diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 1e0d303394..8af9522a5a 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -452,6 +452,11 @@ F: app/test-regex/
 F: doc/guides/prog_guide/regexdev.rst
 F: doc/guides/regexdevs/features/default.ini
 
+DMA device API - EXPERIMENTAL
+M: Chengwen Feng <fengchengwen@huawei.com>
+F: lib/dmadev/
+F: doc/guides/prog_guide/dmadev.rst
+
 Eventdev API
 M: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>
 T: git://dpdk.org/next/dpdk-next-eventdev
diff --git a/config/rte_config.h b/config/rte_config.h
index 590903c07d..6e397a62ab 100644
--- a/config/rte_config.h
+++ b/config/rte_config.h
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@
 /* regexdev defines */
 #define RTE_MAX_REGEXDEV_DEVS 32
 
+/* dmadev defines */
+#define RTE_DMADEV_DEFAULT_MAX_DEVS 64
+
 /* eventdev defines */
 #define RTE_EVENT_MAX_DEVS 16
 #define RTE_EVENT_MAX_QUEUES_PER_DEV 255
diff --git a/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md b/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md
index 1992107a03..2939050431 100644
--- a/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md
+++ b/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ The public API headers are grouped by topics:
   [compressdev]        (@ref rte_compressdev.h),
   [compress]           (@ref rte_comp.h),
   [regexdev]           (@ref rte_regexdev.h),
+  [dmadev]             (@ref rte_dmadev.h),
   [eventdev]           (@ref rte_eventdev.h),
   [event_eth_rx_adapter]   (@ref rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.h),
   [event_eth_tx_adapter]   (@ref rte_event_eth_tx_adapter.h),
diff --git a/doc/api/doxy-api.conf.in b/doc/api/doxy-api.conf.in
index 325a0195c6..109ec1f682 100644
--- a/doc/api/doxy-api.conf.in
+++ b/doc/api/doxy-api.conf.in
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ INPUT                   = @TOPDIR@/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md \
                           @TOPDIR@/lib/compressdev \
                           @TOPDIR@/lib/cryptodev \
                           @TOPDIR@/lib/distributor \
+                          @TOPDIR@/lib/dmadev \
                           @TOPDIR@/lib/efd \
                           @TOPDIR@/lib/ethdev \
                           @TOPDIR@/lib/eventdev \
diff --git a/doc/guides/dmadevs/index.rst b/doc/guides/dmadevs/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0bce29d766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/dmadevs/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+   Copyright 2021 HiSilicon Limited
+
+DMA Device Drivers
+==================
+
+The following are a list of DMA device drivers, which can be used from
+an application through DMA API.
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+   :numbered:
diff --git a/doc/guides/index.rst b/doc/guides/index.rst
index 857f0363d3..919825992e 100644
--- a/doc/guides/index.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/index.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ DPDK documentation
    compressdevs/index
    vdpadevs/index
    regexdevs/index
+   dmadevs/index
    eventdevs/index
    rawdevs/index
    mempool/index
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/dmadev.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/dmadev.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1c7579107
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/dmadev.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+   Copyright 2021 HiSilicon Limited
+
+DMA Device Library
+==================
+
+The DMA library provides a DMA device framework for management and provisioning
+of hardware and software DMA poll mode drivers, defining generic APIs which
+support a number of different DMA operations.
+
+
+Design Principles
+-----------------
+
+The DMA library follows the same basic principles as those used in DPDK's
+Ethernet Device framework and the RegEx framework. The DMA framework provides
+a generic DMA device framework which supports both physical (hardware)
+and virtual (software) DMA devices as well as a generic DMA API which allows
+DMA devices to be managed and configured and supports DMA operations to be
+provisioned on DMA poll mode driver.
+
+.. _figure_dmadev:
+
+.. figure:: img/dmadev.*
+
+The above figure shows the model on which the DMA framework is built on:
+
+ * The DMA controller could have multiple hardware DMA channels (aka. hardware
+   DMA queues), each hardware DMA channel should be represented by a dmadev.
+ * The dmadev could create multiple virtual DMA channels, each virtual DMA
+   channel represents a different transfer context. The DMA operation request
+   must be submitted to the virtual DMA channel. e.g. Application could create
+   virtual DMA channel 0 for memory-to-memory transfer scenario, and create
+   virtual DMA channel 1 for memory-to-device transfer scenario.
+
+
+Device Management
+-----------------
+
+Device Creation
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Physical DMA controllers are discovered during the PCI probe/enumeration of the
+EAL function which is executed at DPDK initialization, this is based on their
+PCI BDF (bus/bridge, device, function). Specific physical DMA controllers, like
+other physical devices in DPDK can be listed using the EAL command line options.
+
+The dmadevs are dynamically allocated by using the API
+``rte_dma_pmd_allocate`` based on the number of hardware DMA channels.
+
+
+Device Identification
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Each DMA device, whether physical or virtual is uniquely designated by two
+identifiers:
+
+- A unique device index used to designate the DMA device in all functions
+  exported by the DMA API.
+
+- A device name used to designate the DMA device in console messages, for
+  administration or debugging purposes.
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new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
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diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst
index 2dce507f46..89af28dacb 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Programmer's Guide
     cryptodev_lib
     compressdev
     regexdev
+    dmadev
     rte_security
     rawdev
     link_bonding_poll_mode_drv_lib
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
index 43d367bcad..5a85198e0d 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ New Features
   Added command-line options to specify total number of processes and
   current process ID. Each process owns subset of Rx and Tx queues.
 
+* **Introduced dmadev library with:**
+
+  * Device allocation and it's multi-process support.
+
 
 Removed Items
 -------------
diff --git a/drivers/dma/meson.build b/drivers/dma/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a24c56d8ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/dma/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright 2021 HiSilicon Limited
+
+drivers = []
diff --git a/drivers/meson.build b/drivers/meson.build
index d9e331ec85..a390787d6a 100644
--- a/drivers/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/meson.build
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ subdirs = [
         'vdpa',           # depends on common, bus and mempool.
         'event',          # depends on common, bus, mempool and net.
         'baseband',       # depends on common and bus.
+        'dma',            # depends on common and bus.
 ]
 
 if meson.is_cross_build()
diff --git a/lib/dmadev/meson.build b/lib/dmadev/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2fc85e8c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/dmadev/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright(c) 2021 HiSilicon Limited.
+
+sources = files('rte_dmadev.c')
+headers = files('rte_dmadev.h')
+indirect_headers += files('rte_dmadev_core.h')
+driver_sdk_headers += files('rte_dmadev_pmd.h')
diff --git a/lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev.c b/lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..12d8302f15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev.c
@@ -0,0 +1,358 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 HiSilicon Limited
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
+#include <rte_eal.h>
+#include <rte_lcore.h>
+#include <rte_log.h>
+#include <rte_malloc.h>
+#include <rte_memzone.h>
+#include <rte_string_fns.h>
+
+#include "rte_dmadev.h"
+#include "rte_dmadev_pmd.h"
+
+struct rte_dma_dev *rte_dma_devices;
+static int16_t dma_devices_max;
+static struct {
+	/* Hold the dev_max information of the primary process. This field is
+	 * set by the primary process and is read by the secondary process.
+	 */
+	int16_t dev_max;
+	struct rte_dma_dev_data data[0];
+} *dma_devices_shared_data;
+
+RTE_LOG_REGISTER_DEFAULT(rte_dma_logtype, INFO);
+#define RTE_DMA_LOG(level, fmt, args...) \
+	rte_log(RTE_LOG_ ## level, rte_dma_logtype, "%s(): " fmt "\n", \
+		__func__, ##args)
+
+/* Macros to check for valid device id */
+#define RTE_DMA_VALID_DEV_ID_OR_ERR_RET(dev_id, retval) do { \
+	if (!rte_dma_is_valid(dev_id)) { \
+		RTE_DMA_LOG(ERR, "Invalid dev_id=%d", dev_id); \
+		return retval; \
+	} \
+} while (0)
+
+int
+rte_dma_dev_max(size_t dev_max)
+{
+	/* This function may be called before rte_eal_init(), so no rte library
+	 * function can be called in this function.
+	 */
+	if (dev_max == 0 || dev_max > INT16_MAX)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (dma_devices_max > 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	dma_devices_max = dev_max;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+dma_check_name(const char *name)
+{
+	size_t name_len;
+
+	if (name == NULL) {
+		RTE_DMA_LOG(ERR, "Name can't be NULL");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	name_len = strnlen(name, RTE_DEV_NAME_MAX_LEN);
+	if (name_len == 0) {
+		RTE_DMA_LOG(ERR, "Zero length DMA device name");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (name_len >= RTE_DEV_NAME_MAX_LEN) {
+		RTE_DMA_LOG(ERR, "DMA device name is too long");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int16_t
+dma_find_free_dev(void)
+{
+	int16_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < dma_devices_max; i++) {
+		if (dma_devices_shared_data->data[i].dev_name[0] == '\0')
+			return i;
+	}
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static struct rte_dma_dev*
+dma_find(const char *name)
+{
+	int16_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < dma_devices_max; i++) {
+		if ((rte_dma_devices[i].state != RTE_DMA_DEV_UNUSED) &&
+		    (!strcmp(name, rte_dma_devices[i].data->dev_name)))
+			return &rte_dma_devices[i];
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static int
+dma_process_data_prepare(void)
+{
+	size_t size;
+	void *ptr;
+
+	if (rte_dma_devices != NULL)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* The return value of malloc may not be aligned to the cache line.
+	 * Therefore, extra memory is applied for realignment.
+	 * note: We do not call posix_memalign/aligned_alloc because it is
+	 * version dependent on libc.
+	 */
+	size = dma_devices_max * sizeof(struct rte_dma_dev) +
+		RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE;
+	ptr = malloc(size);
+	if (ptr == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	memset(ptr, 0, size);
+
+	rte_dma_devices = RTE_PTR_ALIGN(ptr, RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+dma_shared_data_prepare(void)
+{
+	const char *mz_name = "rte_dma_dev_data";
+	const struct rte_memzone *mz;
+	size_t size;
+
+	if (dma_devices_shared_data != NULL)
+		return 0;
+
+	size = sizeof(*dma_devices_shared_data) +
+		sizeof(struct rte_dma_dev_data) * dma_devices_max;
+
+	if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY)
+		mz = rte_memzone_reserve(mz_name, size, rte_socket_id(), 0);
+	else
+		mz = rte_memzone_lookup(mz_name);
+	if (mz == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	dma_devices_shared_data = mz->addr;
+	if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY) {
+		memset(dma_devices_shared_data, 0, size);
+		dma_devices_shared_data->dev_max = dma_devices_max;
+	} else {
+		dma_devices_max = dma_devices_shared_data->dev_max;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+dma_data_prepare(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY) {
+		if (dma_devices_max == 0)
+			dma_devices_max = RTE_DMADEV_DEFAULT_MAX_DEVS;
+		ret = dma_process_data_prepare();
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+		ret = dma_shared_data_prepare();
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	} else {
+		ret = dma_shared_data_prepare();
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+		ret = dma_process_data_prepare();
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct rte_dma_dev *
+dma_allocate_primary(const char *name, int numa_node, size_t private_data_size)
+{
+	struct rte_dma_dev *dev;
+	void *dev_private;
+	int16_t dev_id;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = dma_data_prepare();
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		RTE_DMA_LOG(ERR, "Cannot initialize dmadevs data");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	dev = dma_find(name);
+	if (dev != NULL) {
+		RTE_DMA_LOG(ERR, "DMA device already allocated");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	dev_private = rte_zmalloc_socket(name, private_data_size,
+					 RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, numa_node);
+	if (dev_private == NULL) {
+		RTE_DMA_LOG(ERR, "Cannot allocate private data");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	dev_id = dma_find_free_dev();
+	if (dev_id < 0) {
+		RTE_DMA_LOG(ERR, "Reached maximum number of DMA devices");
+		rte_free(dev_private);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	dev = &rte_dma_devices[dev_id];
+	dev->dev_private = dev_private;
+	dev->data = &dma_devices_shared_data->data[dev_id];
+	rte_strscpy(dev->data->dev_name, name, sizeof(dev->data->dev_name));
+	dev->data->dev_id = dev_id;
+	dev->data->numa_node = numa_node;
+	dev->data->dev_private = dev_private;
+
+	return dev;
+}
+
+static struct rte_dma_dev *
+dma_attach_secondary(const char *name)
+{
+	struct rte_dma_dev *dev;
+	int16_t i;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = dma_data_prepare();
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		RTE_DMA_LOG(ERR, "Cannot initialize dmadevs data");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < dma_devices_max; i++) {
+		if (!strcmp(dma_devices_shared_data->data[i].dev_name, name))
+			break;
+	}
+	if (i == dma_devices_max) {
+		RTE_DMA_LOG(ERR,
+			"Device %s is not driven by the primary process",
+			name);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	dev = &rte_dma_devices[i];
+	dev->data = &dma_devices_shared_data->data[i];
+	dev->dev_private = dev->data->dev_private;
+
+	return dev;
+}
+
+static struct rte_dma_dev *
+dma_allocate(const char *name, int numa_node, size_t private_data_size)
+{
+	struct rte_dma_dev *dev;
+
+	if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY)
+		dev = dma_allocate_primary(name, numa_node, private_data_size);
+	else
+		dev = dma_attach_secondary(name);
+
+	return dev;
+}
+
+static void
+dma_release(struct rte_dma_dev *dev)
+{
+	if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY) {
+		memset(dev->data, 0, sizeof(struct rte_dma_dev_data));
+		rte_free(dev->dev_private);
+	}
+
+	memset(dev, 0, sizeof(struct rte_dma_dev));
+}
+
+struct rte_dma_dev *
+rte_dma_pmd_allocate(const char *name, int numa_node, size_t private_data_size)
+{
+	struct rte_dma_dev *dev;
+
+	if (dma_check_name(name) != 0 || private_data_size == 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	dev = dma_allocate(name, numa_node, private_data_size);
+	if (dev == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	dev->state = RTE_DMA_DEV_REGISTERED;
+
+	return dev;
+}
+
+int
+rte_dma_pmd_release(const char *name)
+{
+	struct rte_dma_dev *dev;
+
+	if (dma_check_name(name) != 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	dev = dma_find(name);
+	if (dev == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	dma_release(dev);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+rte_dma_get_dev_id(const char *name)
+{
+	struct rte_dma_dev *dev;
+
+	if (dma_check_name(name) != 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	dev = dma_find(name);
+	if (dev == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return dev->data->dev_id;
+}
+
+bool
+rte_dma_is_valid(int16_t dev_id)
+{
+	return (dev_id >= 0) && (dev_id < dma_devices_max) &&
+		rte_dma_devices[dev_id].state != RTE_DMA_DEV_UNUSED;
+}
+
+uint16_t
+rte_dma_count_avail(void)
+{
+	uint16_t count = 0;
+	uint16_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < dma_devices_max; i++) {
+		if (rte_dma_devices[i].state != RTE_DMA_DEV_UNUSED)
+			count++;
+	}
+
+	return count;
+}
diff --git a/lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev.h b/lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6074bae25d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev.h
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 HiSilicon Limited
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 Marvell International Ltd
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 SmartShare Systems
+ */
+
+#ifndef RTE_DMADEV_H
+#define RTE_DMADEV_H
+
+/**
+ * @file rte_dmadev.h
+ *
+ * DMA (Direct Memory Access) device API.
+ *
+ * The DMA framework is built on the following model:
+ *
+ *     ---------------   ---------------       ---------------
+ *     | virtual DMA |   | virtual DMA |       | virtual DMA |
+ *     | channel     |   | channel     |       | channel     |
+ *     ---------------   ---------------       ---------------
+ *            |                |                      |
+ *            ------------------                      |
+ *                     |                              |
+ *               ------------                    ------------
+ *               |  dmadev  |                    |  dmadev  |
+ *               ------------                    ------------
+ *                     |                              |
+ *            ------------------               ------------------
+ *            | HW DMA channel |               | HW DMA channel |
+ *            ------------------               ------------------
+ *                     |                              |
+ *                     --------------------------------
+ *                                     |
+ *                           ---------------------
+ *                           | HW DMA Controller |
+ *                           ---------------------
+ *
+ * The DMA controller could have multiple HW-DMA-channels (aka. HW-DMA-queues),
+ * each HW-DMA-channel should be represented by a dmadev.
+ *
+ * The dmadev could create multiple virtual DMA channels, each virtual DMA
+ * channel represents a different transfer context. The DMA operation request
+ * must be submitted to the virtual DMA channel. e.g. Application could create
+ * virtual DMA channel 0 for memory-to-memory transfer scenario, and create
+ * virtual DMA channel 1 for memory-to-device transfer scenario.
+ *
+ * The dmadev are dynamically allocated by rte_dma_pmd_allocate() during the
+ * PCI/SoC device probing phase performed at EAL initialization time. And could
+ * be released by rte_dma_pmd_release() during the PCI/SoC device removing
+ * phase.
+ *
+ * This framework uses 'int16_t dev_id' as the device identifier of a dmadev,
+ * and 'uint16_t vchan' as the virtual DMA channel identifier in one dmadev.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include <rte_bitops.h>
+#include <rte_common.h>
+#include <rte_compat.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Configure the maximum number of dmadevs.
+ * @note This function can be invoked before the primary process rte_eal_init()
+ * to change the maximum number of dmadevs.
+ *
+ * @param dev_max
+ *   maximum number of dmadevs.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 on success. Otherwise negative value is returned.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int rte_dma_dev_max(size_t dev_max);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Get the device identifier for the named DMA device.
+ *
+ * @param name
+ *   DMA device name.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   Returns DMA device identifier on success.
+ *   - <0: Failure to find named DMA device.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int rte_dma_get_dev_id(const char *name);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   DMA device index.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - If the device index is valid (true) or not (false).
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+bool rte_dma_is_valid(int16_t dev_id);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Get the total number of DMA devices that have been successfully
+ * initialised.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   The total number of usable DMA devices.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+uint16_t rte_dma_count_avail(void);
+
+#include "rte_dmadev_core.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* RTE_DMADEV_H */
diff --git a/lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev_core.h b/lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev_core.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ce2cf0bf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev_core.h
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 HiSilicon Limited
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#ifndef RTE_DMADEV_CORE_H
+#define RTE_DMADEV_CORE_H
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ *
+ * DMA Device internal header.
+ *
+ * This header contains internal data types, that are used by the DMA devices
+ * in order to expose their ops to the class.
+ *
+ * Applications should not use these API directly.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <rte_dev.h>
+
+/**
+ * Possible states of a DMA device.
+ *
+ * @see struct rte_dmadev::state
+ */
+enum rte_dma_dev_state {
+	RTE_DMA_DEV_UNUSED = 0, /**< Device is unused. */
+	/** Device is registered, but not ready to be used. */
+	RTE_DMA_DEV_REGISTERED,
+	/** Device is ready for use. This is set by the PMD. */
+	RTE_DMA_DEV_READY,
+
+};
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * The data part, with no function pointers, associated with each DMA device.
+ *
+ * This structure is safe to place in shared memory to be common among different
+ * processes in a multi-process configuration.
+ *
+ * @see struct rte_dmadev::data
+ */
+struct rte_dma_dev_data {
+	char dev_name[RTE_DEV_NAME_MAX_LEN]; /**< Unique identifier name */
+	int16_t dev_id; /**< Device [external] identifier. */
+	int16_t numa_node; /**< Local NUMA memory ID. -1 if unknown. */
+	/** PMD-specific private data.
+	 * This is a copy of the 'dev_private' field in the 'struct rte_dmadev'
+	 * from primary process, it is used by the secondary process to get
+	 * dev_private information.
+	 */
+	void *dev_private;
+	uint8_t dev_started : 1; /**< Device state: STARTED(1)/STOPPED(0). */
+	uint64_t reserved[2]; /**< Reserved for future fields */
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * The generic data structure associated with each DMA device.
+ *
+ * The dataplane APIs are located at the beginning of the structure, along
+ * with the pointer to where all the data elements for the particular device
+ * are stored in shared memory. This split scheme allows the function pointer
+ * and driver data to be per-process, while the actual configuration data for
+ * the device is shared.
+ * And the 'dev_private' field was placed in the first cache line to optimize
+ * performance because the PMD driver mainly depends on this field.
+ */
+struct rte_dma_dev {
+	void *dev_private; /**< PMD-specific private data. */
+	struct rte_dma_dev_data *data; /**< Pointer to device data. */
+	/** Device info which supplied during device initialization. */
+	struct rte_device *device;
+	enum rte_dma_dev_state state; /**< Flag indicating the device state. */
+	uint64_t reserved[2]; /**< Reserved for future fields. */
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
+
+extern struct rte_dma_dev *rte_dma_devices;
+
+#endif /* RTE_DMADEV_CORE_H */
diff --git a/lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev_pmd.h b/lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev_pmd.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02281c74fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev_pmd.h
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 HiSilicon Limited
+ */
+
+#ifndef RTE_DMADEV_PMD_H
+#define RTE_DMADEV_PMD_H
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ *
+ * DMA Device PMD APIs
+ *
+ * Driver facing APIs for a DMA device. These are not to be called directly by
+ * any application.
+ */
+
+#include "rte_dmadev.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * Allocates a new dmadev slot for an DMA device and returns the pointer
+ * to that slot for the driver to use.
+ *
+ * @param name
+ *   DMA device name.
+ * @param numa_node
+ *   Driver's private data's numa node.
+ * @param private_data_size
+ *   Driver's private data size.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   A pointer to the DMA device slot case of success,
+ *   NULL otherwise.
+ */
+__rte_internal
+struct rte_dma_dev *rte_dma_pmd_allocate(const char *name, int numa_node,
+					 size_t private_data_size);
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * Release the specified dmadev.
+ *
+ * @param name
+ *   DMA device name.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - 0 on success, negative on error.
+ */
+__rte_internal
+int rte_dma_pmd_release(const char *name);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* RTE_DMADEV_PMD_H */
diff --git a/lib/dmadev/version.map b/lib/dmadev/version.map
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..56ea0332cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/dmadev/version.map
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+EXPERIMENTAL {
+	global:
+
+	rte_dma_count_avail;
+	rte_dma_dev_max;
+	rte_dma_get_dev_id;
+	rte_dma_is_valid;
+
+	local: *;
+};
+
+INTERNAL {
+	global:
+
+	rte_dma_devices;
+	rte_dma_pmd_allocate;
+	rte_dma_pmd_release;
+
+	local: *;
+};
diff --git a/lib/meson.build b/lib/meson.build
index 1673ca4323..3dd920f5c5 100644
--- a/lib/meson.build
+++ b/lib/meson.build
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ libraries = [
         'pdump',
         'rawdev',
         'regexdev',
+        'dmadev',
         'rib',
         'reorder',
         'sched',
