1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/rwtop.pl b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/rwtop.pl
index 4bb3ecd33472..8b20787021c1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/rwtop.pl
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/rwtop.pl
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use lib "$ENV{'PERF_EXEC_PATH'}/scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util/lib";
 use lib "./Perf-Trace-Util/lib";
 use Perf::Trace::Core;
 use Perf::Trace::Util;
+use POSIX qw/SIGALRM SA_RESTART/;
 
 my $default_interval = 3;
 my $nlines = 20;
@@ -90,7 +91,10 @@ sub syscalls::sys_enter_write
 
 sub trace_begin
 {
-    $SIG{ALRM} = \&set_print_pending;
+    my $sa = POSIX::SigAction->new(\&set_print_pending);
+    $sa->flags(SA_RESTART);
+    $sa->safe(1);
+    POSIX::sigaction(SIGALRM, $sa) or die "Can't set SIGALRM handler: $!\n";
     alarm 1;
 }