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diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/sysdep.h b/sysdeps/powerpc/sysdep.h
index 3d37b1b92e..e32168e8f4 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/sysdep.h
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/sysdep.h
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
*/
#define _SYSDEPS_SYSDEP_H 1
#include <bits/hwcap.h>
+#ifdef ENABLE_LOCK_ELISION
+#include <tls.h>
+#include <htm.h>
+#endif
#define PPC_FEATURE_970 (PPC_FEATURE_POWER4 + PPC_FEATURE_HAS_ALTIVEC)
@@ -164,4 +168,22 @@
#define ALIGNARG(log2) log2
#define ASM_SIZE_DIRECTIVE(name) .size name,.-name
+#else
+
+/* Linux kernel powerpc documentation [1] states issuing a syscall inside a
+ transaction is not recommended and may lead to undefined behavior. It
+ also states syscalls do not abort transactions. To avoid such traps,
+ we abort transaction just before syscalls.
+
+ [1] Documentation/powerpc/transactional_memory.txt [Syscalls] */
+#if !IS_IN(rtld) && defined (ENABLE_LOCK_ELISION)
+# define ABORT_TRANSACTION \
+ ({ \
+ if (THREAD_GET_TM_CAPABLE ()) \
+ __builtin_tabort (_ABORT_SYSCALL); \
+ })
+#else
+# define ABORT_TRANSACTION
+#endif
+
#endif /* __ASSEMBLER__ */