Index: clang-tidy/objc/AvoidSpinlockCheck.h
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ clang-tidy/objc/AvoidSpinlockCheck.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+//===--- AvoidSpinlockCheck.h - clang-tidy-----------------------*- C++ -*-===//
+//
+//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+//
+// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
+// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_OBJC_AVOID_SPINLOCK_H
+#define LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_OBJC_AVOID_SPINLOCK_H
+
+#include "../ClangTidy.h"
+
+namespace clang {
+namespace tidy {
+namespace objc {
+
+/// Finds usages of OSSpinlock, which is deprecated due to potential livelock
+/// problems.
+///
+/// For the user-facing documentation see:
+/// http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/objc-avoid-spinlock.html
+class AvoidSpinlockCheck : public ClangTidyCheck {
+ public:
+  AvoidSpinlockCheck(StringRef Name, ClangTidyContext *Context)
+      : ClangTidyCheck(Name, Context) {}
+  void registerMatchers(ast_matchers::MatchFinder *Finder) override;
+  void check(const ast_matchers::MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) override;
+};
+
+}  // namespace objc
+}  // namespace tidy
+}  // namespace clang
+
+#endif  // LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_OBJC_AVOID_SPINLOCK_H
Index: clang-tidy/objc/AvoidSpinlockCheck.cpp
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ clang-tidy/objc/AvoidSpinlockCheck.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+//===--- AvoidSpinlockCheck.cpp - clang-tidy-------------------------------===//
+//
+//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+//
+// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
+// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "AvoidSpinlockCheck.h"
+#include "clang/AST/ASTContext.h"
+#include "clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.h"
+
+using namespace clang::ast_matchers;
+
+namespace clang {
+namespace tidy {
+namespace objc {
+
+void AvoidSpinlockCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder *Finder) {
+  Finder->addMatcher(
+      callExpr(callee((functionDecl(hasAnyName(
+                   "OSSpinlockLock", "OSSpinlockUnlock", "OSSpinlockTry")))))
+          .bind("spinlock"),
+      this);
+}
+
+void AvoidSpinlockCheck::check(const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) {
+  const auto *MatchedExpr = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<CallExpr>("spinlock");
+  diag(MatchedExpr->getLocStart(),
+       "use os_unfair_lock_lock() or dispatch queue APIs instead of the "
+       "deprecated OSSpinLock");
+}
+
+}  // namespace objc
+}  // namespace tidy
+}  // namespace clang
Index: clang-tidy/objc/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/objc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ clang-tidy/objc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 set(LLVM_LINK_COMPONENTS support)
 
 add_clang_library(clangTidyObjCModule
+  AvoidSpinlockCheck.cpp
   ForbiddenSubclassingCheck.cpp
   ObjCTidyModule.cpp
   PropertyDeclarationCheck.cpp
Index: clang-tidy/objc/ObjCTidyModule.cpp
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/objc/ObjCTidyModule.cpp
+++ clang-tidy/objc/ObjCTidyModule.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "../ClangTidy.h"
 #include "../ClangTidyModule.h"
 #include "../ClangTidyModuleRegistry.h"
+#include "AvoidSpinlockCheck.h"
 #include "ForbiddenSubclassingCheck.h"
 #include "PropertyDeclarationCheck.h"
 
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@
 class ObjCModule : public ClangTidyModule {
 public:
   void addCheckFactories(ClangTidyCheckFactories &CheckFactories) override {
+    CheckFactories.registerCheck<AvoidSpinlockCheck>(
+        "objc-avoid-spinlock");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<ForbiddenSubclassingCheck>(
         "objc-forbidden-subclassing");
     CheckFactories.registerCheck<PropertyDeclarationCheck>(
Index: docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
===================================================================
--- docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@
 Improvements to clang-tidy
 --------------------------
 
+- New `objc-avoid-spinlock
+  <http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/objc-avoid-spinlock.html>`_ check
+
+  Add new check to detect the use of OSSpinlock.
+
 - The 'misc-move-constructor-init' check was renamed to `performance-move-constructor-init
   <http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/performance-move-constructor-init.html>`_
 
Index: docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
===================================================================
--- docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
+++ docs/clang-tidy/checks/list.rst
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@
    modernize-use-using
    mpi-buffer-deref
    mpi-type-mismatch
+   objc-avoid-spinlock
    objc-forbidden-subclassing
    objc-property-declaration
    performance-faster-string-find
Index: docs/clang-tidy/checks/objc-avoid-spinlock.rst
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ docs/clang-tidy/checks/objc-avoid-spinlock.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+.. title:: clang-tidy - objc-avoid-spinlock
+
+objc-avoid-spinlock
+===================
+
+Finds usages of OSSpinlock, which is deprecated due to potential
+livelock problems. 
+
+This check will detect following function invocations:
+
+- `OSSpinlockLock`
+- `OSSpinlockTry`
+- `OSSpinlockUnlock`
+
+The corresponding information about the problem of OSSpinlock: https://blog.postmates.com/why-spinlocks-are-bad-on-ios-b69fc5221058
Index: test/clang-tidy/objc-avoid-spinlock.m
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/clang-tidy/objc-avoid-spinlock.m
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// RUN: %check_clang_tidy %s objc-avoid-spinlock %t
+
+typedef int OSSpinLock;
+
+@implementation Foo
+- (void)f {
+    int i = 1;
+    OSSpinlockLock(&i);
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: use os_unfair_lock_lock() or dispatch queue APIs instead of the deprecated OSSpinLock [objc-avoid-spinlock]
+    OSSpinlockTry(&i);
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: use os_unfair_lock_lock() or dispatch queue APIs instead of the deprecated OSSpinLock [objc-avoid-spinlock]
+    OSSpinlockUnlock(&i);
+    // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:5: warning: use os_unfair_lock_lock() or dispatch queue APIs instead of the deprecated OSSpinLock [objc-avoid-spinlock]
+}
+@end