diff --git a/elf/Makefile b/elf/Makefile
index 396ec51424..b684e5d44c 100644
--- a/elf/Makefile
+++ b/elf/Makefile
@@ -1252,11 +1252,8 @@ $(objpfx)dl-allobjs.os: $(all-rtld-routines:%=$(objpfx)%.os)
 # discovery mechanism is not compatible with the libc implementation
 # when compiled for libc.
 rtld-stubbed-symbols = \
-  __GI___pthread_disable_asynccancel \
-  __GI___pthread_enable_asynccancel \
+  __syscall_cancel \
   __libc_assert_fail \
-  __pthread_disable_asynccancel \
-  __pthread_enable_asynccancel \
   calloc \
   free \
   malloc \
diff --git a/nptl/Makefile b/nptl/Makefile
index 8cec6faee3..bce033179e 100644
--- a/nptl/Makefile
+++ b/nptl/Makefile
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ routines = \
   sem_timedwait \
   sem_unlink \
   sem_wait \
+  syscall_cancel \
   tpp \
   unwind \
   vars \
@@ -234,7 +235,8 @@ CFLAGS-pthread_setcanceltype.c += -fexceptions -fasynchronous-unwind-tables
 
 # These are internal functions which similar functionality as setcancelstate
 # and setcanceltype.
-CFLAGS-cancellation.c += -fasynchronous-unwind-tables
+CFLAGS-cancellation.c += -fexceptions -fasynchronous-unwind-tables
+CFLAGS-syscall_cancel.c += -fexceptions -fasynchronous-unwind-tables
 
 # Calling pthread_exit() must cause the registered cancel handlers to
 # be executed.  Therefore exceptions have to be thrown through this
@@ -286,7 +288,7 @@ tests = tst-attr2 tst-attr3 tst-default-attr \
 	tst-sem17 \
 	tst-tsd3 tst-tsd4 \
 	tst-cancel4_1 tst-cancel4_2 \
-	tst-cancel7 tst-cancel17 tst-cancel24 \
+	tst-cancel7 tst-cancel17 tst-cancel24 tst-cancel31 \
 	tst-signal3 \
 	tst-exec4 tst-exec5 \
 	tst-stack2 tst-stack3 tst-stack4 \
@@ -339,7 +341,10 @@ xtests += tst-eintr1
 
 test-srcs = tst-oddstacklimit
 
-gen-as-const-headers = unwindbuf.sym
+gen-as-const-headers = \
+  descr-const.sym \
+  unwindbuf.sym \
+  # gen-as-const-headers
 
 gen-py-const-headers := nptl_lock_constants.pysym
 pretty-printers := nptl-printers.py
diff --git a/nptl/cancellation.c b/nptl/cancellation.c
index 765511d66d..eee5b6b758 100644
--- a/nptl/cancellation.c
+++ b/nptl/cancellation.c
@@ -18,74 +18,78 @@
 #include <setjmp.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "pthreadP.h"
-#include <futex-internal.h>
 
-
-/* The next two functions are similar to pthread_setcanceltype() but
-   more specialized for the use in the cancelable functions like write().
-   They do not need to check parameters etc.  These functions must be
-   AS-safe, with the exception of the actual cancellation, because they
-   are called by wrappers around AS-safe functions like write().*/
-int
-__pthread_enable_asynccancel (void)
+/* Called by the INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CANCEL macro, check for cancellation and
+   returns the syscall value or its negative error code.  */
+long int
+__internal_syscall_cancel (__syscall_arg_t a1, __syscall_arg_t a2,
+			   __syscall_arg_t a3, __syscall_arg_t a4,
+			   __syscall_arg_t a5, __syscall_arg_t a6,
+			   __syscall_arg_t nr)
 {
-  struct pthread *self = THREAD_SELF;
-  int oldval = atomic_load_relaxed (&self->cancelhandling);
+  long int result;
+  struct pthread *pd = THREAD_SELF;
 
-  while (1)
+  /* If cancellation is not enabled, call the syscall directly and also
+     for thread terminatation to avoid call __syscall_do_cancel while
+     executing cleanup handlers.  */
+  int ch = atomic_load_relaxed (&pd->cancelhandling);
+  if (SINGLE_THREAD_P || !cancel_enabled (ch) || cancel_exiting (ch))
     {
-      int newval = oldval | CANCELTYPE_BITMASK;
-
-      if (newval == oldval)
-	break;
+      result = INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS_CALL (nr, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6);
+      if (INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERROR_P (result))
+	return -INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERRNO (result);
+      return result;
+    }
 
-      if (atomic_compare_exchange_weak_acquire (&self->cancelhandling,
-						&oldval, newval))
-	{
-	  if (cancel_enabled_and_canceled_and_async (newval))
-	    {
-	      self->result = PTHREAD_CANCELED;
-	      __do_cancel ();
-	    }
+  /* Call the arch-specific entry points that contains the globals markers
+     to be checked by SIGCANCEL handler.  */
+  result = __syscall_cancel_arch (&pd->cancelhandling, nr, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5,
+			          a6);
 
-	  break;
-	}
-    }
+  /* If the cancellable syscall was interrupted by SIGCANCEL and it has not
+     side-effect, cancel the thread if cancellation is enabled.  */
+  ch = atomic_load_relaxed (&pd->cancelhandling);
+  if (result == -EINTR && cancel_enabled_and_canceled (ch))
+    __syscall_do_cancel ();
 
-  return oldval;
+  return result;
 }
-libc_hidden_def (__pthread_enable_asynccancel)
 
-/* See the comment for __pthread_enable_asynccancel regarding
-   the AS-safety of this function.  */
-void
-__pthread_disable_asynccancel (int oldtype)
+/* Called by the SYSCALL_CANCEL macro, check for cancellation and return the
+   syscall expected success value (usually 0) or, in case of failure, -1 and
+   sets errno to syscall return value.  */
+long int
+__syscall_cancel (__syscall_arg_t a1, __syscall_arg_t a2,
+		  __syscall_arg_t a3, __syscall_arg_t a4,
+		  __syscall_arg_t a5, __syscall_arg_t a6,
+		  __syscall_arg_t nr)
 {
-  /* If asynchronous cancellation was enabled before we do not have
-     anything to do.  */
-  if (oldtype & CANCELTYPE_BITMASK)
-    return;
+  int r = __internal_syscall_cancel (a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, nr);
+  return __glibc_unlikely (INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERROR_P (r))
+	 ? SYSCALL_ERROR_LABEL (INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERRNO (r))
+	 : r;
+}
 
+/* Called by __syscall_cancel_arch or function above start the thread
+   cancellation.  */
+_Noreturn void
+__syscall_do_cancel (void)
+{
   struct pthread *self = THREAD_SELF;
-  int newval;
+
+  /* Disable thread cancellation to avoid cancellable entrypoints to call
+     __syscall_do_cancel recursively.  */
   int oldval = atomic_load_relaxed (&self->cancelhandling);
-  do
+  while (1)
     {
-      newval = oldval & ~CANCELTYPE_BITMASK;
+      int newval = oldval | CANCELSTATE_BITMASK;
+      if (oldval == newval)
+	break;
+      if (atomic_compare_exchange_weak_acquire (&self->cancelhandling,
+						&oldval, newval))
+	break;
     }
-  while (!atomic_compare_exchange_weak_acquire (&self->cancelhandling,
-						&oldval, newval));
 
-  /* We cannot return when we are being canceled.  Upon return the
-     thread might be things which would have to be undone.  The
-     following loop should loop until the cancellation signal is
-     delivered.  */
-  while (__glibc_unlikely ((newval & (CANCELING_BITMASK | CANCELED_BITMASK))
-			   == CANCELING_BITMASK))
-    {
-      futex_wait_simple ((unsigned int *) &self->cancelhandling, newval,
-			 FUTEX_PRIVATE);
-      newval = atomic_load_relaxed (&self->cancelhandling);
-    }
+  __do_cancel (PTHREAD_CANCELED);
 }
-libc_hidden_def (__pthread_disable_asynccancel)
diff --git a/nptl/cleanup_defer.c b/nptl/cleanup_defer.c
index eef87f9a9c..d04227722b 100644
--- a/nptl/cleanup_defer.c
+++ b/nptl/cleanup_defer.c
@@ -82,10 +82,7 @@ ___pthread_unregister_cancel_restore (__pthread_unwind_buf_t *buf)
 						    &cancelhandling, newval));
 
       if (cancel_enabled_and_canceled (cancelhandling))
-	{
-	  self->result = PTHREAD_CANCELED;
-	  __do_cancel ();
-	}
+	__do_cancel (PTHREAD_CANCELED);
     }
 }
 versioned_symbol (libc, ___pthread_unregister_cancel_restore,
diff --git a/nptl/descr-const.sym b/nptl/descr-const.sym
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8608248354
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nptl/descr-const.sym
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include <tls.h>
+
+-- Not strictly offsets, these values are using thread cancellation by arch
+-- specific cancel entrypoint.
+TCB_CANCELED_BIT	 CANCELED_BIT
+TCB_CANCELED_BITMASK	 CANCELED_BITMASK
diff --git a/nptl/descr.h b/nptl/descr.h
index f8b5ac7c22..142470f3f3 100644
--- a/nptl/descr.h
+++ b/nptl/descr.h
@@ -415,6 +415,24 @@ struct pthread
   (sizeof (struct pthread) - offsetof (struct pthread, end_padding))
 } __attribute ((aligned (TCB_ALIGNMENT)));
 
+static inline bool
+cancel_enabled (int value)
+{
+  return (value & CANCELSTATE_BITMASK) == 0;
+}
+
+static inline bool
+cancel_async_enabled (int value)
+{
+  return (value & CANCELTYPE_BITMASK) != 0;
+}
+
+static inline bool
+cancel_exiting (int value)
+{
+  return (value & EXITING_BITMASK) != 0;
+}
+
 static inline bool
 cancel_enabled_and_canceled (int value)
 {
diff --git a/nptl/libc-cleanup.c b/nptl/libc-cleanup.c
index 4c7bcda302..252006060a 100644
--- a/nptl/libc-cleanup.c
+++ b/nptl/libc-cleanup.c
@@ -69,10 +69,7 @@ __libc_cleanup_pop_restore (struct _pthread_cleanup_buffer *buffer)
 						    &cancelhandling, newval));
 
       if (cancel_enabled_and_canceled (cancelhandling))
-	{
-	  self->result = PTHREAD_CANCELED;
-	  __do_cancel ();
-	}
+	__do_cancel (PTHREAD_CANCELED);
     }
 }
 libc_hidden_def (__libc_cleanup_pop_restore)
diff --git a/nptl/pthread_cancel.c b/nptl/pthread_cancel.c
index 87c9ef69ad..fc5ca8b3d4 100644
--- a/nptl/pthread_cancel.c
+++ b/nptl/pthread_cancel.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <sysdep.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <unwind-link.h>
+#include <cancellation-pc-check.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <gnu/lib-names.h>
 #include <sys/single_threaded.h>
@@ -40,31 +41,16 @@ sigcancel_handler (int sig, siginfo_t *si, void *ctx)
       || si->si_code != SI_TKILL)
     return;
 
+  /* Check if asynchronous cancellation mode is set or if interrupted
+     instruction pointer falls within the cancellable syscall bridge.  For
+     interruptable syscalls with external side-effects (i.e. partial reads),
+     the kernel  will set the IP to after __syscall_cancel_arch_end, thus
+     disabling the cancellation and allowing the process to handle such
+     conditions.  */
   struct pthread *self = THREAD_SELF;
-
   int oldval = atomic_load_relaxed (&self->cancelhandling);
-  while (1)
-    {
-      /* We are canceled now.  When canceled by another thread this flag
-	 is already set but if the signal is directly send (internally or
-	 from another process) is has to be done here.  */
-      int newval = oldval | CANCELING_BITMASK | CANCELED_BITMASK;
-
-      if (oldval == newval || (oldval & EXITING_BITMASK) != 0)
-	/* Already canceled or exiting.  */
-	break;
-
-      if (atomic_compare_exchange_weak_acquire (&self->cancelhandling,
-						&oldval, newval))
-	{
-	  self->result = PTHREAD_CANCELED;
-
-	  /* Make sure asynchronous cancellation is still enabled.  */
-	  if ((oldval & CANCELTYPE_BITMASK) != 0)
-	    /* Run the registered destructors and terminate the thread.  */
-	    __do_cancel ();
-	}
-    }
+  if (cancel_async_enabled (oldval) || cancellation_pc_check (ctx))
+    __syscall_do_cancel ();
 }
 
 int
@@ -106,15 +92,13 @@ __pthread_cancel (pthread_t th)
   /* Some syscalls are never restarted after being interrupted by a signal
      handler, regardless of the use of SA_RESTART (they always fail with
      EINTR).  So pthread_cancel cannot send SIGCANCEL unless the cancellation
-     is enabled and set as asynchronous (in this case the cancellation will
-     be acted in the cancellation handler instead by the syscall wrapper).
-     Otherwise the target thread is set as 'cancelling' (CANCELING_BITMASK)
+     is enabled.
+     In this case the target thread is set as 'cancelled' (CANCELED_BITMASK)
      by atomically setting 'cancelhandling' and the cancelation will be acted
      upon on next cancellation entrypoing in the target thread.
 
-     It also requires to atomically check if cancellation is enabled and
-     asynchronous, so both cancellation state and type are tracked on
-     'cancelhandling'.  */
+     It also requires to atomically check if cancellation is enabled, so the
+     state are also tracked on 'cancelhandling'.  */
 
   int result = 0;
   int oldval = atomic_load_relaxed (&pd->cancelhandling);
@@ -122,19 +106,17 @@ __pthread_cancel (pthread_t th)
   do
     {
     again:
-      newval = oldval | CANCELING_BITMASK | CANCELED_BITMASK;
+      newval = oldval | CANCELED_BITMASK;
       if (oldval == newval)
 	break;
 
-      /* If the cancellation is handled asynchronously just send a
-	 signal.  We avoid this if possible since it's more
-	 expensive.  */
-      if (cancel_enabled_and_canceled_and_async (newval))
+      /* Only send the SIGANCEL signal is cancellation is enabled, since some
+	 syscalls are never restarted even with SA_RESTART.  The signal
+	 will act iff async cancellation is enabled.  */
+      if (cancel_enabled (newval))
 	{
-	  /* Mark the cancellation as "in progress".  */
-	  int newval2 = oldval | CANCELING_BITMASK;
 	  if (!atomic_compare_exchange_weak_acquire (&pd->cancelhandling,
-						     &oldval, newval2))
+						     &oldval, newval))
 	    goto again;
 
 	  if (pd == THREAD_SELF)
@@ -143,9 +125,8 @@ __pthread_cancel (pthread_t th)
 	       pthread_create, so the signal handler may not have been
 	       set up for a self-cancel.  */
 	    {
-	      pd->result = PTHREAD_CANCELED;
-	      if ((newval & CANCELTYPE_BITMASK) != 0)
-		__do_cancel ();
+	      if (cancel_async_enabled (newval))
+		__do_cancel (PTHREAD_CANCELED);
 	    }
 	  else
 	    /* The cancellation handler will take care of marking the
@@ -154,19 +135,18 @@ __pthread_cancel (pthread_t th)
 
 	  break;
 	}
-
-	/* A single-threaded process should be able to kill itself, since
-	   there is nothing in the POSIX specification that says that it
-	   cannot.  So we set multiple_threads to true so that cancellation
-	   points get executed.  */
-	THREAD_SETMEM (THREAD_SELF, header.multiple_threads, 1);
-#ifndef TLS_MULTIPLE_THREADS_IN_TCB
-	__libc_single_threaded_internal = 0;
-#endif
     }
   while (!atomic_compare_exchange_weak_acquire (&pd->cancelhandling, &oldval,
 						newval));
 
+  /* A single-threaded process should be able to kill itself, since there is
+     nothing in the POSIX specification that says that it cannot.  So we set
+     multiple_threads to true so that cancellation points get executed.  */
+  THREAD_SETMEM (THREAD_SELF, header.multiple_threads, 1);
+#ifndef TLS_MULTIPLE_THREADS_IN_TCB
+  __libc_single_threaded_internal = 0;
+#endif
+
   return result;
 }
 versioned_symbol (libc, __pthread_cancel, pthread_cancel, GLIBC_2_34);
diff --git a/nptl/pthread_exit.c b/nptl/pthread_exit.c
index 9f48dcc5d0..125f44b78a 100644
--- a/nptl/pthread_exit.c
+++ b/nptl/pthread_exit.c
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ __pthread_exit (void *value)
                     " must be installed for pthread_exit to work\n");
   }
 
-  THREAD_SETMEM (THREAD_SELF, result, value);
-
-  __do_cancel ();
+  __do_cancel (value);
 }
 libc_hidden_def (__pthread_exit)
 weak_alias (__pthread_exit, pthread_exit)
diff --git a/nptl/pthread_setcancelstate.c b/nptl/pthread_setcancelstate.c
index 7f81d812dd..ffb482a83d 100644
--- a/nptl/pthread_setcancelstate.c
+++ b/nptl/pthread_setcancelstate.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ __pthread_setcancelstate (int state, int *oldstate)
 						&oldval, newval))
 	{
 	  if (cancel_enabled_and_canceled_and_async (newval))
-	    __do_cancel ();
+	    __do_cancel (PTHREAD_CANCELED);
 
 	  break;
 	}
diff --git a/nptl/pthread_setcanceltype.c b/nptl/pthread_setcanceltype.c
index 7dfeee4364..9fe7c0029b 100644
--- a/nptl/pthread_setcanceltype.c
+++ b/nptl/pthread_setcanceltype.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ __pthread_setcanceltype (int type, int *oldtype)
 	  if (cancel_enabled_and_canceled_and_async (newval))
 	    {
 	      THREAD_SETMEM (self, result, PTHREAD_CANCELED);
-	      __do_cancel ();
+	      __do_cancel (PTHREAD_CANCELED);
 	    }
 
 	  break;
diff --git a/nptl/pthread_testcancel.c b/nptl/pthread_testcancel.c
index 38b5a2d4bc..b574c0f001 100644
--- a/nptl/pthread_testcancel.c
+++ b/nptl/pthread_testcancel.c
@@ -25,10 +25,7 @@ ___pthread_testcancel (void)
   struct pthread *self = THREAD_SELF;
   int cancelhandling = atomic_load_relaxed (&self->cancelhandling);
   if (cancel_enabled_and_canceled (cancelhandling))
-    {
-      self->result = PTHREAD_CANCELED;
-      __do_cancel ();
-    }
+    __do_cancel (PTHREAD_CANCELED);
 }
 versioned_symbol (libc, ___pthread_testcancel, pthread_testcancel, GLIBC_2_34);
 libc_hidden_ver (___pthread_testcancel, __pthread_testcancel)
diff --git a/nptl/tst-cancel31.c b/nptl/tst-cancel31.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e93cc5ae1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nptl/tst-cancel31.c
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/* Check side-effect act for cancellable syscalls (BZ #12683).
+   Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+/* This testcase checks if there is resource leakage if the syscall has
+   returned from kernelspace, but before userspace saves the return
+   value.  The 'leaker' thread should be able to close the file descriptor
+   if the resource is already allocated, meaning that if the cancellation
+   signal arrives *after* the open syscal return from kernel, the
+   side-effect should be visible to application.  */
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/temp_file.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/descriptors.h>
+
+static void *
+writeopener (void *arg)
+{
+  int fd;
+  for (;;)
+    {
+      fd = open (arg, O_WRONLY);
+      xclose (fd);
+    }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+static void *
+leaker (void *arg)
+{
+  int fd = open (arg, O_RDONLY);
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (fd > 0);
+  pthread_setcancelstate (PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE, 0);
+  xclose (fd);
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  enum {
+    iter_count = 1000
+  };
+
+  char *dir = support_create_temp_directory ("tst-cancel28");
+  char *name = xasprintf ("%s/fifo", dir);
+  TEST_COMPARE (mkfifo (name, 0600), 0);
+  add_temp_file (name);
+
+  struct support_descriptors *descrs = support_descriptors_list ();
+
+  srand (1);
+
+  xpthread_create (NULL, writeopener, name);
+  for (int i = 0; i < iter_count; i++)
+    {
+      pthread_t td = xpthread_create (NULL, leaker, name);
+      struct timespec ts =
+	{ .tv_nsec = rand () % 100000, .tv_sec = 0 };
+      nanosleep (&ts, NULL);
+      /* Ignore pthread_cancel result because it might be the
+	 case when pthread_cancel is called when thread is already
+	 exited.  */
+      pthread_cancel (td);
+      xpthread_join (td);
+    }
+
+  support_descriptors_check (descrs);
+
+  support_descriptors_free (descrs);
+
+  free (name);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/generic/syscall_types.h b/sysdeps/generic/syscall_types.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ddeaa2b5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/generic/syscall_types.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* Types and macros used for syscall issuing.
+   Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef _SYSCALL_TYPES_H
+#define _SYSCALL_TYPES_H
+
+typedef long int __syscall_arg_t;
+#define __SSC(__x) ((__syscall_arg_t) (__x))
+
+#endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/nptl/cancellation-pc-check.h b/sysdeps/nptl/cancellation-pc-check.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb38ad6819
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/nptl/cancellation-pc-check.h
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/* Architecture specific code for pthread cancellation handling.
+   Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef _NPTL_CANCELLATION_PC_CHECK
+#define _NPTL_CANCELLATION_PC_CHECK
+
+#include <sigcontextinfo.h>
+
+/* For syscalls with side-effects (e.g read that might return partial read),
+   the kernel cannot restart the syscall when interrupted by a signal, it must
+   return from the call with whatever partial result.  In this case, the saved
+   program counter is set just after the syscall instruction, so the SIGCANCEL
+   handler should not act on cancellation.
+
+   The __syscall_cancel_arch function, used for all cancellable syscalls,
+   contains two extra markers, __syscall_cancel_arch_start and
+   __syscall_cancel_arch_end.  The former points to just before the initial
+   conditional branch that checks if the thread has received a cancellation
+   request, while former points to the instruction after the one responsible
+   to issue the syscall.
+
+   The function check if the program counter (PC) from ucontext_t CTX is
+   within the start and then end boundary from the __syscall_cancel_arch
+   bridge.  Return TRUE if the PC is within the boundary, meaning the
+   syscall does not have any side effects; or FALSE otherwise.  */
+
+static __always_inline bool
+cancellation_pc_check (void *ctx)
+{
+  /* Both are defined in syscall_cancel.S.  */
+  extern const char __syscall_cancel_arch_start[1];
+  extern const char __syscall_cancel_arch_end[1];
+
+  uintptr_t pc = sigcontext_get_pc (ctx);
+  return pc >= (uintptr_t) __syscall_cancel_arch_start
+	 && pc < (uintptr_t) __syscall_cancel_arch_end;
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/nptl/lowlevellock-futex.h b/sysdeps/nptl/lowlevellock-futex.h
index 0392b5c04f..bd57913b6f 100644
--- a/sysdeps/nptl/lowlevellock-futex.h
+++ b/sysdeps/nptl/lowlevellock-futex.h
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLER__
 # include <sysdep.h>
-# include <sysdep-cancel.h>
 # include <kernel-features.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -120,21 +119,10 @@
 		     nr_wake, nr_move, mutex, val)
 
 /* Like lll_futex_wait, but acting as a cancellable entrypoint.  */
-# define lll_futex_wait_cancel(futexp, val, private) \
-  ({                                                                   \
-    int __oldtype = LIBC_CANCEL_ASYNC ();			       \
-    long int __err = lll_futex_wait (futexp, val, LLL_SHARED);	       \
-    LIBC_CANCEL_RESET (__oldtype);				       \
-    __err;							       \
-  })
-
-/* Like lll_futex_timed_wait, but acting as a cancellable entrypoint.  */
-# define lll_futex_timed_wait_cancel(futexp, val, timeout, private) \
-  ({									   \
-    int __oldtype = LIBC_CANCEL_ASYNC ();			       	   \
-    long int __err = lll_futex_timed_wait (futexp, val, timeout, private); \
-    LIBC_CANCEL_RESET (__oldtype);					   \
-    __err;								   \
+# define lll_futex_wait_cancel(futexp, val, private)			\
+  ({									\
+     int __op = __lll_private_flag (FUTEX_WAIT, private);		\
+     INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CANCEL (futex, futexp, __op, val, NULL);		\
   })
 
 #endif  /* !__ASSEMBLER__  */
diff --git a/sysdeps/nptl/pthreadP.h b/sysdeps/nptl/pthreadP.h
index 54f9198681..15a7a063e5 100644
--- a/sysdeps/nptl/pthreadP.h
+++ b/sysdeps/nptl/pthreadP.h
@@ -261,10 +261,12 @@ libc_hidden_proto (__pthread_unregister_cancel)
 /* Called when a thread reacts on a cancellation request.  */
 static inline void
 __attribute ((noreturn, always_inline))
-__do_cancel (void)
+__do_cancel (void *result)
 {
   struct pthread *self = THREAD_SELF;
 
+  self->result = result;
+
   /* Make sure we get no more cancellations.  */
   atomic_fetch_or_relaxed (&self->cancelhandling, EXITING_BITMASK);
 
@@ -272,6 +274,13 @@ __do_cancel (void)
 		    THREAD_GETMEM (self, cleanup_jmp_buf));
 }
 
+extern long int __syscall_cancel_arch (volatile int *, __syscall_arg_t nr,
+     __syscall_arg_t arg1, __syscall_arg_t arg2, __syscall_arg_t arg3,
+     __syscall_arg_t arg4, __syscall_arg_t arg5, __syscall_arg_t arg6)
+  attribute_hidden;
+
+extern _Noreturn void __syscall_do_cancel (void) attribute_hidden;
+
 
 /* Internal prototypes.  */
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysdep.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysdep.h
index 1ba4de99db..32bc85592e 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysdep.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysdep.h
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 #define	SYSCALL__(name, args)	PSEUDO (__##name, name, args)
 #define	SYSCALL(name, args)	PSEUDO (name, name, args)
 
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLER__
+# include <errno.h>
+
 #define __SYSCALL_CONCAT_X(a,b)     a##b
 #define __SYSCALL_CONCAT(a,b)       __SYSCALL_CONCAT_X (a, b)
 
@@ -108,42 +111,115 @@
 #define INLINE_SYSCALL_CALL(...) \
   __INLINE_SYSCALL_DISP (__INLINE_SYSCALL, __VA_ARGS__)
 
+#define __INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS0(name) \
+  INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS (name, 0)
+#define __INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS1(name, a1) \
+  INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS (name, 1, a1)
+#define __INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS2(name, a1, a2) \
+  INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS (name, 2, a1, a2)
+#define __INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS3(name, a1, a2, a3) \
+  INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS (name, 3, a1, a2, a3)
+#define __INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS4(name, a1, a2, a3, a4) \
+  INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS (name, 4, a1, a2, a3, a4)
+#define __INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS5(name, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5) \
+  INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS (name, 5, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5)
+#define __INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS6(name, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6) \
+  INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS (name, 6, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6)
+#define __INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS7(name, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7) \
+  INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS (name, 7, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7)
+
+/* Issue a syscall defined by syscall number plus any other argument required.
+   It is similar to INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS macro, but without the need to pass
+   the expected argument number as third parameter.  */
+#define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS_CALL(...) \
+  __INTERNAL_SYSCALL_DISP (__INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS, __VA_ARGS__)
+
+/* Cancellation macros.  */
+#include <syscall_types.h>
+
+long int __internal_syscall_cancel (__syscall_arg_t a1, __syscall_arg_t a2,
+				    __syscall_arg_t a3, __syscall_arg_t a4,
+				    __syscall_arg_t a5, __syscall_arg_t a6,
+				    __syscall_arg_t nr) attribute_hidden;
+
+long int __syscall_cancel (__syscall_arg_t nr, __syscall_arg_t arg1,
+			   __syscall_arg_t arg2, __syscall_arg_t arg3,
+			   __syscall_arg_t arg4, __syscall_arg_t arg5,
+			   __syscall_arg_t arg6) attribute_hidden;
+
+#define __SYSCALL_CANCEL0(name)						\
+  __syscall_cancel (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, __NR_##name)
+#define __SYSCALL_CANCEL1(name, a1)					\
+  __syscall_cancel (__SSC (a1), 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, __NR_##name)
+#define __SYSCALL_CANCEL2(name, a1, a2) \
+  __syscall_cancel (__SSC (a1), __SSC (a2), 0, 0, 0, 0, __NR_##name)
+#define __SYSCALL_CANCEL3(name, a1, a2, a3) \
+  __syscall_cancel (__SSC (a1), __SSC (a2), __SSC (a3), 0, 0, 0,	\
+		    __NR_##name)
+#define __SYSCALL_CANCEL4(name, a1, a2, a3, a4) \
+  __syscall_cancel (__SSC (a1), __SSC (a2), __SSC (a3),			\
+		    __SSC(a4), 0, 0, __NR_##name)
+#define __SYSCALL_CANCEL5(name, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5) \
+  __syscall_cancel (__SSC (a1), __SSC (a2), __SSC (a3), __SSC(a4),	\
+		    __SSC (a5), 0, __NR_##name)
+#define __SYSCALL_CANCEL6(name, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6) \
+  __syscall_cancel (__SSC (a1), __SSC (a2), __SSC (a3), __SSC (a4),	\
+		    __SSC (a5), __SSC (a6), __NR_##name)
+
+#define __SYSCALL_CANCEL_NARGS_X(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,n,...) n
+#define __SYSCALL_CANCEL_NARGS(...) \
+  __SYSCALL_CANCEL_NARGS_X (__VA_ARGS__,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0,)
+#define __SYSCALL_CANCEL_CONCAT_X(a,b)     a##b
+#define __SYSCALL_CANCEL_CONCAT(a,b)       __SYSCALL_CANCEL_CONCAT_X (a, b)
+#define __SYSCALL_CANCEL_DISP(b,...) \
+  __SYSCALL_CANCEL_CONCAT (b,__SYSCALL_CANCEL_NARGS(__VA_ARGS__))(__VA_ARGS__)
+
+/* Issue a cancellable syscall defined first argument plus any other argument
+   required.  If and error occurs its value, the macro returns -1 and sets
+   errno accordingly.  */
+#define __SYSCALL_CANCEL_CALL(...) \
+  __SYSCALL_CANCEL_DISP (__SYSCALL_CANCEL, __VA_ARGS__)
+
+#define __INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CANCEL0(name)				\
+  __internal_syscall_cancel (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, __NR_##name)
+#define __INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CANCEL1(name, a1)				\
+  __internal_syscall_cancel (__SSC (a1), 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, __NR_##name)
+#define __INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CANCEL2(name, a1, a2)			\
+  __internal_syscall_cancel (__SSC (a1), __SSC (a2), 0, 0, 0, 0,	\
+			     __NR_##name)
+#define __INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CANCEL3(name, a1, a2, a3)			\
+  __internal_syscall_cancel (__SSC (a1), __SSC (a2), __SSC (a3), 0,	\
+			     0, 0, __NR_##name)
+#define __INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CANCEL4(name, a1, a2, a3, a4)		\
+  __internal_syscall_cancel (__SSC (a1), __SSC (a2), __SSC (a3),	\
+			     __SSC(a4), 0, 0, __NR_##name)
+#define __INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CANCEL5(name, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5)		\
+  __internal_syscall_cancel (__SSC (a1), __SSC (a2), __SSC (a3),	\
+			     __SSC(a4), __SSC (a5), 0, __NR_##name)
+#define __INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CANCEL6(name, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6)	\
+  __internal_syscall_cancel (__SSC (a1), __SSC (a2), __SSC (a3),	\
+			     __SSC (a4), __SSC (a5), __SSC (a6),	\
+			     __NR_##name)
+
+/* Issue a cancellable syscall defined by syscall number NAME plus any other
+   argument required.  If an error occurs its value is returned as an negative
+   number unmodified and errno is not set.  */
+#define __INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CANCEL_CALL(...) \
+  __SYSCALL_CANCEL_DISP (__INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CANCEL, __VA_ARGS__)
+
 #if IS_IN (rtld)
-/* All cancellation points are compiled out in the dynamic loader.  */
-# define NO_SYSCALL_CANCEL_CHECKING 1
+/* The loader does not need to handle thread cancellation, use direct
+   syscall instead.  */
+# define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CANCEL(...) INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CALL(__VA_ARGS__)
+# define SYSCALL_CANCEL(...)          INLINE_SYSCALL_CALL (__VA_ARGS__)
 #else
-# define NO_SYSCALL_CANCEL_CHECKING SINGLE_THREAD_P
+# define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CANCEL(...) \
+  __INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CANCEL_CALL (__VA_ARGS__)
+# define SYSCALL_CANCEL(...) \
+  __SYSCALL_CANCEL_CALL (__VA_ARGS__)
 #endif
 
-#define SYSCALL_CANCEL(...) \
-  ({									     \
-    long int sc_ret;							     \
-    if (NO_SYSCALL_CANCEL_CHECKING)					     \
-      sc_ret = INLINE_SYSCALL_CALL (__VA_ARGS__); 			     \
-    else								     \
-      {									     \
-	int sc_cancel_oldtype = LIBC_CANCEL_ASYNC ();			     \
-	sc_ret = INLINE_SYSCALL_CALL (__VA_ARGS__);			     \
-        LIBC_CANCEL_RESET (sc_cancel_oldtype);				     \
-      }									     \
-    sc_ret;								     \
-  })
-
-/* Issue a syscall defined by syscall number plus any other argument
-   required.  Any error will be returned unmodified (including errno).  */
-#define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CANCEL(...) \
-  ({									     \
-    long int sc_ret;							     \
-    if (NO_SYSCALL_CANCEL_CHECKING) 					     \
-      sc_ret = INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CALL (__VA_ARGS__); 			     \
-    else								     \
-      {									     \
-	int sc_cancel_oldtype = LIBC_CANCEL_ASYNC ();			     \
-	sc_ret = INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CALL (__VA_ARGS__);			     \
-        LIBC_CANCEL_RESET (sc_cancel_oldtype);				     \
-      }									     \
-    sc_ret;								     \
-  })
+#endif /* __ASSEMBLER__  */
 
 /* Machine-dependent sysdep.h files are expected to define the macro
    PSEUDO (function_name, syscall_name) to emit assembly code to define the
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/socketcall.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/socketcall.h
index d1a173277e..19a6c17a86 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/socketcall.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/socketcall.h
@@ -88,14 +88,33 @@
     sc_ret;								\
   })
 
-
-#define SOCKETCALL_CANCEL(name, args...)				\
-  ({									\
-    int oldtype = LIBC_CANCEL_ASYNC ();					\
-    long int sc_ret = __SOCKETCALL (SOCKOP_##name, args);		\
-    LIBC_CANCEL_RESET (oldtype);					\
-    sc_ret;								\
-  })
+#define __SOCKETCALL_CANCEL1(__name, __a1) \
+  SYSCALL_CANCEL (socketcall, __name, \
+     ((long int [1]) { (long int) __a1 }))
+#define __SOCKETCALL_CANCEL2(__name, __a1, __a2) \
+  SYSCALL_CANCEL (socketcall, __name, \
+     ((long int [2]) { (long int) __a1, (long int) __a2 }))
+#define __SOCKETCALL_CANCEL3(__name, __a1, __a2, __a3) \
+  SYSCALL_CANCEL (socketcall, __name, \
+     ((long int [3]) { (long int) __a1, (long int) __a2, (long int) __a3 }))
+#define __SOCKETCALL_CANCEL4(__name, __a1, __a2, __a3, __a4) \
+  SYSCALL_CANCEL (socketcall, __name, \
+     ((long int [4]) { (long int) __a1, (long int) __a2, (long int) __a3, \
+                       (long int) __a4 }))
+#define __SOCKETCALL_CANCEL5(__name, __a1, __a2, __a3, __a4, __a5) \
+  SYSCALL_CANCEL (socketcall, __name, \
+     ((long int [5]) { (long int) __a1, (long int) __a2, (long int) __a3, \
+                       (long int) __a4, (long int) __a5 }))
+#define __SOCKETCALL_CANCEL6(__name, __a1, __a2, __a3, __a4, __a5, __a6) \
+  SYSCALL_CANCEL (socketcall, __name, \
+     ((long int [6]) { (long int) __a1, (long int) __a2, (long int) __a3, \
+                       (long int) __a4, (long int) __a5, (long int) __a6 }))
+
+#define __SOCKETCALL_CANCEL(...) __SOCKETCALL_DISP (__SOCKETCALL_CANCEL,\
+						    __VA_ARGS__)
+
+#define SOCKETCALL_CANCEL(name, args...) \
+   __SOCKETCALL_CANCEL (SOCKOP_##name, args)
 
 
 #endif /* sys/socketcall.h */
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscall_cancel.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscall_cancel.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..260680c99f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscall_cancel.c
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/* Pthread cancellation syscall bridge.  Default Linux version.
+   Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+#include <pthreadP.h>
+
+#warning "This implementation should be use just as reference or for bootstrapping"
+
+/* This is the generic version of the cancellable syscall code which
+   adds the label guards (__syscall_cancel_arch_{start,end}) used on SIGCANCEL
+   handler to check if the cancelled syscall have side-effects that need to be
+   returned to the caller.
+
+   This implementation should be used as a reference one to document the
+   implementation constraints:
+
+     1. The __syscall_cancel_arch_start should point just before the test
+        that thread is already cancelled,
+     2.	The __syscall_cancel_arch_end should point to the immediate next
+        instruction after the syscall one.
+     3. It should return the syscall value or a negative result if is has
+        failed, similar to INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CALL.
+
+   The __syscall_cancel_arch_end one is because the kernel will signal
+   interrupted syscall with side effects by setting the signal frame program
+   counter (on the ucontext_t third argument from SA_SIGINFO signal handler)
+   right after the syscall instruction.
+
+   For some architecture, the INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS macro use more instructions
+   to get the error condition from kernel (as for powerpc and sparc that
+   checks for the conditional register), or uses an out of the line helper
+   (ARM thumb), or uses a kernel helper gate (i686 or ia64).  In this case
+   the architecture should either adjust the macro or provide a custom
+   __syscall_cancel_arch implementation.   */
+
+long int
+__syscall_cancel_arch (volatile int *ch, __syscall_arg_t nr,
+		       __syscall_arg_t a1, __syscall_arg_t a2,
+		       __syscall_arg_t a3, __syscall_arg_t a4,
+		       __syscall_arg_t a5, __syscall_arg_t a6)
+{
+#define ADD_LABEL(__label)		\
+  asm volatile (			\
+    ".global " __label "\t\n"		\
+    __label ":\n");
+
+  ADD_LABEL ("__syscall_cancel_arch_start");
+  if (__glibc_unlikely (*ch & CANCELED_BITMASK))
+    __syscall_do_cancel();
+
+  long int result = INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS_CALL (nr, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6);
+  ADD_LABEL ("__syscall_cancel_arch_end");
+  if (__glibc_unlikely (INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERROR_P (result)))
+    return -INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERRNO (result);
+  return result;
+}
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sysdep-cancel.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sysdep-cancel.h
index 102682c5ee..1b686d53a9 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sysdep-cancel.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sysdep-cancel.h
@@ -21,17 +21,5 @@
 #define _SYSDEP_CANCEL_H
 
 #include <sysdep.h>
-#include <tls.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-
-/* Set cancellation mode to asynchronous.  */
-extern int __pthread_enable_asynccancel (void);
-libc_hidden_proto (__pthread_enable_asynccancel)
-#define LIBC_CANCEL_ASYNC() __pthread_enable_asynccancel ()
-
-/* Reset to previous cancellation mode.  */
-extern void __pthread_disable_asynccancel (int oldtype);
-libc_hidden_proto (__pthread_disable_asynccancel)
-#define LIBC_CANCEL_RESET(oldtype) __pthread_disable_asynccancel (oldtype)
 
 #endif
