diff --git a/app/test/autotest_data.py b/app/test/autotest_data.py
index 097638941f19..62816c36d873 100644
--- a/app/test/autotest_data.py
+++ b/app/test/autotest_data.py
@@ -231,6 +231,12 @@
         "Func":    ticketlock_autotest,
         "Report":  None,
     },
+    {
+        "Name":    "Ticket rwlock autotest",
+        "Command": "ticket_rwlock_autotest",
+        "Func":    ticketrwlock_autotest,
+        "Report":  None,
+    },
     {
         "Name":    "MCSlock autotest",
         "Command": "mcslock_autotest",
diff --git a/app/test/meson.build b/app/test/meson.build
index 94fd39fecb82..26bf0c15097d 100644
--- a/app/test/meson.build
+++ b/app/test/meson.build
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ test_sources = files('commands.c',
 	'test_timer_racecond.c',
 	'test_timer_secondary.c',
 	'test_ticketlock.c',
+	'test_ticket_rwlock.c',
 	'test_trace.c',
 	'test_trace_register.c',
 	'test_trace_perf.c',
@@ -245,6 +246,10 @@ fast_tests = [
         ['string_autotest', true],
         ['table_autotest', true],
         ['tailq_autotest', true],
+        ['ticketrwlock_test1_autotest', true],
+        ['ticketrwlock_rda_autotest', true],
+        ['ticketrwlock_rds_wrm_autotest', true],
+        ['ticketrwlock_rde_wro_autotest', true],
         ['timer_autotest', false],
         ['user_delay_us', true],
         ['version_autotest', true],
diff --git a/app/test/test_ticket_rwlock.c b/app/test/test_ticket_rwlock.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cffc9bf23ef6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/test/test_ticket_rwlock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,554 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/queue.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <rte_common.h>
+#include <rte_memory.h>
+#include <rte_per_lcore.h>
+#include <rte_launch.h>
+#include <rte_pause.h>
+#include <rte_ticket_rwlock.h>
+#include <rte_eal.h>
+#include <rte_lcore.h>
+#include <rte_cycles.h>
+
+#include "test.h"
+
+/*
+ * ticket rwlock test
+ * ===========
+ * Provides UT for rte_ticket_rwlock API.
+ * Main concern is on functional testing, but also provides some
+ * performance measurements.
+ * Obviously for proper testing need to be executed with more than one lcore.
+ */
+
+#define ITER_NUM	0x80
+
+#define TEST_SEC	5
+
+static rte_rwticketlock_t sl;
+static rte_rwticketlock_t sl_tab[RTE_MAX_LCORE];
+static uint32_t synchro;
+
+enum {
+	LC_TYPE_RDLOCK,
+	LC_TYPE_WRLOCK,
+};
+
+static struct {
+	rte_rwticketlock_t lock;
+	uint64_t tick;
+	volatile union {
+		uint8_t u8[RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE];
+		uint64_t u64[RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE / sizeof(uint64_t)];
+	} data;
+} __rte_cache_aligned try_rwlock_data;
+
+struct try_rwlock_lcore {
+	int32_t rc;
+	int32_t type;
+	struct {
+		uint64_t tick;
+		uint64_t fail;
+		uint64_t success;
+	} stat;
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
+
+static struct try_rwlock_lcore try_lcore_data[RTE_MAX_LCORE];
+
+static int
+test_rwlock_per_core(__rte_unused void *arg)
+{
+	rte_rwticket_write_lock(&sl);
+	printf("Global write lock taken on core %u\n", rte_lcore_id());
+	rte_rwticket_write_unlock(&sl);
+
+	rte_rwticket_write_lock(&sl_tab[rte_lcore_id()]);
+	printf("Hello from core %u !\n", rte_lcore_id());
+	rte_rwticket_write_unlock(&sl_tab[rte_lcore_id()]);
+
+	rte_rwticket_read_lock(&sl);
+	printf("Global read lock taken on core %u\n", rte_lcore_id());
+	rte_delay_ms(100);
+	printf("Release global read lock on core %u\n", rte_lcore_id());
+	rte_rwticket_read_unlock(&sl);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static rte_rwticketlock_t lk = RTE_RWTICKETLOCK_INITIALIZER;
+static volatile uint64_t rwlock_data;
+static uint64_t time_count[RTE_MAX_LCORE] = {0};
+
+#define MAX_LOOP 10000
+#define TEST_RWLOCK_DEBUG 0
+
+static int
+load_loop_fn(__rte_unused void *arg)
+{
+	uint64_t time_diff = 0, begin;
+	uint64_t hz = rte_get_timer_hz();
+	uint64_t lcount = 0;
+	const unsigned int lcore = rte_lcore_id();
+
+	/* wait synchro for workers */
+	if (lcore != rte_get_main_lcore())
+		rte_wait_until_equal_32(&synchro, 1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+
+	begin = rte_rdtsc_precise();
+	while (lcount < MAX_LOOP) {
+		rte_rwticket_write_lock(&lk);
+		++rwlock_data;
+		rte_rwticket_write_unlock(&lk);
+
+		rte_rwticket_read_lock(&lk);
+		if (TEST_RWLOCK_DEBUG && !(lcount % 100))
+			printf("Core [%u] rwlock_data = %"PRIu64"\n",
+				lcore, rwlock_data);
+		rte_rwticket_read_unlock(&lk);
+
+		lcount++;
+		/* delay to make lock duty cycle slightly realistic */
+		rte_pause();
+	}
+
+	time_diff = rte_rdtsc_precise() - begin;
+	time_count[lcore] = time_diff * 1000000 / hz;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+test_rwlock_perf(void)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+	uint64_t total = 0;
+
+	printf("\nTicket rwlock Perf Test on %u cores...\n", rte_lcore_count());
+
+	/* clear synchro and start workers */
+	synchro = 0;
+	if (rte_eal_mp_remote_launch(load_loop_fn, NULL, SKIP_MAIN) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	/* start synchro and launch test on main */
+	__atomic_store_n(&synchro, 1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+	load_loop_fn(NULL);
+
+	rte_eal_mp_wait_lcore();
+
+	RTE_LCORE_FOREACH(i) {
+		printf("Core [%u] cost time = %"PRIu64" us\n",
+			i, time_count[i]);
+		total += time_count[i];
+	}
+
+	printf("Total cost time = %"PRIu64" us\n", total);
+	memset(time_count, 0, sizeof(time_count));
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * - There is a global rwlock and a table of rwlocks (one per lcore).
+ *
+ * - The test function takes all of these locks and launches the
+ *   ``test_rwlock_per_core()`` function on each core (except the main).
+ *
+ *   - The function takes the global write lock, display something,
+ *     then releases the global lock.
+ *   - Then, it takes the per-lcore write lock, display something, and
+ *     releases the per-core lock.
+ *   - Finally, a read lock is taken during 100 ms, then released.
+ *
+ * - The main function unlocks the per-lcore locks sequentially and
+ *   waits between each lock. This triggers the display of a message
+ *   for each core, in the correct order.
+ *
+ *   Then, it tries to take the global write lock and display the last
+ *   message. The autotest script checks that the message order is correct.
+ */
+static int
+rwlock_test1(void)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	rte_rwticketlock_init(&sl);
+	for (i=0; i<RTE_MAX_LCORE; i++)
+		rte_rwticketlock_init(&sl_tab[i]);
+
+	rte_rwticket_write_lock(&sl);
+
+	RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_WORKER(i) {
+		rte_rwticket_write_lock(&sl_tab[i]);
+		rte_eal_remote_launch(test_rwlock_per_core, NULL, i);
+	}
+
+	rte_rwticket_write_unlock(&sl);
+
+	RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_WORKER(i) {
+		rte_rwticket_write_unlock(&sl_tab[i]);
+		rte_delay_ms(100);
+	}
+
+	rte_rwticket_write_lock(&sl);
+	/* this message should be the last message of test */
+	printf("Global write lock taken on main core %u\n", rte_lcore_id());
+	rte_rwticket_write_unlock(&sl);
+
+	rte_eal_mp_wait_lcore();
+
+	if (test_rwlock_perf() < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+try_read(uint32_t lc)
+{
+	int32_t rc;
+	uint32_t i;
+
+	rc = rte_rwticket_read_trylock(&try_rwlock_data.lock);
+	if (rc != 0)
+		return rc;
+
+	for (i = 0; i != RTE_DIM(try_rwlock_data.data.u64); i++) {
+
+		/* race condition occurred, lock doesn't work properly */
+		if (try_rwlock_data.data.u64[i] != 0) {
+			printf("%s(%u) error: unexpected data pattern\n",
+				__func__, lc);
+			rte_memdump(stdout, NULL,
+				(void *)(uintptr_t)&try_rwlock_data.data,
+				sizeof(try_rwlock_data.data));
+			rc = -EFAULT;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	rte_rwticket_read_unlock(&try_rwlock_data.lock);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static int
+try_write(uint32_t lc)
+{
+	int32_t rc;
+	uint32_t i, v;
+
+	v = RTE_MAX(lc % UINT8_MAX, 1U);
+
+	rc = rte_rwticket_write_trylock(&try_rwlock_data.lock);
+	if (rc != 0)
+		return rc;
+
+	/* update by bytes in reverse order */
+	for (i = RTE_DIM(try_rwlock_data.data.u8); i-- != 0; ) {
+
+		/* race condition occurred, lock doesn't work properly */
+		if (try_rwlock_data.data.u8[i] != 0) {
+			printf("%s:%d(%u) error: unexpected data pattern\n",
+				__func__, __LINE__, lc);
+			rte_memdump(stdout, NULL,
+				(void *)(uintptr_t)&try_rwlock_data.data,
+				sizeof(try_rwlock_data.data));
+			rc = -EFAULT;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		try_rwlock_data.data.u8[i] = v;
+	}
+
+	/* restore by bytes in reverse order */
+	for (i = RTE_DIM(try_rwlock_data.data.u8); i-- != 0; ) {
+
+		/* race condition occurred, lock doesn't work properly */
+		if (try_rwlock_data.data.u8[i] != v) {
+			printf("%s:%d(%u) error: unexpected data pattern\n",
+				__func__, __LINE__, lc);
+			rte_memdump(stdout, NULL,
+				(void *)(uintptr_t)&try_rwlock_data.data,
+				sizeof(try_rwlock_data.data));
+			rc = -EFAULT;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		try_rwlock_data.data.u8[i] = 0;
+	}
+
+	rte_rwticket_write_unlock(&try_rwlock_data.lock);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static int
+try_read_lcore(__rte_unused void *data)
+{
+	int32_t rc;
+	uint32_t i, lc;
+	uint64_t ftm, stm, tm;
+	struct try_rwlock_lcore *lcd;
+
+	lc = rte_lcore_id();
+	lcd = try_lcore_data + lc;
+	lcd->type = LC_TYPE_RDLOCK;
+
+	ftm = try_rwlock_data.tick;
+	stm = rte_get_timer_cycles();
+
+	do {
+		for (i = 0; i != ITER_NUM; i++) {
+			rc = try_read(lc);
+			if (rc == 0)
+				lcd->stat.success++;
+			else if (rc == -EBUSY)
+				lcd->stat.fail++;
+			else
+				break;
+			rc = 0;
+		}
+		tm = rte_get_timer_cycles() - stm;
+	} while (tm < ftm && rc == 0);
+
+	lcd->rc = rc;
+	lcd->stat.tick = tm;
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static int
+try_write_lcore(__rte_unused void *data)
+{
+	int32_t rc;
+	uint32_t i, lc;
+	uint64_t ftm, stm, tm;
+	struct try_rwlock_lcore *lcd;
+
+	lc = rte_lcore_id();
+	lcd = try_lcore_data + lc;
+	lcd->type = LC_TYPE_WRLOCK;
+
+	ftm = try_rwlock_data.tick;
+	stm = rte_get_timer_cycles();
+
+	do {
+		for (i = 0; i != ITER_NUM; i++) {
+			rc = try_write(lc);
+			if (rc == 0)
+				lcd->stat.success++;
+			else if (rc == -EBUSY)
+				lcd->stat.fail++;
+			else
+				break;
+			rc = 0;
+		}
+		tm = rte_get_timer_cycles() - stm;
+	} while (tm < ftm && rc == 0);
+
+	lcd->rc = rc;
+	lcd->stat.tick = tm;
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static void
+print_try_lcore_stats(const struct try_rwlock_lcore *tlc, uint32_t lc)
+{
+	uint64_t f, s;
+
+	f = RTE_MAX(tlc->stat.fail, 1ULL);
+	s = RTE_MAX(tlc->stat.success, 1ULL);
+
+	printf("try_lcore_data[%u]={\n"
+		"\trc=%d,\n"
+		"\ttype=%s,\n"
+		"\tfail=%" PRIu64 ",\n"
+		"\tsuccess=%" PRIu64 ",\n"
+		"\tcycles=%" PRIu64 ",\n"
+		"\tcycles/op=%#Lf,\n"
+		"\tcycles/success=%#Lf,\n"
+		"\tsuccess/fail=%#Lf,\n"
+		"};\n",
+		lc,
+		tlc->rc,
+		tlc->type == LC_TYPE_RDLOCK ? "RDLOCK" : "WRLOCK",
+		tlc->stat.fail,
+		tlc->stat.success,
+		tlc->stat.tick,
+		(long double)tlc->stat.tick /
+		(tlc->stat.fail + tlc->stat.success),
+		(long double)tlc->stat.tick / s,
+		(long double)tlc->stat.success / f);
+}
+
+static void
+collect_try_lcore_stats(struct try_rwlock_lcore *tlc,
+	const struct try_rwlock_lcore *lc)
+{
+	tlc->stat.tick += lc->stat.tick;
+	tlc->stat.fail += lc->stat.fail;
+	tlc->stat.success += lc->stat.success;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Process collected results:
+ *  - check status
+ *  - collect and print statistics
+ */
+static int
+process_try_lcore_stats(void)
+{
+	int32_t rc;
+	uint32_t lc, rd, wr;
+	struct try_rwlock_lcore rlc, wlc;
+
+	memset(&rlc, 0, sizeof(rlc));
+	memset(&wlc, 0, sizeof(wlc));
+
+	rlc.type = LC_TYPE_RDLOCK;
+	wlc.type = LC_TYPE_WRLOCK;
+	rd = 0;
+	wr = 0;
+
+	rc = 0;
+	RTE_LCORE_FOREACH(lc) {
+		rc |= try_lcore_data[lc].rc;
+		if (try_lcore_data[lc].type == LC_TYPE_RDLOCK) {
+			collect_try_lcore_stats(&rlc, try_lcore_data + lc);
+			rd++;
+		} else {
+			collect_try_lcore_stats(&wlc, try_lcore_data + lc);
+			wr++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (rc == 0) {
+		RTE_LCORE_FOREACH(lc)
+			print_try_lcore_stats(try_lcore_data + lc, lc);
+
+		if (rd != 0) {
+			printf("aggregated stats for %u RDLOCK cores:\n", rd);
+			print_try_lcore_stats(&rlc, rd);
+		}
+
+		if (wr != 0) {
+			printf("aggregated stats for %u WRLOCK cores:\n", wr);
+			print_try_lcore_stats(&wlc, wr);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static void
+try_test_reset(void)
+{
+	memset(&try_lcore_data, 0, sizeof(try_lcore_data));
+	memset(&try_rwlock_data, 0, sizeof(try_rwlock_data));
+	try_rwlock_data.tick = TEST_SEC * rte_get_tsc_hz();
+}
+
+/* all lcores grab RDLOCK */
+static int
+try_rwlock_test_rda(void)
+{
+	try_test_reset();
+
+	/* start read test on all available lcores */
+	rte_eal_mp_remote_launch(try_read_lcore, NULL, CALL_MAIN);
+	rte_eal_mp_wait_lcore();
+
+	return process_try_lcore_stats();
+}
+
+/* all worker lcores grab RDLOCK, main one grabs WRLOCK */
+static int
+try_rwlock_test_rds_wrm(void)
+{
+	try_test_reset();
+
+	rte_eal_mp_remote_launch(try_read_lcore, NULL, SKIP_MAIN);
+	try_write_lcore(NULL);
+	rte_eal_mp_wait_lcore();
+
+	return process_try_lcore_stats();
+}
+
+/* main and even worker lcores grab RDLOCK, odd lcores grab WRLOCK */
+static int
+try_rwlock_test_rde_wro(void)
+{
+	uint32_t lc, mlc;
+
+	try_test_reset();
+
+	mlc = rte_get_main_lcore();
+
+	RTE_LCORE_FOREACH(lc) {
+		if (lc != mlc) {
+			if ((lc & 1) == 0)
+				rte_eal_remote_launch(try_read_lcore,
+						NULL, lc);
+			else
+				rte_eal_remote_launch(try_write_lcore,
+						NULL, lc);
+		}
+	}
+	try_read_lcore(NULL);
+	rte_eal_mp_wait_lcore();
+
+	return process_try_lcore_stats();
+}
+
+static int
+test_rwlock(void)
+{
+	uint32_t i;
+	int32_t rc, ret;
+
+	static const struct {
+		const char *name;
+		int (*ftst)(void);
+	} test[] = {
+		{
+			.name = "rwlock_test1",
+			.ftst = rwlock_test1,
+		},
+		{
+			.name = "try_rwlock_test_rda",
+			.ftst = try_rwlock_test_rda,
+		},
+		{
+			.name = "try_rwlock_test_rds_wrm",
+			.ftst = try_rwlock_test_rds_wrm,
+		},
+		{
+			.name = "try_rwlock_test_rde_wro",
+			.ftst = try_rwlock_test_rde_wro,
+		},
+	};
+
+	ret = 0;
+	for (i = 0; i != RTE_DIM(test); i++) {
+		printf("starting test %s;\n", test[i].name);
+		rc = test[i].ftst();
+		printf("test %s completed with status %d\n", test[i].name, rc);
+		ret |= rc;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+REGISTER_TEST_COMMAND(ticketrwlock_autotest, test_rwlock);
+
+/* subtests used in meson for CI */
+REGISTER_TEST_COMMAND(ticketrwlock_test1_autotest, rwlock_test1);
+REGISTER_TEST_COMMAND(ticketrwlock_rda_autotest, try_rwlock_test_rda);
+REGISTER_TEST_COMMAND(ticketrwlock_rds_wrm_autotest, try_rwlock_test_rds_wrm);
+REGISTER_TEST_COMMAND(ticketrwlock_rde_wro_autotest, try_rwlock_test_rde_wro);
diff --git a/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md b/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md
index 748514e24316..d76a4c8ba1c4 100644
--- a/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md
+++ b/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ The public API headers are grouped by topics:
   [rwlock]             (@ref rte_rwlock.h),
   [spinlock]           (@ref rte_spinlock.h),
   [ticketlock]         (@ref rte_ticketlock.h),
+  [ticketrwlock]       (@ref rte_ticket_rwlock.h),
   [RCU]                (@ref rte_rcu_qsbr.h)
 
 - **CPU arch**:
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/arm/include/meson.build b/lib/librte_eal/arm/include/meson.build
index 770766de1a34..951a527ffa64 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/arm/include/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/arm/include/meson.build
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ arch_headers = files(
 	'rte_rwlock.h',
 	'rte_spinlock.h',
 	'rte_ticketlock.h',
+	'rte_ticket_rwlock.h',
 	'rte_vect.h',
 )
 install_headers(arch_headers, subdir: get_option('include_subdir_arch'))
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/arm/include/rte_ticket_rwlock.h b/lib/librte_eal/arm/include/rte_ticket_rwlock.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..273137a5abba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/arm/include/rte_ticket_rwlock.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 Microsoft Corporation
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RTE_FAIR_RWLOCK_ARM_H_
+#define _RTE_FAIR_RWLOCK_ARM_H_
+
+#ifndef RTE_FORCE_INTRINSICS
+#  error Platform must be built with RTE_FORCE_INTRINSICS
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include "generic/rte_ticket_rwlock.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _RTE_FAIR_RWLOCK_ARM_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/include/generic/rte_ticket_rwlock.h b/lib/librte_eal/include/generic/rte_ticket_rwlock.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b3637358c1f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/include/generic/rte_ticket_rwlock.h
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 Microsoft Corporation
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RTE_TICKET_RWLOCK_H_
+#define _RTE_TICKET_RWLOCK_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ *
+ * Ticket based reader/writer lock
+ *
+ * This file defines an API for ticket style read-write locks.
+ * This types of lock act like rte_rwlock but provide fairness
+ * and requests are handled first come, first serviced.
+ *
+ * All locks must be initialized before use, and only initialized once.
+ *
+ * References:
+ *  "Spinlocks and Read-Write Locks"
+ *     http://locklessinc.com/articles/locks/
+ *  "Scalable Read-Writer Synchronization for Shared-Memory Multiprocessors"
+ *     https://www.cs.rochester.edu/research/synchronization/pseudocode/rw.html
+ */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+typedef union {
+	uint64_t tickets;
+	struct {
+		union {
+			struct {
+				uint16_t write; /* current writer */
+				uint16_t read;	/* current reader */
+			};
+			uint32_t readwrite;	/* atomic for both read and write */
+		};
+		uint16_t next;	/* next ticket */
+	};
+} rte_rwticketlock_t;
+
+/**
+ * A static rwticket initializer.
+ */
+#define RTE_RWTICKETLOCK_INITIALIZER { 0 }
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Initialize the rwticketlock to an unlocked state.
+ *
+ * @param rwl
+ *   A pointer to the rwticketlock structure.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline void
+rte_rwticketlock_init(rte_rwticketlock_t *rwl)
+{
+	rwl->tickets = 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ * Take a write lock. Loop until the lock is held.
+ *
+ * @param rwl
+ *   A pointer to a rwticketlock structure.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline void
+rte_rwticket_write_lock(rte_rwticketlock_t *rwl)
+{
+	uint16_t me;
+
+	me = __atomic_fetch_add(&rwl->next, 1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+	rte_wait_until_equal_16(&rwl->write, me, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Try to take a write lock.
+ *
+ * @param rwl
+ *   A pointer to a rwticketlock structure.
+ * @return
+ *   - zero if the lock is successfully taken
+ *   - -EBUSY if lock could not be acquired for writing because
+ *     it was already locked for reading or writing
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline int
+rte_rwticket_write_trylock(rte_rwticketlock_t *rwl)
+{
+	rte_rwticketlock_t old, new;
+
+	old.tickets = __atomic_load_n(&rwl->tickets, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+	if (old.write != old.next)
+		return -EBUSY;
+
+	new.tickets = old.tickets;
+	new.next = old.next + 1;
+	if (__atomic_compare_exchange_n(&rwl->tickets, &old.tickets, new.tickets,
+					0, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE, __ATOMIC_RELAXED))
+		return 0;
+	else
+		return -EBUSY;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Release a write lock.
+ *
+ * @param rwl
+ *   A pointer to a rwticketlock structure.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline void
+rte_rwticket_write_unlock(rte_rwticketlock_t *rwl)
+{
+	rte_rwticketlock_t t;
+
+	t.tickets = __atomic_load_n(&rwl->tickets, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+	t.write++;
+	t.read++;
+	__atomic_store_n(&rwl->readwrite, t.readwrite, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ *
+ * Take a read lock. Loop until the lock is held.
+ *
+ * @param l
+ *   A pointer to a rwticketlock structure.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline void
+rte_rwticket_read_lock(rte_rwticketlock_t *rwl)
+{
+	uint16_t me;
+
+	me = __atomic_fetch_add(&rwl->next, 1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+	rte_wait_until_equal_16(&rwl->read, me, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE);
+	__atomic_fetch_add(&rwl->read, 1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Try to take a read lock.
+ *
+ * @param rwl
+ *   A pointer to a rwticketlock structure.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - zero if the lock is successfully taken
+ *   - -EBUSY if lock could not be acquired for reading because a
+ *     writer holds the lock
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline int
+rte_rwticket_read_trylock(rte_rwticketlock_t *rwl)
+{
+	rte_rwticketlock_t old, new;
+	int success;
+
+	old.tickets = __atomic_load_n(&rwl->tickets, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+
+	do {
+		uint16_t me = old.next; /* this is our ticket */
+
+		/* does writer have the lock now? */
+		if (old.read != me && old.write != me)
+			return -EBUSY;
+
+		/* expect to be the next reader */
+		new.tickets = old.tickets;
+		old.read = me;
+		new.read = new.next = me + 1;
+		success = __atomic_compare_exchange_n(&rwl->tickets, &old.tickets, new.tickets,
+						      0, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+	} while (!success);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Release a read lock.
+ *
+ * @param rwl
+ *   A pointer to the rwticketlock structure.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline void
+rte_rwticket_read_unlock(rte_rwticketlock_t *rwl)
+{
+	__atomic_add_fetch(&rwl->write, 1, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
+}
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _RTE_TICKET_RWLOCK_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/include/meson.build b/lib/librte_eal/include/meson.build
index 0dea342e1deb..fe5c19748926 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/include/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/include/meson.build
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ generic_headers = files(
 	'generic/rte_rwlock.h',
 	'generic/rte_spinlock.h',
 	'generic/rte_ticketlock.h',
+	'generic/rte_ticket_rwlock.h',
 	'generic/rte_vect.h',
 )
 install_headers(generic_headers, subdir: 'generic')
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/ppc/include/meson.build b/lib/librte_eal/ppc/include/meson.build
index dae40ede546e..0bc560327749 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/ppc/include/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/ppc/include/meson.build
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ arch_headers = files(
 	'rte_rwlock.h',
 	'rte_spinlock.h',
 	'rte_ticketlock.h',
+	'rte_ticket_rwlock.h',
 	'rte_vect.h',
 )
 install_headers(arch_headers, subdir: get_option('include_subdir_arch'))
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/ppc/include/rte_ticket_rwlock.h b/lib/librte_eal/ppc/include/rte_ticket_rwlock.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4768d5bfa8ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/ppc/include/rte_ticket_rwlock.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 Microsoft Corporation
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RTE_FAIR_RWLOCK_PPC_64_H_
+#define _RTE_FAIR_RWLOCK_PPC_64_H_
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include "generic/rte_ticket_rwlock.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _RTE_FAIR_RWLOCK_PPC_64_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/x86/include/meson.build b/lib/librte_eal/x86/include/meson.build
index 549cc21a42ed..e9169f0d1da5 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/x86/include/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/x86/include/meson.build
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ arch_headers = files(
 	'rte_rwlock.h',
 	'rte_spinlock.h',
 	'rte_ticketlock.h',
+	'rte_ticket_rwlock.h',
 	'rte_vect.h',
 )
 install_headers(arch_headers, subdir: get_option('include_subdir_arch'))
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/x86/include/rte_ticket_rwlock.h b/lib/librte_eal/x86/include/rte_ticket_rwlock.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..83c8bd0899d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/x86/include/rte_ticket_rwlock.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 Microsoft Corporation
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RTE_FAIR_RWLOCK_X86_64_H_
+#define _RTE_FAIR_RWLOCK_X86_64_H_
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include "generic/rte_ticket_rwlock.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _RTE_FAIR_RWLOCK_X86_64_H_ */
