device name and the plen_target of a special address */
 char*
 get_if(struct in6_addr* addr_target, int* plen_target, char* prov_ifname)
 {
 	return scan_if(addr_target, plen_target, 0, prov_ifname);
 }
 int
 assign_addr6(struct in6_addr* addr6, int prefix_len, char* if_name)
 {
 	struct in6_ifreq ifr6;
 
 	/* Get socket first */
 	int		fd;
 	struct ifreq	ifr;
 
 	fd = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		return 1;
 	}
 
 	/* Query the index of the if */
 	strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, if_name);
 	if (ioctl(fd, SIOGIFINDEX, &ifr) < 0) {
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 	/* Assign the address to the if */
 	ifr6.ifr6_addr = *addr6;
 	ifr6.ifr6_ifindex = ifr.ifr_ifindex;
 	ifr6.ifr6_prefixlen = prefix_len;
 	if (ioctl(fd, SIOCSIFADDR, &ifr6) < 0) {
 		return -1;
 	}
 	close (fd);
 	return 0;
 }
 int
 unassign_addr6(struct in6_addr* addr6, int prefix_len, char* if_name)
 {
 	int			fd;
 	struct ifreq		ifr;
 	struct in6_ifreq	ifr6;
 
 	/* Get socket first */
 	fd = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		return 1;
 	}
 
 	/* Query the index of the if */
 	strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, if_name);
 	if (ioctl(fd, SIOGIFINDEX, &ifr) < 0) {
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 	/* Unassign the address to the if */
 	ifr6.ifr6_addr = *addr6;
 	ifr6.ifr6_ifindex = ifr.ifr_ifindex;
 	ifr6.ifr6_prefixlen = prefix_len;
 	if (ioctl(fd, SIOCDIFADDR, &ifr6) < 0) {
 		return -1;
 	}
 	
 	close (fd);
 	return 0;
 }
 
 #define	MINPACKSIZE	64
 int
 is_addr6_available(struct in6_addr* addr6)
 {
 	struct sockaddr_in6		addr;
 	struct icmp6_hdr		icmph;
 	u_char				outpack[MINPACKSIZE];
 	int				icmp_sock;
 	int				ret;
 	struct iovec			iov;
 	u_char				packet[MINPACKSIZE];
 	struct msghdr			msg;
 
 	if ((icmp_sock = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_ICMPV6)) == -1) {
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 	memset(&icmph, 0, sizeof(icmph));
 	icmph.icmp6_type = ICMP6_ECHO_REQUEST;
 	icmph.icmp6_code = 0;
 	icmph.icmp6_cksum = 0;
 	icmph.icmp6_seq = htons(0);
 	icmph.icmp6_id = 0;
 
 	memset(&outpack, 0, sizeof(outpack));
 	memcpy(&outpack, &icmph, sizeof(icmph));
 
 	memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6));
 	addr.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
 	addr.sin6_port = htons(IPPROTO_ICMPV6);
 	memcpy(&addr.sin6_addr,addr6,sizeof(struct in6_addr));
 
 	/* Only the first 8 bytes of outpack are meaningful... */
 	ret = sendto(icmp_sock, (char *)outpack, sizeof(outpack), 0,
 			   (struct sockaddr *) &addr,
 			   sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6));
 	if (0 >= ret) {
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 	iov.iov_base = (char *)packet;
 	iov.iov_len = sizeof(packet); 
 
 	msg.msg_name = &addr;
 	msg.msg_namelen = sizeof(addr);
 	msg.msg_iov = &iov;
 	msg.msg_iovlen = 1;
 	msg.msg_control = NULL;
 	msg.msg_controllen = 0;
 
 	ret = recvmsg(icmp_sock, &msg, MSG_DONTWAIT);
 	if (0 >= ret) {
 		return -1;
 	}
 	
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static void usage(const char* self)
 {
 	printf("usage: %s {start|stop|status|monitor|validate-all|meta-data}\n",self);
 	return;
 }
 
 /* Following code is copied from send_arp.c, linux-HA project. */
 void
 byebye(int nsig)
 {
 	(void)nsig;
 	/* Avoid an "error exit" log message if we're killed */
 	exit(0);
 }
 
 int
 create_pid_directory(const char *pid_file)
 {
 	int status;
 	int return_status = -1;
 	struct stat stat_buf;
 	char* dir;
 
 	dir = strdup(pid_file);
 	if (!dir) {
 		cl_log(LOG_INFO, "Memory allocation failure: %s",
 				strerror(errno));
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 	dirname(dir);
 
 	status = stat(dir, &stat_buf);
 
 	if (status < 0 && errno != ENOENT && errno != ENOTDIR) {
 		cl_log(LOG_INFO, "Could not stat pid-file directory "
 				"[%s]: %s", dir, strerror(errno));
 		goto err;
 	}
 
 	if (!status) {
 		if (S_ISDIR(stat_buf.st_mode)) {
 			goto out;
 		}
 		cl_log(LOG_INFO, "Pid-File directory exists but is "
 				"not a directory [%s]", dir);
 		goto err;
         }
 
 	if (mkdir(dir, S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR|S_IXUSR | S_IRGRP|S_IXGRP) < 0) {
 		cl_log(LOG_INFO, "Could not create pid-file directory "
 				"[%s]: %s", dir, strerror(errno));
 		goto err;
 	}
 
 out:
 	return_status = 0;
 err:
 	free(dir);
 	return return_status;
 }
 
 int
 write_pid_file(const char *pid_file)
 {
 
 	int     	pidfilefd;
 	char    	pidbuf[11];
 	unsigned long   pid;
 	ssize_t 	bytes;
 
 	if (*pid_file != '/') {
 		cl_log(LOG_INFO, "Invalid pid-file name, must begin with a "
 				"'/' [%s]\n", pid_file);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 	if (create_pid_directory(pid_file) < 0) {
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 	while (1) {
 		pidfilefd = open(pid_file, O_CREAT|O_EXCL|O_RDWR,
 				S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR);
 		if (pidfilefd < 0) {
 			if (errno != EEXIST) { /* Old PID file */
 				cl_log(LOG_INFO, "Could not open pid-file "
 						"[%s]: %s", pid_file,
 						strerror(errno));
 				return -1;
 			}
 		}
 		else {
 			break;
 		}
 
 		pidfilefd = open(pid_file, O_RDONLY, S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR);
 		if (pidfilefd < 0) {
 			cl_log(LOG_INFO, "Could not open pid-file "
 					"[%s]: %s", pid_file,
 					strerror(errno));
 			return -1;
 		}
 
 		while (1) {
 			bytes = read(pidfilefd, pidbuf, sizeof(pidbuf)-1);
 			if (bytes < 0) {
 				if (errno == EINTR) {
 					continue;
 				}
 				cl_log(LOG_INFO, "Could not read pid-file "
 						"[%s]: %s", pid_file,
 						strerror(errno));
 				return -1;
 			}
 			pidbuf[bytes] = '\0';
 			break;
 		}
 
 		if(unlink(pid_file) < 0) {
 			cl_log(LOG_INFO, "Could not delete pid-file "
 	 				"[%s]: %s", pid_file,
 					strerror(errno));
 			return -1;
 		}
 
 		if (!bytes) {
 			cl_log(LOG_INFO, "Invalid pid in pid-file "
 	 				"[%s]: %s", pid_file,
 					strerror(errno));
 			return -1;
 		}
 
 		close(pidfilefd);
 
 		pid = strtoul(pidbuf, NULL, 10);
 		if (pid == ULONG_MAX && errno == ERANGE) {
 			cl_log(LOG_INFO, "Invalid pid in pid-file "
 	 				"[%s]: %s", pid_file,
 					strerror(errno));
 			return -1;
 		}
 
 		if (kill(pid, SIGKILL) < 0 && errno != ESRCH) {
 			cl_log(LOG_INFO, "Error killing old process [%lu] "
 	 				"from pid-file [%s]: %s", pid,
 					pid_file, strerror(errno));
 			return -1;
 		}
 
 		cl_log(LOG_INFO, "Killed old send_ua process [%lu]", pid);
 	}
 
 	if (snprintf(pidbuf, sizeof(pidbuf), "%u"
 	,	getpid()) >= (int)sizeof(pidbuf)) {
 		cl_log(LOG_INFO, "Pid too long for buffer [%u]", getpid());
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 	while (1) {
 		bytes = write(pidfilefd, pidbuf, strlen(pidbuf));
 		if (bytes != strlen(pidbuf)) {
 			if (bytes < 0 && errno == EINTR) {
 				continue;
 			}
 			cl_log(LOG_INFO, "Could not write pid-file "
 					"[%s]: %s", pid_file,
 					strerror(errno));
 			return -1;
 		}
 		break;
 	}
 
 	close(pidfilefd);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 static int
 meta_data_addr6(void)
 {
 	const char* meta_data=
 	"<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n"
 	"<!DOCTYPE resource-agent SYSTEM \"ra-api-1.dtd\">\n"
 	"<resource-agent name=\"IPv6addr\">\n"
 	"  <version>1.0</version>\n"
 	"  <longdesc lang=\"en\">\n"
 	"   This script manages IPv6 alias IPv6 addresses,It can add an IP6\n"
 	"   alias, or remove one.\n"
 	"  </longdesc>\n"
 	"  <shortdesc lang=\"en\">Manages IPv6 aliases</shortdesc>\n"
 	"  <parameters>\n"
 	"    <parameter name=\"ipv6addr\" unique=\"0\" required=\"1\">\n"
 	"      <longdesc lang=\"en\">\n"
 	"	The IPv6 address this RA will manage \n"
 	"      </longdesc>\n"
 	"      <shortdesc lang=\"en\">IPv6 address</shortdesc>\n"
 	"      <content type=\"string\" default=\"\" />\n"
 	"    </parameter>\n"
 	"    <parameter name=\"cidr_netmask\" unique=\"0\">\n"
 	"      <longdesc lang=\"en\">\n"
 	"	The netmask for the interface in CIDR format. (ie, 24).\n"
 	"	The value of this parameter overwrites the value of _prefix_\n"
 	"	of ipv6addr parameter.\n"
 	"      </longdesc>\n"
 	"      <shortdesc lang=\"en\">Netmask</shortdesc>\n"
 	"      <content type=\"string\" default=\"\" />\n"
 	"    </parameter>\n"
 	"    <parameter name=\"nic\" unique=\"0\">\n"
 	"      <longdesc lang=\"en\">\n"
 	"	The base network interface on which the IPv6 address will\n"
 	"	be brought online.\n"
 	"      </longdesc>\n"
 	"      <shortdesc lang=\"en\">Network interface</shortdesc>\n"
 	"      <content type=\"string\" default=\"\" />\n"
 	"    </parameter>\n"
 	"  </parameters>\n"
 	"  <actions>\n"
 	"    <action name=\"start\"   timeout=\"15s\" />\n"
 	"    <action name=\"stop\"    timeout=\"15s\" />\n"
 	"    <action name=\"status\"  timeout=\"15s\" interval=\"15s\" />\n"
 	"    <action name=\"monitor\" timeout=\"15s\" interval=\"15s\" />\n"
 	"    <action name=\"validate-all\"  timeout=\"5s\" />\n"
 	"    <action name=\"meta-data\"  timeout=\"5s\" />\n"
 	"  </actions>\n"
 	"</resource-agent>\n";
 	printf("%s\n",meta_data);
 	return OCF_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/heartbeat/send_ua.c b/heartbeat/send_ua.c
index ef5357b8d..bd65e2c79 100644
--- a/heartbeat/send_ua.c
+++ b/heartbeat/send_ua.c
@@ -1,127 +1,133 @@
 
 /*
  * This program manages IPv6 address with OCF Resource Agent standard.
  *
  * Author: Huang Zhen <zhenh@cn.ibm.com>
  * Copyright (c) 2004 International Business Machines
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
  * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
  * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  * GNU General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
  */
 
 #include <IPv6addr.h>
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h> /* for inet_pton */
 #include <net/if.h> /* for if_nametoindex */
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
 static void usage_send_ua(const char* self);
 static void byebye(int nsig);
 
 int
 main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
 	char*		ipv6addr;
 	int		count = UA_REPEAT_COUNT;
 	int		interval = 1000;	/* default 1000 msec */
 	int		ch;
 	int		i;
 	char*		cp;
 	char*		prov_ifname = NULL;
 	struct in6_addr	addr6;
+	struct sigaction act;
 
 	/* Check binary name */
 	if (argc < 4) {
 		usage_send_ua(argv[0]);
 		return OCF_ERR_ARGS;
 	}
 	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "h?c:i:")) != EOF) {
 		switch(ch) {
 		case 'c': /* count option */
 			count = atoi(optarg);
 		    break;
 		case 'i': /* interval option */
 			interval = atoi(optarg);
 		    break;
 		case 'h':
 		case '?':
 		default:
 			usage_send_ua(argv[0]);
 			return OCF_ERR_ARGS;
 		}
 	}
 
 	/* set termination signal */
-	siginterrupt(SIGTERM, 1);
-	signal(SIGTERM, byebye);
+	memset(&act, 0, sizeof(struct sigaction));
+	act.sa_flags &= ~SA_RESTART; /* redundant - to stress syscalls should fail */
+	act.sa_handler = byebye;
+	if ((sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask) < 0) || (sigaction(SIGTERM, &act, NULL) < 0)) {
+		printf("ERROR: Could not set handler for signal: %s", strerror(errno));
+		return OCF_ERR_GENERIC;
+	}
 
 	ipv6addr = argv[optind];
 
 	if (ipv6addr == NULL) {
 		printf("ERROR: Please set OCF_RESKEY_ipv6addr to the IPv6 address you want to manage.");
 		usage_send_ua(argv[0]);
 		return OCF_ERR_ARGS;
 	}
 
 	/* legacy option */
 	if ((cp = strchr(ipv6addr, '/'))) {
 		*cp=0;
 	}
 
 	prov_ifname = argv[optind+2];
 
 	if (inet_pton(AF_INET6, ipv6addr, &addr6) <= 0) {
 		printf("ERROR: Invalid IPv6 address [%s]", ipv6addr);
 		usage_send_ua(argv[0]);
 		return OCF_ERR_ARGS;
 	}
 
 	/* Check whether this system supports IPv6 */
 	if (access(IF_INET6, R_OK)) {
 		printf("ERROR: No support for INET6 on this system.");
 		return OCF_ERR_GENERIC;
 	}
 
 	/* Send unsolicited advertisement packet to neighbor */
 	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 		send_ua(&addr6, prov_ifname);
 		usleep(interval * 1000);
 	}
 
 	return OCF_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 static void usage_send_ua(const char* self)
 {
 	printf("usage: %s [-i[=Interval]] [-c[=Count]] [-h] IPv6-Address Prefix Interface\n",self);
 	return;
 }
 
 /* Following code is copied from send_arp.c, linux-HA project. */
 void
 byebye(int nsig)
 {
 	(void)nsig;
 	/* Avoid an "error exit" log message if we're killed */
 	exit(0);
 }