diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a660fc59a8..1f70b73edd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ Major new features:
   pthread_attr_getsigmask_np have been added.  They allow applications
   to specify the signal mask of a thread created with pthread_create.
 
+* The GNU C Library now provides the header file <sys/single_threaded.h>
+  which declares the variable __libc_single_threaded.  Applications are
+  encouraged to use this variable for single-thread optimizations,
+  instead of weak references to symbols historically defined in
+  libpthread.
+
 Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
 
 * The deprecated <sys/sysctl.h> header and the sysctl function have been
diff --git a/elf/Makefile b/elf/Makefile
index 6fe1df90bb..81a696c3ef 100644
--- a/elf/Makefile
+++ b/elf/Makefile
@@ -155,7 +155,9 @@ endif
 tests-static-normal := tst-leaks1-static tst-array1-static tst-array5-static \
 	       tst-dl-iter-static \
 	       tst-tlsalign-static tst-tlsalign-extern-static \
-	       tst-linkall-static tst-env-setuid tst-env-setuid-tunables
+	       tst-linkall-static tst-env-setuid tst-env-setuid-tunables \
+	       tst-single_threaded-static tst-single_threaded-pthread-static
+
 tests-static-internal := tst-tls1-static tst-tls2-static \
 	       tst-ptrguard1-static tst-stackguard1-static \
 	       tst-tls1-static-non-pie tst-libc_dlvsym-static
@@ -174,9 +176,11 @@ tests-internal := tst-tls1 tst-tls2 $(tests-static-internal)
 tests-static := $(tests-static-normal) $(tests-static-internal)
 
 ifeq (yes,$(build-shared))
-tests-static += tst-tls9-static
-tst-tls9-static-ENV = \
-       LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(objpfx):$(common-objpfx):$(common-objpfx)dlfcn
+tests-static += tst-tls9-static tst-single_threaded-static-dlopen
+static-dlopen-environment = \
+  LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(objpfx):$(common-objpfx):$(common-objpfx)dlfcn
+tst-tls9-static-ENV = $(static-dlopen-environment)
+tst-single_threaded-static-dlopen-ENV = $(static-dlopen-environment)
 
 tests += restest1 preloadtest loadfail multiload origtest resolvfail \
 	 constload1 order noload filter \
@@ -204,7 +208,8 @@ tests += restest1 preloadtest loadfail multiload origtest resolvfail \
 	 tst-dlopen-self tst-auditmany tst-initfinilazyfail tst-dlopenfail \
 	 tst-dlopenfail-2 \
 	 tst-filterobj tst-filterobj-dlopen tst-auxobj tst-auxobj-dlopen \
-	 tst-audit14 tst-audit15 tst-audit16
+	 tst-audit14 tst-audit15 tst-audit16 \
+	 tst-single_threaded tst-single_threaded-pthread
 #	 reldep9
 tests-internal += loadtest unload unload2 circleload1 \
 	 neededtest neededtest2 neededtest3 neededtest4 \
@@ -317,7 +322,9 @@ modules-names = testobj1 testobj2 testobj3 testobj4 testobj5 testobj6 \
 		tst-dlopenfailmod1 tst-dlopenfaillinkmod tst-dlopenfailmod2 \
 		tst-dlopenfailmod3 tst-ldconfig-ld-mod \
 		tst-filterobj-flt tst-filterobj-aux tst-filterobj-filtee \
-		tst-auditlogmod-1 tst-auditlogmod-2 tst-auditlogmod-3
+		tst-auditlogmod-1 tst-auditlogmod-2 tst-auditlogmod-3 \
+		tst-single_threaded-mod1 tst-single_threaded-mod2 \
+		tst-single_threaded-mod3 tst-single_threaded-mod4
 # Most modules build with _ISOMAC defined, but those filtered out
 # depend on internal headers.
 modules-names-tests = $(filter-out ifuncmod% tst-libc_dlvsym-dso tst-tlsmod%,\
@@ -1748,3 +1755,17 @@ $(objpfx)tst-auxobj: $(objpfx)tst-filterobj-aux.so
 $(objpfx)tst-auxobj-dlopen: $(libdl)
 $(objpfx)tst-auxobj.out: $(objpfx)tst-filterobj-filtee.so
 $(objpfx)tst-auxobj-dlopen.out: $(objpfx)tst-filterobj-filtee.so
+
+$(objpfx)tst-single_threaded: $(objpfx)tst-single_threaded-mod1.so $(libdl)
+$(objpfx)tst-single_threaded.out: \
+  $(objpfx)tst-single_threaded-mod2.so $(objpfx)tst-single_threaded-mod3.so
+$(objpfx)tst-single_threaded-static-dlopen: \
+  $(objpfx)tst-single_threaded-mod1.o $(common-objpfx)dlfcn/libdl.a
+$(objpfx)tst-single_threaded-static-dlopen.out: \
+  $(objpfx)tst-single_threaded-mod2.so
+$(objpfx)tst-single_threaded-pthread: \
+  $(objpfx)tst-single_threaded-mod1.so $(libdl) $(shared-thread-library)
+$(objpfx)tst-single_threaded-pthread.out: \
+  $(objpfx)tst-single_threaded-mod2.so $(objpfx)tst-single_threaded-mod3.so \
+  $(objpfx)tst-single_threaded-mod4.so
+$(objpfx)tst-single_threaded-pthread-static: $(static-thread-library)
diff --git a/elf/libc_early_init.c b/elf/libc_early_init.c
index e6c64fb526..725ab2f811 100644
--- a/elf/libc_early_init.c
+++ b/elf/libc_early_init.c
@@ -18,10 +18,14 @@
 
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <libc-early-init.h>
+#include <sys/single_threaded.h>
 
 void
 __libc_early_init (_Bool initial)
 {
   /* Initialize ctype data.  */
   __ctype_init ();
+
+  /* Only the outer namespace is marked as single-threaded.  */
+  __libc_single_threaded = initial;
 }
diff --git a/elf/tst-single_threaded-mod1.c b/elf/tst-single_threaded-mod1.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a66de65679
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elf/tst-single_threaded-mod1.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* Test support for single-thread optimizations.  Shared object 1.
+   Copyright (C) 2020 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/>.  */
+
+#include <sys/single_threaded.h>
+
+_Bool
+single_threaded_1 (void)
+{
+  return __libc_single_threaded;
+}
diff --git a/elf/tst-single_threaded-mod2.c b/elf/tst-single_threaded-mod2.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74d1e2a6f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elf/tst-single_threaded-mod2.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* Test support for single-thread optimizations.  Shared object 2.
+   Copyright (C) 2020 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/>.  */
+
+#include <sys/single_threaded.h>
+
+_Bool
+single_threaded_2 (void)
+{
+  return __libc_single_threaded;
+}
diff --git a/elf/tst-single_threaded-mod3.c b/elf/tst-single_threaded-mod3.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac5e49cfa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elf/tst-single_threaded-mod3.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* Test support for single-thread optimizations.  Shared object 3.
+   Copyright (C) 2020 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/>.  */
+
+#include <sys/single_threaded.h>
+
+_Bool
+single_threaded_3 (void)
+{
+  return __libc_single_threaded;
+}
diff --git a/elf/tst-single_threaded-mod4.c b/elf/tst-single_threaded-mod4.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f3a8ecef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elf/tst-single_threaded-mod4.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* Test support for single-thread optimizations.  Shared object 4.
+   Copyright (C) 2020 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/>.  */
+
+#include <sys/single_threaded.h>
+
+_Bool
+single_threaded_4 (void)
+{
+  return __libc_single_threaded;
+}
diff --git a/elf/tst-single_threaded-pthread-static.c b/elf/tst-single_threaded-pthread-static.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f383a0191
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elf/tst-single_threaded-pthread-static.c
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/* Test support for single-thread optimizations.  With threads, static version.
+   Copyright (C) 2020 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 test is a stripped-down version of
+   tst-single_threaded-pthread.c, without any loading of dynamic
+   objects.  */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+#include <sys/single_threaded.h>
+
+/* First barrier synchronizes main thread, thread 1, thread 2.  */
+static pthread_barrier_t barrier1;
+
+/* Second barrier synchronizes main thread, thread 2.  */
+static pthread_barrier_t barrier2;
+
+static void *
+threadfunc (void *closure)
+{
+  TEST_VERIFY (!__libc_single_threaded);
+
+  /* Wait for the main thread and the other thread.  */
+  xpthread_barrier_wait (&barrier1);
+  TEST_VERIFY (!__libc_single_threaded);
+
+  /* Second thread waits on second barrier, too.  */
+  if (closure != NULL)
+    xpthread_barrier_wait (&barrier2);
+  TEST_VERIFY (!__libc_single_threaded);
+
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  TEST_VERIFY (__libc_single_threaded);
+
+  /* Two threads plus main thread.  */
+  xpthread_barrier_init (&barrier1, NULL, 3);
+
+  /* Main thread and second thread.  */
+  xpthread_barrier_init (&barrier2, NULL, 2);
+
+  pthread_t thr1 = xpthread_create (NULL, threadfunc, NULL);
+  TEST_VERIFY (!__libc_single_threaded);
+
+  pthread_t thr2 = xpthread_create (NULL, threadfunc, &thr2);
+  TEST_VERIFY (!__libc_single_threaded);
+
+  xpthread_barrier_wait (&barrier1);
+  TEST_VERIFY (!__libc_single_threaded);
+
+  /* Join first thread.  This should not bring us back into
+     single-threaded mode.  */
+  xpthread_join (thr1);
+  TEST_VERIFY (!__libc_single_threaded);
+
+  /* We may be back in single-threaded mode after joining both
+     threads, but this is not guaranteed.  */
+  xpthread_barrier_wait (&barrier2);
+  xpthread_join (thr2);
+  printf ("info: __libc_single_threaded after joining all threads: %d\n",
+          __libc_single_threaded);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/elf/tst-single_threaded-pthread.c b/elf/tst-single_threaded-pthread.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7112b03c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elf/tst-single_threaded-pthread.c
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+/* Test support for single-thread optimizations.  With threads.
+   Copyright (C) 2020 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/>.  */
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/namespace.h>
+#include <support/xdlfcn.h>
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+#include <sys/single_threaded.h>
+
+/* First barrier synchronizes main thread, thread 1, thread 2.  */
+static pthread_barrier_t barrier1;
+
+/* Second barrier synchronizes main thread, thread 2.  */
+static pthread_barrier_t barrier2;
+
+/* Defined in tst-single-threaded-mod1.so.  */
+_Bool single_threaded_1 (void);
+
+/* Initialized via dlsym.  */
+static _Bool (*single_threaded_2) (void);
+static _Bool (*single_threaded_3) (void);
+static _Bool (*single_threaded_4) (void);
+
+static void *
+threadfunc (void *closure)
+{
+  TEST_VERIFY (!__libc_single_threaded);
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_1 ());
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_2 ());
+
+  /* Wait until the main thread loads more functions.  */
+  xpthread_barrier_wait (&barrier1);
+
+  TEST_VERIFY (!__libc_single_threaded);
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_1 ());
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_2 ());
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_3 ());
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_4 ());
+
+  /* Second thread waits on second barrier, too.  */
+  if (closure != NULL)
+    xpthread_barrier_wait (&barrier2);
+  TEST_VERIFY (!__libc_single_threaded);
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_1 ());
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_2 ());
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_3 ());
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_4 ());
+
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+/* Used for closure arguments to the subprocess function.  */
+static char expected_false = 0;
+static char expected_true = 1;
+
+/* A subprocess inherits currently inherits the single-threaded state
+   of the parent process.  */
+static void
+subprocess (void *closure)
+{
+  const char *expected = closure;
+  TEST_COMPARE (__libc_single_threaded, *expected);
+  TEST_COMPARE (single_threaded_1 (), *expected);
+  if (single_threaded_2 != NULL)
+    TEST_COMPARE (single_threaded_2 (), *expected);
+  if (single_threaded_3 != NULL)
+    TEST_COMPARE (single_threaded_3 (), *expected);
+  if (single_threaded_4 != NULL)
+    TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_4 ());
+}
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  printf ("info: main __libc_single_threaded address: %p\n",
+          &__libc_single_threaded);
+  TEST_VERIFY (__libc_single_threaded);
+  TEST_VERIFY (single_threaded_1 ());
+  support_isolate_in_subprocess (subprocess, &expected_true);
+
+  void *handle_mod2 = xdlopen ("tst-single_threaded-mod2.so", RTLD_LAZY);
+  single_threaded_2 = xdlsym (handle_mod2, "single_threaded_2");
+  TEST_VERIFY (single_threaded_2 ());
+
+  /* Two threads plus main thread.  */
+  xpthread_barrier_init (&barrier1, NULL, 3);
+
+  /* Main thread and second thread.  */
+  xpthread_barrier_init (&barrier2, NULL, 2);
+
+  pthread_t thr1 = xpthread_create (NULL, threadfunc, NULL);
+  TEST_VERIFY (!__libc_single_threaded);
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_1 ());
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_2 ());
+  support_isolate_in_subprocess (subprocess, &expected_false);
+
+  pthread_t thr2 = xpthread_create (NULL, threadfunc, &thr2);
+  TEST_VERIFY (!__libc_single_threaded);
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_1 ());
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_2 ());
+  support_isolate_in_subprocess (subprocess, &expected_false);
+
+  /* Delayed library load, while already multi-threaded.  */
+  void *handle_mod3 = xdlopen ("tst-single_threaded-mod3.so", RTLD_LAZY);
+  single_threaded_3 = xdlsym (handle_mod3, "single_threaded_3");
+  TEST_VERIFY (!__libc_single_threaded);
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_1 ());
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_2 ());
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_3 ());
+  support_isolate_in_subprocess (subprocess, &expected_false);
+
+  /* Same with dlmopen.  */
+  void *handle_mod4 = dlmopen (LM_ID_NEWLM, "tst-single_threaded-mod4.so",
+                               RTLD_LAZY);
+  single_threaded_4 = xdlsym (handle_mod4, "single_threaded_4");
+  TEST_VERIFY (!__libc_single_threaded);
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_1 ());
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_2 ());
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_3 ());
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_4 ());
+  support_isolate_in_subprocess (subprocess, &expected_false);
+
+  /* Run the newly loaded functions from the other threads as
+     well.  */
+  xpthread_barrier_wait (&barrier1);
+  TEST_VERIFY (!__libc_single_threaded);
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_1 ());
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_2 ());
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_3 ());
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_4 ());
+  support_isolate_in_subprocess (subprocess, &expected_false);
+
+  /* Join first thread.  This should not bring us back into
+     single-threaded mode.  */
+  xpthread_join (thr1);
+  TEST_VERIFY (!__libc_single_threaded);
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_1 ());
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_2 ());
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_3 ());
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_4 ());
+  support_isolate_in_subprocess (subprocess, &expected_false);
+
+  /* We may be back in single-threaded mode after joining both
+     threads, but this is not guaranteed.  */
+  xpthread_barrier_wait (&barrier2);
+  xpthread_join (thr2);
+  printf ("info: __libc_single_threaded after joining all threads: %d\n",
+          __libc_single_threaded);
+
+  xdlclose (handle_mod4);
+  xdlclose (handle_mod3);
+  xdlclose (handle_mod2);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/elf/tst-single_threaded-static-dlopen.c b/elf/tst-single_threaded-static-dlopen.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f33588312d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elf/tst-single_threaded-static-dlopen.c
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/* Test support for single-thread optimizations.  No threads, static dlopen.
+   Copyright (C) 2020 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/>.  */
+
+/* In a static dlopen scenario, the single-threaded optimization is
+   not possible because their is no globally shared dynamic linker
+   across all namespaces.  */
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xdlfcn.h>
+#include <sys/single_threaded.h>
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  TEST_VERIFY (__libc_single_threaded);
+
+  /* Defined in tst-single-threaded-mod1.o.  */
+  extern _Bool single_threaded_1 (void);
+  TEST_VERIFY (single_threaded_1 ());
+
+  /* A failed dlopen does not change the multi-threaded status.  */
+  TEST_VERIFY (dlopen ("tst-single_threaded-does-not-exist.so", RTLD_LAZY)
+               == NULL);
+  TEST_VERIFY (__libc_single_threaded);
+  TEST_VERIFY (single_threaded_1 ());
+
+  /* And neither does a successful dlopen for outer (static) libc.  */
+  void *handle_mod2 = xdlopen ("tst-single_threaded-mod2.so", RTLD_LAZY);
+  _Bool (*single_threaded_2) (void)
+    = xdlsym (handle_mod2, "single_threaded_2");
+  TEST_VERIFY (__libc_single_threaded);
+  TEST_VERIFY (single_threaded_1 ());
+  /* The inner libc always assumes multi-threaded use.  */
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_2 ());
+
+  xdlclose (handle_mod2);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/elf/tst-single_threaded-static.c b/elf/tst-single_threaded-static.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..593da8866d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elf/tst-single_threaded-static.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* Test support for single-thread optimizations.  Static, no threads.
+   Copyright (C) 2020 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/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <sys/single_threaded.h>
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  TEST_VERIFY (__libc_single_threaded);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/elf/tst-single_threaded.c b/elf/tst-single_threaded.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c36342779
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elf/tst-single_threaded.c
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/* Test support for single-thread optimizations.  No threads.
+   Copyright (C) 2020 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/>.  */
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/namespace.h>
+#include <support/xdlfcn.h>
+#include <sys/single_threaded.h>
+
+/* Defined in tst-single-threaded-mod1.so.  */
+extern _Bool single_threaded_1 (void);
+
+/* Initialized via dlsym.  */
+_Bool (*single_threaded_2) (void);
+_Bool (*single_threaded_3) (void);
+
+static void
+subprocess (void *closure)
+{
+  TEST_VERIFY (__libc_single_threaded);
+  TEST_VERIFY (single_threaded_1 ());
+  if (single_threaded_2 != NULL)
+    TEST_VERIFY (single_threaded_2 ());
+  if (single_threaded_3 != NULL)
+    TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_3 ());
+}
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  TEST_VERIFY (__libc_single_threaded);
+  TEST_VERIFY (single_threaded_1 ());
+  support_isolate_in_subprocess (subprocess, NULL);
+
+  void *handle_mod2 = xdlopen ("tst-single_threaded-mod2.so", RTLD_LAZY);
+  single_threaded_2 = xdlsym (handle_mod2, "single_threaded_2");
+  TEST_VERIFY (single_threaded_2 ());
+  support_isolate_in_subprocess (subprocess, NULL);
+
+  /* The current implementation treats the inner namespace as
+     multi-threaded.  */
+  void *handle_mod3 = dlmopen (LM_ID_NEWLM, "tst-single_threaded-mod3.so",
+                               RTLD_LAZY);
+  single_threaded_3 = xdlsym (handle_mod3, "single_threaded_3");
+  TEST_VERIFY (!single_threaded_3 ());
+  support_isolate_in_subprocess (subprocess, NULL);
+
+  xdlclose (handle_mod3);
+  xdlclose (handle_mod2);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/htl/pt-create.c b/htl/pt-create.c
index f501a12017..7ac875cbf7 100644
--- a/htl/pt-create.c
+++ b/htl/pt-create.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include <atomic.h>
 #include <hurd/resource.h>
+#include <sys/single_threaded.h>
 
 #include <pt-internal.h>
 #include <pthreadP.h>
@@ -104,6 +105,10 @@ __pthread_create_internal (struct __pthread **thread,
   sigset_t sigset;
   size_t stacksize;
 
+  /* Avoid a data race in the multi-threaded case.  */
+  if (__libc_single_threaded)
+    __libc_single_threaded = 0;
+
   /* Allocate a new thread structure.  */
   err = __pthread_alloc (&pthread);
   if (err)
diff --git a/include/sys/single_threaded.h b/include/sys/single_threaded.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18f6972482
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/sys/single_threaded.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include <misc/sys/single_threaded.h>
diff --git a/misc/Makefile b/misc/Makefile
index 67c5237f97..58959f6913 100644
--- a/misc/Makefile
+++ b/misc/Makefile
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ headers	:= sys/uio.h bits/uio-ext.h bits/uio_lim.h \
 	   bits/syslog.h bits/syslog-ldbl.h bits/syslog-path.h bits/error.h \
 	   bits/select2.h bits/hwcap.h sys/auxv.h \
 	   sys/sysmacros.h bits/sysmacros.h bits/types/struct_iovec.h \
-	   bits/err-ldbl.h bits/error-ldbl.h
+	   bits/err-ldbl.h bits/error-ldbl.h \
+	   sys/single_threaded.h
 
 routines := brk sbrk sstk ioctl \
 	    readv writev preadv preadv64 pwritev pwritev64 \
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ routines := brk sbrk sstk ioctl \
 	    fgetxattr flistxattr fremovexattr fsetxattr getxattr \
 	    listxattr lgetxattr llistxattr lremovexattr lsetxattr \
 	    removexattr setxattr getauxval ifunc-impl-list makedev \
-	    allocate_once fd_to_filename
+	    allocate_once fd_to_filename single_threaded
 
 generated += tst-error1.mtrace tst-error1-mem.out \
   tst-allocate_once.mtrace tst-allocate_once-mem.out
diff --git a/misc/Versions b/misc/Versions
index e749582369..95666f6548 100644
--- a/misc/Versions
+++ b/misc/Versions
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ libc {
   GLIBC_2.30 {
     twalk_r;
   }
+  GLIBC_2.32 {
+    __libc_single_threaded;
+  }
   GLIBC_PRIVATE {
     __madvise;
     __mktemp;
diff --git a/misc/single_threaded.c b/misc/single_threaded.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d975c0eaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/single_threaded.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* Support for single-thread optimizations.  Statically linked version.
+   Copyright (C) 2020 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/>.  */
+
+#include <sys/single_threaded.h>
+
+/* In dynamically linked programs, this variable is initialized in
+   __libc_early_init (as false for inner libcs).  */
+#ifdef SHARED
+char __libc_single_threaded;
+#else
+char __libc_single_threaded = 1;
+#endif
diff --git a/misc/sys/single_threaded.h b/misc/sys/single_threaded.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..648fc2e00a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/sys/single_threaded.h
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/* Support for single-thread optimizations.
+   Copyright (C) 2020 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 _SYS_SINGLE_THREADED_H
+#define _SYS_SINGLE_THREADED_H
+
+#include <features.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* If this variable is non-zero, then the current thread is the only
+   thread in the process image.  If it is zero, the process might be
+   multi-threaded.  */
+extern char __libc_single_threaded;
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* _SYS_SINGLE_THREADED_H */
diff --git a/nptl/pthread_create.c b/nptl/pthread_create.c
index 6d6ab88960..2cba3da38c 100644
--- a/nptl/pthread_create.c
+++ b/nptl/pthread_create.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <futex-internal.h>
 #include <tls-setup.h>
 #include "libioP.h"
+#include <sys/single_threaded.h>
 
 #include <shlib-compat.h>
 
@@ -612,6 +613,10 @@ __pthread_create_2_1 (pthread_t *newthread, const pthread_attr_t *attr,
 {
   STACK_VARIABLES;
 
+  /* Avoid a data race in the multi-threaded case.  */
+  if (__libc_single_threaded)
+    __libc_single_threaded = 0;
+
   const struct pthread_attr *iattr = (struct pthread_attr *) attr;
   union pthread_attr_transparent default_attr;
   bool destroy_default_attr = false;
diff --git a/sysdeps/generic/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/generic/libc.abilist
index e69de29bb2..8ca9b93c2f 100644
--- a/sysdeps/generic/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/generic/libc.abilist
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
diff --git a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/i386/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/i386/libc.abilist
index 6400885d1d..ea985b0e41 100644
--- a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/i386/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/i386/libc.abilist
@@ -2181,6 +2181,7 @@ GLIBC_2.3.4 setsourcefilter F
 GLIBC_2.3.4 xdr_quad_t F
 GLIBC_2.3.4 xdr_u_quad_t F
 GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 mach_print F
 GLIBC_2.32 mremap F
 GLIBC_2.32 thrd_current F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/libc.abilist
index 48c790b15d..f396aa8257 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/libc.abilist
@@ -2149,6 +2149,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 getdents64 F
 GLIBC_2.30 gettid F
 GLIBC_2.30 tgkill F
 GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/libc.abilist
index cb70cb974f..bca7dc6ffa 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/libc.abilist
@@ -2231,6 +2231,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 getdents64 F
 GLIBC_2.30 gettid F
 GLIBC_2.30 tgkill F
 GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/be/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/be/libc.abilist
index 573eca117e..6b3d3f1973 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/be/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/be/libc.abilist
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
 GLIBC_2.31 msgctl F
 GLIBC_2.31 semctl F
 GLIBC_2.31 shmctl F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/le/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/le/libc.abilist
index 8a8633f0a4..52bdd346c5 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/le/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/le/libc.abilist
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 getdents64 F
 GLIBC_2.30 gettid F
 GLIBC_2.30 tgkill F
 GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/csky/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/csky/libc.abilist
index 3042a93084..8b1c8e5aef 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/csky/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/csky/libc.abilist
@@ -2093,6 +2093,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 getdents64 F
 GLIBC_2.30 gettid F
 GLIBC_2.30 tgkill F
 GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/libc.abilist
index a02a576321..f8addf8f3d 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/libc.abilist
@@ -2052,6 +2052,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 getdents64 F
 GLIBC_2.30 gettid F
 GLIBC_2.30 tgkill F
 GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/libc.abilist
index f0b9c9e070..f9745c99fc 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/libc.abilist
@@ -2218,6 +2218,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 getdents64 F
 GLIBC_2.30 gettid F
 GLIBC_2.30 tgkill F
 GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ia64/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ia64/libc.abilist
index 1534fd7a24..3b0db278ef 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ia64/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ia64/libc.abilist
@@ -2084,6 +2084,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 getdents64 F
 GLIBC_2.30 gettid F
 GLIBC_2.30 tgkill F
 GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/coldfire/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/coldfire/libc.abilist
index 9a0ada4b52..27891bfa4e 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/coldfire/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/coldfire/libc.abilist
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
 GLIBC_2.31 msgctl F
 GLIBC_2.31 semctl F
 GLIBC_2.31 shmctl F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/m680x0/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/m680x0/libc.abilist
index 333c35bf16..cf87374571 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/m680x0/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/m680x0/libc.abilist
@@ -2164,6 +2164,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
 GLIBC_2.31 msgctl F
 GLIBC_2.31 semctl F
 GLIBC_2.31 shmctl F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/microblaze/be/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/microblaze/be/libc.abilist
index 824eceec11..acbc32d2de 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/microblaze/be/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/microblaze/be/libc.abilist
@@ -2144,6 +2144,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
 GLIBC_2.31 msgctl F
 GLIBC_2.31 semctl F
 GLIBC_2.31 shmctl F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/microblaze/le/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/microblaze/le/libc.abilist
index 5a6dcdd21b..6e2ca48730 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/microblaze/le/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/microblaze/le/libc.abilist
@@ -2141,6 +2141,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 getdents64 F
 GLIBC_2.30 gettid F
 GLIBC_2.30 tgkill F
 GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips32/fpu/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips32/fpu/libc.abilist
index 6e5dbb28f1..13de7d98a1 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips32/fpu/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips32/fpu/libc.abilist
@@ -2135,6 +2135,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 getdents64 F
 GLIBC_2.30 gettid F
 GLIBC_2.30 tgkill F
 GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips32/nofpu/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips32/nofpu/libc.abilist
index 3ee64614b2..a788ed2fe4 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips32/nofpu/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips32/nofpu/libc.abilist
@@ -2133,6 +2133,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 getdents64 F
 GLIBC_2.30 gettid F
 GLIBC_2.30 tgkill F
 GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips64/n32/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips64/n32/libc.abilist
index dc62615524..64a52f1d23 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips64/n32/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips64/n32/libc.abilist
@@ -2141,6 +2141,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 getdents64 F
 GLIBC_2.30 gettid F
 GLIBC_2.30 tgkill F
 GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips64/n64/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips64/n64/libc.abilist
index 8cf78bcf51..d66e7e4d6a 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips64/n64/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips64/n64/libc.abilist
@@ -2135,6 +2135,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 getdents64 F
 GLIBC_2.30 gettid F
 GLIBC_2.30 tgkill F
 GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/nios2/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/nios2/libc.abilist
index 7817aeb0e2..9b112ada15 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/nios2/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/nios2/libc.abilist
@@ -2182,6 +2182,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 getdents64 F
 GLIBC_2.30 gettid F
 GLIBC_2.30 tgkill F
 GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/fpu/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/fpu/libc.abilist
index ca04e8f2d3..1d9852fefc 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/fpu/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/fpu/libc.abilist
@@ -2191,6 +2191,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 getdents64 F
 GLIBC_2.30 gettid F
 GLIBC_2.30 tgkill F
 GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/nofpu/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/nofpu/libc.abilist
index 10cb895639..8d6839d003 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/nofpu/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/nofpu/libc.abilist
@@ -2224,6 +2224,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 getdents64 F
 GLIBC_2.30 gettid F
 GLIBC_2.30 tgkill F
 GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/be/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/be/libc.abilist
index 96ddc448d7..9f283d5f4e 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/be/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/be/libc.abilist
@@ -2054,6 +2054,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 getdents64 F
 GLIBC_2.30 gettid F
 GLIBC_2.30 tgkill F
 GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/le/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/le/libc.abilist
index deddb53d83..3a4ffb921c 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/le/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/le/libc.abilist
@@ -2279,6 +2279,7 @@ GLIBC_2.32 __isoc99_vsscanfieee128 F
 GLIBC_2.32 __isoc99_vswscanfieee128 F
 GLIBC_2.32 __isoc99_vwscanfieee128 F
 GLIBC_2.32 __isoc99_wscanfieee128 F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 __obstack_printf_chkieee128 F
 GLIBC_2.32 __obstack_printfieee128 F
 GLIBC_2.32 __obstack_vprintf_chkieee128 F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/riscv/rv64/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/riscv/rv64/libc.abilist
index 58217dcb13..25c9b14d89 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/riscv/rv64/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/riscv/rv64/libc.abilist
@@ -2111,6 +2111,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 getdents64 F
 GLIBC_2.30 gettid F
 GLIBC_2.30 tgkill F
 GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/libc.abilist
index c22c29b35a..20d84d66d3 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/libc.abilist
@@ -2189,6 +2189,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
 GLIBC_2.31 msgctl F
 GLIBC_2.31 semctl F
 GLIBC_2.31 shmctl F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-64/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-64/libc.abilist
index 568f1727c4..9f3aa1eef5 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-64/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-64/libc.abilist
@@ -2090,6 +2090,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 getdents64 F
 GLIBC_2.30 gettid F
 GLIBC_2.30 tgkill F
 GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sh/be/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sh/be/libc.abilist
index d9988dae90..95a2e032d2 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sh/be/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sh/be/libc.abilist
@@ -2059,6 +2059,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
 GLIBC_2.31 msgctl F
 GLIBC_2.31 semctl F
 GLIBC_2.31 shmctl F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sh/le/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sh/le/libc.abilist
index 39edeffe82..f8729f35dc 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sh/le/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sh/le/libc.abilist
@@ -2056,6 +2056,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 getdents64 F
 GLIBC_2.30 gettid F
 GLIBC_2.30 tgkill F
 GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/libc.abilist
index 8668e15e8c..b3bd8c85e4 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/libc.abilist
@@ -2180,6 +2180,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 getdents64 F
 GLIBC_2.30 gettid F
 GLIBC_2.30 tgkill F
 GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/libc.abilist
index eb884afa3e..3381d19588 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/libc.abilist
@@ -2107,6 +2107,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 getdents64 F
 GLIBC_2.30 gettid F
 GLIBC_2.30 tgkill F
 GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/libc.abilist
index a208fb3556..0053e972d7 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/libc.abilist
@@ -2065,6 +2065,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 getdents64 F
 GLIBC_2.30 gettid F
 GLIBC_2.30 tgkill F
 GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/x32/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/x32/libc.abilist
index 3eca3493e2..dd11be51c0 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/x32/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/x32/libc.abilist
@@ -2162,6 +2162,7 @@ GLIBC_2.30 getdents64 F
 GLIBC_2.30 gettid F
 GLIBC_2.30 tgkill F
 GLIBC_2.30 twalk_r F
+GLIBC_2.32 __libc_single_threaded D 0x1
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_getsigmask_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setaffinity_np F
 GLIBC_2.32 pthread_attr_setsigmask_np F
