5 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/lib/debug/stats_data.c b/src/core/lib/debug/stats_data.c
index c0aec63c1d..41d9e95e29 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/debug/stats_data.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/debug/stats_data.c
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ const char *grpc_stats_counter_name[GRPC_STATS_COUNTER_COUNT] = {
     "executor_push_retries",
     "server_requested_calls",
     "server_slowpath_requests_queued",
+    "cq_failed_queue_trylocks",
 };
 const char *grpc_stats_counter_doc[GRPC_STATS_COUNTER_COUNT] = {
     "Number of client side calls created by this process",
@@ -220,6 +221,8 @@ const char *grpc_stats_counter_doc[GRPC_STATS_COUNTER_COUNT] = {
     "How many calls were requested (not necessarily received) by the server",
     "How many times was the server slow path taken (indicates too few "
     "outstanding requests)",
+    "Number of lock (trylock) acquisition failures on completion queue event "
+    "queue. High value here indicates high contention on completion queues",
 };
 const char *grpc_stats_histogram_name[GRPC_STATS_HISTOGRAM_COUNT] = {
     "call_initial_size",
diff --git a/src/core/lib/debug/stats_data.h b/src/core/lib/debug/stats_data.h
index 28dab00117..0a2b323bdf 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/debug/stats_data.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/debug/stats_data.h
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ typedef enum {
   GRPC_STATS_COUNTER_EXECUTOR_PUSH_RETRIES,
   GRPC_STATS_COUNTER_SERVER_REQUESTED_CALLS,
   GRPC_STATS_COUNTER_SERVER_SLOWPATH_REQUESTS_QUEUED,
+  GRPC_STATS_COUNTER_CQ_FAILED_QUEUE_TRYLOCKS,
   GRPC_STATS_COUNTER_COUNT
 } grpc_stats_counters;
 extern const char *grpc_stats_counter_name[GRPC_STATS_COUNTER_COUNT];
@@ -417,6 +418,9 @@ typedef enum {
 #define GRPC_STATS_INC_SERVER_SLOWPATH_REQUESTS_QUEUED(exec_ctx) \
   GRPC_STATS_INC_COUNTER((exec_ctx),                             \
                          GRPC_STATS_COUNTER_SERVER_SLOWPATH_REQUESTS_QUEUED)
+#define GRPC_STATS_INC_CQ_FAILED_QUEUE_TRYLOCKS(exec_ctx) \
+  GRPC_STATS_INC_COUNTER((exec_ctx),                      \
+                         GRPC_STATS_COUNTER_CQ_FAILED_QUEUE_TRYLOCKS)
 #define GRPC_STATS_INC_CALL_INITIAL_SIZE(exec_ctx, value) \
   grpc_stats_inc_call_initial_size((exec_ctx), (int)(value))
 void grpc_stats_inc_call_initial_size(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, int x);
diff --git a/src/core/lib/debug/stats_data.yaml b/src/core/lib/debug/stats_data.yaml
index b5c15ff55c..5efe353200 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/debug/stats_data.yaml
+++ b/src/core/lib/debug/stats_data.yaml
@@ -270,3 +270,7 @@
 - counter: server_slowpath_requests_queued
   doc: How many times was the server slow path taken (indicates too few
        outstanding requests)
+# cq
+- counter: cq_failed_queue_trylocks
+  doc: Number of lock (trylock) acquisition failures on completion queue event
+       queue. High value here indicates high contention on completion queues
diff --git a/src/core/lib/debug/stats_data_bq_schema.sql b/src/core/lib/debug/stats_data_bq_schema.sql
index f96e40c00e..6ad58e2530 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/debug/stats_data_bq_schema.sql
+++ b/src/core/lib/debug/stats_data_bq_schema.sql
@@ -85,4 +85,5 @@ executor_wakeup_initiated_per_iteration:FLOAT,
 executor_queue_drained_per_iteration:FLOAT,
 executor_push_retries_per_iteration:FLOAT,
 server_requested_calls_per_iteration:FLOAT,
-server_slowpath_requests_queued_per_iteration:FLOAT
+server_slowpath_requests_queued_per_iteration:FLOAT,
+cq_failed_queue_trylocks_per_iteration:FLOAT
diff --git a/src/core/lib/surface/completion_queue.c b/src/core/lib/surface/completion_queue.c
index fed66e3a20..037b10e848 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/surface/completion_queue.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/surface/completion_queue.c
@@ -378,6 +378,10 @@ static grpc_cq_completion *cq_event_queue_pop(grpc_cq_event_queue *q) {
   if (gpr_spinlock_trylock(&q->queue_lock)) {
     c = (grpc_cq_completion *)gpr_mpscq_pop(&q->queue);
     gpr_spinlock_unlock(&q->queue_lock);
+  } else {
+    grpc_exec_ctx exec_ctx = GRPC_EXEC_CTX_INIT;
+    GRPC_STATS_INC_CQ_FAILED_QUEUE_TRYLOCKS(&exec_ctx);
+    grpc_exec_ctx_finish(&exec_ctx);
   }
 
   if (c) {