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The SOS_RWLock is a synchronization primitive used in various places throughout the SQL Server code base. As the name implies the code can have multiple shared (readers) or single (writer) ownership.
Studying the SQL Server 2012 and 2014 implementation of the SOS_RWLock we found the core acquisition and wait list could be optimized. SQL Server 2016 contains the design changes for the SOS_RWLock using similar design patterns and concepts leveraged by in-memory optimized objects.
As part of a change to improve the execution of sp_reset_connection (logical connection pooling) the SOS_RWLock redesign reduced the duration on a