1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
index 0d7fd8b51544..5dc5704d8680 100755
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ my %default = (
     "TEST_TYPE"                 => "build",
     "BUILD_TYPE"                => "randconfig",
     "MAKE_CMD"                  => "make",
+    "CLOSE_CONSOLE_SIGNAL"      => "INT",
     "TIMEOUT"                   => 120,
     "TMP_DIR"                   => "/tmp/ktest/\${MACHINE}",
     "SLEEP_TIME"                => 60,  # sleep time between tests
@@ -163,6 +164,7 @@ my $timeout;
 my $booted_timeout;
 my $detect_triplefault;
 my $console;
+my $close_console_signal;
 my $reboot_success_line;
 my $success_line;
 my $stop_after_success;
@@ -285,6 +287,7 @@ my %option_map = (
     "TIMEOUT"                   => \$timeout,
     "BOOTED_TIMEOUT"            => \$booted_timeout,
     "CONSOLE"                   => \$console,
+    "CLOSE_CONSOLE_SIGNAL"      => \$close_console_signal,
     "DETECT_TRIPLE_FAULT"       => \$detect_triplefault,
     "SUCCESS_LINE"              => \$success_line,
     "REBOOT_SUCCESS_LINE"       => \$reboot_success_line,
@@ -1296,7 +1299,7 @@ sub close_console {
     my ($fp, $pid) = @_;
 
     doprint "kill child process $pid\n";
-    kill 2, $pid;
+    kill $close_console_signal, $pid;
 
     print "closing!\n";
     close($fp);