net/mlx4: use a single interrupt handle
[dpdk.git] / drivers / net / mlx4 / mlx4.c
index 0a71e2c..21762cc 100644 (file)
 #include <rte_mempool.h>
 #include <rte_prefetch.h>
 #include <rte_malloc.h>
-#include <rte_spinlock.h>
-#include <rte_log.h>
 #include <rte_alarm.h>
 #include <rte_memory.h>
 #include <rte_flow.h>
 #include <rte_kvargs.h>
 #include <rte_interrupts.h>
 #include <rte_branch_prediction.h>
+#include <rte_common.h>
 
 /* Generated configuration header. */
 #include "mlx4_autoconf.h"
 /* PMD headers. */
 #include "mlx4.h"
 #include "mlx4_flow.h"
-
-/* Convenience macros for accessing mbuf fields. */
-#define NEXT(m) ((m)->next)
-#define DATA_LEN(m) ((m)->data_len)
-#define PKT_LEN(m) ((m)->pkt_len)
-#define DATA_OFF(m) ((m)->data_off)
-#define SET_DATA_OFF(m, o) ((m)->data_off = (o))
-#define NB_SEGS(m) ((m)->nb_segs)
-#define PORT(m) ((m)->port)
-
-/* Work Request ID data type (64 bit). */
-typedef union {
-       struct {
-               uint32_t id;
-               uint16_t offset;
-       } data;
-       uint64_t raw;
-} wr_id_t;
-
-#define WR_ID(o) (((wr_id_t *)&(o))->data)
+#include "mlx4_utils.h"
 
 /** Configuration structure for device arguments. */
 struct mlx4_conf {
@@ -121,29 +101,6 @@ priv_rx_intr_vec_enable(struct priv *priv);
 static void
 priv_rx_intr_vec_disable(struct priv *priv);
 
-/**
- * Lock private structure to protect it from concurrent access in the
- * control path.
- *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
- */
-void priv_lock(struct priv *priv)
-{
-       rte_spinlock_lock(&priv->lock);
-}
-
-/**
- * Unlock private structure.
- *
- * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
- */
-void priv_unlock(struct priv *priv)
-{
-       rte_spinlock_unlock(&priv->lock);
-}
-
 /* Allocate a buffer on the stack and fill it with a printf format string. */
 #define MKSTR(name, ...) \
        char name[snprintf(NULL, 0, __VA_ARGS__) + 1]; \
@@ -159,7 +116,7 @@ void priv_unlock(struct priv *priv)
  *   Interface name output buffer.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, -1 on failure and errno is set.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 priv_get_ifname(const struct priv *priv, char (*ifname)[IF_NAMESIZE])
@@ -174,8 +131,10 @@ priv_get_ifname(const struct priv *priv, char (*ifname)[IF_NAMESIZE])
                MKSTR(path, "%s/device/net", priv->ctx->device->ibdev_path);
 
                dir = opendir(path);
-               if (dir == NULL)
-                       return -1;
+               if (dir == NULL) {
+                       rte_errno = errno;
+                       return -rte_errno;
+               }
        }
        while ((dent = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
                char *name = dent->d_name;
@@ -225,8 +184,10 @@ try_dev_id:
                        snprintf(match, sizeof(match), "%s", name);
        }
        closedir(dir);
-       if (match[0] == '\0')
-               return -1;
+       if (match[0] == '\0') {
+               rte_errno = ENODEV;
+               return -rte_errno;
+       }
        strncpy(*ifname, match, sizeof(*ifname));
        return 0;
 }
@@ -244,7 +205,8 @@ try_dev_id:
  *   Buffer size.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, -1 on failure and errno is set.
+ *   Number of bytes read on success, negative errno value otherwise and
+ *   rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 priv_sysfs_read(const struct priv *priv, const char *entry,
@@ -253,25 +215,27 @@ priv_sysfs_read(const struct priv *priv, const char *entry,
        char ifname[IF_NAMESIZE];
        FILE *file;
        int ret;
-       int err;
 
-       if (priv_get_ifname(priv, &ifname))
-               return -1;
+       ret = priv_get_ifname(priv, &ifname);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
 
        MKSTR(path, "%s/device/net/%s/%s", priv->ctx->device->ibdev_path,
              ifname, entry);
 
        file = fopen(path, "rb");
-       if (file == NULL)
-               return -1;
+       if (file == NULL) {
+               rte_errno = errno;
+               return -rte_errno;
+       }
        ret = fread(buf, 1, size, file);
-       err = errno;
-       if (((size_t)ret < size) && (ferror(file)))
-               ret = -1;
-       else
+       if ((size_t)ret < size && ferror(file)) {
+               rte_errno = EIO;
+               ret = -rte_errno;
+       } else {
                ret = size;
+       }
        fclose(file);
-       errno = err;
        return ret;
 }
 
@@ -288,7 +252,8 @@ priv_sysfs_read(const struct priv *priv, const char *entry,
  *   Buffer size.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, -1 on failure and errno is set.
+ *   Number of bytes written on success, negative errno value otherwise and
+ *   rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 priv_sysfs_write(const struct priv *priv, const char *entry,
@@ -297,25 +262,27 @@ priv_sysfs_write(const struct priv *priv, const char *entry,
        char ifname[IF_NAMESIZE];
        FILE *file;
        int ret;
-       int err;
 
-       if (priv_get_ifname(priv, &ifname))
-               return -1;
+       ret = priv_get_ifname(priv, &ifname);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
 
        MKSTR(path, "%s/device/net/%s/%s", priv->ctx->device->ibdev_path,
              ifname, entry);
 
        file = fopen(path, "wb");
-       if (file == NULL)
-               return -1;
+       if (file == NULL) {
+               rte_errno = errno;
+               return -rte_errno;
+       }
        ret = fwrite(buf, 1, size, file);
-       err = errno;
-       if (((size_t)ret < size) || (ferror(file)))
-               ret = -1;
-       else
+       if ((size_t)ret < size || ferror(file)) {
+               rte_errno = EIO;
+               ret = -rte_errno;
+       } else {
                ret = size;
+       }
        fclose(file);
-       errno = err;
        return ret;
 }
 
@@ -330,7 +297,7 @@ priv_sysfs_write(const struct priv *priv, const char *entry,
  *   Value output buffer.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, -1 on failure and errno is set.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 priv_get_sysfs_ulong(struct priv *priv, const char *name, unsigned long *value)
@@ -340,18 +307,19 @@ priv_get_sysfs_ulong(struct priv *priv, const char *name, unsigned long *value)
        char value_str[32];
 
        ret = priv_sysfs_read(priv, name, value_str, (sizeof(value_str) - 1));
-       if (ret == -1) {
+       if (ret < 0) {
                DEBUG("cannot read %s value from sysfs: %s",
-                     name, strerror(errno));
-               return -1;
+                     name, strerror(rte_errno));
+               return ret;
        }
        value_str[ret] = '\0';
        errno = 0;
        value_ret = strtoul(value_str, NULL, 0);
        if (errno) {
+               rte_errno = errno;
                DEBUG("invalid %s value `%s': %s", name, value_str,
-                     strerror(errno));
-               return -1;
+                     strerror(rte_errno));
+               return -rte_errno;
        }
        *value = value_ret;
        return 0;
@@ -368,7 +336,7 @@ priv_get_sysfs_ulong(struct priv *priv, const char *name, unsigned long *value)
  *   Value to set.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, -1 on failure and errno is set.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 priv_set_sysfs_ulong(struct priv *priv, const char *name, unsigned long value)
@@ -377,10 +345,10 @@ priv_set_sysfs_ulong(struct priv *priv, const char *name, unsigned long value)
        MKSTR(value_str, "%lu", value);
 
        ret = priv_sysfs_write(priv, name, value_str, (sizeof(value_str) - 1));
-       if (ret == -1) {
+       if (ret < 0) {
                DEBUG("cannot write %s `%s' (%lu) to sysfs: %s",
-                     name, value_str, value, strerror(errno));
-               return -1;
+                     name, value_str, value, strerror(rte_errno));
+               return ret;
        }
        return 0;
 }
@@ -396,18 +364,23 @@ priv_set_sysfs_ulong(struct priv *priv, const char *name, unsigned long value)
  *   Interface request structure output buffer.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, -1 on failure and errno is set.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 priv_ifreq(const struct priv *priv, int req, struct ifreq *ifr)
 {
        int sock = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_IP);
-       int ret = -1;
+       int ret;
 
-       if (sock == -1)
-               return ret;
-       if (priv_get_ifname(priv, &ifr->ifr_name) == 0)
-               ret = ioctl(sock, req, ifr);
+       if (sock == -1) {
+               rte_errno = errno;
+               return -rte_errno;
+       }
+       ret = priv_get_ifname(priv, &ifr->ifr_name);
+       if (!ret && ioctl(sock, req, ifr) == -1) {
+               rte_errno = errno;
+               ret = -rte_errno;
+       }
        close(sock);
        return ret;
 }
@@ -421,42 +394,49 @@ priv_ifreq(const struct priv *priv, int req, struct ifreq *ifr)
  *   MTU value output buffer.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, -1 on failure and errno is set.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 priv_get_mtu(struct priv *priv, uint16_t *mtu)
 {
-       unsigned long ulong_mtu;
+       unsigned long ulong_mtu = 0;
+       int ret = priv_get_sysfs_ulong(priv, "mtu", &ulong_mtu);
 
-       if (priv_get_sysfs_ulong(priv, "mtu", &ulong_mtu) == -1)
-               return -1;
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
        *mtu = ulong_mtu;
        return 0;
 }
 
 /**
- * Set device MTU.
+ * DPDK callback to change the MTU.
  *
  * @param priv
- *   Pointer to private structure.
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device structure.
  * @param mtu
  *   MTU value to set.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, -1 on failure and errno is set.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
-priv_set_mtu(struct priv *priv, uint16_t mtu)
+mlx4_dev_set_mtu(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t mtu)
 {
+       struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
        uint16_t new_mtu;
+       int ret = priv_set_sysfs_ulong(priv, "mtu", mtu);
 
-       if (priv_set_sysfs_ulong(priv, "mtu", mtu) ||
-           priv_get_mtu(priv, &new_mtu))
-               return -1;
-       if (new_mtu == mtu)
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+       ret = priv_get_mtu(priv, &new_mtu);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+       if (new_mtu == mtu) {
+               priv->mtu = mtu;
                return 0;
-       errno = EINVAL;
-       return -1;
+       }
+       rte_errno = EINVAL;
+       return -rte_errno;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -470,15 +450,16 @@ priv_set_mtu(struct priv *priv, uint16_t mtu)
  *   Bitmask for flags to modify.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, -1 on failure and errno is set.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 priv_set_flags(struct priv *priv, unsigned int keep, unsigned int flags)
 {
-       unsigned long tmp;
+       unsigned long tmp = 0;
+       int ret = priv_get_sysfs_ulong(priv, "flags", &tmp);
 
-       if (priv_get_sysfs_ulong(priv, "flags", &tmp) == -1)
-               return -1;
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
        tmp &= keep;
        tmp |= (flags & (~keep));
        return priv_set_sysfs_ulong(priv, "flags", tmp);
@@ -505,7 +486,7 @@ static void
 priv_mac_addr_del(struct priv *priv);
 
 /**
- * Ethernet device configuration.
+ * DPDK callback for Ethernet device configuration.
  *
  * Prepare the driver for a given number of TX and RX queues.
  *
@@ -513,10 +494,10 @@ priv_mac_addr_del(struct priv *priv);
  *   Pointer to Ethernet device structure.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
-dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+mlx4_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 {
        struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
        unsigned int rxqs_n = dev->data->nb_rx_queues;
@@ -537,28 +518,6 @@ dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
        return 0;
 }
 
-/**
- * DPDK callback for Ethernet device configuration.
- *
- * @param dev
- *   Pointer to Ethernet device structure.
- *
- * @return
- *   0 on success, negative errno value on failure.
- */
-static int
-mlx4_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
-{
-       struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
-       int ret;
-
-       priv_lock(priv);
-       ret = dev_configure(dev);
-       assert(ret >= 0);
-       priv_unlock(priv);
-       return -ret;
-}
-
 static uint16_t mlx4_tx_burst(void *, struct rte_mbuf **, uint16_t);
 static uint16_t removed_rx_burst(void *, struct rte_mbuf **, uint16_t);
 
@@ -573,7 +532,7 @@ static uint16_t removed_rx_burst(void *, struct rte_mbuf **, uint16_t);
  *   Number of elements to allocate.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 txq_alloc_elts(struct txq *txq, unsigned int elts_n)
@@ -599,8 +558,10 @@ txq_alloc_elts(struct txq *txq, unsigned int elts_n)
        txq->elts_head = 0;
        txq->elts_tail = 0;
        txq->elts_comp = 0;
-       /* Request send completion every MLX4_PMD_TX_PER_COMP_REQ packets or
-        * at least 4 times per ring. */
+       /*
+        * Request send completion every MLX4_PMD_TX_PER_COMP_REQ packets or
+        * at least 4 times per ring.
+        */
        txq->elts_comp_cd_init =
                ((MLX4_PMD_TX_PER_COMP_REQ < (elts_n / 4)) ?
                 MLX4_PMD_TX_PER_COMP_REQ : (elts_n / 4));
@@ -609,10 +570,10 @@ txq_alloc_elts(struct txq *txq, unsigned int elts_n)
        return 0;
 error:
        rte_free(elts);
-
        DEBUG("%p: failed, freed everything", (void *)txq);
        assert(ret > 0);
-       return ret;
+       rte_errno = ret;
+       return -rte_errno;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -654,7 +615,6 @@ txq_free_elts(struct txq *txq)
        rte_free(elts);
 }
 
-
 /**
  * Clean up a TX queue.
  *
@@ -666,49 +626,15 @@ txq_free_elts(struct txq *txq)
 static void
 txq_cleanup(struct txq *txq)
 {
-       struct ibv_exp_release_intf_params params;
        size_t i;
 
        DEBUG("cleaning up %p", (void *)txq);
        txq_free_elts(txq);
-       if (txq->if_qp != NULL) {
-               assert(txq->priv != NULL);
-               assert(txq->priv->ctx != NULL);
-               assert(txq->qp != NULL);
-               params = (struct ibv_exp_release_intf_params){
-                       .comp_mask = 0,
-               };
-               claim_zero(ibv_exp_release_intf(txq->priv->ctx,
-                                               txq->if_qp,
-                                               &params));
-       }
-       if (txq->if_cq != NULL) {
-               assert(txq->priv != NULL);
-               assert(txq->priv->ctx != NULL);
-               assert(txq->cq != NULL);
-               params = (struct ibv_exp_release_intf_params){
-                       .comp_mask = 0,
-               };
-               claim_zero(ibv_exp_release_intf(txq->priv->ctx,
-                                               txq->if_cq,
-                                               &params));
-       }
        if (txq->qp != NULL)
                claim_zero(ibv_destroy_qp(txq->qp));
        if (txq->cq != NULL)
                claim_zero(ibv_destroy_cq(txq->cq));
-       if (txq->rd != NULL) {
-               struct ibv_exp_destroy_res_domain_attr attr = {
-                       .comp_mask = 0,
-               };
-
-               assert(txq->priv != NULL);
-               assert(txq->priv->ctx != NULL);
-               claim_zero(ibv_exp_destroy_res_domain(txq->priv->ctx,
-                                                     txq->rd,
-                                                     &attr));
-       }
-       for (i = 0; (i != elemof(txq->mp2mr)); ++i) {
+       for (i = 0; (i != RTE_DIM(txq->mp2mr)); ++i) {
                if (txq->mp2mr[i].mp == NULL)
                        break;
                assert(txq->mp2mr[i].mr != NULL);
@@ -737,11 +663,12 @@ txq_complete(struct txq *txq)
        unsigned int elts_comp = txq->elts_comp;
        unsigned int elts_tail = txq->elts_tail;
        const unsigned int elts_n = txq->elts_n;
+       struct ibv_wc wcs[elts_comp];
        int wcs_n;
 
        if (unlikely(elts_comp == 0))
                return 0;
-       wcs_n = txq->if_cq->poll_cnt(txq->cq, elts_comp);
+       wcs_n = ibv_poll_cq(txq->cq, elts_comp, wcs);
        if (unlikely(wcs_n == 0))
                return 0;
        if (unlikely(wcs_n < 0)) {
@@ -778,7 +705,6 @@ static void mlx4_check_mempool_cb(struct rte_mempool *mp,
 
        (void)mp;
        (void)mem_idx;
-
        /* It already failed, skip the next chunks. */
        if (data->ret != 0)
                return;
@@ -822,7 +748,6 @@ static int mlx4_check_mempool(struct rte_mempool *mp, uintptr_t *start,
        rte_mempool_mem_iter(mp, mlx4_check_mempool_cb, &data);
        *start = (uintptr_t)data.start;
        *end = (uintptr_t)data.end;
-
        return data.ret;
 }
 
@@ -839,7 +764,7 @@ static struct ibv_mr *mlx4_mp2mr(struct ibv_pd *, struct rte_mempool *)
  *   Pointer to memory pool.
  *
  * @return
- *   Memory region pointer, NULL in case of error.
+ *   Memory region pointer, NULL in case of error and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static struct ibv_mr *
 mlx4_mp2mr(struct ibv_pd *pd, struct rte_mempool *mp)
@@ -848,13 +773,14 @@ mlx4_mp2mr(struct ibv_pd *pd, struct rte_mempool *mp)
        uintptr_t start;
        uintptr_t end;
        unsigned int i;
+       struct ibv_mr *mr;
 
        if (mlx4_check_mempool(mp, &start, &end) != 0) {
+               rte_errno = EINVAL;
                ERROR("mempool %p: not virtually contiguous",
                        (void *)mp);
                return NULL;
        }
-
        DEBUG("mempool %p area start=%p end=%p size=%zu",
              (void *)mp, (void *)start, (void *)end,
              (size_t)(end - start));
@@ -872,10 +798,13 @@ mlx4_mp2mr(struct ibv_pd *pd, struct rte_mempool *mp)
        DEBUG("mempool %p using start=%p end=%p size=%zu for MR",
              (void *)mp, (void *)start, (void *)end,
              (size_t)(end - start));
-       return ibv_reg_mr(pd,
-                         (void *)start,
-                         end - start,
-                         IBV_ACCESS_LOCAL_WRITE);
+       mr = ibv_reg_mr(pd,
+                       (void *)start,
+                       end - start,
+                       IBV_ACCESS_LOCAL_WRITE);
+       if (!mr)
+               rte_errno = errno ? errno : EINVAL;
+       return mr;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -915,7 +844,7 @@ txq_mp2mr(struct txq *txq, struct rte_mempool *mp)
        unsigned int i;
        struct ibv_mr *mr;
 
-       for (i = 0; (i != elemof(txq->mp2mr)); ++i) {
+       for (i = 0; (i != RTE_DIM(txq->mp2mr)); ++i) {
                if (unlikely(txq->mp2mr[i].mp == NULL)) {
                        /* Unknown MP, add a new MR for it. */
                        break;
@@ -935,7 +864,7 @@ txq_mp2mr(struct txq *txq, struct rte_mempool *mp)
                      (void *)txq);
                return (uint32_t)-1;
        }
-       if (unlikely(i == elemof(txq->mp2mr))) {
+       if (unlikely(i == RTE_DIM(txq->mp2mr))) {
                /* Table is full, remove oldest entry. */
                DEBUG("%p: MR <-> MP table full, dropping oldest entry.",
                      (void *)txq);
@@ -978,8 +907,10 @@ txq_mp2mr_mbuf_check(struct rte_mempool *mp, void *arg, void *obj,
        struct txq_mp2mr_mbuf_check_data *data = arg;
        struct rte_mbuf *buf = obj;
 
-       /* Check whether mbuf structure fits element size and whether mempool
-        * pointer is valid. */
+       /*
+        * Check whether mbuf structure fits element size and whether mempool
+        * pointer is valid.
+        */
        if (sizeof(*buf) > mp->elt_size || buf->pool != mp)
                data->ret = -1;
 }
@@ -1025,6 +956,9 @@ static uint16_t
 mlx4_tx_burst(void *dpdk_txq, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t pkts_n)
 {
        struct txq *txq = (struct txq *)dpdk_txq;
+       struct ibv_send_wr *wr_head = NULL;
+       struct ibv_send_wr **wr_next = &wr_head;
+       struct ibv_send_wr *wr_bad = NULL;
        unsigned int elts_head = txq->elts_head;
        const unsigned int elts_n = txq->elts_n;
        unsigned int elts_comp_cd = txq->elts_comp_cd;
@@ -1052,7 +986,8 @@ mlx4_tx_burst(void *dpdk_txq, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t pkts_n)
                        (((elts_head + 1) == elts_n) ? 0 : elts_head + 1);
                struct txq_elt *elt_next = &(*txq->elts)[elts_head_next];
                struct txq_elt *elt = &(*txq->elts)[elts_head];
-               unsigned int segs = NB_SEGS(buf);
+               struct ibv_send_wr *wr = &elt->wr;
+               unsigned int segs = buf->nb_segs;
                unsigned int sent_size = 0;
                uint32_t send_flags = 0;
 
@@ -1066,7 +1001,7 @@ mlx4_tx_burst(void *dpdk_txq, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t pkts_n)
 #endif
                        /* Faster than rte_pktmbuf_free(). */
                        do {
-                               struct rte_mbuf *next = NEXT(tmp);
+                               struct rte_mbuf *next = tmp->next;
 
                                rte_pktmbuf_free_seg(tmp);
                                tmp = next;
@@ -1076,16 +1011,17 @@ mlx4_tx_burst(void *dpdk_txq, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t pkts_n)
                if (unlikely(--elts_comp_cd == 0)) {
                        elts_comp_cd = txq->elts_comp_cd_init;
                        ++elts_comp;
-                       send_flags |= IBV_EXP_QP_BURST_SIGNALED;
+                       send_flags |= IBV_SEND_SIGNALED;
                }
                if (likely(segs == 1)) {
+                       struct ibv_sge *sge = &elt->sge;
                        uintptr_t addr;
                        uint32_t length;
                        uint32_t lkey;
 
                        /* Retrieve buffer information. */
                        addr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(buf, uintptr_t);
-                       length = DATA_LEN(buf);
+                       length = buf->data_len;
                        /* Retrieve Memory Region key for this memory pool. */
                        lkey = txq_mp2mr(txq, txq_mb2mp(buf));
                        if (unlikely(lkey == (uint32_t)-1)) {
@@ -1102,30 +1038,26 @@ mlx4_tx_burst(void *dpdk_txq, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t pkts_n)
                                rte_prefetch0((volatile void *)
                                              (uintptr_t)addr);
                        RTE_MBUF_PREFETCH_TO_FREE(elt_next->buf);
-                       /* Put packet into send queue. */
-                       if (length <= txq->max_inline)
-                               err = txq->if_qp->send_pending_inline
-                                       (txq->qp,
-                                        (void *)addr,
-                                        length,
-                                        send_flags);
-                       else
-                               err = txq->if_qp->send_pending
-                                       (txq->qp,
-                                        addr,
-                                        length,
-                                        lkey,
-                                        send_flags);
-                       if (unlikely(err))
-                               goto stop;
+                       sge->addr = addr;
+                       sge->length = length;
+                       sge->lkey = lkey;
                        sent_size += length;
                } else {
                        err = -1;
                        goto stop;
                }
+               if (sent_size <= txq->max_inline)
+                       send_flags |= IBV_SEND_INLINE;
                elts_head = elts_head_next;
                /* Increment sent bytes counter. */
                txq->stats.obytes += sent_size;
+               /* Set up WR. */
+               wr->sg_list = &elt->sge;
+               wr->num_sge = segs;
+               wr->opcode = IBV_WR_SEND;
+               wr->send_flags = send_flags;
+               *wr_next = wr;
+               wr_next = &wr->next;
        }
 stop:
        /* Take a shortcut if nothing must be sent. */
@@ -1134,12 +1066,37 @@ stop:
        /* Increment sent packets counter. */
        txq->stats.opackets += i;
        /* Ring QP doorbell. */
-       err = txq->if_qp->send_flush(txq->qp);
+       *wr_next = NULL;
+       assert(wr_head);
+       err = ibv_post_send(txq->qp, wr_head, &wr_bad);
        if (unlikely(err)) {
-               /* A nonzero value is not supposed to be returned.
-                * Nothing can be done about it. */
-               DEBUG("%p: send_flush() failed with error %d",
-                     (void *)txq, err);
+               uint64_t obytes = 0;
+               uint64_t opackets = 0;
+
+               /* Rewind bad WRs. */
+               while (wr_bad != NULL) {
+                       int j;
+
+                       /* Force completion request if one was lost. */
+                       if (wr_bad->send_flags & IBV_SEND_SIGNALED) {
+                               elts_comp_cd = 1;
+                               --elts_comp;
+                       }
+                       ++opackets;
+                       for (j = 0; j < wr_bad->num_sge; ++j)
+                               obytes += wr_bad->sg_list[j].length;
+                       elts_head = (elts_head ? elts_head : elts_n) - 1;
+                       wr_bad = wr_bad->next;
+               }
+               txq->stats.opackets -= opackets;
+               txq->stats.obytes -= obytes;
+               i -= opackets;
+               DEBUG("%p: ibv_post_send() failed, %" PRIu64 " packets"
+                     " (%" PRIu64 " bytes) rejected: %s",
+                     (void *)txq,
+                     opackets,
+                     obytes,
+                     (err <= -1) ? "Internal error" : strerror(err));
        }
        txq->elts_head = elts_head;
        txq->elts_comp += elts_comp;
@@ -1162,7 +1119,7 @@ stop:
  *   Thresholds parameters.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 txq_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct txq *txq, uint16_t desc,
@@ -1174,52 +1131,34 @@ txq_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct txq *txq, uint16_t desc,
                .socket = socket
        };
        union {
-               struct ibv_exp_query_intf_params params;
-               struct ibv_exp_qp_init_attr init;
-               struct ibv_exp_res_domain_init_attr rd;
-               struct ibv_exp_cq_init_attr cq;
-               struct ibv_exp_qp_attr mod;
+               struct ibv_qp_init_attr init;
+               struct ibv_qp_attr mod;
        } attr;
-       enum ibv_exp_query_intf_status status;
-       int ret = 0;
+       int ret;
 
        (void)conf; /* Thresholds configuration (ignored). */
-       if (priv == NULL)
-               return EINVAL;
+       if (priv == NULL) {
+               rte_errno = EINVAL;
+               goto error;
+       }
        if (desc == 0) {
+               rte_errno = EINVAL;
                ERROR("%p: invalid number of Tx descriptors", (void *)dev);
-               return EINVAL;
-       }
-       /* MRs will be registered in mp2mr[] later. */
-       attr.rd = (struct ibv_exp_res_domain_init_attr){
-               .comp_mask = (IBV_EXP_RES_DOMAIN_THREAD_MODEL |
-                             IBV_EXP_RES_DOMAIN_MSG_MODEL),
-               .thread_model = IBV_EXP_THREAD_SINGLE,
-               .msg_model = IBV_EXP_MSG_HIGH_BW,
-       };
-       tmpl.rd = ibv_exp_create_res_domain(priv->ctx, &attr.rd);
-       if (tmpl.rd == NULL) {
-               ret = ENOMEM;
-               ERROR("%p: RD creation failure: %s",
-                     (void *)dev, strerror(ret));
                goto error;
        }
-       attr.cq = (struct ibv_exp_cq_init_attr){
-               .comp_mask = IBV_EXP_CQ_INIT_ATTR_RES_DOMAIN,
-               .res_domain = tmpl.rd,
-       };
-       tmpl.cq = ibv_exp_create_cq(priv->ctx, desc, NULL, NULL, 0, &attr.cq);
+       /* MRs will be registered in mp2mr[] later. */
+       tmpl.cq = ibv_create_cq(priv->ctx, desc, NULL, NULL, 0);
        if (tmpl.cq == NULL) {
-               ret = ENOMEM;
+               rte_errno = ENOMEM;
                ERROR("%p: CQ creation failure: %s",
-                     (void *)dev, strerror(ret));
+                     (void *)dev, strerror(rte_errno));
                goto error;
        }
        DEBUG("priv->device_attr.max_qp_wr is %d",
              priv->device_attr.max_qp_wr);
        DEBUG("priv->device_attr.max_sge is %d",
              priv->device_attr.max_sge);
-       attr.init = (struct ibv_exp_qp_init_attr){
+       attr.init = (struct ibv_qp_init_attr){
                /* CQ to be associated with the send queue. */
                .send_cq = tmpl.cq,
                /* CQ to be associated with the receive queue. */
@@ -1234,85 +1173,57 @@ txq_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct txq *txq, uint16_t desc,
                        .max_inline_data = MLX4_PMD_MAX_INLINE,
                },
                .qp_type = IBV_QPT_RAW_PACKET,
-               /* Do *NOT* enable this, completions events are managed per
-                * TX burst. */
+               /*
+                * Do *NOT* enable this, completions events are managed per
+                * Tx burst.
+                */
                .sq_sig_all = 0,
-               .pd = priv->pd,
-               .res_domain = tmpl.rd,
-               .comp_mask = (IBV_EXP_QP_INIT_ATTR_PD |
-                             IBV_EXP_QP_INIT_ATTR_RES_DOMAIN),
        };
-       tmpl.qp = ibv_exp_create_qp(priv->ctx, &attr.init);
+       tmpl.qp = ibv_create_qp(priv->pd, &attr.init);
        if (tmpl.qp == NULL) {
-               ret = (errno ? errno : EINVAL);
+               rte_errno = errno ? errno : EINVAL;
                ERROR("%p: QP creation failure: %s",
-                     (void *)dev, strerror(ret));
+                     (void *)dev, strerror(rte_errno));
                goto error;
        }
        /* ibv_create_qp() updates this value. */
        tmpl.max_inline = attr.init.cap.max_inline_data;
-       attr.mod = (struct ibv_exp_qp_attr){
+       attr.mod = (struct ibv_qp_attr){
                /* Move the QP to this state. */
                .qp_state = IBV_QPS_INIT,
                /* Primary port number. */
                .port_num = priv->port
        };
-       ret = ibv_exp_modify_qp(tmpl.qp, &attr.mod,
-                               (IBV_EXP_QP_STATE | IBV_EXP_QP_PORT));
+       ret = ibv_modify_qp(tmpl.qp, &attr.mod, IBV_QP_STATE | IBV_QP_PORT);
        if (ret) {
+               rte_errno = ret;
                ERROR("%p: QP state to IBV_QPS_INIT failed: %s",
-                     (void *)dev, strerror(ret));
+                     (void *)dev, strerror(rte_errno));
                goto error;
        }
        ret = txq_alloc_elts(&tmpl, desc);
        if (ret) {
+               rte_errno = ret;
                ERROR("%p: TXQ allocation failed: %s",
-                     (void *)dev, strerror(ret));
+                     (void *)dev, strerror(rte_errno));
                goto error;
        }
-       attr.mod = (struct ibv_exp_qp_attr){
+       attr.mod = (struct ibv_qp_attr){
                .qp_state = IBV_QPS_RTR
        };
-       ret = ibv_exp_modify_qp(tmpl.qp, &attr.mod, IBV_EXP_QP_STATE);
+       ret = ibv_modify_qp(tmpl.qp, &attr.mod, IBV_QP_STATE);
        if (ret) {
+               rte_errno = ret;
                ERROR("%p: QP state to IBV_QPS_RTR failed: %s",
-                     (void *)dev, strerror(ret));
+                     (void *)dev, strerror(rte_errno));
                goto error;
        }
        attr.mod.qp_state = IBV_QPS_RTS;
-       ret = ibv_exp_modify_qp(tmpl.qp, &attr.mod, IBV_EXP_QP_STATE);
+       ret = ibv_modify_qp(tmpl.qp, &attr.mod, IBV_QP_STATE);
        if (ret) {
+               rte_errno = ret;
                ERROR("%p: QP state to IBV_QPS_RTS failed: %s",
-                     (void *)dev, strerror(ret));
-               goto error;
-       }
-       attr.params = (struct ibv_exp_query_intf_params){
-               .intf_scope = IBV_EXP_INTF_GLOBAL,
-               .intf = IBV_EXP_INTF_CQ,
-               .obj = tmpl.cq,
-       };
-       tmpl.if_cq = ibv_exp_query_intf(priv->ctx, &attr.params, &status);
-       if (tmpl.if_cq == NULL) {
-               ERROR("%p: CQ interface family query failed with status %d",
-                     (void *)dev, status);
-               goto error;
-       }
-       attr.params = (struct ibv_exp_query_intf_params){
-               .intf_scope = IBV_EXP_INTF_GLOBAL,
-               .intf = IBV_EXP_INTF_QP_BURST,
-               .obj = tmpl.qp,
-#ifdef HAVE_EXP_QP_BURST_CREATE_DISABLE_ETH_LOOPBACK
-               /* MC loopback must be disabled when not using a VF. */
-               .family_flags =
-                       (!priv->vf ?
-                        IBV_EXP_QP_BURST_CREATE_DISABLE_ETH_LOOPBACK :
-                        0),
-#endif
-       };
-       tmpl.if_qp = ibv_exp_query_intf(priv->ctx, &attr.params, &status);
-       if (tmpl.if_qp == NULL) {
-               ERROR("%p: QP interface family query failed with status %d",
-                     (void *)dev, status);
+                     (void *)dev, strerror(rte_errno));
                goto error;
        }
        /* Clean up txq in case we're reinitializing it. */
@@ -1322,12 +1233,13 @@ txq_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct txq *txq, uint16_t desc,
        DEBUG("%p: txq updated with %p", (void *)txq, (void *)&tmpl);
        /* Pre-register known mempools. */
        rte_mempool_walk(txq_mp2mr_iter, txq);
-       assert(ret == 0);
        return 0;
 error:
+       ret = rte_errno;
        txq_cleanup(&tmpl);
-       assert(ret > 0);
-       return ret;
+       rte_errno = ret;
+       assert(rte_errno > 0);
+       return -rte_errno;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1345,7 +1257,7 @@ error:
  *   Thresholds parameters.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, negative errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 mlx4_tx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx, uint16_t desc,
@@ -1355,31 +1267,30 @@ mlx4_tx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx, uint16_t desc,
        struct txq *txq = (*priv->txqs)[idx];
        int ret;
 
-       priv_lock(priv);
        DEBUG("%p: configuring queue %u for %u descriptors",
              (void *)dev, idx, desc);
        if (idx >= priv->txqs_n) {
+               rte_errno = EOVERFLOW;
                ERROR("%p: queue index out of range (%u >= %u)",
                      (void *)dev, idx, priv->txqs_n);
-               priv_unlock(priv);
-               return -EOVERFLOW;
+               return -rte_errno;
        }
        if (txq != NULL) {
                DEBUG("%p: reusing already allocated queue index %u (%p)",
                      (void *)dev, idx, (void *)txq);
                if (priv->started) {
-                       priv_unlock(priv);
-                       return -EEXIST;
+                       rte_errno = EEXIST;
+                       return -rte_errno;
                }
                (*priv->txqs)[idx] = NULL;
                txq_cleanup(txq);
        } else {
                txq = rte_calloc_socket("TXQ", 1, sizeof(*txq), 0, socket);
                if (txq == NULL) {
+                       rte_errno = ENOMEM;
                        ERROR("%p: unable to allocate queue index %u",
                              (void *)dev, idx);
-                       priv_unlock(priv);
-                       return -ENOMEM;
+                       return -rte_errno;
                }
        }
        ret = txq_setup(dev, txq, desc, socket, conf);
@@ -1393,8 +1304,7 @@ mlx4_tx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx, uint16_t desc,
                /* Update send callback. */
                dev->tx_pkt_burst = mlx4_tx_burst;
        }
-       priv_unlock(priv);
-       return -ret;
+       return ret;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1413,7 +1323,6 @@ mlx4_tx_queue_release(void *dpdk_txq)
        if (txq == NULL)
                return;
        priv = txq->priv;
-       priv_lock(priv);
        for (i = 0; (i != priv->txqs_n); ++i)
                if ((*priv->txqs)[i] == txq) {
                        DEBUG("%p: removing TX queue %p from list",
@@ -1423,7 +1332,6 @@ mlx4_tx_queue_release(void *dpdk_txq)
                }
        txq_cleanup(txq);
        rte_free(txq);
-       priv_unlock(priv);
 }
 
 /* RX queues handling. */
@@ -1437,7 +1345,7 @@ mlx4_tx_queue_release(void *dpdk_txq)
  *   Number of elements to allocate.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 rxq_alloc_elts(struct rxq *rxq, unsigned int elts_n)
@@ -1446,11 +1354,10 @@ rxq_alloc_elts(struct rxq *rxq, unsigned int elts_n)
        struct rxq_elt (*elts)[elts_n] =
                rte_calloc_socket("RXQ elements", 1, sizeof(*elts), 0,
                                  rxq->socket);
-       int ret = 0;
 
        if (elts == NULL) {
+               rte_errno = ENOMEM;
                ERROR("%p: can't allocate packets array", (void *)rxq);
-               ret = ENOMEM;
                goto error;
        }
        /* For each WR (packet). */
@@ -1461,22 +1368,16 @@ rxq_alloc_elts(struct rxq *rxq, unsigned int elts_n)
                struct rte_mbuf *buf = rte_pktmbuf_alloc(rxq->mp);
 
                if (buf == NULL) {
+                       rte_errno = ENOMEM;
                        ERROR("%p: empty mbuf pool", (void *)rxq);
-                       ret = ENOMEM;
                        goto error;
                }
-               /* Configure WR. Work request ID contains its own index in
-                * the elts array and the offset between SGE buffer header and
-                * its data. */
-               WR_ID(wr->wr_id).id = i;
-               WR_ID(wr->wr_id).offset =
-                       (((uintptr_t)buf->buf_addr + RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM) -
-                        (uintptr_t)buf);
+               elt->buf = buf;
                wr->next = &(*elts)[(i + 1)].wr;
                wr->sg_list = sge;
                wr->num_sge = 1;
                /* Headroom is reserved by rte_pktmbuf_alloc(). */
-               assert(DATA_OFF(buf) == RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM);
+               assert(buf->data_off == RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM);
                /* Buffer is supposed to be empty. */
                assert(rte_pktmbuf_data_len(buf) == 0);
                assert(rte_pktmbuf_pkt_len(buf) == 0);
@@ -1489,18 +1390,6 @@ rxq_alloc_elts(struct rxq *rxq, unsigned int elts_n)
                sge->lkey = rxq->mr->lkey;
                /* Redundant check for tailroom. */
                assert(sge->length == rte_pktmbuf_tailroom(buf));
-               /* Make sure elts index and SGE mbuf pointer can be deduced
-                * from WR ID. */
-               if ((WR_ID(wr->wr_id).id != i) ||
-                   ((void *)((uintptr_t)sge->addr -
-                       WR_ID(wr->wr_id).offset) != buf)) {
-                       ERROR("%p: cannot store index and offset in WR ID",
-                             (void *)rxq);
-                       sge->addr = 0;
-                       rte_pktmbuf_free(buf);
-                       ret = EOVERFLOW;
-                       goto error;
-               }
        }
        /* The last WR pointer must be NULL. */
        (*elts)[(i - 1)].wr.next = NULL;
@@ -1509,26 +1398,16 @@ rxq_alloc_elts(struct rxq *rxq, unsigned int elts_n)
        rxq->elts_n = elts_n;
        rxq->elts_head = 0;
        rxq->elts = elts;
-       assert(ret == 0);
        return 0;
 error:
        if (elts != NULL) {
-               for (i = 0; (i != elemof(*elts)); ++i) {
-                       struct rxq_elt *elt = &(*elts)[i];
-                       struct rte_mbuf *buf;
-
-                       if (elt->sge.addr == 0)
-                               continue;
-                       assert(WR_ID(elt->wr.wr_id).id == i);
-                       buf = (void *)((uintptr_t)elt->sge.addr -
-                               WR_ID(elt->wr.wr_id).offset);
-                       rte_pktmbuf_free_seg(buf);
-               }
+               for (i = 0; (i != RTE_DIM(*elts)); ++i)
+                       rte_pktmbuf_free_seg((*elts)[i].buf);
                rte_free(elts);
        }
        DEBUG("%p: failed, freed everything", (void *)rxq);
-       assert(ret > 0);
-       return ret;
+       assert(rte_errno > 0);
+       return -rte_errno;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1549,17 +1428,8 @@ rxq_free_elts(struct rxq *rxq)
        rxq->elts = NULL;
        if (elts == NULL)
                return;
-       for (i = 0; (i != elemof(*elts)); ++i) {
-               struct rxq_elt *elt = &(*elts)[i];
-               struct rte_mbuf *buf;
-
-               if (elt->sge.addr == 0)
-                       continue;
-               assert(WR_ID(elt->wr.wr_id).id == i);
-               buf = (void *)((uintptr_t)elt->sge.addr -
-                       WR_ID(elt->wr.wr_id).offset);
-               rte_pktmbuf_free_seg(buf);
-       }
+       for (i = 0; (i != RTE_DIM(*elts)); ++i)
+               rte_pktmbuf_free_seg((*elts)[i].buf);
        rte_free(elts);
 }
 
@@ -1594,7 +1464,7 @@ priv_mac_addr_del(struct priv *priv)
  *   Pointer to private structure.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 priv_mac_addr_add(struct priv *priv)
@@ -1652,16 +1522,12 @@ priv_mac_addr_add(struct priv *priv)
              (void *)priv,
              (*mac)[0], (*mac)[1], (*mac)[2], (*mac)[3], (*mac)[4], (*mac)[5]);
        /* Create related flow. */
-       errno = 0;
        flow = ibv_create_flow(rxq->qp, attr);
        if (flow == NULL) {
-               /* It's not clear whether errno is always set in this case. */
+               rte_errno = errno ? errno : EINVAL;
                ERROR("%p: flow configuration failed, errno=%d: %s",
-                     (void *)rxq, errno,
-                     (errno ? strerror(errno) : "Unknown error"));
-               if (errno)
-                       return errno;
-               return EINVAL;
+                     (void *)rxq, rte_errno, strerror(errno));
+               return -rte_errno;
        }
        assert(priv->mac_flow == NULL);
        priv->mac_flow = flow;
@@ -1679,49 +1545,14 @@ priv_mac_addr_add(struct priv *priv)
 static void
 rxq_cleanup(struct rxq *rxq)
 {
-       struct ibv_exp_release_intf_params params;
-
        DEBUG("cleaning up %p", (void *)rxq);
        rxq_free_elts(rxq);
-       if (rxq->if_qp != NULL) {
-               assert(rxq->priv != NULL);
-               assert(rxq->priv->ctx != NULL);
-               assert(rxq->qp != NULL);
-               params = (struct ibv_exp_release_intf_params){
-                       .comp_mask = 0,
-               };
-               claim_zero(ibv_exp_release_intf(rxq->priv->ctx,
-                                               rxq->if_qp,
-                                               &params));
-       }
-       if (rxq->if_cq != NULL) {
-               assert(rxq->priv != NULL);
-               assert(rxq->priv->ctx != NULL);
-               assert(rxq->cq != NULL);
-               params = (struct ibv_exp_release_intf_params){
-                       .comp_mask = 0,
-               };
-               claim_zero(ibv_exp_release_intf(rxq->priv->ctx,
-                                               rxq->if_cq,
-                                               &params));
-       }
        if (rxq->qp != NULL)
                claim_zero(ibv_destroy_qp(rxq->qp));
        if (rxq->cq != NULL)
                claim_zero(ibv_destroy_cq(rxq->cq));
        if (rxq->channel != NULL)
                claim_zero(ibv_destroy_comp_channel(rxq->channel));
-       if (rxq->rd != NULL) {
-               struct ibv_exp_destroy_res_domain_attr attr = {
-                       .comp_mask = 0,
-               };
-
-               assert(rxq->priv != NULL);
-               assert(rxq->priv->ctx != NULL);
-               claim_zero(ibv_exp_destroy_res_domain(rxq->priv->ctx,
-                                                     rxq->rd,
-                                                     &attr));
-       }
        if (rxq->mr != NULL)
                claim_zero(ibv_dereg_mr(rxq->mr));
        memset(rxq, 0, sizeof(*rxq));
@@ -1749,23 +1580,33 @@ mlx4_rx_burst(void *dpdk_rxq, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t pkts_n)
        struct rxq_elt (*elts)[rxq->elts_n] = rxq->elts;
        const unsigned int elts_n = rxq->elts_n;
        unsigned int elts_head = rxq->elts_head;
-       struct ibv_sge sges[pkts_n];
+       struct ibv_wc wcs[pkts_n];
+       struct ibv_recv_wr *wr_head = NULL;
+       struct ibv_recv_wr **wr_next = &wr_head;
+       struct ibv_recv_wr *wr_bad = NULL;
        unsigned int i;
        unsigned int pkts_ret = 0;
        int ret;
 
-       for (i = 0; (i != pkts_n); ++i) {
+       ret = ibv_poll_cq(rxq->cq, pkts_n, wcs);
+       if (unlikely(ret == 0))
+               return 0;
+       if (unlikely(ret < 0)) {
+               DEBUG("rxq=%p, ibv_poll_cq() failed (wc_n=%d)",
+                     (void *)rxq, ret);
+               return 0;
+       }
+       assert(ret <= (int)pkts_n);
+       /* For each work completion. */
+       for (i = 0; i != (unsigned int)ret; ++i) {
+               struct ibv_wc *wc = &wcs[i];
                struct rxq_elt *elt = &(*elts)[elts_head];
                struct ibv_recv_wr *wr = &elt->wr;
-               uint64_t wr_id = wr->wr_id;
-               unsigned int len;
-               struct rte_mbuf *seg = (void *)((uintptr_t)elt->sge.addr -
-                       WR_ID(wr_id).offset);
+               uint32_t len = wc->byte_len;
+               struct rte_mbuf *seg = elt->buf;
                struct rte_mbuf *rep;
-               uint32_t flags;
 
                /* Sanity checks. */
-               assert(WR_ID(wr_id).id < rxq->elts_n);
                assert(wr->sg_list == &elt->sge);
                assert(wr->num_sge == 1);
                assert(elts_head < rxq->elts_n);
@@ -1776,79 +1617,44 @@ mlx4_rx_burst(void *dpdk_rxq, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t pkts_n)
                 */
                rte_mbuf_prefetch_part1(seg);
                rte_mbuf_prefetch_part2(seg);
-               ret = rxq->if_cq->poll_length_flags(rxq->cq, NULL, NULL,
-                                                   &flags);
-               if (unlikely(ret < 0)) {
-                       struct ibv_wc wc;
-                       int wcs_n;
-
-                       DEBUG("rxq=%p, poll_length() failed (ret=%d)",
-                             (void *)rxq, ret);
-                       /* ibv_poll_cq() must be used in case of failure. */
-                       wcs_n = ibv_poll_cq(rxq->cq, 1, &wc);
-                       if (unlikely(wcs_n == 0))
-                               break;
-                       if (unlikely(wcs_n < 0)) {
-                               DEBUG("rxq=%p, ibv_poll_cq() failed (wcs_n=%d)",
-                                     (void *)rxq, wcs_n);
-                               break;
-                       }
-                       assert(wcs_n == 1);
-                       if (unlikely(wc.status != IBV_WC_SUCCESS)) {
-                               /* Whatever, just repost the offending WR. */
-                               DEBUG("rxq=%p, wr_id=%" PRIu64 ": bad work"
-                                     " completion status (%d): %s",
-                                     (void *)rxq, wc.wr_id, wc.status,
-                                     ibv_wc_status_str(wc.status));
-                               /* Increment dropped packets counter. */
-                               ++rxq->stats.idropped;
-                               /* Add SGE to array for repost. */
-                               sges[i] = elt->sge;
-                               goto repost;
-                       }
-                       ret = wc.byte_len;
+               /* Link completed WRs together for repost. */
+               *wr_next = wr;
+               wr_next = &wr->next;
+               if (unlikely(wc->status != IBV_WC_SUCCESS)) {
+                       /* Whatever, just repost the offending WR. */
+                       DEBUG("rxq=%p: bad work completion status (%d): %s",
+                             (void *)rxq, wc->status,
+                             ibv_wc_status_str(wc->status));
+                       /* Increment dropped packets counter. */
+                       ++rxq->stats.idropped;
+                       goto repost;
                }
-               if (ret == 0)
-                       break;
-               len = ret;
                rep = rte_mbuf_raw_alloc(rxq->mp);
                if (unlikely(rep == NULL)) {
                        /*
                         * Unable to allocate a replacement mbuf,
                         * repost WR.
                         */
-                       DEBUG("rxq=%p, wr_id=%" PRIu32 ":"
-                             " can't allocate a new mbuf",
-                             (void *)rxq, WR_ID(wr_id).id);
+                       DEBUG("rxq=%p: can't allocate a new mbuf",
+                             (void *)rxq);
                        /* Increase out of memory counters. */
                        ++rxq->stats.rx_nombuf;
                        ++rxq->priv->dev->data->rx_mbuf_alloc_failed;
-                       /* Add SGE to array for repost. */
-                       sges[i] = elt->sge;
                        goto repost;
                }
-
                /* Reconfigure sge to use rep instead of seg. */
                elt->sge.addr = (uintptr_t)rep->buf_addr + RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;
                assert(elt->sge.lkey == rxq->mr->lkey);
-               WR_ID(wr->wr_id).offset =
-                       (((uintptr_t)rep->buf_addr + RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM) -
-                        (uintptr_t)rep);
-               assert(WR_ID(wr->wr_id).id == WR_ID(wr_id).id);
-
-               /* Add SGE to array for repost. */
-               sges[i] = elt->sge;
-
+               elt->buf = rep;
                /* Update seg information. */
-               SET_DATA_OFF(seg, RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM);
-               NB_SEGS(seg) = 1;
-               PORT(seg) = rxq->port_id;
-               NEXT(seg) = NULL;
-               PKT_LEN(seg) = len;
-               DATA_LEN(seg) = len;
+               seg->data_off = RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;
+               seg->nb_segs = 1;
+               seg->port = rxq->port_id;
+               seg->next = NULL;
+               seg->pkt_len = len;
+               seg->data_len = len;
                seg->packet_type = 0;
                seg->ol_flags = 0;
-
                /* Return packet. */
                *(pkts++) = seg;
                ++pkts_ret;
@@ -1862,7 +1668,9 @@ repost:
        if (unlikely(i == 0))
                return 0;
        /* Repost WRs. */
-       ret = rxq->if_qp->recv_burst(rxq->qp, sges, i);
+       *wr_next = NULL;
+       assert(wr_head);
+       ret = ibv_post_recv(rxq->qp, wr_head, &wr_bad);
        if (unlikely(ret)) {
                /* Inability to repost WRs is fatal. */
                DEBUG("%p: recv_burst(): failed (ret=%d)",
@@ -1888,13 +1696,13 @@ repost:
  *   Number of descriptors in QP (hint only).
  *
  * @return
- *   QP pointer or NULL in case of error.
+ *   QP pointer or NULL in case of error and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static struct ibv_qp *
-rxq_setup_qp(struct priv *priv, struct ibv_cq *cq, uint16_t desc,
-            struct ibv_exp_res_domain *rd)
+rxq_setup_qp(struct priv *priv, struct ibv_cq *cq, uint16_t desc)
 {
-       struct ibv_exp_qp_init_attr attr = {
+       struct ibv_qp *qp;
+       struct ibv_qp_init_attr attr = {
                /* CQ to be associated with the send queue. */
                .send_cq = cq,
                /* CQ to be associated with the receive queue. */
@@ -1908,15 +1716,12 @@ rxq_setup_qp(struct priv *priv, struct ibv_cq *cq, uint16_t desc,
                        .max_recv_sge = 1,
                },
                .qp_type = IBV_QPT_RAW_PACKET,
-               .comp_mask = (IBV_EXP_QP_INIT_ATTR_PD |
-                             IBV_EXP_QP_INIT_ATTR_RES_DOMAIN),
-               .pd = priv->pd,
-               .res_domain = rd,
        };
 
-       attr.max_inl_recv = priv->inl_recv_size,
-       attr.comp_mask |= IBV_EXP_QP_INIT_ATTR_INL_RECV;
-       return ibv_exp_create_qp(priv->ctx, &attr);
+       qp = ibv_create_qp(priv->pd, &attr);
+       if (!qp)
+               rte_errno = errno ? errno : EINVAL;
+       return qp;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1936,7 +1741,7 @@ rxq_setup_qp(struct priv *priv, struct ibv_cq *cq, uint16_t desc,
  *   Memory pool for buffer allocations.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 rxq_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rxq *rxq, uint16_t desc,
@@ -1949,22 +1754,17 @@ rxq_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rxq *rxq, uint16_t desc,
                .mp = mp,
                .socket = socket
        };
-       struct ibv_exp_qp_attr mod;
-       union {
-               struct ibv_exp_query_intf_params params;
-               struct ibv_exp_cq_init_attr cq;
-               struct ibv_exp_res_domain_init_attr rd;
-       } attr;
-       enum ibv_exp_query_intf_status status;
+       struct ibv_qp_attr mod;
        struct ibv_recv_wr *bad_wr;
        unsigned int mb_len;
-       int ret = 0;
+       int ret;
 
        (void)conf; /* Thresholds configuration (ignored). */
        mb_len = rte_pktmbuf_data_room_size(mp);
        if (desc == 0) {
+               rte_errno = EINVAL;
                ERROR("%p: invalid number of Rx descriptors", (void *)dev);
-               return EINVAL;
+               goto error;
        }
        /* Enable scattered packets support for this queue if necessary. */
        assert(mb_len >= RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM);
@@ -1986,130 +1786,91 @@ rxq_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rxq *rxq, uint16_t desc,
        /* Use the entire RX mempool as the memory region. */
        tmpl.mr = mlx4_mp2mr(priv->pd, mp);
        if (tmpl.mr == NULL) {
-               ret = EINVAL;
+               rte_errno = EINVAL;
                ERROR("%p: MR creation failure: %s",
-                     (void *)dev, strerror(ret));
-               goto error;
-       }
-       attr.rd = (struct ibv_exp_res_domain_init_attr){
-               .comp_mask = (IBV_EXP_RES_DOMAIN_THREAD_MODEL |
-                             IBV_EXP_RES_DOMAIN_MSG_MODEL),
-               .thread_model = IBV_EXP_THREAD_SINGLE,
-               .msg_model = IBV_EXP_MSG_HIGH_BW,
-       };
-       tmpl.rd = ibv_exp_create_res_domain(priv->ctx, &attr.rd);
-       if (tmpl.rd == NULL) {
-               ret = ENOMEM;
-               ERROR("%p: RD creation failure: %s",
-                     (void *)dev, strerror(ret));
+                     (void *)dev, strerror(rte_errno));
                goto error;
        }
        if (dev->data->dev_conf.intr_conf.rxq) {
                tmpl.channel = ibv_create_comp_channel(priv->ctx);
                if (tmpl.channel == NULL) {
-                       ret = ENOMEM;
+                       rte_errno = ENOMEM;
                        ERROR("%p: Rx interrupt completion channel creation"
                              " failure: %s",
-                             (void *)dev, strerror(ret));
+                             (void *)dev, strerror(rte_errno));
                        goto error;
                }
        }
-       attr.cq = (struct ibv_exp_cq_init_attr){
-               .comp_mask = IBV_EXP_CQ_INIT_ATTR_RES_DOMAIN,
-               .res_domain = tmpl.rd,
-       };
-       tmpl.cq = ibv_exp_create_cq(priv->ctx, desc, NULL, tmpl.channel, 0,
-                                   &attr.cq);
+       tmpl.cq = ibv_create_cq(priv->ctx, desc, NULL, tmpl.channel, 0);
        if (tmpl.cq == NULL) {
-               ret = ENOMEM;
+               rte_errno = ENOMEM;
                ERROR("%p: CQ creation failure: %s",
-                     (void *)dev, strerror(ret));
+                     (void *)dev, strerror(rte_errno));
                goto error;
        }
        DEBUG("priv->device_attr.max_qp_wr is %d",
              priv->device_attr.max_qp_wr);
        DEBUG("priv->device_attr.max_sge is %d",
              priv->device_attr.max_sge);
-       tmpl.qp = rxq_setup_qp(priv, tmpl.cq, desc, tmpl.rd);
+       tmpl.qp = rxq_setup_qp(priv, tmpl.cq, desc);
        if (tmpl.qp == NULL) {
-               ret = (errno ? errno : EINVAL);
                ERROR("%p: QP creation failure: %s",
-                     (void *)dev, strerror(ret));
+                     (void *)dev, strerror(rte_errno));
                goto error;
        }
-       mod = (struct ibv_exp_qp_attr){
+       mod = (struct ibv_qp_attr){
                /* Move the QP to this state. */
                .qp_state = IBV_QPS_INIT,
                /* Primary port number. */
                .port_num = priv->port
        };
-       ret = ibv_exp_modify_qp(tmpl.qp, &mod,
-                               IBV_EXP_QP_STATE |
-                               IBV_EXP_QP_PORT);
+       ret = ibv_modify_qp(tmpl.qp, &mod, IBV_QP_STATE | IBV_QP_PORT);
        if (ret) {
+               rte_errno = ret;
                ERROR("%p: QP state to IBV_QPS_INIT failed: %s",
-                     (void *)dev, strerror(ret));
+                     (void *)dev, strerror(rte_errno));
                goto error;
        }
        ret = rxq_alloc_elts(&tmpl, desc);
        if (ret) {
                ERROR("%p: RXQ allocation failed: %s",
-                     (void *)dev, strerror(ret));
+                     (void *)dev, strerror(rte_errno));
                goto error;
        }
        ret = ibv_post_recv(tmpl.qp, &(*tmpl.elts)[0].wr, &bad_wr);
        if (ret) {
+               rte_errno = ret;
                ERROR("%p: ibv_post_recv() failed for WR %p: %s",
                      (void *)dev,
                      (void *)bad_wr,
-                     strerror(ret));
+                     strerror(rte_errno));
                goto error;
        }
-       mod = (struct ibv_exp_qp_attr){
+       mod = (struct ibv_qp_attr){
                .qp_state = IBV_QPS_RTR
        };
-       ret = ibv_exp_modify_qp(tmpl.qp, &mod, IBV_EXP_QP_STATE);
+       ret = ibv_modify_qp(tmpl.qp, &mod, IBV_QP_STATE);
        if (ret) {
+               rte_errno = ret;
                ERROR("%p: QP state to IBV_QPS_RTR failed: %s",
-                     (void *)dev, strerror(ret));
+                     (void *)dev, strerror(rte_errno));
                goto error;
        }
        /* Save port ID. */
        tmpl.port_id = dev->data->port_id;
        DEBUG("%p: RTE port ID: %u", (void *)rxq, tmpl.port_id);
-       attr.params = (struct ibv_exp_query_intf_params){
-               .intf_scope = IBV_EXP_INTF_GLOBAL,
-               .intf = IBV_EXP_INTF_CQ,
-               .obj = tmpl.cq,
-       };
-       tmpl.if_cq = ibv_exp_query_intf(priv->ctx, &attr.params, &status);
-       if (tmpl.if_cq == NULL) {
-               ERROR("%p: CQ interface family query failed with status %d",
-                     (void *)dev, status);
-               goto error;
-       }
-       attr.params = (struct ibv_exp_query_intf_params){
-               .intf_scope = IBV_EXP_INTF_GLOBAL,
-               .intf = IBV_EXP_INTF_QP_BURST,
-               .obj = tmpl.qp,
-       };
-       tmpl.if_qp = ibv_exp_query_intf(priv->ctx, &attr.params, &status);
-       if (tmpl.if_qp == NULL) {
-               ERROR("%p: QP interface family query failed with status %d",
-                     (void *)dev, status);
-               goto error;
-       }
        /* Clean up rxq in case we're reinitializing it. */
        DEBUG("%p: cleaning-up old rxq just in case", (void *)rxq);
        rxq_cleanup(rxq);
        *rxq = tmpl;
        DEBUG("%p: rxq updated with %p", (void *)rxq, (void *)&tmpl);
-       assert(ret == 0);
        return 0;
 error:
+       ret = rte_errno;
        rxq_cleanup(&tmpl);
-       assert(ret > 0);
-       return ret;
+       rte_errno = ret;
+       assert(rte_errno > 0);
+       return -rte_errno;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2129,7 +1890,7 @@ error:
  *   Memory pool for buffer allocations.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, negative errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 mlx4_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx, uint16_t desc,
@@ -2140,21 +1901,20 @@ mlx4_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx, uint16_t desc,
        struct rxq *rxq = (*priv->rxqs)[idx];
        int ret;
 
-       priv_lock(priv);
        DEBUG("%p: configuring queue %u for %u descriptors",
              (void *)dev, idx, desc);
        if (idx >= priv->rxqs_n) {
+               rte_errno = EOVERFLOW;
                ERROR("%p: queue index out of range (%u >= %u)",
                      (void *)dev, idx, priv->rxqs_n);
-               priv_unlock(priv);
-               return -EOVERFLOW;
+               return -rte_errno;
        }
        if (rxq != NULL) {
                DEBUG("%p: reusing already allocated queue index %u (%p)",
                      (void *)dev, idx, (void *)rxq);
                if (priv->started) {
-                       priv_unlock(priv);
-                       return -EEXIST;
+                       rte_errno = EEXIST;
+                       return -rte_errno;
                }
                (*priv->rxqs)[idx] = NULL;
                if (idx == 0)
@@ -2163,10 +1923,10 @@ mlx4_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx, uint16_t desc,
        } else {
                rxq = rte_calloc_socket("RXQ", 1, sizeof(*rxq), 0, socket);
                if (rxq == NULL) {
+                       rte_errno = ENOMEM;
                        ERROR("%p: unable to allocate queue index %u",
                              (void *)dev, idx);
-                       priv_unlock(priv);
-                       return -ENOMEM;
+                       return -rte_errno;
                }
        }
        ret = rxq_setup(dev, rxq, desc, socket, conf, mp);
@@ -2180,8 +1940,7 @@ mlx4_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx, uint16_t desc,
                /* Update receive callback. */
                dev->rx_pkt_burst = mlx4_rx_burst;
        }
-       priv_unlock(priv);
-       return -ret;
+       return ret;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2200,7 +1959,6 @@ mlx4_rx_queue_release(void *dpdk_rxq)
        if (rxq == NULL)
                return;
        priv = rxq->priv;
-       priv_lock(priv);
        for (i = 0; (i != priv->rxqs_n); ++i)
                if ((*priv->rxqs)[i] == rxq) {
                        DEBUG("%p: removing RX queue %p from list",
@@ -2212,7 +1970,6 @@ mlx4_rx_queue_release(void *dpdk_rxq)
                }
        rxq_cleanup(rxq);
        rte_free(rxq);
-       priv_unlock(priv);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -2233,7 +1990,7 @@ priv_dev_link_interrupt_handler_install(struct priv *, struct rte_eth_dev *);
  *   Pointer to Ethernet device structure.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, negative errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 mlx4_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
@@ -2241,11 +1998,8 @@ mlx4_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
        struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
        int ret;
 
-       priv_lock(priv);
-       if (priv->started) {
-               priv_unlock(priv);
+       if (priv->started)
                return 0;
-       }
        DEBUG("%p: attaching configured flows to all RX queues", (void *)dev);
        priv->started = 1;
        ret = priv_mac_addr_add(priv);
@@ -2275,14 +2029,12 @@ mlx4_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
                      (void *)dev, strerror(ret));
                goto err;
        }
-       priv_unlock(priv);
        return 0;
 err:
        /* Rollback. */
        priv_mac_addr_del(priv);
        priv->started = 0;
-       priv_unlock(priv);
-       return -ret;
+       return ret;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2298,16 +2050,12 @@ mlx4_dev_stop(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 {
        struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
 
-       priv_lock(priv);
-       if (!priv->started) {
-               priv_unlock(priv);
+       if (!priv->started)
                return;
-       }
        DEBUG("%p: detaching flows from all RX queues", (void *)dev);
        priv->started = 0;
        mlx4_priv_flow_stop(priv);
        priv_mac_addr_del(priv);
-       priv_unlock(priv);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2387,14 +2135,15 @@ mlx4_dev_close(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 
        if (priv == NULL)
                return;
-       priv_lock(priv);
        DEBUG("%p: closing device \"%s\"",
              (void *)dev,
              ((priv->ctx != NULL) ? priv->ctx->device->name : ""));
        priv_mac_addr_del(priv);
-       /* Prevent crashes when queues are still in use. This is unfortunately
+       /*
+        * Prevent crashes when queues are still in use. This is unfortunately
         * still required for DPDK 1.3 because some programs (such as testpmd)
-        * never release them before closing the device. */
+        * never release them before closing the device.
+        */
        dev->rx_pkt_burst = removed_rx_burst;
        dev->tx_pkt_burst = removed_tx_burst;
        if (priv->rxqs != NULL) {
@@ -2434,7 +2183,6 @@ mlx4_dev_close(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
        priv_dev_removal_interrupt_handler_uninstall(priv, dev);
        priv_dev_link_interrupt_handler_uninstall(priv, dev);
        priv_rx_intr_vec_disable(priv);
-       priv_unlock(priv);
        memset(priv, 0, sizeof(*priv));
 }
 
@@ -2447,7 +2195,7 @@ mlx4_dev_close(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
  *   Nonzero for link up, otherwise link down.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 priv_set_link(struct priv *priv, int up)
@@ -2477,18 +2225,14 @@ priv_set_link(struct priv *priv, int up)
  *   Pointer to Ethernet device structure.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 mlx4_set_link_down(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 {
        struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
-       int err;
 
-       priv_lock(priv);
-       err = priv_set_link(priv, 0);
-       priv_unlock(priv);
-       return err;
+       return priv_set_link(priv, 0);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2498,19 +2242,16 @@ mlx4_set_link_down(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
  *   Pointer to Ethernet device structure.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 mlx4_set_link_up(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 {
        struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
-       int err;
 
-       priv_lock(priv);
-       err = priv_set_link(priv, 1);
-       priv_unlock(priv);
-       return err;
+       return priv_set_link(priv, 1);
 }
+
 /**
  * DPDK callback to get information about the device.
  *
@@ -2527,10 +2268,8 @@ mlx4_dev_infos_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_dev_info *info)
        char ifname[IF_NAMESIZE];
 
        info->pci_dev = RTE_ETH_DEV_TO_PCI(dev);
-
        if (priv == NULL)
                return;
-       priv_lock(priv);
        /* FIXME: we should ask the device for these values. */
        info->min_rx_bufsize = 32;
        info->max_rx_pktlen = 65536;
@@ -2557,7 +2296,6 @@ mlx4_dev_infos_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_dev_info *info)
                        ETH_LINK_SPEED_20G |
                        ETH_LINK_SPEED_40G |
                        ETH_LINK_SPEED_56G;
-       priv_unlock(priv);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2578,7 +2316,6 @@ mlx4_stats_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_stats *stats)
 
        if (priv == NULL)
                return;
-       priv_lock(priv);
        /* Add software counters. */
        for (i = 0; (i != priv->rxqs_n); ++i) {
                struct rxq *rxq = (*priv->rxqs)[i];
@@ -2613,7 +2350,6 @@ mlx4_stats_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_stats *stats)
                tmp.oerrors += txq->stats.odropped;
        }
        *stats = tmp;
-       priv_unlock(priv);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2631,7 +2367,6 @@ mlx4_stats_reset(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 
        if (priv == NULL)
                return;
-       priv_lock(priv);
        for (i = 0; (i != priv->rxqs_n); ++i) {
                if ((*priv->rxqs)[i] == NULL)
                        continue;
@@ -2646,7 +2381,6 @@ mlx4_stats_reset(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
                (*priv->txqs)[i]->stats =
                        (struct mlx4_txq_stats){ .idx = idx };
        }
-       priv_unlock(priv);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2656,6 +2390,9 @@ mlx4_stats_reset(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
  *   Pointer to Ethernet device structure.
  * @param wait_to_complete
  *   Wait for request completion (ignored).
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 mlx4_link_update(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, int wait_to_complete)
@@ -2668,14 +2405,14 @@ mlx4_link_update(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, int wait_to_complete)
        struct rte_eth_link dev_link;
        int link_speed = 0;
 
-       /* priv_lock() is not taken to allow concurrent calls. */
-
-       if (priv == NULL)
-               return -EINVAL;
+       if (priv == NULL) {
+               rte_errno = EINVAL;
+               return -rte_errno;
+       }
        (void)wait_to_complete;
        if (priv_ifreq(priv, SIOCGIFFLAGS, &ifr)) {
-               WARN("ioctl(SIOCGIFFLAGS) failed: %s", strerror(errno));
-               return -1;
+               WARN("ioctl(SIOCGIFFLAGS) failed: %s", strerror(rte_errno));
+               return -rte_errno;
        }
        memset(&dev_link, 0, sizeof(dev_link));
        dev_link.link_status = ((ifr.ifr_flags & IFF_UP) &&
@@ -2683,8 +2420,8 @@ mlx4_link_update(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, int wait_to_complete)
        ifr.ifr_data = (void *)&edata;
        if (priv_ifreq(priv, SIOCETHTOOL, &ifr)) {
                WARN("ioctl(SIOCETHTOOL, ETHTOOL_GSET) failed: %s",
-                    strerror(errno));
-               return -1;
+                    strerror(rte_errno));
+               return -rte_errno;
        }
        link_speed = ethtool_cmd_speed(&edata);
        if (link_speed == -1)
@@ -2695,46 +2432,8 @@ mlx4_link_update(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, int wait_to_complete)
                                ETH_LINK_HALF_DUPLEX : ETH_LINK_FULL_DUPLEX);
        dev_link.link_autoneg = !(dev->data->dev_conf.link_speeds &
                        ETH_LINK_SPEED_FIXED);
-       if (memcmp(&dev_link, &dev->data->dev_link, sizeof(dev_link))) {
-               /* Link status changed. */
-               dev->data->dev_link = dev_link;
-               return 0;
-       }
-       /* Link status is still the same. */
-       return -1;
-}
-
-/**
- * DPDK callback to change the MTU.
- *
- * @param dev
- *   Pointer to Ethernet device structure.
- * @param in_mtu
- *   New MTU.
- *
- * @return
- *   0 on success, negative errno value on failure.
- */
-static int
-mlx4_dev_set_mtu(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t mtu)
-{
-       struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
-       int ret = 0;
-
-       priv_lock(priv);
-       /* Set kernel interface MTU first. */
-       if (priv_set_mtu(priv, mtu)) {
-               ret = errno;
-               WARN("cannot set port %u MTU to %u: %s", priv->port, mtu,
-                    strerror(ret));
-               goto out;
-       } else
-               DEBUG("adapter port %u MTU set to %u", priv->port, mtu);
-       priv->mtu = mtu;
-out:
-       priv_unlock(priv);
-       assert(ret >= 0);
-       return -ret;
+       dev->data->dev_link = dev_link;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2746,7 +2445,7 @@ out:
  *   Flow control output buffer.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, negative errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 mlx4_dev_get_flow_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_fc_conf *fc_conf)
@@ -2759,15 +2458,13 @@ mlx4_dev_get_flow_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_fc_conf *fc_conf)
        int ret;
 
        ifr.ifr_data = (void *)&ethpause;
-       priv_lock(priv);
        if (priv_ifreq(priv, SIOCETHTOOL, &ifr)) {
-               ret = errno;
+               ret = rte_errno;
                WARN("ioctl(SIOCETHTOOL, ETHTOOL_GPAUSEPARAM)"
                     " failed: %s",
-                    strerror(ret));
+                    strerror(rte_errno));
                goto out;
        }
-
        fc_conf->autoneg = ethpause.autoneg;
        if (ethpause.rx_pause && ethpause.tx_pause)
                fc_conf->mode = RTE_FC_FULL;
@@ -2778,9 +2475,7 @@ mlx4_dev_get_flow_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_fc_conf *fc_conf)
        else
                fc_conf->mode = RTE_FC_NONE;
        ret = 0;
-
 out:
-       priv_unlock(priv);
        assert(ret >= 0);
        return -ret;
 }
@@ -2794,7 +2489,7 @@ out:
  *   Flow control parameters.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, negative errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 mlx4_dev_set_flow_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_fc_conf *fc_conf)
@@ -2813,25 +2508,20 @@ mlx4_dev_set_flow_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_fc_conf *fc_conf)
                ethpause.rx_pause = 1;
        else
                ethpause.rx_pause = 0;
-
        if (((fc_conf->mode & RTE_FC_FULL) == RTE_FC_FULL) ||
            (fc_conf->mode & RTE_FC_TX_PAUSE))
                ethpause.tx_pause = 1;
        else
                ethpause.tx_pause = 0;
-
-       priv_lock(priv);
        if (priv_ifreq(priv, SIOCETHTOOL, &ifr)) {
-               ret = errno;
+               ret = rte_errno;
                WARN("ioctl(SIOCETHTOOL, ETHTOOL_SPAUSEPARAM)"
                     " failed: %s",
-                    strerror(ret));
+                    strerror(rte_errno));
                goto out;
        }
        ret = 0;
-
 out:
-       priv_unlock(priv);
        assert(ret >= 0);
        return -ret;
 }
@@ -2858,7 +2548,7 @@ const struct rte_flow_ops mlx4_flow_ops = {
  *   Pointer to operation-specific structure.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, negative errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 mlx4_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
@@ -2866,12 +2556,10 @@ mlx4_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
                     enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
                     void *arg)
 {
-       int ret = EINVAL;
-
        switch (filter_type) {
        case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
                if (filter_op != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET)
-                       return -EINVAL;
+                       break;
                *(const void **)arg = &mlx4_flow_ops;
                return 0;
        default:
@@ -2879,7 +2567,8 @@ mlx4_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
                      (void *)dev, filter_type);
                break;
        }
-       return -ret;
+       rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+       return -rte_errno;
 }
 
 static const struct eth_dev_ops mlx4_dev_ops = {
@@ -2914,7 +2603,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops mlx4_dev_ops = {
  *   PCI bus address output buffer.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, -1 on failure and errno is set.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 mlx4_ibv_device_to_pci_addr(const struct ibv_device *device,
@@ -2925,8 +2614,10 @@ mlx4_ibv_device_to_pci_addr(const struct ibv_device *device,
        MKSTR(path, "%s/device/uevent", device->ibdev_path);
 
        file = fopen(path, "rb");
-       if (file == NULL)
-               return -1;
+       if (file == NULL) {
+               rte_errno = errno;
+               return -rte_errno;
+       }
        while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), file) == line) {
                size_t len = strlen(line);
                int ret;
@@ -2964,38 +2655,20 @@ mlx4_ibv_device_to_pci_addr(const struct ibv_device *device,
  *   MAC address output buffer.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, -1 on failure and errno is set.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 priv_get_mac(struct priv *priv, uint8_t (*mac)[ETHER_ADDR_LEN])
 {
        struct ifreq request;
+       int ret = priv_ifreq(priv, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &request);
 
-       if (priv_ifreq(priv, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &request))
-               return -1;
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
        memcpy(mac, request.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
        return 0;
 }
 
-/**
- * Retrieve integer value from environment variable.
- *
- * @param[in] name
- *   Environment variable name.
- *
- * @return
- *   Integer value, 0 if the variable is not set.
- */
-static int
-mlx4_getenv_int(const char *name)
-{
-       const char *val = getenv(name);
-
-       if (val == NULL)
-               return 0;
-       return atoi(val);
-}
-
 static void
 mlx4_dev_link_status_handler(void *);
 static void
@@ -3074,14 +2747,12 @@ mlx4_dev_link_status_handler(void *arg)
        uint32_t events;
        int ret;
 
-       priv_lock(priv);
        assert(priv->pending_alarm == 1);
        priv->pending_alarm = 0;
        ret = priv_dev_status_handler(priv, dev, &events);
-       priv_unlock(priv);
        if (ret > 0 && events & (1 << RTE_ETH_EVENT_INTR_LSC))
-               _rte_eth_dev_callback_process(dev, RTE_ETH_EVENT_INTR_LSC, NULL,
-                                             NULL);
+               _rte_eth_dev_callback_process(dev, RTE_ETH_EVENT_INTR_LSC,
+                                             NULL, NULL);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3101,9 +2772,7 @@ mlx4_dev_interrupt_handler(void *cb_arg)
        uint32_t ev;
        int i;
 
-       priv_lock(priv);
        ret = priv_dev_status_handler(priv, dev, &ev);
-       priv_unlock(priv);
        if (ret > 0) {
                for (i = RTE_ETH_EVENT_UNKNOWN;
                     i < RTE_ETH_EVENT_MAX;
@@ -3128,8 +2797,9 @@ mlx4_dev_interrupt_handler(void *cb_arg)
  *   Pointer to private structure.
  * @param dev
  *   Pointer to the rte_eth_dev structure.
+ *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, negative errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 priv_dev_interrupt_handler_uninstall(struct priv *priv, struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
@@ -3143,14 +2813,11 @@ priv_dev_interrupt_handler_uninstall(struct priv *priv, struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
                                           mlx4_dev_interrupt_handler,
                                           dev);
        if (ret < 0) {
-               ERROR("rte_intr_callback_unregister failed with %d"
-                     "%s%s%s", ret,
-                     (errno ? " (errno: " : ""),
-                     (errno ? strerror(errno) : ""),
-                     (errno ? ")" : ""));
-       }
-       priv->intr_handle.fd = 0;
-       priv->intr_handle.type = RTE_INTR_HANDLE_UNKNOWN;
+               rte_errno = ret;
+               ERROR("rte_intr_callback_unregister failed with %d %s",
+                     ret, strerror(rte_errno));
+       }
+       priv->intr_handle.fd = -1;
        return ret;
 }
 
@@ -3161,8 +2828,9 @@ priv_dev_interrupt_handler_uninstall(struct priv *priv, struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
  *   Pointer to private structure.
  * @param dev
  *   Pointer to the rte_eth_dev structure.
+ *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, negative errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 priv_dev_interrupt_handler_install(struct priv *priv,
@@ -3171,8 +2839,9 @@ priv_dev_interrupt_handler_install(struct priv *priv,
        int flags;
        int rc;
 
-       /* Check whether the interrupt handler has already been installed
-        * for either type of interrupt
+       /*
+        * Check whether the interrupt handler has already been installed
+        * for either type of interrupt.
         */
        if (priv->intr_conf.lsc &&
            priv->intr_conf.rmv &&
@@ -3182,20 +2851,22 @@ priv_dev_interrupt_handler_install(struct priv *priv,
        flags = fcntl(priv->ctx->async_fd, F_GETFL);
        rc = fcntl(priv->ctx->async_fd, F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK);
        if (rc < 0) {
+               rte_errno = errno ? errno : EINVAL;
                INFO("failed to change file descriptor async event queue");
                dev->data->dev_conf.intr_conf.lsc = 0;
                dev->data->dev_conf.intr_conf.rmv = 0;
-               return -errno;
+               return -rte_errno;
        } else {
                priv->intr_handle.fd = priv->ctx->async_fd;
-               priv->intr_handle.type = RTE_INTR_HANDLE_EXT;
                rc = rte_intr_callback_register(&priv->intr_handle,
                                                 mlx4_dev_interrupt_handler,
                                                 dev);
                if (rc) {
+                       rte_errno = -rc;
                        ERROR("rte_intr_callback_register failed "
-                             " (errno: %s)", strerror(errno));
-                       return rc;
+                             " (rte_errno: %s)", strerror(rte_errno));
+                       priv->intr_handle.fd = -1;
+                       return -rte_errno;
                }
        }
        return 0;
@@ -3208,8 +2879,9 @@ priv_dev_interrupt_handler_install(struct priv *priv,
  *   Pointer to private structure.
  * @param dev
  *   Pointer to the rte_eth_dev structure.
+ *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, negative value on error.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 priv_dev_removal_interrupt_handler_uninstall(struct priv *priv,
@@ -3229,8 +2901,9 @@ priv_dev_removal_interrupt_handler_uninstall(struct priv *priv,
  *   Pointer to private structure.
  * @param dev
  *   Pointer to the rte_eth_dev structure.
+ *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, negative value on error,
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 priv_dev_link_interrupt_handler_uninstall(struct priv *priv,
@@ -3248,7 +2921,7 @@ priv_dev_link_interrupt_handler_uninstall(struct priv *priv,
                if (rte_eal_alarm_cancel(mlx4_dev_link_status_handler,
                                         dev)) {
                        ERROR("rte_eal_alarm_cancel failed "
-                             " (errno: %s)", strerror(rte_errno));
+                             " (rte_errno: %s)", strerror(rte_errno));
                        return -rte_errno;
                }
        priv->pending_alarm = 0;
@@ -3262,8 +2935,9 @@ priv_dev_link_interrupt_handler_uninstall(struct priv *priv,
  *   Pointer to private structure.
  * @param dev
  *   Pointer to the rte_eth_dev structure.
+ *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, negative value on error.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 priv_dev_link_interrupt_handler_install(struct priv *priv,
@@ -3287,8 +2961,9 @@ priv_dev_link_interrupt_handler_install(struct priv *priv,
  *   Pointer to private structure.
  * @param dev
  *   Pointer to the rte_eth_dev structure.
+ *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, negative value on error.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 priv_dev_removal_interrupt_handler_install(struct priv *priv,
@@ -3312,7 +2987,7 @@ priv_dev_removal_interrupt_handler_install(struct priv *priv,
  *   Pointer to private structure.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, negative on failure.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 priv_rx_intr_vec_enable(struct priv *priv)
@@ -3321,18 +2996,18 @@ priv_rx_intr_vec_enable(struct priv *priv)
        unsigned int rxqs_n = priv->rxqs_n;
        unsigned int n = RTE_MIN(rxqs_n, (uint32_t)RTE_MAX_RXTX_INTR_VEC_ID);
        unsigned int count = 0;
-       struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle = priv->dev->intr_handle;
+       struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle = &priv->intr_handle;
 
        if (!priv->dev->data->dev_conf.intr_conf.rxq)
                return 0;
        priv_rx_intr_vec_disable(priv);
        intr_handle->intr_vec = malloc(sizeof(intr_handle->intr_vec[rxqs_n]));
        if (intr_handle->intr_vec == NULL) {
+               rte_errno = ENOMEM;
                ERROR("failed to allocate memory for interrupt vector,"
                      " Rx interrupts will not be supported");
-               return -ENOMEM;
+               return -rte_errno;
        }
-       intr_handle->type = RTE_INTR_HANDLE_EXT;
        for (i = 0; i != n; ++i) {
                struct rxq *rxq = (*priv->rxqs)[i];
                int fd;
@@ -3348,20 +3023,22 @@ priv_rx_intr_vec_enable(struct priv *priv)
                        continue;
                }
                if (count >= RTE_MAX_RXTX_INTR_VEC_ID) {
+                       rte_errno = E2BIG;
                        ERROR("too many Rx queues for interrupt vector size"
                              " (%d), Rx interrupts cannot be enabled",
                              RTE_MAX_RXTX_INTR_VEC_ID);
                        priv_rx_intr_vec_disable(priv);
-                       return -1;
+                       return -rte_errno;
                }
                fd = rxq->channel->fd;
                flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFL);
                rc = fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK);
                if (rc < 0) {
+                       rte_errno = errno;
                        ERROR("failed to make Rx interrupt file descriptor"
                              " %d non-blocking for queue index %d", fd, i);
                        priv_rx_intr_vec_disable(priv);
-                       return rc;
+                       return -rte_errno;
                }
                intr_handle->intr_vec[i] = RTE_INTR_VEC_RXTX_OFFSET + count;
                intr_handle->efds[count] = fd;
@@ -3383,7 +3060,7 @@ priv_rx_intr_vec_enable(struct priv *priv)
 static void
 priv_rx_intr_vec_disable(struct priv *priv)
 {
-       struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle = priv->dev->intr_handle;
+       struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle = &priv->intr_handle;
 
        rte_intr_free_epoll_fd(intr_handle);
        free(intr_handle->intr_vec);
@@ -3400,7 +3077,7 @@ priv_rx_intr_vec_disable(struct priv *priv)
  *   Rx queue index.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, negative on failure.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 mlx4_rx_intr_enable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx)
@@ -3413,8 +3090,10 @@ mlx4_rx_intr_enable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx)
                ret = EINVAL;
        else
                ret = ibv_req_notify_cq(rxq->cq, 0);
-       if (ret)
+       if (ret) {
+               rte_errno = ret;
                WARN("unable to arm interrupt on rx queue %d", idx);
+       }
        return -ret;
 }
 
@@ -3427,7 +3106,7 @@ mlx4_rx_intr_enable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx)
  *   Rx queue index.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, negative on failure.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 mlx4_rx_intr_disable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx)
@@ -3445,11 +3124,13 @@ mlx4_rx_intr_disable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx)
                if (ret || ev_cq != rxq->cq)
                        ret = EINVAL;
        }
-       if (ret)
+       if (ret) {
+               rte_errno = ret;
                WARN("unable to disable interrupt on rx queue %d",
                     idx);
-       else
+       } else {
                ibv_ack_cq_events(rxq->cq, 1);
+       }
        return -ret;
 }
 
@@ -3464,7 +3145,7 @@ mlx4_rx_intr_disable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx)
  *   Shared configuration data.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, negative errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 mlx4_arg_parse(const char *key, const char *val, struct mlx4_conf *conf)
@@ -3474,8 +3155,9 @@ mlx4_arg_parse(const char *key, const char *val, struct mlx4_conf *conf)
        errno = 0;
        tmp = strtoul(val, NULL, 0);
        if (errno) {
+               rte_errno = errno;
                WARN("%s: \"%s\" is not a valid integer", key, val);
-               return -errno;
+               return -rte_errno;
        }
        if (strcmp(MLX4_PMD_PORT_KVARG, key) == 0) {
                uint32_t ports = rte_log2_u32(conf->ports.present);
@@ -3486,13 +3168,15 @@ mlx4_arg_parse(const char *key, const char *val, struct mlx4_conf *conf)
                        return -EINVAL;
                }
                if (!(conf->ports.present & (1 << tmp))) {
+                       rte_errno = EINVAL;
                        ERROR("invalid port index %lu", tmp);
-                       return -EINVAL;
+                       return -rte_errno;
                }
                conf->ports.enabled |= 1 << tmp;
        } else {
+               rte_errno = EINVAL;
                WARN("%s: unknown parameter", key);
-               return -EINVAL;
+               return -rte_errno;
        }
        return 0;
 }
@@ -3504,7 +3188,7 @@ mlx4_arg_parse(const char *key, const char *val, struct mlx4_conf *conf)
  *   Device arguments structure.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, negative errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 mlx4_args(struct rte_devargs *devargs, struct mlx4_conf *conf)
@@ -3518,8 +3202,9 @@ mlx4_args(struct rte_devargs *devargs, struct mlx4_conf *conf)
                return 0;
        kvlist = rte_kvargs_parse(devargs->args, pmd_mlx4_init_params);
        if (kvlist == NULL) {
+               rte_errno = EINVAL;
                ERROR("failed to parse kvargs");
-               return -EINVAL;
+               return -rte_errno;
        }
        /* Process parameters. */
        for (i = 0; pmd_mlx4_init_params[i]; ++i) {
@@ -3555,7 +3240,7 @@ static struct rte_pci_driver mlx4_driver;
  *   PCI device information.
  *
  * @return
- *   0 on success, negative errno value on failure.
+ *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
  */
 static int
 mlx4_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv, struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
@@ -3573,13 +3258,13 @@ mlx4_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv, struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 
        (void)pci_drv;
        assert(pci_drv == &mlx4_driver);
-
        list = ibv_get_device_list(&i);
        if (list == NULL) {
-               assert(errno);
-               if (errno == ENOSYS)
+               rte_errno = errno;
+               assert(rte_errno);
+               if (rte_errno == ENOSYS)
                        ERROR("cannot list devices, is ib_uverbs loaded?");
-               return -errno;
+               return -rte_errno;
        }
        assert(i >= 0);
        /*
@@ -3610,28 +3295,29 @@ mlx4_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv, struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
                ibv_free_device_list(list);
                switch (err) {
                case 0:
+                       rte_errno = ENODEV;
                        ERROR("cannot access device, is mlx4_ib loaded?");
-                       return -ENODEV;
+                       return -rte_errno;
                case EINVAL:
+                       rte_errno = EINVAL;
                        ERROR("cannot use device, are drivers up to date?");
-                       return -EINVAL;
+                       return -rte_errno;
                }
                assert(err > 0);
-               return -err;
+               rte_errno = err;
+               return -rte_errno;
        }
        ibv_dev = list[i];
-
        DEBUG("device opened");
        if (ibv_query_device(attr_ctx, &device_attr)) {
-               err = ENODEV;
+               rte_errno = ENODEV;
                goto error;
        }
        INFO("%u port(s) detected", device_attr.phys_port_cnt);
-
        conf.ports.present |= (UINT64_C(1) << device_attr.phys_port_cnt) - 1;
        if (mlx4_args(pci_dev->device.devargs, &conf)) {
                ERROR("failed to process device arguments");
-               err = EINVAL;
+               rte_errno = EINVAL;
                goto error;
        }
        /* Use all ports when none are defined */
@@ -3644,101 +3330,60 @@ mlx4_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv, struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
                struct ibv_pd *pd = NULL;
                struct priv *priv = NULL;
                struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev = NULL;
-               struct ibv_exp_device_attr exp_device_attr;
                struct ether_addr mac;
 
                /* If port is not enabled, skip. */
                if (!(conf.ports.enabled & (1 << i)))
                        continue;
-               exp_device_attr.comp_mask = IBV_EXP_DEVICE_ATTR_EXP_CAP_FLAGS;
-
                DEBUG("using port %u", port);
-
                ctx = ibv_open_device(ibv_dev);
                if (ctx == NULL) {
-                       err = ENODEV;
+                       rte_errno = ENODEV;
                        goto port_error;
                }
-
                /* Check port status. */
                err = ibv_query_port(ctx, port, &port_attr);
                if (err) {
-                       ERROR("port query failed: %s", strerror(err));
-                       err = ENODEV;
+                       rte_errno = err;
+                       ERROR("port query failed: %s", strerror(rte_errno));
                        goto port_error;
                }
-
                if (port_attr.link_layer != IBV_LINK_LAYER_ETHERNET) {
+                       rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
                        ERROR("port %d is not configured in Ethernet mode",
                              port);
-                       err = EINVAL;
                        goto port_error;
                }
-
                if (port_attr.state != IBV_PORT_ACTIVE)
                        DEBUG("port %d is not active: \"%s\" (%d)",
                              port, ibv_port_state_str(port_attr.state),
                              port_attr.state);
-
                /* Allocate protection domain. */
                pd = ibv_alloc_pd(ctx);
                if (pd == NULL) {
+                       rte_errno = ENOMEM;
                        ERROR("PD allocation failure");
-                       err = ENOMEM;
                        goto port_error;
                }
-
                /* from rte_ethdev.c */
                priv = rte_zmalloc("ethdev private structure",
                                   sizeof(*priv),
                                   RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
                if (priv == NULL) {
+                       rte_errno = ENOMEM;
                        ERROR("priv allocation failure");
-                       err = ENOMEM;
                        goto port_error;
                }
-
                priv->ctx = ctx;
                priv->device_attr = device_attr;
                priv->port = port;
                priv->pd = pd;
                priv->mtu = ETHER_MTU;
-               if (ibv_exp_query_device(ctx, &exp_device_attr)) {
-                       ERROR("ibv_exp_query_device() failed");
-                       err = ENODEV;
-                       goto port_error;
-               }
-
-               priv->inl_recv_size = mlx4_getenv_int("MLX4_INLINE_RECV_SIZE");
-
-               if (priv->inl_recv_size) {
-                       exp_device_attr.comp_mask =
-                               IBV_EXP_DEVICE_ATTR_INLINE_RECV_SZ;
-                       if (ibv_exp_query_device(ctx, &exp_device_attr)) {
-                               INFO("Couldn't query device for inline-receive"
-                                    " capabilities.");
-                               priv->inl_recv_size = 0;
-                       } else {
-                               if ((unsigned)exp_device_attr.inline_recv_sz <
-                                   priv->inl_recv_size) {
-                                       INFO("Max inline-receive (%d) <"
-                                            " requested inline-receive (%u)",
-                                            exp_device_attr.inline_recv_sz,
-                                            priv->inl_recv_size);
-                                       priv->inl_recv_size =
-                                               exp_device_attr.inline_recv_sz;
-                               }
-                       }
-                       INFO("Set inline receive size to %u",
-                            priv->inl_recv_size);
-               }
-
                priv->vf = vf;
                /* Configure the first MAC address by default. */
                if (priv_get_mac(priv, &mac.addr_bytes)) {
                        ERROR("cannot get MAC address, is mlx4_en loaded?"
-                             " (errno: %s)", strerror(errno));
-                       err = ENODEV;
+                             " (rte_errno: %s)", strerror(rte_errno));
                        goto port_error;
                }
                INFO("port %u MAC address is %02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x",
@@ -3764,7 +3409,6 @@ mlx4_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv, struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
                /* Get actual MTU if possible. */
                priv_get_mtu(priv, &priv->mtu);
                DEBUG("port %u MTU is %u", priv->port, priv->mtu);
-
                /* from rte_ethdev.c */
                {
                        char name[RTE_ETH_NAME_MAX_LEN];
@@ -3775,31 +3419,35 @@ mlx4_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv, struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
                }
                if (eth_dev == NULL) {
                        ERROR("can not allocate rte ethdev");
-                       err = ENOMEM;
+                       rte_errno = ENOMEM;
                        goto port_error;
                }
-
                eth_dev->data->dev_private = priv;
                eth_dev->data->mac_addrs = &priv->mac;
                eth_dev->device = &pci_dev->device;
-
                rte_eth_copy_pci_info(eth_dev, pci_dev);
-
                eth_dev->device->driver = &mlx4_driver.driver;
-
+               /* Initialize local interrupt handle for current port. */
+               priv->intr_handle = (struct rte_intr_handle){
+                       .fd = -1,
+                       .type = RTE_INTR_HANDLE_EXT,
+               };
                /*
-                * Copy and override interrupt handle to prevent it from
-                * being shared between all ethdev instances of a given PCI
-                * device. This is required to properly handle Rx interrupts
-                * on all ports.
+                * Override ethdev interrupt handle pointer with private
+                * handle instead of that of the parent PCI device used by
+                * default. This prevents it from being shared between all
+                * ports of the same PCI device since each of them is
+                * associated its own Verbs context.
+                *
+                * Rx interrupts in particular require this as the PMD has
+                * no control over the registration of queue interrupts
+                * besides setting up eth_dev->intr_handle, the rest is
+                * handled by rte_intr_rx_ctl().
                 */
-               priv->intr_handle_dev = *eth_dev->intr_handle;
-               eth_dev->intr_handle = &priv->intr_handle_dev;
-
+               eth_dev->intr_handle = &priv->intr_handle;
                priv->dev = eth_dev;
                eth_dev->dev_ops = &mlx4_dev_ops;
                eth_dev->data->dev_flags |= RTE_ETH_DEV_DETACHABLE;
-
                /* Bring Ethernet device up. */
                DEBUG("forcing Ethernet interface up");
                priv_set_flags(priv, ~IFF_UP, IFF_UP);
@@ -3807,7 +3455,6 @@ mlx4_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv, struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
                if (eth_dev->data->dev_flags & RTE_ETH_DEV_INTR_LSC)
                        mlx4_link_update(eth_dev, 0);
                continue;
-
 port_error:
                rte_free(priv);
                if (pd)
@@ -3820,21 +3467,19 @@ port_error:
        }
        if (i == device_attr.phys_port_cnt)
                return 0;
-
        /*
         * XXX if something went wrong in the loop above, there is a resource
         * leak (ctx, pd, priv, dpdk ethdev) but we can do nothing about it as
         * long as the dpdk does not provide a way to deallocate a ethdev and a
         * way to enumerate the registered ethdevs to free the previous ones.
         */
-
 error:
        if (attr_ctx)
                claim_zero(ibv_close_device(attr_ctx));
        if (list)
                ibv_free_device_list(list);
-       assert(err >= 0);
-       return -err;
+       assert(rte_errno >= 0);
+       return -rte_errno;
 }
 
 static const struct rte_pci_id mlx4_pci_id_map[] = {
@@ -3872,7 +3517,6 @@ RTE_INIT(rte_mlx4_pmd_init);
 static void
 rte_mlx4_pmd_init(void)
 {
-       RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(wr_id_t) != sizeof(uint64_t));
        /*
         * RDMAV_HUGEPAGES_SAFE tells ibv_fork_init() we intend to use
         * huge pages. Calling ibv_fork_init() during init allows