diff --git a/devtools/libabigail.abignore b/devtools/libabigail.abignore
index a59df8f13..cd86d89ca 100644
--- a/devtools/libabigail.abignore
+++ b/devtools/libabigail.abignore
@@ -11,3 +11,10 @@
         type_kind = enum
         name = rte_crypto_asym_xform_type
         changed_enumerators = RTE_CRYPTO_ASYM_XFORM_TYPE_LIST_END
+; Ignore updates of ring prod/cons
+[suppress_type]
+        type_kind = struct
+        name = rte_ring
+[suppress_type]
+        type_kind = struct
+        name = rte_event_ring
diff --git a/lib/librte_ring/Makefile b/lib/librte_ring/Makefile
index 917c560ad..8f5c284cc 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ring/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_ring/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_RING) := rte_ring.c
 SYMLINK-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_RING)-include := rte_ring.h \
 					rte_ring_elem.h \
 					rte_ring_generic.h \
-					rte_ring_c11_mem.h
+					rte_ring_c11_mem.h \
+					rte_ring_rts.h \
+					rte_ring_rts_elem.h \
+					rte_ring_rts_generic.h
 
 include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.lib.mk
diff --git a/lib/librte_ring/meson.build b/lib/librte_ring/meson.build
index f2f3ccc88..612936afb 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ring/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_ring/meson.build
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ sources = files('rte_ring.c')
 headers = files('rte_ring.h',
 		'rte_ring_elem.h',
 		'rte_ring_c11_mem.h',
-		'rte_ring_generic.h')
+		'rte_ring_generic.h',
+		'rte_ring_rts.h',
+		'rte_ring_rts_elem.h',
+		'rte_ring_rts_generic.h')
 
 # rte_ring_create_elem and rte_ring_get_memsize_elem are experimental
 allow_experimental_apis = true
diff --git a/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.c b/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.c
index fa5733907..222eec0fb 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.c
+++ b/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.c
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ EAL_REGISTER_TAILQ(rte_ring_tailq)
 /* true if x is a power of 2 */
 #define POWEROF2(x) ((((x)-1) & (x)) == 0)
 
+/* by default set head/tail distance as 1/8 of ring capacity */
+#define HTD_MAX_DEF	8
+
 /* return the size of memory occupied by a ring */
 ssize_t
 rte_ring_get_memsize_elem(unsigned int esize, unsigned int count)
@@ -79,11 +82,84 @@ rte_ring_get_memsize(unsigned int count)
 	return rte_ring_get_memsize_elem(sizeof(void *), count);
 }
 
+/*
+ * internal helper function to reset prod/cons head-tail values.
+ */
+static void
+reset_headtail(void *p)
+{
+	struct rte_ring_headtail *ht;
+	struct rte_ring_rts_headtail *ht_rts;
+
+	ht = p;
+	ht_rts = p;
+
+	switch (ht->sync_type) {
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT:
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_ST:
+		ht->head = 0;
+		ht->tail = 0;
+		break;
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT_RTS:
+		ht_rts->head.raw = 0;
+		ht_rts->tail.raw = 0;
+		break;
+	default:
+		/* unknown sync mode */
+		RTE_ASSERT(0);
+	}
+}
+
 void
 rte_ring_reset(struct rte_ring *r)
 {
-	r->prod.head = r->cons.head = 0;
-	r->prod.tail = r->cons.tail = 0;
+	reset_headtail(&r->prod);
+	reset_headtail(&r->cons);
+}
+
+/*
+ * helper function, calculates sync_type values for prod and cons
+ * based on input flags. Returns zero at success or negative
+ * errno value otherwise.
+ */
+static int
+get_sync_type(uint32_t flags, enum rte_ring_sync_type *prod_st,
+	enum rte_ring_sync_type *cons_st)
+{
+	static const uint32_t prod_st_flags =
+		(RING_F_SP_ENQ | RING_F_MP_RTS_ENQ);
+	static const uint32_t cons_st_flags =
+		(RING_F_SC_DEQ | RING_F_MC_RTS_DEQ);
+
+	switch (flags & prod_st_flags) {
+	case 0:
+		*prod_st = RTE_RING_SYNC_MT;
+		break;
+	case RING_F_SP_ENQ:
+		*prod_st = RTE_RING_SYNC_ST;
+		break;
+	case RING_F_MP_RTS_ENQ:
+		*prod_st = RTE_RING_SYNC_MT_RTS;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	switch (flags & cons_st_flags) {
+	case 0:
+		*cons_st = RTE_RING_SYNC_MT;
+		break;
+	case RING_F_SC_DEQ:
+		*cons_st = RTE_RING_SYNC_ST;
+		break;
+	case RING_F_MC_RTS_DEQ:
+		*cons_st = RTE_RING_SYNC_MT_RTS;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int
@@ -100,16 +176,20 @@ rte_ring_init(struct rte_ring *r, const char *name, unsigned count,
 	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON((offsetof(struct rte_ring, prod) &
 			  RTE_CACHE_LINE_MASK) != 0);
 
+	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct rte_ring_headtail, sync_type) !=
+		offsetof(struct rte_ring_rts_headtail, sync_type));
+	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct rte_ring_headtail, tail) !=
+		offsetof(struct rte_ring_rts_headtail, tail.val.pos));
+
 	/* init the ring structure */
 	memset(r, 0, sizeof(*r));
 	ret = strlcpy(r->name, name, sizeof(r->name));
 	if (ret < 0 || ret >= (int)sizeof(r->name))
 		return -ENAMETOOLONG;
 	r->flags = flags;
-	r->prod.sync_type = (flags & RING_F_SP_ENQ) ?
-		RTE_RING_SYNC_ST : RTE_RING_SYNC_MT;
-	r->cons.sync_type = (flags & RING_F_SC_DEQ) ?
-		RTE_RING_SYNC_ST : RTE_RING_SYNC_MT;
+	ret = get_sync_type(flags, &r->prod.sync_type, &r->cons.sync_type);
+	if (ret != 0)
+		return ret;
 
 	if (flags & RING_F_EXACT_SZ) {
 		r->size = rte_align32pow2(count + 1);
@@ -126,8 +206,12 @@ rte_ring_init(struct rte_ring *r, const char *name, unsigned count,
 		r->mask = count - 1;
 		r->capacity = r->mask;
 	}
-	r->prod.head = r->cons.head = 0;
-	r->prod.tail = r->cons.tail = 0;
+
+	/* set default values for head-tail distance */
+	if (flags & RING_F_MP_RTS_ENQ)
+		rte_ring_set_prod_htd_max(r, r->capacity / HTD_MAX_DEF);
+	if (flags & RING_F_MC_RTS_DEQ)
+		rte_ring_set_cons_htd_max(r, r->capacity / HTD_MAX_DEF);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.h b/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.h
index d4775a063..f6f084d79 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <rte_branch_prediction.h>
 #include <rte_memzone.h>
 #include <rte_pause.h>
+#include <rte_debug.h>
 
 #define RTE_TAILQ_RING_NAME "RTE_RING"
 
@@ -65,10 +66,13 @@ enum rte_ring_queue_behavior {
 enum rte_ring_sync_type {
 	RTE_RING_SYNC_MT,     /**< multi-thread safe (default mode) */
 	RTE_RING_SYNC_ST,     /**< single thread only */
+#ifdef ALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
+	RTE_RING_SYNC_MT_RTS, /**< multi-thread relaxed tail sync */
+#endif
 };
 
 /**
- * structure to hold a pair of head/tail values and other metadata.
+ * structures to hold a pair of head/tail values and other metadata.
  * Depending on sync_type format of that structure might be different,
  * but offset for *sync_type* and *tail* values should remain the same.
  */
@@ -84,6 +88,21 @@ struct rte_ring_headtail {
 	};
 };
 
+union rte_ring_ht_poscnt {
+	uint64_t raw;
+	struct {
+		uint32_t cnt; /**< head/tail reference counter */
+		uint32_t pos; /**< head/tail position */
+	} val;
+};
+
+struct rte_ring_rts_headtail {
+	volatile union rte_ring_ht_poscnt tail;
+	enum rte_ring_sync_type sync_type;  /**< sync type of prod/cons */
+	uint32_t htd_max;   /**< max allowed distance between head/tail */
+	volatile union rte_ring_ht_poscnt head;
+};
+
 /**
  * An RTE ring structure.
  *
@@ -111,11 +130,21 @@ struct rte_ring {
 	char pad0 __rte_cache_aligned; /**< empty cache line */
 
 	/** Ring producer status. */
-	struct rte_ring_headtail prod __rte_cache_aligned;
+	RTE_STD_C11
+	union {
+		struct rte_ring_headtail prod;
+		struct rte_ring_rts_headtail rts_prod;
+	}  __rte_cache_aligned;
+
 	char pad1 __rte_cache_aligned; /**< empty cache line */
 
 	/** Ring consumer status. */
-	struct rte_ring_headtail cons __rte_cache_aligned;
+	RTE_STD_C11
+	union {
+		struct rte_ring_headtail cons;
+		struct rte_ring_rts_headtail rts_cons;
+	}  __rte_cache_aligned;
+
 	char pad2 __rte_cache_aligned; /**< empty cache line */
 };
 
@@ -132,6 +161,9 @@ struct rte_ring {
 #define RING_F_EXACT_SZ 0x0004
 #define RTE_RING_SZ_MASK  (0x7fffffffU) /**< Ring size mask */
 
+#define RING_F_MP_RTS_ENQ 0x0008 /**< The default enqueue is "MP RTS". */
+#define RING_F_MC_RTS_DEQ 0x0010 /**< The default dequeue is "MC RTS". */
+
 #define __IS_SP RTE_RING_SYNC_ST
 #define __IS_MP RTE_RING_SYNC_MT
 #define __IS_SC RTE_RING_SYNC_ST
@@ -461,6 +493,10 @@ rte_ring_sp_enqueue_bulk(struct rte_ring *r, void * const *obj_table,
 			RTE_RING_SYNC_ST, free_space);
 }
 
+#ifdef ALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
+#include <rte_ring_rts.h>
+#endif
+
 /**
  * Enqueue several objects on a ring.
  *
@@ -484,8 +520,21 @@ static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
 rte_ring_enqueue_bulk(struct rte_ring *r, void * const *obj_table,
 		      unsigned int n, unsigned int *free_space)
 {
-	return __rte_ring_do_enqueue(r, obj_table, n, RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED,
-			r->prod.sync_type, free_space);
+	switch (r->prod.sync_type) {
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT:
+		return rte_ring_mp_enqueue_bulk(r, obj_table, n, free_space);
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_ST:
+		return rte_ring_sp_enqueue_bulk(r, obj_table, n, free_space);
+#ifdef ALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT_RTS:
+		return rte_ring_mp_rts_enqueue_bulk(r, obj_table, n,
+			free_space);
+#endif
+	}
+
+	/* valid ring should never reach this point */
+	RTE_ASSERT(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -619,8 +668,20 @@ static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
 rte_ring_dequeue_bulk(struct rte_ring *r, void **obj_table, unsigned int n,
 		unsigned int *available)
 {
-	return __rte_ring_do_dequeue(r, obj_table, n, RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED,
-				r->cons.sync_type, available);
+	switch (r->cons.sync_type) {
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT:
+		return rte_ring_mc_dequeue_bulk(r, obj_table, n, available);
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_ST:
+		return rte_ring_sc_dequeue_bulk(r, obj_table, n, available);
+#ifdef ALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT_RTS:
+		return rte_ring_mc_rts_dequeue_bulk(r, obj_table, n, available);
+#endif
+	}
+
+	/* valid ring should never reach this point */
+	RTE_ASSERT(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -940,8 +1001,21 @@ static __rte_always_inline unsigned
 rte_ring_enqueue_burst(struct rte_ring *r, void * const *obj_table,
 		      unsigned int n, unsigned int *free_space)
 {
-	return __rte_ring_do_enqueue(r, obj_table, n, RTE_RING_QUEUE_VARIABLE,
-			r->prod.sync_type, free_space);
+	switch (r->prod.sync_type) {
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT:
+		return rte_ring_mp_enqueue_burst(r, obj_table, n, free_space);
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_ST:
+		return rte_ring_sp_enqueue_burst(r, obj_table, n, free_space);
+#ifdef ALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT_RTS:
+		return rte_ring_mp_rts_enqueue_burst(r, obj_table, n,
+			free_space);
+#endif
+	}
+
+	/* valid ring should never reach this point */
+	RTE_ASSERT(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1020,9 +1094,21 @@ static __rte_always_inline unsigned
 rte_ring_dequeue_burst(struct rte_ring *r, void **obj_table,
 		unsigned int n, unsigned int *available)
 {
-	return __rte_ring_do_dequeue(r, obj_table, n,
-				RTE_RING_QUEUE_VARIABLE,
-				r->cons.sync_type, available);
+	switch (r->cons.sync_type) {
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT:
+		return rte_ring_mc_dequeue_burst(r, obj_table, n, available);
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_ST:
+		return rte_ring_sc_dequeue_burst(r, obj_table, n, available);
+#ifdef ALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT_RTS:
+		return rte_ring_mc_rts_dequeue_burst(r, obj_table, n,
+			available);
+#endif
+	}
+
+	/* valid ring should never reach this point */
+	RTE_ASSERT(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring_elem.h b/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring_elem.h
index 28f9836e6..5de0850dc 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring_elem.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring_elem.h
@@ -542,6 +542,8 @@ rte_ring_sp_enqueue_bulk_elem(struct rte_ring *r, const void *obj_table,
 			RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED, __IS_SP, free_space);
 }
 
+#include <rte_ring_rts_elem.h>
+
 /**
  * Enqueue several objects on a ring.
  *
@@ -571,6 +573,26 @@ rte_ring_enqueue_bulk_elem(struct rte_ring *r, const void *obj_table,
 {
 	return __rte_ring_do_enqueue_elem(r, obj_table, esize, n,
 			RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED, r->prod.sync_type, free_space);
+
+	switch (r->prod.sync_type) {
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT:
+		return rte_ring_mp_enqueue_bulk_elem(r, obj_table, esize, n,
+			free_space);
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_ST:
+		return rte_ring_sp_enqueue_bulk_elem(r, obj_table, esize, n,
+			free_space);
+#ifdef ALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT_RTS:
+		return rte_ring_mp_rts_enqueue_bulk_elem(r, obj_table, esize, n,
+			free_space);
+#endif
+	}
+
+	/* valid ring should never reach this point */
+	RTE_ASSERT(0);
+	if (free_space != NULL)
+		*free_space = 0;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -733,8 +755,25 @@ static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
 rte_ring_dequeue_bulk_elem(struct rte_ring *r, void *obj_table,
 		unsigned int esize, unsigned int n, unsigned int *available)
 {
-	return __rte_ring_do_dequeue_elem(r, obj_table, esize, n,
-			RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED, r->cons.sync_type, available);
+	switch (r->cons.sync_type) {
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT:
+		return rte_ring_mc_dequeue_bulk_elem(r, obj_table, esize, n,
+			available);
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_ST:
+		return rte_ring_sc_dequeue_bulk_elem(r, obj_table, esize, n,
+			available);
+#ifdef ALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT_RTS:
+		return rte_ring_mc_rts_dequeue_bulk_elem(r, obj_table, esize,
+			n, available);
+#endif
+	}
+
+	/* valid ring should never reach this point */
+	RTE_ASSERT(0);
+	if (available != NULL)
+		*available = 0;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -901,8 +940,25 @@ static __rte_always_inline unsigned
 rte_ring_enqueue_burst_elem(struct rte_ring *r, const void *obj_table,
 		unsigned int esize, unsigned int n, unsigned int *free_space)
 {
-	return __rte_ring_do_enqueue_elem(r, obj_table, esize, n,
-			RTE_RING_QUEUE_VARIABLE, r->prod.sync_type, free_space);
+	switch (r->prod.sync_type) {
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT:
+		return rte_ring_mp_enqueue_burst_elem(r, obj_table, esize, n,
+			free_space);
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_ST:
+		return rte_ring_sp_enqueue_burst_elem(r, obj_table, esize, n,
+			free_space);
+#ifdef ALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT_RTS:
+		return rte_ring_mp_rts_enqueue_burst_elem(r, obj_table, esize,
+			n, free_space);
+#endif
+	}
+
+	/* valid ring should never reach this point */
+	RTE_ASSERT(0);
+	if (free_space != NULL)
+		*free_space = 0;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -993,9 +1049,25 @@ static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
 rte_ring_dequeue_burst_elem(struct rte_ring *r, void *obj_table,
 		unsigned int esize, unsigned int n, unsigned int *available)
 {
-	return __rte_ring_do_dequeue_elem(r, obj_table, esize, n,
-				RTE_RING_QUEUE_VARIABLE,
-				r->cons.sync_type, available);
+	switch (r->cons.sync_type) {
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT:
+		return rte_ring_mc_dequeue_burst_elem(r, obj_table, esize, n,
+			available);
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_ST:
+		return rte_ring_sc_dequeue_burst_elem(r, obj_table, esize, n,
+			available);
+#ifdef ALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
+	case RTE_RING_SYNC_MT_RTS:
+		return rte_ring_mc_rts_dequeue_burst_elem(r, obj_table, esize,
+			n, available);
+#endif
+	}
+
+	/* valid ring should never reach this point */
+	RTE_ASSERT(0);
+	if (available != NULL)
+		*available = 0;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring_rts.h b/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring_rts.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18404fe48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring_rts.h
@@ -0,0 +1,316 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2010-2017 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Kip Macy kmacy@freebsd.org
+ * All rights reserved.
+ * Derived from FreeBSD's bufring.h
+ * Used as BSD-3 Licensed with permission from Kip Macy.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RTE_RING_RTS_H_
+#define _RTE_RING_RTS_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file rte_ring_rts.h
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice
+ * It is not recommended to include this file directly.
+ * Please include <rte_ring.h> instead.
+ *
+ * Contains functions for Relaxed Tail Sync (RTS) ring mode.
+ * The main idea remains the same as for our original MP/MC synchronization
+ * mechanism.
+ * The main difference is that tail value is increased not
+ * by every thread that finished enqueue/dequeue,
+ * but only by the last one doing enqueue/dequeue.
+ * That allows threads to skip spinning on tail value,
+ * leaving actual tail value change to last thread in the update queue.
+ * RTS requires 2 64-bit CAS for each enqueue(/dequeue) operation:
+ * one for head update, second for tail update.
+ * As a gain it allows thread to avoid spinning/waiting on tail value.
+ * In comparision original MP/MC algorithm requires one 32-bit CAS
+ * for head update and waiting/spinning on tail value.
+ *
+ * Brief outline:
+ *  - introduce refcnt for both head and tail.
+ *  - increment head.refcnt for each head.value update
+ *  - write head:value and head:refcnt atomically (64-bit CAS)
+ *  - move tail.value ahead only when tail.refcnt + 1 == head.refcnt
+ *  - increment tail.refcnt when each enqueue/dequeue op finishes
+ *    (no matter is tail:value going to change or not)
+ *  - write tail.value and tail.recnt atomically (64-bit CAS)
+ *
+ * To avoid producer/consumer starvation:
+ *  - limit max allowed distance between head and tail value (HTD_MAX).
+ *    I.E. thread is allowed to proceed with changing head.value,
+ *    only when:  head.value - tail.value <= HTD_MAX
+ * HTD_MAX is an optional parameter.
+ * With HTD_MAX == 0 we'll have fully serialized ring -
+ * i.e. only one thread at a time will be able to enqueue/dequeue
+ * to/from the ring.
+ * With HTD_MAX >= ring.capacity - no limitation.
+ * By default HTD_MAX == ring.capacity / 8.
+ */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include <rte_ring_rts_generic.h>
+
+/**
+ * @internal Enqueue several objects on the RTS ring.
+ *
+ * @param r
+ *   A pointer to the ring structure.
+ * @param obj_table
+ *   A pointer to a table of void * pointers (objects).
+ * @param n
+ *   The number of objects to add in the ring from the obj_table.
+ * @param behavior
+ *   RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED:    Enqueue a fixed number of items from a ring
+ *   RTE_RING_QUEUE_VARIABLE: Enqueue as many items as possible from ring
+ * @param free_space
+ *   returns the amount of space after the enqueue operation has finished
+ * @return
+ *   Actual number of objects enqueued.
+ *   If behavior == RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED, this will be 0 or n only.
+ */
+static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
+__rte_ring_do_rts_enqueue(struct rte_ring *r, void * const *obj_table,
+		uint32_t n, enum rte_ring_queue_behavior behavior,
+		uint32_t *free_space)
+{
+	uint32_t free, head;
+
+	n =  __rte_ring_rts_move_prod_head(r, n, behavior, &head, &free);
+
+	if (n != 0) {
+		ENQUEUE_PTRS(r, &r[1], head, obj_table, n, void *);
+		__rte_ring_rts_update_tail(&r->rts_prod);
+	}
+
+	if (free_space != NULL)
+		*free_space = free - n;
+	return n;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @internal Dequeue several objects from the RTS ring.
+ *
+ * @param r
+ *   A pointer to the ring structure.
+ * @param obj_table
+ *   A pointer to a table of void * pointers (objects).
+ * @param n
+ *   The number of objects to pull from the ring.
+ * @param behavior
+ *   RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED:    Dequeue a fixed number of items from a ring
+ *   RTE_RING_QUEUE_VARIABLE: Dequeue as many items as possible from ring
+ * @param available
+ *   returns the number of remaining ring entries after the dequeue has finished
+ * @return
+ *   - Actual number of objects dequeued.
+ *     If behavior == RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED, this will be 0 or n only.
+ */
+static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
+__rte_ring_do_rts_dequeue(struct rte_ring *r, void **obj_table,
+		uint32_t n, enum rte_ring_queue_behavior behavior,
+		uint32_t *available)
+{
+	uint32_t entries, head;
+
+	n = __rte_ring_rts_move_cons_head(r, n, behavior, &head, &entries);
+
+	if (n != 0) {
+		DEQUEUE_PTRS(r, &r[1], head, obj_table, n, void *);
+		__rte_ring_rts_update_tail(&r->rts_cons);
+	}
+
+	if (available != NULL)
+		*available = entries - n;
+	return n;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Enqueue several objects on the RTS ring (multi-producers safe).
+ *
+ * @param r
+ *   A pointer to the ring structure.
+ * @param obj_table
+ *   A pointer to a table of void * pointers (objects).
+ * @param n
+ *   The number of objects to add in the ring from the obj_table.
+ * @param free_space
+ *   if non-NULL, returns the amount of space in the ring after the
+ *   enqueue operation has finished.
+ * @return
+ *   The number of objects enqueued, either 0 or n
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
+rte_ring_mp_rts_enqueue_bulk(struct rte_ring *r, void * const *obj_table,
+			 unsigned int n, unsigned int *free_space)
+{
+	return __rte_ring_do_rts_enqueue(r, obj_table, n, RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED,
+			free_space);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Dequeue several objects from an RTS ring (multi-consumers safe).
+ *
+ * @param r
+ *   A pointer to the ring structure.
+ * @param obj_table
+ *   A pointer to a table of void * pointers (objects) that will be filled.
+ * @param n
+ *   The number of objects to dequeue from the ring to the obj_table.
+ * @param available
+ *   If non-NULL, returns the number of remaining ring entries after the
+ *   dequeue has finished.
+ * @return
+ *   The number of objects dequeued, either 0 or n
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
+rte_ring_mc_rts_dequeue_bulk(struct rte_ring *r, void **obj_table,
+		unsigned int n, unsigned int *available)
+{
+	return __rte_ring_do_rts_dequeue(r, obj_table, n, RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED,
+			available);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Return producer max Head-Tail-Distance (HTD).
+ *
+ * @param r
+ *   A pointer to the ring structure.
+ * @return
+ *   Producer HTD value, if producer is set in appropriate sync mode,
+ *   or UINT32_MAX otherwise.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline uint32_t
+rte_ring_get_prod_htd_max(const struct rte_ring *r)
+{
+	if (r->prod.sync_type == RTE_RING_SYNC_MT_RTS)
+		return r->rts_prod.htd_max;
+	return UINT32_MAX;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Set producer max Head-Tail-Distance (HTD).
+ * Note that producer has to use appropriate sync mode (RTS).
+ *
+ * @param r
+ *   A pointer to the ring structure.
+ * @param v
+ *   new HTD value to setup.
+ * @return
+ *   Zero on success, or negative error code otherwise.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline int
+rte_ring_set_prod_htd_max(struct rte_ring *r, uint32_t v)
+{
+	if (r->prod.sync_type != RTE_RING_SYNC_MT_RTS)
+		return -ENOTSUP;
+
+	r->rts_prod.htd_max = v;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Return consumer max Head-Tail-Distance (HTD).
+ *
+ * @param r
+ *   A pointer to the ring structure.
+ * @return
+ *   Consumer HTD value, if consumer is set in appropriate sync mode,
+ *   or UINT32_MAX otherwise.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline uint32_t
+rte_ring_get_cons_htd_max(const struct rte_ring *r)
+{
+	if (r->cons.sync_type == RTE_RING_SYNC_MT_RTS)
+		return r->rts_cons.htd_max;
+	return UINT32_MAX;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Set consumer max Head-Tail-Distance (HTD).
+ * Note that consumer has to use appropriate sync mode (RTS).
+ *
+ * @param r
+ *   A pointer to the ring structure.
+ * @param v
+ *   new HTD value to setup.
+ * @return
+ *   Zero on success, or negative error code otherwise.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline int
+rte_ring_set_cons_htd_max(struct rte_ring *r, uint32_t v)
+{
+	if (r->cons.sync_type != RTE_RING_SYNC_MT_RTS)
+		return -ENOTSUP;
+
+	r->rts_cons.htd_max = v;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Enqueue several objects on the RTS ring (multi-producers safe).
+ *
+ * @param r
+ *   A pointer to the ring structure.
+ * @param obj_table
+ *   A pointer to a table of void * pointers (objects).
+ * @param n
+ *   The number of objects to add in the ring from the obj_table.
+ * @param free_space
+ *   if non-NULL, returns the amount of space in the ring after the
+ *   enqueue operation has finished.
+ * @return
+ *   - n: Actual number of objects enqueued.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static __rte_always_inline unsigned
+rte_ring_mp_rts_enqueue_burst(struct rte_ring *r, void * const *obj_table,
+			 unsigned int n, unsigned int *free_space)
+{
+	return __rte_ring_do_rts_enqueue(r, obj_table, n,
+			RTE_RING_QUEUE_VARIABLE, free_space);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Dequeue several objects from an RTS  ring (multi-consumers safe).
+ * When the requested objects are more than the available objects,
+ * only dequeue the actual number of objects.
+ *
+ * @param r
+ *   A pointer to the ring structure.
+ * @param obj_table
+ *   A pointer to a table of void * pointers (objects) that will be filled.
+ * @param n
+ *   The number of objects to dequeue from the ring to the obj_table.
+ * @param available
+ *   If non-NULL, returns the number of remaining ring entries after the
+ *   dequeue has finished.
+ * @return
+ *   - n: Actual number of objects dequeued, 0 if ring is empty
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static __rte_always_inline unsigned
+rte_ring_mc_rts_dequeue_burst(struct rte_ring *r, void **obj_table,
+		unsigned int n, unsigned int *available)
+{
+	return __rte_ring_do_rts_dequeue(r, obj_table, n,
+			RTE_RING_QUEUE_VARIABLE, available);
+}
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _RTE_RING_RTS_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring_rts_elem.h b/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring_rts_elem.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71a331b23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring_rts_elem.h
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2010-2017 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Kip Macy kmacy@freebsd.org
+ * All rights reserved.
+ * Derived from FreeBSD's bufring.h
+ * Used as BSD-3 Licensed with permission from Kip Macy.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RTE_RING_RTS_ELEM_H_
+#define _RTE_RING_RTS_ELEM_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file rte_ring_rts_elem.h
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice
+ *
+ * It is not recommended to include this file directly.
+ * Please include <rte_ring_elem.h> instead.
+ * Contains *ring_elem* functions for Relaxed Tail Sync (RTS) ring mode.
+ * for more details please refer to <rte_ring_rts.h>.
+ */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include <rte_ring_rts_generic.h>
+
+/**
+ * @internal Enqueue several objects on the RTS ring.
+ *
+ * @param r
+ *   A pointer to the ring structure.
+ * @param obj_table
+ *   A pointer to a table of void * pointers (objects).
+ * @param n
+ *   The number of objects to add in the ring from the obj_table.
+ * @param behavior
+ *   RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED:    Enqueue a fixed number of items from a ring
+ *   RTE_RING_QUEUE_VARIABLE: Enqueue as many items as possible from ring
+ * @param free_space
+ *   returns the amount of space after the enqueue operation has finished
+ * @return
+ *   Actual number of objects enqueued.
+ *   If behavior == RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED, this will be 0 or n only.
+ */
+static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
+__rte_ring_do_rts_enqueue_elem(struct rte_ring *r, void * const *obj_table,
+	uint32_t esize, uint32_t n, enum rte_ring_queue_behavior behavior,
+	uint32_t *free_space)
+{
+	uint32_t free, head;
+
+	n =  __rte_ring_rts_move_prod_head(r, n, behavior, &head, &free);
+
+	if (n != 0) {
+		__rte_ring_enqueue_elems(r, head, obj_table, esize, n);
+		__rte_ring_rts_update_tail(&r->rts_prod);
+	}
+
+	if (free_space != NULL)
+		*free_space = free - n;
+	return n;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @internal Dequeue several objects from the RTS ring.
+ *
+ * @param r
+ *   A pointer to the ring structure.
+ * @param obj_table
+ *   A pointer to a table of void * pointers (objects).
+ * @param n
+ *   The number of objects to pull from the ring.
+ * @param behavior
+ *   RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED:    Dequeue a fixed number of items from a ring
+ *   RTE_RING_QUEUE_VARIABLE: Dequeue as many items as possible from ring
+ * @param available
+ *   returns the number of remaining ring entries after the dequeue has finished
+ * @return
+ *   - Actual number of objects dequeued.
+ *     If behavior == RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED, this will be 0 or n only.
+ */
+static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
+__rte_ring_do_rts_dequeue_elem(struct rte_ring *r, void **obj_table,
+	uint32_t esize, uint32_t n, enum rte_ring_queue_behavior behavior,
+	uint32_t *available)
+{
+	uint32_t entries, head;
+
+	n = __rte_ring_rts_move_cons_head(r, n, behavior, &head, &entries);
+
+	if (n != 0) {
+		__rte_ring_dequeue_elems(r, head, obj_table, esize, n);
+		__rte_ring_rts_update_tail(&r->rts_cons);
+	}
+
+	if (available != NULL)
+		*available = entries - n;
+	return n;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Enqueue several objects on the RTS ring (multi-producers safe).
+ *
+ * @param r
+ *   A pointer to the ring structure.
+ * @param obj_table
+ *   A pointer to a table of void * pointers (objects).
+ * @param n
+ *   The number of objects to add in the ring from the obj_table.
+ * @param free_space
+ *   if non-NULL, returns the amount of space in the ring after the
+ *   enqueue operation has finished.
+ * @return
+ *   The number of objects enqueued, either 0 or n
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
+rte_ring_mp_rts_enqueue_bulk_elem(struct rte_ring *r, void * const *obj_table,
+	unsigned int esize, unsigned int n, unsigned int *free_space)
+{
+	return __rte_ring_do_rts_enqueue_elem(r, obj_table, esize, n,
+			RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED, free_space);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Dequeue several objects from an RTS ring (multi-consumers safe).
+ *
+ * @param r
+ *   A pointer to the ring structure.
+ * @param obj_table
+ *   A pointer to a table of void * pointers (objects) that will be filled.
+ * @param n
+ *   The number of objects to dequeue from the ring to the obj_table.
+ * @param available
+ *   If non-NULL, returns the number of remaining ring entries after the
+ *   dequeue has finished.
+ * @return
+ *   The number of objects dequeued, either 0 or n
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
+rte_ring_mc_rts_dequeue_bulk_elem(struct rte_ring *r, void **obj_table,
+	unsigned int esize, unsigned int n, unsigned int *available)
+{
+	return __rte_ring_do_rts_dequeue_elem(r, obj_table, esize, n,
+		RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED, available);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Enqueue several objects on the RTS ring (multi-producers safe).
+ *
+ * @param r
+ *   A pointer to the ring structure.
+ * @param obj_table
+ *   A pointer to a table of void * pointers (objects).
+ * @param n
+ *   The number of objects to add in the ring from the obj_table.
+ * @param free_space
+ *   if non-NULL, returns the amount of space in the ring after the
+ *   enqueue operation has finished.
+ * @return
+ *   - n: Actual number of objects enqueued.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static __rte_always_inline unsigned
+rte_ring_mp_rts_enqueue_burst_elem(struct rte_ring *r, void * const *obj_table,
+	unsigned int esize, unsigned int n, unsigned int *free_space)
+{
+	return __rte_ring_do_rts_enqueue_elem(r, obj_table, esize, n,
+			RTE_RING_QUEUE_VARIABLE, free_space);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Dequeue several objects from an RTS  ring (multi-consumers safe).
+ * When the requested objects are more than the available objects,
+ * only dequeue the actual number of objects.
+ *
+ * @param r
+ *   A pointer to the ring structure.
+ * @param obj_table
+ *   A pointer to a table of void * pointers (objects) that will be filled.
+ * @param n
+ *   The number of objects to dequeue from the ring to the obj_table.
+ * @param available
+ *   If non-NULL, returns the number of remaining ring entries after the
+ *   dequeue has finished.
+ * @return
+ *   - n: Actual number of objects dequeued, 0 if ring is empty
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static __rte_always_inline unsigned
+rte_ring_mc_rts_dequeue_burst_elem(struct rte_ring *r, void **obj_table,
+	unsigned int esize, unsigned int n, unsigned int *available)
+{
+	return __rte_ring_do_rts_dequeue_elem(r, obj_table, esize, n,
+			RTE_RING_QUEUE_VARIABLE, available);
+}
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _RTE_RING_RTS_ELEM_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring_rts_generic.h b/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring_rts_generic.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f88460d47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_ring/rte_ring_rts_generic.h
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2010-2017 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Kip Macy kmacy@freebsd.org
+ * All rights reserved.
+ * Derived from FreeBSD's bufring.h
+ * Used as BSD-3 Licensed with permission from Kip Macy.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RTE_RING_RTS_GENERIC_H_
+#define _RTE_RING_RTS_GENERIC_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file rte_ring_rts_generic.h
+ * It is not recommended to include this file directly,
+ * include <rte_ring.h> instead.
+ * Contains internal helper functions for Relaxed Tail Sync (RTS) ring mode.
+ * For more information please refer to <rte_ring_rts.h>.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @internal This function updates tail values.
+ */
+static __rte_always_inline void
+__rte_ring_rts_update_tail(struct rte_ring_rts_headtail *ht)
+{
+	union rte_ring_ht_poscnt h, ot, nt;
+
+	/*
+	 * If there are other enqueues/dequeues in progress that
+	 * might preceded us, then don't update tail with new value.
+	 */
+
+	do {
+		ot.raw = ht->tail.raw;
+		rte_smp_rmb();
+
+		/* on 32-bit systems we have to do atomic read here */
+		h.raw = rte_atomic64_read((rte_atomic64_t *)
+			(uintptr_t)&ht->head.raw);
+
+		nt.raw = ot.raw;
+		if (++nt.val.cnt == h.val.cnt)
+			nt.val.pos = h.val.pos;
+
+	} while (rte_atomic64_cmpset(&ht->tail.raw, ot.raw, nt.raw) == 0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @internal This function waits till head/tail distance wouldn't
+ * exceed pre-defined max value.
+ */
+static __rte_always_inline void
+__rte_ring_rts_head_wait(const struct rte_ring_rts_headtail *ht,
+	union rte_ring_ht_poscnt *h)
+{
+	uint32_t max;
+
+	max = ht->htd_max;
+	h->raw = ht->head.raw;
+	rte_smp_rmb();
+
+	while (h->val.pos - ht->tail.val.pos > max) {
+		rte_pause();
+		h->raw = ht->head.raw;
+		rte_smp_rmb();
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * @internal This function updates the producer head for enqueue.
+ *
+ * @param r
+ *   A pointer to the ring structure
+ * @param is_sp
+ *   Indicates whether multi-producer path is needed or not
+ * @param n
+ *   The number of elements we will want to enqueue, i.e. how far should the
+ *   head be moved
+ * @param behavior
+ *   RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED:    Enqueue a fixed number of items from a ring
+ *   RTE_RING_QUEUE_VARIABLE: Enqueue as many items as possible from ring
+ * @param old_head
+ *   Returns head value as it was before the move, i.e. where enqueue starts
+ * @param new_head
+ *   Returns the current/new head value i.e. where enqueue finishes
+ * @param free_entries
+ *   Returns the amount of free space in the ring BEFORE head was moved
+ * @return
+ *   Actual number of objects enqueued.
+ *   If behavior == RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED, this will be 0 or n only.
+ */
+static __rte_always_inline uint32_t
+__rte_ring_rts_move_prod_head(struct rte_ring *r, uint32_t num,
+	enum rte_ring_queue_behavior behavior, uint32_t *old_head,
+	uint32_t *free_entries)
+{
+	uint32_t n;
+	union rte_ring_ht_poscnt nh, oh;
+
+	const uint32_t capacity = r->capacity;
+
+	do {
+		/* Reset n to the initial burst count */
+		n = num;
+
+		/* read prod head (may spin on prod tail) */
+		__rte_ring_rts_head_wait(&r->rts_prod, &oh);
+
+		/* add rmb barrier to avoid load/load reorder in weak
+		 * memory model. It is noop on x86
+		 */
+		rte_smp_rmb();
+
+		/*
+		 *  The subtraction is done between two unsigned 32bits value
+		 * (the result is always modulo 32 bits even if we have
+		 * *old_head > cons_tail). So 'free_entries' is always between 0
+		 * and capacity (which is < size).
+		 */
+		*free_entries = capacity + r->cons.tail - oh.val.pos;
+
+		/* check that we have enough room in ring */
+		if (unlikely(n > *free_entries))
+			n = (behavior == RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED) ?
+					0 : *free_entries;
+
+		if (n == 0)
+			break;
+
+		nh.val.pos = oh.val.pos + n;
+		nh.val.cnt = oh.val.cnt + 1;
+
+	} while (rte_atomic64_cmpset(&r->rts_prod.head.raw,
+			oh.raw, nh.raw) == 0);
+
+	*old_head = oh.val.pos;
+	return n;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @internal This function updates the consumer head for dequeue
+ *
+ * @param r
+ *   A pointer to the ring structure
+ * @param is_sc
+ *   Indicates whether multi-consumer path is needed or not
+ * @param n
+ *   The number of elements we will want to enqueue, i.e. how far should the
+ *   head be moved
+ * @param behavior
+ *   RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED:    Dequeue a fixed number of items from a ring
+ *   RTE_RING_QUEUE_VARIABLE: Dequeue as many items as possible from ring
+ * @param old_head
+ *   Returns head value as it was before the move, i.e. where dequeue starts
+ * @param new_head
+ *   Returns the current/new head value i.e. where dequeue finishes
+ * @param entries
+ *   Returns the number of entries in the ring BEFORE head was moved
+ * @return
+ *   - Actual number of objects dequeued.
+ *     If behavior == RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED, this will be 0 or n only.
+ */
+static __rte_always_inline unsigned int
+__rte_ring_rts_move_cons_head(struct rte_ring *r, uint32_t num,
+	enum rte_ring_queue_behavior behavior, uint32_t *old_head,
+	uint32_t *entries)
+{
+	uint32_t n;
+	union rte_ring_ht_poscnt nh, oh;
+
+	/* move cons.head atomically */
+	do {
+		/* Restore n as it may change every loop */
+		n = num;
+
+		/* read cons head (may spin on cons tail) */
+		__rte_ring_rts_head_wait(&r->rts_cons, &oh);
+
+
+		/* add rmb barrier to avoid load/load reorder in weak
+		 * memory model. It is noop on x86
+		 */
+		rte_smp_rmb();
+
+		/* The subtraction is done between two unsigned 32bits value
+		 * (the result is always modulo 32 bits even if we have
+		 * cons_head > prod_tail). So 'entries' is always between 0
+		 * and size(ring)-1.
+		 */
+		*entries = r->prod.tail - oh.val.pos;
+
+		/* Set the actual entries for dequeue */
+		if (n > *entries)
+			n = (behavior == RTE_RING_QUEUE_FIXED) ? 0 : *entries;
+
+		if (unlikely(n == 0))
+			break;
+
+		nh.val.pos = oh.val.pos + n;
+		nh.val.cnt = oh.val.cnt + 1;
+
+	} while (rte_atomic64_cmpset(&r->rts_cons.head.raw,
+			oh.raw, nh.raw) == 0);
+
+	*old_head = oh.val.pos;
+	return n;
+}
+
+#endif /* _RTE_RING_RTS_GENERIC_H_ */
