register int flop=0;    /* true if this is a flop */
 
        /* log a message with pacing */
-       if (user_mode(regs))
-       {
-               if (unaligned_count > 5 && jiffies - last_time > 5*HZ)
-               {
+       if (user_mode(regs)) {
+               if (current->thread.flags & PARISC_UAC_SIGBUS) {
+                       goto force_sigbus;
+               }
+
+               if (unaligned_count > 5 && jiffies - last_time > 5*HZ) {
                        unaligned_count = 0;
                        last_time = jiffies;
                }
-               if (++unaligned_count < 5)
-               {
+
+               if (!(current->thread.flags & PARISC_UAC_NOPRINT) 
+                   && ++unaligned_count < 5) {
                        char buf[256];
                        sprintf(buf, "%s(%d): unaligned access to 0x" RFMT " at ip=0x" RFMT "\n",
                                current->comm, current->pid, regs->ior, regs->iaoq[0]);
                        show_regs(regs);
 #endif         
                }
+
                if (!unaligned_enabled)
                        goto force_sigbus;
        }
 
 }; 
 
 /* Thread struct flags. */
+#define PARISC_UAC_NOPRINT     (1UL << 0)      /* see prctl and unaligned.c */
+#define PARISC_UAC_SIGBUS      (1UL << 1)
 #define PARISC_KERNEL_DEATH    (1UL << 31)     /* see die_if_kernel()... */
 
+#define PARISC_UAC_SHIFT       0
+#define PARISC_UAC_MASK                (PARISC_UAC_NOPRINT|PARISC_UAC_SIGBUS)
+
+#define SET_UNALIGN_CTL(task,value)                                       \
+        ({                                                                \
+        (task)->thread.flags = (((task)->thread.flags & ~PARISC_UAC_MASK) \
+                                | (((value) << PARISC_UAC_SHIFT) &        \
+                                   PARISC_UAC_MASK));                     \
+        0;                                                                \
+        })
+
+#define GET_UNALIGN_CTL(task,addr)                                        \
+        ({                                                                \
+        put_user(((task)->thread.flags & PARISC_UAC_MASK)                 \
+                 >> PARISC_UAC_SHIFT, (int __user *) (addr));             \
+        })
+
 #define INIT_THREAD { \
        regs:   {       gr: { 0, }, \
                        fr: { 0, }, \