diff --git a/tokio/src/sync/batch_semaphore.rs b/tokio/src/sync/batch_semaphore.rs
index 07120d63411..3e84bf46f72 100644
--- a/tokio/src/sync/batch_semaphore.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/sync/batch_semaphore.rs
@@ -58,6 +58,21 @@ pub enum TryAcquireError {
     /// The semaphore has no available permits.
     NoPermits,
 }
+
+/// Error returned from the [`Semaphore::try_reacquire`] function.
+///
+/// [`Semaphore::try_acquire`]: crate::sync::Semaphore::try_acquire
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum TryUpgradeError {
+    /// The semaphore has been [closed] and cannot issue new permits.
+    ///
+    /// [closed]: crate::sync::Semaphore::close
+    Closed,
+
+    /// The semaphore has changed
+    Used,
+}
+
 /// Error returned from the [`Semaphore::acquire`] function.
 ///
 /// An `acquire` operation can only fail if the semaphore has been
@@ -294,6 +309,36 @@ impl Semaphore {
         }
     }
 
+    pub(crate) fn try_upgrade(&self, num_permits: usize) -> Result<(), TryUpgradeError> {
+        assert!(
+            num_permits <= Self::MAX_PERMITS,
+            "a semaphore may not have more than MAX_PERMITS permits ({})",
+            Self::MAX_PERMITS
+        );
+        let num_permits = num_permits << Self::PERMIT_SHIFT;
+
+        let curr = self.permits.load(Acquire);
+        
+        
+        // Has the semaphore closed?
+        if curr & Self::CLOSED == Self::CLOSED {
+            return Err(TryUpgradeError::Closed);
+        }
+
+        // Are there enough permits remaining?
+        if curr < num_permits{
+            return Err(TryUpgradeError::Used);
+        }
+
+        match self.permits.compare_exchange(curr, 0, AcqRel, Acquire) {
+            Ok(_) => {
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+            Err(_actual) => return Err(TryUpgradeError::Used),
+        }
+    
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn acquire(&self, num_permits: usize) -> Acquire<'_> {
         Acquire::new(self, num_permits)
     }
diff --git a/tokio/src/sync/rwlock.rs b/tokio/src/sync/rwlock.rs
index ff02c7971d6..3340856df95 100644
--- a/tokio/src/sync/rwlock.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/sync/rwlock.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::sync::batch_semaphore::{Semaphore, TryAcquireError};
+use crate::sync::batch_semaphore::{Semaphore, TryAcquireError,TryUpgradeError};
 use crate::sync::mutex::TryLockError;
 #[cfg(all(tokio_unstable, feature = "tracing"))]
 use crate::util::trace;
@@ -1055,6 +1055,39 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> RwLock<T> {
         Ok(guard)
     }
 
+    pub fn try_upgrade<'a>(&'a self,reader:RwLockReadGuard<'a,T>) -> Result<RwLockWriteGuard<'a, T>, RwLockReadGuard<'a,T>> {
+        match self.s.try_upgrade(self.mr as usize - 1) {
+            Ok(permit) => permit,
+            Err(TryUpgradeError::Used) => return Err(reader),
+            Err(TryUpgradeError::Closed) => unreachable!(),
+        }
+
+        //readers permit already acounted for by upgrade
+        std::mem::forget(reader);
+
+        let guard = RwLockWriteGuard {
+            permits_acquired: self.mr,
+            s: &self.s,
+            data: self.c.get(),
+            marker: marker::PhantomData,
+            #[cfg(all(tokio_unstable, feature = "tracing"))]
+            resource_span: self.resource_span.clone(),
+        };
+
+        #[cfg(all(tokio_unstable, feature = "tracing"))]
+        self.resource_span.in_scope(|| {
+            tracing::trace!(
+            target: "runtime::resource::state_update",
+            write_locked = true,
+            write_locked.op = "override",
+            )
+        });
+
+        Ok(guard)
+    }
+
+
+
     /// Returns a mutable reference to the underlying data.
     ///
     /// Since this call borrows the `RwLock` mutably, no actual locking needs to