diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/connector/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/connector/Makefile
index 92188b9bac5c..bf335826bc3b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/connector/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/connector/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-CFLAGS += -Wall $(KHDR_INCLUDES)
+KERNEL="../../../.."
+
+CFLAGS += -Wall $(KHDR_INCLUDES) -I $(KERNEL)/include/uapi -I $(KERNEL)/include
+
+proc_filter: proc_filter.o
+	cc proc_filter.o -o proc_filter
+
+proc_filter.o: proc_filter.c
+	cc -c proc_filter.c -o proc_filter.o $(CFLAGS)
+
+thread: thread.o thread_filter.o
+	cc thread.o thread_filter.o -o thread
+
+thread.o: thread.c $(DEPS)
+		cc -c thread.c -o thread.o $(CFLAGS)
+
+thread_filter.o: thread_filter.c
+		cc -c thread_filter.c -o thread_filter.o $(CFLAGS)
+
+define EXTRA_CLEAN
+	rm *.o thread
+endef
 
 TEST_GEN_PROGS = proc_filter
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/connector/proc_filter.c b/tools/testing/selftests/connector/proc_filter.c
index 4a825b997666..6fb4842894f8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/connector/proc_filter.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/connector/proc_filter.c
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Author: Anjali Kulkarni <anjali.k.kulkarni@oracle.com>
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ */
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/epoll.h>
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/connector/thread.c b/tools/testing/selftests/connector/thread.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8c9abf6115d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/connector/thread.c
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Author: Anjali Kulkarni <anjali.k.kulkarni@oracle.com>
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ */
+
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+
+/*
+ * This code tests a thread exit notification when thread exits abnormally.
+ * Normally, when a thread exits abnormally, the kernel is not aware of the
+ * exit code. This is usually only conveyed from child to parent via the
+ * pthread_exit() and pthread_join() calls. Sometimes, however, a parent
+ * process cannot monitor all child processes via pthread_join(), particularly
+ * when there is a huge amount of child processes. In this case, the parent
+ * has created the child with PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED attribute.
+ * To fix this problem, either when child wants to convey non-zero exit via
+ * pthread_exit() or in a signal handler, the child can notify the kernel's
+ * connector module it's exit status via a netlink call with new type
+ * PROC_CN_MCAST_NOTIFY. (Implemented in the thread_filter.c file).
+ * This will send the exit code from the child to the kernel, which the kernel
+ * can later return to proc_filter program when the child actually exits.
+ * To test this usecase:
+ * Compile:
+ *	make thread
+ *	make proc_filter
+ * To see non-zero exit notifications, run:
+ *	./proc_filter -f
+ * Start the threads code, creating 2 threads, in another window:
+ *	./threads
+ * Note the 2 child thread IDs reported above
+ * Send SIGSEGV signal to the child handling SIGSEGV:
+ *	kill -11 <child1-tid>
+ * Watch the event being notified with exit code 11 to proc_filter
+ * Watch child 2 tid being notified with exit code 1 (value defined in code)
+ * to proc_filter
+ */
+
+extern int notify_netlink_thread_exit(unsigned int exit_code);
+
+static void sigsegvh(int sig)
+{
+	unsigned int exit_code = (unsigned int) sig;
+	/*
+	 * Send any non-zero value to get a notification. Here we are
+	 * sending the signal number for SIGSEGV which is 11
+	 */
+	notify_netlink_thread_exit(exit_code);
+}
+
+void *threadc1(void *ptr)
+{
+	signal(SIGSEGV, sigsegvh);
+	printf("Child 1 thread id %d, handling SIGSEGV\n", gettid());
+	sleep(20);
+	pthread_exit(NULL);
+}
+
+void *threadc2(void *ptr)
+{
+	int exit_val = 1;
+
+	printf("Child 2 thread id %d, wants to exit with value %d\n",
+			gettid(), exit_val);
+	sleep(2);
+	notify_netlink_thread_exit(exit_val);
+	pthread_exit(NULL);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	pthread_t thread1, thread2;
+	pthread_attr_t attr1, attr2;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = pthread_attr_init(&attr1);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		perror("pthread_attr_init failed");
+		exit(ret);
+	}
+	ret = pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attr1, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		perror("pthread_attr_setdetachstate failed");
+		exit(ret);
+	}
+	ret = pthread_create(&thread1, &attr1, *threadc1, NULL);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		perror("pthread_create failed");
+		exit(ret);
+	}
+
+	ret = pthread_attr_init(&attr2);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		perror("pthread_attr_init failed");
+		exit(ret);
+	}
+	ret = pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attr2, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		perror("pthread_attr_setdetachstate failed");
+		exit(ret);
+	}
+	ret = pthread_create(&thread2, &attr2, *threadc2, NULL);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		perror("pthread_create failed");
+		exit(ret);
+	}
+
+	/* Wait for children to exit or be killed */
+	sleep(30);
+	exit(0);
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/connector/thread_filter.c b/tools/testing/selftests/connector/thread_filter.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3da740aa7537
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/connector/thread_filter.c
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Author: Anjali Kulkarni <anjali.k.kulkarni@oracle.com>
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ */
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/epoll.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <linux/netlink.h>
+#include <linux/connector.h>
+#include <linux/cn_proc.h>
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <strings.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#define NL_MESSAGE_SIZE (sizeof(struct nlmsghdr) + sizeof(struct cn_msg) + \
+			sizeof(struct proc_input))
+
+/*
+ * Send PROC_CN_MCAST_NOTIFY type notification to the connector code in kernel.
+ * This will send the exit_code specified by user to the connector layer, so
+ * it can send a notification for that event to any listening process
+ */
+int send_message(int nl_sock, unsigned int exit_code)
+{
+	char buff[NL_MESSAGE_SIZE];
+	struct nlmsghdr *hdr;
+	struct cn_msg *msg;
+
+	hdr = (struct nlmsghdr *)buff;
+	hdr->nlmsg_len = NL_MESSAGE_SIZE;
+	hdr->nlmsg_type = NLMSG_DONE;
+	hdr->nlmsg_flags = 0;
+	hdr->nlmsg_seq = 0;
+	hdr->nlmsg_pid = getpid();
+
+	msg = (struct cn_msg *)NLMSG_DATA(hdr);
+	msg->id.idx = CN_IDX_PROC;
+	msg->id.val = CN_VAL_PROC;
+	msg->seq = 0;
+	msg->ack = 0;
+	msg->flags = 0;
+
+	msg->len = sizeof(struct proc_input);
+	((struct proc_input *)msg->data)->mcast_op =
+		PROC_CN_MCAST_NOTIFY;
+	((struct proc_input *)msg->data)->uexit_code = exit_code;
+
+	if (send(nl_sock, hdr, hdr->nlmsg_len, 0) == -1) {
+		perror("send failed");
+		return -errno;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int notify_netlink_thread_exit(unsigned int exit_code)
+{
+	struct sockaddr_nl sa_nl;
+	int err = 0;
+	int nl_sock;
+
+	nl_sock = socket(PF_NETLINK, SOCK_DGRAM, NETLINK_CONNECTOR);
+
+	if (nl_sock == -1) {
+		perror("socket failed");
+		return -errno;
+	}
+
+	bzero(&sa_nl, sizeof(sa_nl));
+	sa_nl.nl_family = AF_NETLINK;
+	sa_nl.nl_groups = CN_IDX_PROC;
+	sa_nl.nl_pid    = gettid();
+
+	if (bind(nl_sock, (struct sockaddr *)&sa_nl, sizeof(sa_nl)) == -1) {
+		perror("bind failed");
+		close(nl_sock);
+		return -errno;
+	}
+
+	err = send_message(nl_sock, exit_code);
+
+	close(nl_sock);
+
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
+
+	return 0;
+}
