diff --git a/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md b/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md
index d95ad566c..5c1f6b477 100644
--- a/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md
+++ b/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ The public API headers are grouped by topics:
   [memzone]            (@ref rte_memzone.h),
   [mempool]            (@ref rte_mempool.h),
   [malloc]             (@ref rte_malloc.h),
-  [memcpy]             (@ref rte_memcpy.h)
+  [memcpy]             (@ref rte_memcpy.h),
+  [rcu]                (@ref rte_rcu_qsbr.h)
 
 - **timers**:
   [cycles]             (@ref rte_cycles.h),
diff --git a/doc/api/doxy-api.conf.in b/doc/api/doxy-api.conf.in
index a365e669b..0b4c248a2 100644
--- a/doc/api/doxy-api.conf.in
+++ b/doc/api/doxy-api.conf.in
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ INPUT                   = @TOPDIR@/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md \
                           @TOPDIR@/lib/librte_port \
                           @TOPDIR@/lib/librte_power \
                           @TOPDIR@/lib/librte_rawdev \
+                          @TOPDIR@/lib/librte_rcu \
                           @TOPDIR@/lib/librte_reorder \
                           @TOPDIR@/lib/librte_ring \
                           @TOPDIR@/lib/librte_sched \
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+		</g>
+		<g id="shape34-85" v:mID="34" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(374.334,-1143)">
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+			<desc>Delete</desc>
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+		</g>
+		<g id="shape36-92" v:mID="36" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(316.939,-1121.45)">
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+		</g>
+		<g id="shape37-95" v:mID="37" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(158.718,-1119.3)">
+			<title>Sheet.37</title>
+			<desc>Delete entry1 from D1</desc>
+			<v:textBlock v:margins="rect(0,0,0,0)"/>
+			<v:textRect cx="76.724" cy="1179.29" width="153.45" height="17.4211"/>
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+			<title>Sheet.38</title>
+			<path d="M0 864 L0 1188" class="st10"/>
+		</g>
+		<g id="shape39-102" v:mID="39" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(574.306,-792.296)">
+			<title>Sheet.39</title>
+			<path d="M0 1134.3 L0 1188 L0 1134.3" class="st7"/>
+		</g>
+		<g id="shape40-105" v:mID="40" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(517.939,-819)">
+			<title>Sheet.40</title>
+			<path d="M56.37 1188 L37.52 1187.95 L0 1158.97" class="st7"/>
+		</g>
+		<g id="shape41-108" v:mID="41" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(579.283,-793.278)">
+			<title>Sheet.41</title>
+			<desc>Free memory for entries1 and 2 after every reader has gone th...</desc>
+			<v:textBlock v:margins="rect(0,0,0,0)"/>
+			<v:textRect cx="122.717" cy="1162.74" width="245.44" height="50.5152"/>
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+			<text x="0" y="1149.68" class="st8" v:langID="1033"><v:paragraph/><v:tabList/>Free memory for entries1 and 2 <tspan
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+		<g id="shape46-114" v:mID="46" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(492.33,-1143)">
+			<title>Sheet.46</title>
+			<desc>Free</desc>
+			<v:textBlock v:margins="rect(0,0,0,0)"/>
+			<v:textRect cx="29.9047" cy="1172.76" width="59.81" height="30.4844"/>
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+			<title>Sheet.48</title>
+			<path d="M0 1157.52 L0 1188 L0 1157.52" class="st7"/>
+		</g>
+		<g id="shape49-121" v:mID="49" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(476.536,-1109.79)">
+			<title>Sheet.49</title>
+			<path d="M108.93 1160.69 L80.93 1160.65 L0 1188" class="st7"/>
+		</g>
+		<g id="shape50-124" v:mID="50" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(576,-1128.63)">
+			<title>Sheet.50</title>
+			<desc>Grace Period</desc>
+			<v:textBlock v:margins="rect(0,0,0,0)"/>
+			<v:textRect cx="76.724" cy="1173.63" width="153.45" height="28.7428"/>
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+			<title>Sheet.51</title>
+			<path d="M0 864 L0 1188" class="st13"/>
+		</g>
+		<g id="shape52-131" v:mID="52" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(338.689,-1087.7)">
+			<title>Sheet.52</title>
+			<path d="M0 1164.05 L0 1188 L0 1164.05" class="st7"/>
+		</g>
+		<g id="shape53-134" v:mID="53" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(338.689,-1090.24)">
+			<title>Sheet.53</title>
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+		</g>
+		<g id="shape54-137" v:mID="54" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(180.467,-1088.46)">
+			<title>Sheet.54</title>
+			<desc>Delete entry2 from D1</desc>
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+			<title>Sheet.56</title>
+			<path d="M0 864 L0 1188" class="st13"/>
+		</g>
+		<g id="shape57-144" v:mID="57" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(481.011,-1082.26)">
+			<title>Sheet.57</title>
+			<path d="M-0 1188 L104.45 1134.58" class="st14"/>
+		</g>
+		<g id="shape58-147" v:mID="58" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(448.387,-942.326)">
+			<title>Sheet.58</title>
+			<path d="M307.61 1185.32 L-0 1188" class="st7"/>
+		</g>
+		<g id="shape59-150" v:mID="59" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(747,-934.257)">
+			<title>Sheet.59</title>
+			<desc>Critical sections</desc>
+			<v:textBlock v:margins="rect(0,0,0,0)"/>
+			<v:textRect cx="92.5251" cy="1173.63" width="185.06" height="28.7428"/>
+			<path d="M185.05 1159.26 L0 1159.26 L0 1188 L185.05 1188 L185.05 1159.26" class="st3"/>
+			<text x="14.78" y="1180.81" class="st12" v:langID="1033"><v:paragraph v:horizAlign="1"/><v:tabList/>Critical sections</text>		</g>
+		<g id="shape60-154" v:mID="60" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(450.199,-942.417)">
+			<title>Sheet.60</title>
+			<path d="M0 1177.7 L0 1188" class="st7"/>
+		</g>
+		<g id="shape61-157" v:mID="61" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(594.47,-943.142)">
+			<title>Sheet.61</title>
+			<path d="M0 1177.7 L0 1188" class="st7"/>
+		</g>
+		<g id="shape62-160" v:mID="62" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(254.002,-1002.43)">
+			<title>Sheet.62</title>
+			<path d="M502 1188 L0 1187.59" class="st7"/>
+		</g>
+		<g id="shape63-163" v:mID="63" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(747,-990)">
+			<title>Sheet.63</title>
+			<desc>Quiescent states</desc>
+			<v:textBlock v:margins="rect(0,0,0,0)"/>
+			<v:textRect cx="97.9986" cy="1173.63" width="196" height="28.7428"/>
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+			<text x="15.49" y="1180.81" class="st12" v:langID="1033"><v:paragraph v:horizAlign="1"/><v:tabList/>Quiescent states</text>		</g>
+		<g id="shape64-167" v:mID="64" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(254.455,-1001.93)">
+			<title>Sheet.64</title>
+			<path d="M0 1177.7 L0 1188" class="st7"/>
+		</g>
+		<g id="shape65-170" v:mID="65" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(450.199,-1002.65)">
+			<title>Sheet.65</title>
+			<path d="M0 1177.7 L0 1188" class="st7"/>
+		</g>
+		<g id="shape66-173" v:mID="66" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(617.669,-1003.38)">
+			<title>Sheet.66</title>
+			<path d="M0 1177.7 L0 1188" class="st7"/>
+		</g>
+		<g id="shape67-176" v:mID="67" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(344.304,-876.625)">
+			<title>Sheet.67</title>
+			<path d="M411.7 1188 L0 1187.59" class="st7"/>
+		</g>
+		<g id="shape68-179" v:mID="68" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(344.757,-876.126)">
+			<title>Sheet.68</title>
+			<path d="M0 1177.7 L0 1188" class="st7"/>
+		</g>
+		<g id="shape69-182" v:mID="69" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(731.524,-877.578)">
+			<title>Sheet.69</title>
+			<path d="M0 1177.7 L0 1188" class="st7"/>
+		</g>
+		<g id="shape70-185" v:mID="70" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(762.248,-864)">
+			<title>Sheet.70</title>
+			<desc>while(1) loop</desc>
+			<v:textBlock v:margins="rect(0,0,0,0)"/>
+			<v:textRect cx="68.8761" cy="1173.63" width="137.76" height="28.7428"/>
+			<path d="M137.75 1159.26 L0 1159.26 L0 1188 L137.75 1188 L137.75 1159.26" class="st3"/>
+			<text x="3.14" y="1180.81" class="st12" v:langID="1033"><v:paragraph v:horizAlign="1"/><v:tabList/>while(1) loop</text>		</g>
+		<g id="shape71-189" v:mID="71" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(143.026,-693.87)">
+			<title>Sheet.71</title>
+			<path d="M0 1165.98 C0 1163.71 2.76 1161.87 6.16 1161.87 L30.81 1161.87 C34.26 1161.87 36.97 1163.71 36.97 1165.98 L36.97
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+		<g id="shape72-191" v:mID="72" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(192.124,-693.591)">
+			<title>Sheet.72</title>
+			<desc>Reader thread is not accessing any shared data structure. i.e...</desc>
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+			<v:textRect cx="209.938" cy="1174.8" width="419.88" height="26.4087"/>
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+			<text x="0" y="1170.44" class="st8" v:langID="1033"><v:paragraph/><v:tabList/>Reader thread is not accessing any shared data structure.<v:newlineChar/><tspan
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+			<title>Sheet.73</title>
+			<desc>Dx</desc>
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+			<title>Sheet.74</title>
+			<desc>Reader thread is accessing the shared data structure Dx. i.e....</desc>
+			<v:textBlock v:margins="rect(0,0,0,0)"/>
+			<v:textRect cx="209.938" cy="1174.8" width="419.88" height="26.4087"/>
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+			<text x="0" y="1170.44" class="st8" v:langID="1033"><v:paragraph/><v:tabList/>Reader thread is accessing the shared data structure Dx.<v:newlineChar/><tspan
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+		<g id="shape75-204" v:mID="75" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(237.124,-603)">
+			<title>Sheet.75</title>
+			<desc>Point in time when the reference to the entry is removed usin...</desc>
+			<v:textBlock v:margins="rect(0,0,0,0)"/>
+			<v:textRect cx="182.938" cy="1168.41" width="365.88" height="39.1897"/>
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+			<text x="0" y="1164.05" class="st8" v:langID="1033"><v:paragraph/><v:tabList/>Point in time when the reference to the entry is <tspan
+						x="0" dy="1.2em" class="st9">removed using an atomic operation.</tspan></text>		</g>
+		<g id="shape76-209" v:mID="76" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(135,-612)">
+			<title>Sheet.76</title>
+			<desc>Delete</desc>
+			<v:textBlock v:margins="rect(0,0,0,0)"/>
+			<v:textRect cx="43.2194" cy="1172.76" width="86.44" height="30.4844"/>
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+			<text x="8.51" y="1180.38" class="st11" v:langID="1033"><v:paragraph v:horizAlign="1"/><v:tabList/>Delete</text>		</g>
+		<g id="shape77-213" v:mID="77" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(236.4,-561.629)">
+			<title>Sheet.77</title>
+			<desc>Point in time when the writer can free the deleted entry.</desc>
+			<v:textBlock v:margins="rect(0,0,0,0)"/>
+			<v:textRect cx="189.688" cy="1173.63" width="379.38" height="28.7428"/>
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+			<text x="0" y="1169.27" class="st8" v:langID="1033"><v:paragraph/><v:tabList/>Point in time when the writer can free the deleted <tspan
+						x="0" dy="1.2em" class="st9">entry.</tspan></text>		</g>
+		<g id="shape78-218" v:mID="78" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(135,-565.56)">
+			<title>Sheet.78</title>
+			<desc>Free</desc>
+			<v:textBlock v:margins="rect(0,0,0,0)"/>
+			<v:textRect cx="32.7073" cy="1172.76" width="65.42" height="30.4844"/>
+			<path d="M65.41 1157.52 L0 1157.52 L0 1188 L65.41 1188 L65.41 1157.52" class="st3"/>
+			<text x="9.58" y="1180.38" class="st11" v:langID="1033"><v:paragraph v:horizAlign="1"/><v:tabList/>Free</text>		</g>
+		<g id="shape79-222" v:mID="79" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(237.274,-516.629)">
+			<title>Sheet.79</title>
+			<desc>Time duration between Delete and Free, during which memory ca...</desc>
+			<v:textBlock v:margins="rect(0,0,0,0)"/>
+			<v:textRect cx="189.688" cy="1173.63" width="379.38" height="28.7428"/>
+			<path d="M379.38 1159.26 L0 1159.26 L0 1188 L379.38 1188 L379.38 1159.26" class="st3"/>
+			<text x="0" y="1169.27" class="st8" v:langID="1033"><v:paragraph/><v:tabList/>Time duration between Delete and Free, during <tspan
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+		<g id="shape80-227" v:mID="80" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(144.15,-509.516)">
+			<title>Sheet.80</title>
+			<desc>Grace Period</desc>
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+			<v:textRect cx="43.2194" cy="1172.76" width="86.44" height="30.4844"/>
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+			<text x="0" y="1165.14" class="st11" v:langID="1033"><v:paragraph/><v:tabList/>Grace <tspan x="0" dy="1.2em"
+						class="st9">Period</tspan></text>		</g>
+		<g id="shape83-232" v:mID="83" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(414.997,-1107)">
+			<title>Sheet.83</title>
+			<path d="M9.3 1188 L9.66 1188 L91.51 1188" class="st16"/>
+		</g>
+		<g id="shape84-241" v:mID="84" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(434.25,-1080)">
+			<title>Sheet.84</title>
+			<path d="M7.41 1188 L7.77 1188 L71.98 1188" class="st18"/>
+		</g>
+		<g id="shape85-250" v:mID="85" v:groupContext="shape" transform="translate(701.532,-765)">
+			<title>Sheet.85</title>
+			<path d="M0 1188 L62.81 1188" class="st20"/>
+		</g>
+	</g>
+</svg>
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst
index 6726b1e8d..6fb3fb921 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Programmer's Guide
     metrics_lib
     bpf_lib
     ipsec_lib
+    rcu_lib
     source_org
     dev_kit_build_system
     dev_kit_root_make_help
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/rcu_lib.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/rcu_lib.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5155dd35c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/rcu_lib.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+    Copyright(c) 2019 Arm Limited.
+
+.. _RCU_Library:
+
+RCU Library
+============
+
+Lock-less data structures provide scalability and determinism.
+They enable use cases where locking may not be allowed
+(for ex: real-time applications).
+
+In the following paras, the term 'memory' refers to memory allocated
+by typical APIs like malloc or anything that is representative of
+memory, for ex: an index of a free element array.
+
+Since these data structures are lock less, the writers and readers
+are accessing the data structures concurrently. Hence, while removing
+an element from a data structure, the writers cannot return the memory
+to the allocator, without knowing that the readers are not
+referencing that element/memory anymore. Hence, it is required to
+separate the operation of removing an element into 2 steps:
+
+Delete: in this step, the writer removes the reference to the element from
+the data structure but does not return the associated memory to the
+allocator. This will ensure that new readers will not get a reference to
+the removed element. Removing the reference is an atomic operation.
+
+Free(Reclaim): in this step, the writer returns the memory to the
+memory allocator, only after knowing that all the readers have stopped
+referencing the deleted element.
+
+This library helps the writer determine when it is safe to free the
+memory.
+
+This library makes use of thread Quiescent State (QS).
+
+What is Quiescent State
+-----------------------
+Quiescent State can be defined as 'any point in the thread execution where the
+thread does not hold a reference to shared memory'. It is upto the application
+to determine its quiescent state.
+
+Let us consider the following diagram:
+
+.. figure:: img/rcu_general_info.*
+
+
+As shown, reader thread 1 acesses data structures D1 and D2. When it is
+accessing D1, if the writer has to remove an element from D1, the
+writer cannot free the memory associated with that element immediately.
+The writer can return the memory to the allocator only after the reader
+stops referencng D1. In other words, reader thread RT1 has to enter
+a quiescent state.
+
+Similarly, since reader thread 2 is also accessing D1, writer has to
+wait till thread 2 enters quiescent state as well.
+
+However, the writer does not need to wait for reader thread 3 to enter
+quiescent state. Reader thread 3 was not accessing D1 when the delete
+operation happened. So, reader thread 1 will not have a reference to the
+deleted entry.
+
+It can be noted that, the critical sections for D2 is a quiescent state
+for D1. i.e. for a given data structure Dx, any point in the thread execution
+that does not reference Dx is a quiescent state.
+
+Since memory is not freed immediately, there might be a need for
+provisioning of additional memory, depending on the application requirements.
+
+Factores affecting RCU mechanism
+---------------------------------
+
+It is important to make sure that this library keeps the over head of
+identifying the end of grace period and subsequent freeing of memory,
+to a minimum. The following paras explain how grace period and critical
+section affect this overhead.
+
+The writer has to poll the readers to identify the end of grace period.
+Polling introduces memory accesses and wastes CPU cycles. The memory
+is not available for reuse during grace period. Longer grace periods
+exasperate these conditions.
+
+The length of the critical section and the number of reader threads
+is proportional to the duration of the grace period. Keeping the critical
+sections smaller will keep the grace period smaller. However, keeping the
+critical sections smaller requires additional CPU cycles(due to additional
+reporting) in the readers.
+
+Hence, we need the characteristics of small grace period and large critical
+section. This library addresses this by allowing the writer to do
+other work without having to block till the readers report their quiescent
+state.
+
+RCU in DPDK
+-----------
+
+For DPDK applications, the start and end of while(1) loop (where no
+references to shared data structures are kept) act as perfect quiescent
+states. This will combine all the shared data structure accesses into a
+single, large critical section which helps keep the over head on the
+reader side to a minimum.
+
+DPDK supports pipeline model of packet processing and service cores.
+In these use cases, a given data structure may not be used by all the
+workers in the application. The writer does not have to wait for all
+the workers to report their quiescent state. To provide the required
+flexibility, this library has a concept of QS variable. The application
+can create one QS variable per data structure to help it track the
+end of grace period for each data structure. This helps keep the grace
+period to a minimum.
+
+How to use this library
+-----------------------
+
+The application has to allocate memory and initialize a QS variable.
+
+Application can call **rte_rcu_qsbr_get_memsize** to calculate the size
+of memory to allocate. This API takes maximum number of reader threads,
+using this variable, as a parameter. Currently, a maximum of 1024 threads
+are supported.
+
+Further, the application can initialize a QS variable using the API
+**rte_rcu_qsbr_init**.
+
+Each reader thread is assumed to have a unique thread ID. Currently, the
+management of the thread ID (for ex: allocation/free) is left to the
+application. The thread ID should be in the range of 0 to
+maximum number of threads provided while creating the QS variable.
+The application could also use lcore_id as the thread ID where applicable.
+
+**rte_rcu_qsbr_thread_register** API will register a reader thread
+to report its quiescent state. This can be called from a reader thread.
+A control plane thread can also call this on behalf of a reader thread.
+The reader thread must call **rte_rcu_qsbr_thread_online** API to start
+reporting its quiescent state.
+
+Some of the use cases might require the reader threads to make
+blocking API calls (for ex: while using eventdev APIs). The writer thread
+should not wait for such reader threads to enter quiescent state.
+The reader thread must call **rte_rcu_qsbr_thread_offline** API, before calling
+blocking APIs. It can call **rte_rcu_qsbr_thread_online** API once the blocking
+API call returns.
+
+The writer thread can trigger the reader threads to report their quiescent
+state by calling the API **rte_rcu_qsbr_start**. It is possible for multiple
+writer threads to query the quiescent state status simultaneously. Hence,
+**rte_rcu_qsbr_start** returns a token to each caller.
+
+The writer thread has to call **rte_rcu_qsbr_check** API with the token to
+get the current quiescent state status. Option to block till all the reader
+threads enter the quiescent state is provided. If this API indicates that
+all the reader threads have entered the quiescent state, the application
+can free the deleted entry.
+
+The APIs **rte_rcu_qsbr_start** and **rte_rcu_qsbr_check** are lock free.
+Hence, they can be called concurrently from multiple writers even while
+running as worker threads.
+
+The separation of triggering the reporting from querying the status provides
+the writer threads flexibility to do useful work instead of blocking for the
+reader threads to enter the quiescent state or go offline. This reduces the
+memory accesses due to continuous polling for the status.
+
+**rte_rcu_qsbr_synchronize** API combines the functionality of
+**rte_rcu_qsbr_start** and blocking **rte_rcu_qsbr_check** into a single API.
+This API triggers the reader threads to report their quiescent state and
+polls till all the readers enter the quiescent state or go offline. This
+API does not allow the writer to do useful work while waiting and also
+introduces additional memory accesses due to continuous polling.
+
+The reader thread must call **rte_rcu_qsbr_thread_offline** and
+**rte_rcu_qsbr_thread_unregister** APIs to remove itself from reporting its
+quiescent state. The **rte_rcu_qsbr_check** API will not wait for this reader
+thread to report the quiescent state status anymore.
+
+The reader threads should call **rte_rcu_qsbr_update** API to indicate that
+they entered a quiescent state. This API checks if a writer has triggered a
+quiescent state query and update the state accordingly.
