diff --git a/linux-user/include/host/ppc/host-signal.h b/linux-user/include/host/ppc/host-signal.h
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+/*
+ * host-signal.h: signal info dependent on the host architecture
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Linaro Ltd.
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#ifndef PPC_HOST_SIGNAL_H
+#define PPC_HOST_SIGNAL_H
+
+#include <asm/ptrace.h>
+
+/* The third argument to a SA_SIGINFO handler is ucontext_t. */
+typedef ucontext_t host_sigcontext;
+
+static inline uintptr_t host_signal_pc(host_sigcontext *uc)
+{
+    return uc->uc_mcontext.regs->nip;
+}
+
+static inline void host_signal_set_pc(host_sigcontext *uc, uintptr_t pc)
+{
+    uc->uc_mcontext.regs->nip = pc;
+}
+
+static inline void *host_signal_mask(host_sigcontext *uc)
+{
+    return &uc->uc_sigmask;
+}
+
+static inline bool host_signal_write(siginfo_t *info, host_sigcontext *uc)
+{
+    return uc->uc_mcontext.regs->trap != 0x400
+        && (uc->uc_mcontext.regs->dsisr & 0x02000000);
+}
+
+#endif