diff --git a/auto/os/freebsd b/auto/os/freebsd
index b8c524ae3..dfe4ea748 100644
--- a/auto/os/freebsd
+++ b/auto/os/freebsd
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ CORE_DEPS="$UNIX_DEPS $FREEBSD_DEPS"
 CORE_SRCS="$UNIX_SRCS $FREEBSD_SRCS"
 
 
-# __FreeBSD_version is the best way to learn when
-# some capability appeared or became safe to use
+# __FreeBSD_version is the best way to determine whether
+# some capability exists and is safe to use
 
 version=`grep "#define __FreeBSD_version" /usr/include/osreldate.h \
          | sed -e 's/^.* \(.*\)$/\1/'`
diff --git a/src/event/modules/ngx_aio_module.c b/src/event/modules/ngx_aio_module.c
index 2f9c09b21..24516a423 100644
--- a/src/event/modules/ngx_aio_module.c
+++ b/src/event/modules/ngx_aio_module.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ static int ngx_aio_init(ngx_cycle_t *cycle);
 static void ngx_aio_done(ngx_cycle_t *cycle);
 static int ngx_aio_add_event(ngx_event_t *ev, int event, u_int flags);
 static int ngx_aio_del_event(ngx_event_t *ev, int event, u_int flags);
-static int ngx_aio_del_connection(ngx_connection_t *c);
+static int ngx_aio_del_connection(ngx_connection_t *c, u_int flags);
 static int ngx_aio_process_events(ngx_log_t *log);
 
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static int ngx_aio_del_event(ngx_event_t *ev, int event, u_int flags)
 }
 
 
-static int ngx_aio_del_connection(ngx_connection_t *c)
+static int ngx_aio_del_connection(ngx_connection_t *c, u_int flags)
 {
     int  rc;
 
diff --git a/src/event/modules/ngx_iocp_module.c b/src/event/modules/ngx_iocp_module.c
index 9612c9ab9..e95a81974 100644
--- a/src/event/modules/ngx_iocp_module.c
+++ b/src/event/modules/ngx_iocp_module.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 static int ngx_iocp_init(ngx_cycle_t *cycle);
 static void ngx_iocp_done(ngx_cycle_t *cycle);
 static int ngx_iocp_add_event(ngx_event_t *ev, int event, u_int key);
-static int ngx_iocp_del_connection(ngx_connection_t *c);
+static int ngx_iocp_del_connection(ngx_connection_t *c, u_int flags);
 static int ngx_iocp_process_events(ngx_log_t *log);
 static void *ngx_iocp_create_conf(ngx_cycle_t *cycle);
 static char *ngx_iocp_init_conf(ngx_cycle_t *cycle, void *conf);
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static int ngx_iocp_add_event(ngx_event_t *ev, int event, u_int key)
 }
 
 
-static int ngx_iocp_del_connection(ngx_connection_t *c)
+static int ngx_iocp_del_connection(ngx_connection_t *c, u_int flags)
 {
     if (CancelIo((HANDLE) c->fd) == 0) {
         ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, c->log, ngx_errno, "CancelIo() failed");
diff --git a/src/event/modules/ngx_poll_module.c b/src/event/modules/ngx_poll_module.c
index 9c5f8e12f..c8ea197b6 100644
--- a/src/event/modules/ngx_poll_module.c
+++ b/src/event/modules/ngx_poll_module.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ static int ngx_poll_init(ngx_cycle_t *cycle);
 static void ngx_poll_done(ngx_cycle_t *cycle);
 static int ngx_poll_add_event(ngx_event_t *ev, int event, u_int flags);
 static int ngx_poll_del_event(ngx_event_t *ev, int event, u_int flags);
-static int ngx_poll_process_events(ngx_log_t *log);
+int ngx_poll_process_events(ngx_log_t *log);
 
 
 static struct pollfd  *event_list;
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static int ngx_poll_del_event(ngx_event_t *ev, int event, u_int flags)
 }
 
 
-static int ngx_poll_process_events(ngx_log_t *log)
+int ngx_poll_process_events(ngx_log_t *log)
 {
     int                 ready;
     ngx_int_t           i, j, nready, found;
@@ -257,13 +257,19 @@ static int ngx_poll_process_events(ngx_log_t *log)
     ngx_connection_t   *c;
     struct timeval      tv;
 
-    timer = ngx_event_find_timer();
-    ngx_old_elapsed_msec = ngx_elapsed_msec; 
+    if (ngx_event_flags & NGX_OVERFLOW_EVENT) {
+        timer = 0;
 
-    if (timer == 0) {
-        timer = (ngx_msec_t) INFTIM;
+    } else {
+        timer = ngx_event_find_timer();
+
+        if (timer == 0) {
+            timer = (ngx_msec_t) INFTIM;
+        }
     }
 
+    ngx_old_elapsed_msec = ngx_elapsed_msec; 
+
 #if (NGX_DEBUG0)
     for (i = 0; i < nevents; i++) {
         ngx_log_debug3(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_EVENT, log, 0, "poll: %d: fd:%d ev:%04X",
@@ -309,6 +315,11 @@ static int ngx_poll_process_events(ngx_log_t *log)
         }
     }
 
+    if (timer == 0 && ready == 0) {
+        /* the overflowed rt signals queue has been drained */
+        return NGX_OK;
+    }
+
     nready = 0;
 
     for (i = 0; i < nevents && ready; i++) {
@@ -431,5 +442,5 @@ static int ngx_poll_process_events(ngx_log_t *log)
         ngx_event_expire_timers((ngx_msec_t) delta);
     }
 
-    return NGX_OK;
+    return nready;
 }
diff --git a/src/event/modules/ngx_rtsig_module.c b/src/event/modules/ngx_rtsig_module.c
index 5c1536fc6..32c544a8d 100644
--- a/src/event/modules/ngx_rtsig_module.c
+++ b/src/event/modules/ngx_rtsig_module.c
@@ -15,15 +15,9 @@
 #define SIGRTMIN  33
 #define si_fd     __spare__[0]
 
-int sigwaitinfo(const sigset_t *set, siginfo_t *info);
-
 int sigtimedwait(const sigset_t *set, siginfo_t *info,
                  const struct timespec *timeout);
 
-int sigwaitinfo(const sigset_t *set, siginfo_t *info)
-{
-    return -1;
-}
 
 int sigtimedwait(const sigset_t *set, siginfo_t *info,
                  const struct timespec *timeout)
@@ -39,11 +33,14 @@ typedef struct {
 } ngx_rtsig_conf_t;
 
 
+extern ngx_event_module_t  ngx_poll_module_ctx;
+
 static int ngx_rtsig_init(ngx_cycle_t *cycle);
 static void ngx_rtsig_done(ngx_cycle_t *cycle);
 static int ngx_rtsig_add_connection(ngx_connection_t *c);
-static int ngx_rtsig_del_connection(ngx_connection_t *c);
+static int ngx_rtsig_del_connection(ngx_connection_t *c, u_int flags);
 static int ngx_rtsig_process_events(ngx_log_t *log);
+static int ngx_rtsig_process_overlow(ngx_log_t *log);
 
 static void *ngx_rtsig_create_conf(ngx_cycle_t *cycle);
 static char *ngx_rtsig_init_conf(ngx_cycle_t *cycle, void *conf);
@@ -100,6 +97,10 @@ static int ngx_rtsig_init(ngx_cycle_t *cycle)
 {
     ngx_rtsig_conf_t  *rtscf;
 
+    if (ngx_poll_module_ctx.actions.init(cycle) == NGX_ERROR) {
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+    }
+
     rtscf = ngx_event_get_conf(cycle->conf_ctx, ngx_rtsig_module);
 
     sigemptyset(&set);
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ static int ngx_rtsig_init(ngx_cycle_t *cycle)
 
 static void ngx_rtsig_done(ngx_cycle_t *cycle)
 {
+    ngx_poll_module_ctx.actions.done(cycle);
 }
 
 
@@ -169,8 +171,16 @@ static int ngx_rtsig_add_connection(ngx_connection_t *c)
 }
 
 
-static int ngx_rtsig_del_connection(ngx_connection_t *c)
+static int ngx_rtsig_del_connection(ngx_connection_t *c, u_int flags)
 {
+    if (!(flags & NGX_CLOSE_EVENT)) {
+        if (fcntl(c->fd, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) == -1) {
+            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, c->log, ngx_errno,
+                          "fcntl(O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) failed");
+            return NGX_ERROR;
+        }
+    }
+
     c->read->active = 0;
     c->write->active = 0;
 
@@ -188,7 +198,7 @@ int ngx_rtsig_process_events(ngx_log_t *log)
     ngx_cycle_t       **cycle;
     siginfo_t           si;
     struct timeval      tv;
-    struct timespec     ts;
+    struct timespec     ts, *tp;
     struct sigaction    sa;
     ngx_connection_t   *c;
     ngx_epoch_msec_t    delta;
@@ -200,15 +210,17 @@ int ngx_rtsig_process_events(ngx_log_t *log)
     if (timer) {
         ts.tv_sec = timer / 1000;
         ts.tv_nsec = (timer % 1000) * 1000000;
+        tp = &ts;
+
+    } else {
+        tp = NULL;
     }
 
     ngx_log_debug1(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_EVENT, log, 0, "rtsig timer: %d", timer);
 
-    if (timer) {
-        signo = sigtimedwait(&set, &si, &ts);
-    } else {
-        signo = sigwaitinfo(&set, &si);
-    }
+    /* Linux sigwaitinfo() is sigtimedwait() with the NULL timeout pointer */
+
+    signo = sigtimedwait(&set, &si, tp);
 
     if (signo == -1) {
         err = ngx_errno;
@@ -222,10 +234,9 @@ int ngx_rtsig_process_events(ngx_log_t *log)
     delta = ngx_elapsed_msec;
     ngx_elapsed_msec = tv.tv_sec * 1000 + tv.tv_usec / 1000 - ngx_start_msec;
 
-    if (signo == -1) {
+    if (err) {
         ngx_log_error((err == NGX_EINTR) ? NGX_LOG_INFO : NGX_LOG_ALERT,
-                      log, err,
-                      timer ? "sigtimedwait() failed" : "sigwaitinfo() failed");
+                      log, err, "sigtimedwait() failed");
         return NGX_ERROR;
     }
 
@@ -267,6 +278,8 @@ int ngx_rtsig_process_events(ngx_log_t *log)
                       "signal queue overflowed: "
                       "SIGIO, fd:%d, band:%X", si.si_fd, si.si_band);
 
+        /* TODO: flush all the used RT signals */
+
         ngx_memzero(&sa, sizeof(struct sigaction));
         sa.sa_handler = SIG_DFL;
         sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
@@ -275,11 +288,17 @@ int ngx_rtsig_process_events(ngx_log_t *log)
                           "sigaction(%d, SIG_DFL) failed", rtscf->signo);
         }
 
+        ngx_event_actions = ngx_poll_module_ctx.actions;
+        ngx_event_actions.process = ngx_rtsig_process_overflow;
+        ngx_event_flags = NGX_OVERFLOW_EVENT
+                          |NGX_USE_LEVEL_EVENT|NGX_USE_ONESHOT_EVENT;
+
+        /* STUB: add events. WHAT to do with fcntl()s ? */
+
+
     } else {
         ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, log, 0,
-                      timer ?  "sigtimedwait() returned unexpected signal: %d":
-                               "sigwaitinfo() returned unexpected signal: %d",
-                      signo);
+                      "sigtimedwait() returned unexpected signal: %d", signo);
         return NGX_ERROR;
     }
 
@@ -291,6 +310,17 @@ int ngx_rtsig_process_events(ngx_log_t *log)
 }
 
 
+static int ngx_rtsig_process_overlow(ngx_log_t *log)
+{
+    if (ngx_poll_module_ctx.actions.process(log) == NGX_OK) {
+        ngx_event_actions = ngx_rtsig_module_ctx.actions;
+        ngx_event_flags = NGX_USE_SIGIO_EVENT;
+    }
+
+    return NGX_OK;
+}
+
+
 static void *ngx_rtsig_create_conf(ngx_cycle_t *cycle)
 {
     ngx_rtsig_conf_t  *rtscf;
diff --git a/src/event/ngx_event.h b/src/event/ngx_event.h
index 493f8d1f7..1a05751a1 100644
--- a/src/event/ngx_event.h
+++ b/src/event/ngx_event.h
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ typedef struct {
     int   (*disable)(ngx_event_t *ev, int event, u_int flags);
 
     int   (*add_conn)(ngx_connection_t *c);
-    int   (*del_conn)(ngx_connection_t *c);
+    int   (*del_conn)(ngx_connection_t *c, u_int flags);
 
     int   (*process)(ngx_log_t *log);
     int   (*init)(ngx_cycle_t *cycle);
@@ -215,17 +215,22 @@ extern ngx_event_actions_t   ngx_event_actions;
  */
 #define NGX_USE_SIGIO_EVENT    0x00000040
 
+/*
+ * The alternative event method after the rt signals queue overflow.
+ */
+#define NGX_OVERFLOW_EVENT     0x00000080
+
 /*
  * No need to add or delete the event filters - overlapped, aio_read,
  * aioread, io_submit.
  */
-#define NGX_USE_AIO_EVENT      0x00000080
+#define NGX_USE_AIO_EVENT      0x00000100
 
 /*
  * Need to add socket or handle only once - i/o completion port.
  * It also requires HAVE_AIO and NGX_USE_AIO_EVENT to be set.
  */
-#define NGX_USE_IOCP_EVENT     0x00000100
+#define NGX_USE_IOCP_EVENT     0x00000200
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/http/modules/proxy/ngx_http_proxy_handler.c b/src/http/modules/proxy/ngx_http_proxy_handler.c
index 59b1c06e8..68e9032c2 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/proxy/ngx_http_proxy_handler.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/proxy/ngx_http_proxy_handler.c
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ void ngx_http_proxy_close_connection(ngx_http_proxy_ctx_t *p)
     /* TODO: move connection to the connection pool */
 
     if (ngx_del_conn) {
-        ngx_del_conn(c);
+        ngx_del_conn(c, NGX_CLOSE_EVENT);
 
     } else {
         if (c->read->active) {
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_request.c b/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
index d93c61c2b..530b69ce8 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
@@ -1538,7 +1538,7 @@ void ngx_http_close_connection(ngx_connection_t *c)
     }
 
     if (ngx_del_conn) {
-        ngx_del_conn(c);
+        ngx_del_conn(c, NGX_CLOSE_EVENT);
 
     } else {
         if (c->read->active || c->read->disabled) {