tailq: remove unneeded inclusions
[dpdk.git] / lib / librte_eal / linuxapp / eal / eal_memory.c
index 7357a12..5f9f92e 100644 (file)
@@ -1,37 +1,67 @@
 /*-
  *   BSD LICENSE
- * 
- *   Copyright(c) 2010-2012 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *   Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
  *   All rights reserved.
- * 
- *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 
- *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 
+ *
+ *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ *   are met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+ *       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ *       distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
+ *       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+ *       from this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ *   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ *   "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ *   LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ *   A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ *   OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ *   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ *   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ *   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ *   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+/*   BSD LICENSE
+ *
+ *   Copyright(c) 2013 6WIND.
+ *
+ *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
  *   are met:
- * 
- *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
  *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 
- *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in 
- *       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the 
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+ *       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
  *       distribution.
- *     * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its 
- *       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived 
+ *     * Neither the name of 6WIND S.A. nor the names of its
+ *       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
  *       from this software without specific prior written permission.
- * 
- *   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS 
- *   "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT 
- *   LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR 
- *   A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT 
- *   OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, 
- *   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT 
- *   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 
- *   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 
- *   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 
- *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE 
+ *
+ *   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ *   "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ *   LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ *   A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ *   OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ *   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ *   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ *   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ *   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
  *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
- * 
  */
 
+#define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/queue.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/file.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
 
 #include <rte_log.h>
 #include <rte_memory.h>
 #include <rte_memzone.h>
 #include <rte_launch.h>
-#include <rte_tailq.h>
 #include <rte_eal.h>
+#include <rte_eal_memconfig.h>
 #include <rte_per_lcore.h>
 #include <rte_lcore.h>
 #include <rte_common.h>
  * zone as well as a physical contiguous zone.
  */
 
+static uint64_t baseaddr_offset;
 
 #define RANDOMIZE_VA_SPACE_FILE "/proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space"
 
+/* Lock page in physical memory and prevent from swapping. */
+int
+rte_mem_lock_page(const void *virt)
+{
+       unsigned long virtual = (unsigned long)virt;
+       int page_size = getpagesize();
+       unsigned long aligned = (virtual & ~ (page_size - 1));
+       return mlock((void*)aligned, page_size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Get physical address of any mapped virtual address in the current process.
+ */
+phys_addr_t
+rte_mem_virt2phy(const void *virtaddr)
+{
+       int fd;
+       uint64_t page, physaddr;
+       unsigned long virt_pfn;
+       int page_size;
+       off_t offset;
+
+       /* standard page size */
+       page_size = getpagesize();
+
+       fd = open("/proc/self/pagemap", O_RDONLY);
+       if (fd < 0) {
+               RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s(): cannot open /proc/self/pagemap: %s\n",
+                       __func__, strerror(errno));
+               return RTE_BAD_PHYS_ADDR;
+       }
+
+       virt_pfn = (unsigned long)virtaddr / page_size;
+       offset = sizeof(uint64_t) * virt_pfn;
+       if (lseek(fd, offset, SEEK_SET) == (off_t) -1) {
+               RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s(): seek error in /proc/self/pagemap: %s\n",
+                               __func__, strerror(errno));
+               close(fd);
+               return RTE_BAD_PHYS_ADDR;
+       }
+       if (read(fd, &page, sizeof(uint64_t)) < 0) {
+               RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s(): cannot read /proc/self/pagemap: %s\n",
+                               __func__, strerror(errno));
+               close(fd);
+               return RTE_BAD_PHYS_ADDR;
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * the pfn (page frame number) are bits 0-54 (see
+        * pagemap.txt in linux Documentation)
+        */
+       physaddr = ((page & 0x7fffffffffffffULL) * page_size)
+               + ((unsigned long)virtaddr % page_size);
+       close(fd);
+       return physaddr;
+}
+
+/*
+ * For each hugepage in hugepg_tbl, fill the physaddr value. We find
+ * it by browsing the /proc/self/pagemap special file.
+ */
+static int
+find_physaddrs(struct hugepage_file *hugepg_tbl, struct hugepage_info *hpi)
+{
+       unsigned i;
+       phys_addr_t addr;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < hpi->num_pages[0]; i++) {
+               addr = rte_mem_virt2phy(hugepg_tbl[i].orig_va);
+               if (addr == RTE_BAD_PHYS_ADDR)
+                       return -1;
+               hugepg_tbl[i].physaddr = addr;
+       }
+       return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Check whether address-space layout randomization is enabled in
  * the kernel. This is important for multi-process as it can prevent
@@ -112,20 +220,26 @@ aslr_enabled(void)
 }
 
 /*
- * Try to mmap *size bytes in /dev/zero. If it is succesful, return the
+ * Try to mmap *size bytes in /dev/zero. If it is successful, return the
  * pointer to the mmap'd area and keep *size unmodified. Else, retry
  * with a smaller zone: decrease *size by hugepage_sz until it reaches
  * 0. In this case, return NULL. Note: this function returns an address
  * which is a multiple of hugepage size.
  */
 static void *
-get_virtual_area(uint64_t *size, uint64_t hugepage_sz)
+get_virtual_area(size_t *size, size_t hugepage_sz)
 {
        void *addr;
        int fd;
        long aligned_addr;
 
-       RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "Ask a virtual area of 0x%"PRIx64" bytes\n", *size);
+       if (internal_config.base_virtaddr != 0) {
+               addr = (void*) (uintptr_t) (internal_config.base_virtaddr +
+                               baseaddr_offset);
+       }
+       else addr = NULL;
+
+       RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "Ask a virtual area of 0x%zx bytes\n", *size);
 
        fd = open("/dev/zero", O_RDONLY);
        if (fd < 0){
@@ -133,7 +247,8 @@ get_virtual_area(uint64_t *size, uint64_t hugepage_sz)
                return NULL;
        }
        do {
-               addr = mmap(NULL, (*size) + hugepage_sz, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
+               addr = mmap(addr,
+                               (*size) + hugepage_sz, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
                if (addr == MAP_FAILED)
                        *size -= hugepage_sz;
        } while (addr == MAP_FAILED && *size > 0);
@@ -153,9 +268,12 @@ get_virtual_area(uint64_t *size, uint64_t hugepage_sz)
        aligned_addr &= (~(hugepage_sz - 1));
        addr = (void *)(aligned_addr);
 
-       RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "Virtual area found at %p (size = 0x%"PRIx64")\n",
+       RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "Virtual area found at %p (size = 0x%zx)\n",
                addr, *size);
 
+       /* increment offset */
+       baseaddr_offset += *size;
+
        return addr;
 }
 
@@ -167,14 +285,18 @@ get_virtual_area(uint64_t *size, uint64_t hugepage_sz)
  * map continguous physical blocks in contiguous virtual blocks.
  */
 static int
-map_all_hugepages(struct hugepage *hugepg_tbl,
+map_all_hugepages(struct hugepage_file *hugepg_tbl,
                struct hugepage_info *hpi, int orig)
 {
        int fd;
        unsigned i;
        void *virtaddr;
        void *vma_addr = NULL;
-       uint64_t vma_len = 0;
+       size_t vma_len = 0;
+
+#ifdef RTE_EAL_SINGLE_FILE_SEGMENTS
+       RTE_SET_USED(vma_len);
+#endif
 
        for (i = 0; i < hpi->num_pages[0]; i++) {
                uint64_t hugepage_sz = hpi->hugepage_sz;
@@ -182,21 +304,30 @@ map_all_hugepages(struct hugepage *hugepg_tbl,
                if (orig) {
                        hugepg_tbl[i].file_id = i;
                        hugepg_tbl[i].size = hugepage_sz;
+#ifdef RTE_EAL_SINGLE_FILE_SEGMENTS
+                       eal_get_hugefile_temp_path(hugepg_tbl[i].filepath,
+                                       sizeof(hugepg_tbl[i].filepath), hpi->hugedir,
+                                       hugepg_tbl[i].file_id);
+#else
                        eal_get_hugefile_path(hugepg_tbl[i].filepath,
                                        sizeof(hugepg_tbl[i].filepath), hpi->hugedir,
                                        hugepg_tbl[i].file_id);
+#endif
                        hugepg_tbl[i].filepath[sizeof(hugepg_tbl[i].filepath) - 1] = '\0';
                }
-#ifndef RTE_ARCH_X86_64
-               /* for 32-bit systems, don't remap 1G pages, just reuse original
-                * map address as final map address.
+#ifndef RTE_ARCH_64
+               /* for 32-bit systems, don't remap 1G and 16G pages, just reuse
+                * original map address as final map address.
                 */
-               else if (hugepage_sz == RTE_PGSIZE_1G){
+               else if ((hugepage_sz == RTE_PGSIZE_1G)
+                       || (hugepage_sz == RTE_PGSIZE_16G)) {
                        hugepg_tbl[i].final_va = hugepg_tbl[i].orig_va;
                        hugepg_tbl[i].orig_va = NULL;
                        continue;
                }
 #endif
+
+#ifndef RTE_EAL_SINGLE_FILE_SEGMENTS
                else if (vma_len == 0) {
                        unsigned j, num_pages;
 
@@ -204,9 +335,17 @@ map_all_hugepages(struct hugepage *hugepg_tbl,
                         * physical block: count the number of
                         * contiguous physical pages. */
                        for (j = i+1; j < hpi->num_pages[0] ; j++) {
+#ifdef RTE_ARCH_PPC_64
+                               /* The physical addresses are sorted in
+                                * descending order on PPC64 */
+                               if (hugepg_tbl[j].physaddr !=
+                                   hugepg_tbl[j-1].physaddr - hugepage_sz)
+                                       break;
+#else
                                if (hugepg_tbl[j].physaddr !=
                                    hugepg_tbl[j-1].physaddr + hugepage_sz)
                                        break;
+#endif
                        }
                        num_pages = j - i;
                        vma_len = num_pages * hugepage_sz;
@@ -218,7 +357,9 @@ map_all_hugepages(struct hugepage *hugepg_tbl,
                        if (vma_addr == NULL)
                                vma_len = hugepage_sz;
                }
+#endif
 
+               /* try to create hugepage file */
                fd = open(hugepg_tbl[i].filepath, O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0755);
                if (fd < 0) {
                        RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s(): open failed: %s\n", __func__,
@@ -243,84 +384,215 @@ map_all_hugepages(struct hugepage *hugepg_tbl,
                        hugepg_tbl[i].final_va = virtaddr;
                }
 
+               /* set shared flock on the file. */
+               if (flock(fd, LOCK_SH | LOCK_NB) == -1) {
+                       RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s(): Locking file failed:%s \n",
+                               __func__, strerror(errno));
+                       close(fd);
+                       return -1;
+               }
+
+               close(fd);
+
                vma_addr = (char *)vma_addr + hugepage_sz;
                vma_len -= hugepage_sz;
-               close(fd);
        }
        return 0;
 }
 
-/* Unmap all hugepages from original mapping. */
-static int
-unmap_all_hugepages_orig(struct hugepage *hugepg_tbl, struct hugepage_info *hpi)
-{
-       unsigned i;
-       for (i = 0; i < hpi->num_pages[0]; i++) {
-               if (hugepg_tbl[i].orig_va) {
-                       munmap(hugepg_tbl[i].orig_va, hpi->hugepage_sz);
-                       hugepg_tbl[i].orig_va = NULL;
-               }
-       }
-       return 0;
-}
+#ifdef RTE_EAL_SINGLE_FILE_SEGMENTS
 
 /*
- * For each hugepage in hugepg_tbl, fill the physaddr value. We find
- * it by browsing the /proc/self/pagemap special file.
+ * Remaps all hugepages into single file segments
  */
 static int
-find_physaddr(struct hugepage *hugepg_tbl, struct hugepage_info *hpi)
+remap_all_hugepages(struct hugepage_file *hugepg_tbl, struct hugepage_info *hpi)
 {
        int fd;
-       unsigned i;
-       uint64_t page;
-       unsigned long virt_pfn;
-       int page_size;
+       unsigned i = 0, j, num_pages, page_idx = 0;
+       void *vma_addr = NULL, *old_addr = NULL, *page_addr = NULL;
+       size_t vma_len = 0;
+       size_t hugepage_sz = hpi->hugepage_sz;
+       size_t total_size, offset;
+       char filepath[MAX_HUGEPAGE_PATH];
+       phys_addr_t physaddr;
+       int socket;
+
+       while (i < hpi->num_pages[0]) {
+
+#ifndef RTE_ARCH_64
+               /* for 32-bit systems, don't remap 1G pages and 16G pages,
+                * just reuse original map address as final map address.
+                */
+               if ((hugepage_sz == RTE_PGSIZE_1G)
+                       || (hugepage_sz == RTE_PGSIZE_16G)) {
+                       hugepg_tbl[i].final_va = hugepg_tbl[i].orig_va;
+                       hugepg_tbl[i].orig_va = NULL;
+                       i++;
+                       continue;
+               }
+#endif
 
-       /* standard page size */
-       page_size = getpagesize();
+               /* reserve a virtual area for next contiguous
+                * physical block: count the number of
+                * contiguous physical pages. */
+               for (j = i+1; j < hpi->num_pages[0] ; j++) {
+#ifdef RTE_ARCH_PPC_64
+                       /* The physical addresses are sorted in descending
+                        * order on PPC64 */
+                       if (hugepg_tbl[j].physaddr !=
+                               hugepg_tbl[j-1].physaddr - hugepage_sz)
+                               break;
+#else
+                       if (hugepg_tbl[j].physaddr !=
+                               hugepg_tbl[j-1].physaddr + hugepage_sz)
+                               break;
+#endif
+               }
+               num_pages = j - i;
+               vma_len = num_pages * hugepage_sz;
 
-       fd = open("/proc/self/pagemap", O_RDONLY);
-       if (fd < 0) {
-               RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s(): cannot open /proc/self/pagemap: %s\n",
-                       __func__, strerror(errno));
-               return -1;
-       }
+               socket = hugepg_tbl[i].socket_id;
 
-       for (i = 0; i < hpi->num_pages[0]; i++) {
-               off_t offset;
-               virt_pfn = (unsigned long)hugepg_tbl[i].orig_va /
-                       page_size;
-               offset = sizeof(uint64_t) * virt_pfn;
-               if (lseek(fd, offset, SEEK_SET) != offset){
-                       RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s(): seek error in /proc/self/pagemap: %s\n",
-                                       __func__, strerror(errno));
-                       close(fd);
+               /* get the biggest virtual memory area up to
+                * vma_len. If it fails, vma_addr is NULL, so
+                * let the kernel provide the address. */
+               vma_addr = get_virtual_area(&vma_len, hpi->hugepage_sz);
+
+               /* If we can't find a big enough virtual area, work out how many pages
+                * we are going to get */
+               if (vma_addr == NULL)
+                       j = i + 1;
+               else if (vma_len != num_pages * hugepage_sz) {
+                       num_pages = vma_len / hugepage_sz;
+                       j = i + num_pages;
+
+               }
+
+               hugepg_tbl[page_idx].file_id = page_idx;
+               eal_get_hugefile_path(filepath,
+                               sizeof(filepath),
+                               hpi->hugedir,
+                               hugepg_tbl[page_idx].file_id);
+
+               /* try to create hugepage file */
+               fd = open(filepath, O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0755);
+               if (fd < 0) {
+                       RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s(): open failed: %s\n", __func__, strerror(errno));
                        return -1;
                }
-               if (read(fd, &page, sizeof(uint64_t)) < 0) {
-                       RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s(): cannot read /proc/self/pagemap: %s\n",
-                                       __func__, strerror(errno));
+
+               total_size = 0;
+               for (;i < j; i++) {
+
+                       /* unmap current segment */
+                       if (total_size > 0)
+                               munmap(vma_addr, total_size);
+
+                       /* unmap original page */
+                       munmap(hugepg_tbl[i].orig_va, hugepage_sz);
+                       unlink(hugepg_tbl[i].filepath);
+
+                       total_size += hugepage_sz;
+
+                       old_addr = vma_addr;
+
+                       /* map new, bigger segment */
+                       vma_addr = mmap(vma_addr, total_size,
+                                       PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+
+                       if (vma_addr == MAP_FAILED || vma_addr != old_addr) {
+                               RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s(): mmap failed: %s\n", __func__, strerror(errno));
+                               close(fd);
+                               return -1;
+                       }
+
+                       /* touch the page. this is needed because kernel postpones mapping
+                        * creation until the first page fault. with this, we pin down
+                        * the page and it is marked as used and gets into process' pagemap.
+                        */
+                       for (offset = 0; offset < total_size; offset += hugepage_sz)
+                               *((volatile uint8_t*) RTE_PTR_ADD(vma_addr, offset));
+               }
+
+               /* set shared flock on the file. */
+               if (flock(fd, LOCK_SH | LOCK_NB) == -1) {
+                       RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s(): Locking file failed:%s \n",
+                               __func__, strerror(errno));
                        close(fd);
                        return -1;
                }
 
-               /*
-                * the pfn (page frame number) are bits 0-54 (see
-                * pagemap.txt in linux Documentation)
+               snprintf(hugepg_tbl[page_idx].filepath, MAX_HUGEPAGE_PATH, "%s",
+                               filepath);
+
+               physaddr = rte_mem_virt2phy(vma_addr);
+
+               if (physaddr == RTE_BAD_PHYS_ADDR)
+                       return -1;
+
+               hugepg_tbl[page_idx].final_va = vma_addr;
+
+               hugepg_tbl[page_idx].physaddr = physaddr;
+
+               hugepg_tbl[page_idx].repeated = num_pages;
+
+               hugepg_tbl[page_idx].socket_id = socket;
+
+               close(fd);
+
+               /* verify the memory segment - that is, check that every VA corresponds
+                * to the physical address we expect to see
                 */
-               hugepg_tbl[i].physaddr = ((page & 0x7fffffffffffffULL) * page_size);
+               for (offset = 0; offset < vma_len; offset += hugepage_sz) {
+                       uint64_t expected_physaddr;
+
+                       expected_physaddr = hugepg_tbl[page_idx].physaddr + offset;
+                       page_addr = RTE_PTR_ADD(vma_addr, offset);
+                       physaddr = rte_mem_virt2phy(page_addr);
+
+                       if (physaddr != expected_physaddr) {
+                               RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Segment sanity check failed: wrong physaddr "
+                                               "at %p (offset 0x%" PRIx64 ": 0x%" PRIx64
+                                               " (expected 0x%" PRIx64 ")\n",
+                                               page_addr, offset, physaddr, expected_physaddr);
+                               return -1;
+                       }
+               }
+
+               /* zero out the whole segment */
+               memset(hugepg_tbl[page_idx].final_va, 0, total_size);
+
+               page_idx++;
        }
-       close(fd);
-       return 0;
+
+       /* zero out the rest */
+       memset(&hugepg_tbl[page_idx], 0, (hpi->num_pages[0] - page_idx) * sizeof(struct hugepage_file));
+       return page_idx;
+}
+#else/* RTE_EAL_SINGLE_FILE_SEGMENTS=n */
+
+/* Unmap all hugepages from original mapping */
+static int
+unmap_all_hugepages_orig(struct hugepage_file *hugepg_tbl, struct hugepage_info *hpi)
+{
+        unsigned i;
+        for (i = 0; i < hpi->num_pages[0]; i++) {
+                if (hugepg_tbl[i].orig_va) {
+                        munmap(hugepg_tbl[i].orig_va, hpi->hugepage_sz);
+                        hugepg_tbl[i].orig_va = NULL;
+                }
+        }
+        return 0;
 }
+#endif /* RTE_EAL_SINGLE_FILE_SEGMENTS */
 
 /*
  * Parse /proc/self/numa_maps to get the NUMA socket ID for each huge
  * page.
  */
 static int
-find_numasocket(struct hugepage *hugepg_tbl, struct hugepage_info *hpi)
+find_numasocket(struct hugepage_file *hugepg_tbl, struct hugepage_info *hpi)
 {
        int socket_id;
        char *end, *nodestr;
@@ -337,8 +609,8 @@ find_numasocket(struct hugepage *hugepg_tbl, struct hugepage_info *hpi)
                return 0;
        }
 
-       rte_snprintf(hugedir_str, sizeof(hugedir_str),
-                       "%s/", hpi->hugedir);
+       snprintf(hugedir_str, sizeof(hugedir_str),
+                       "%s/%s", hpi->hugedir, internal_config.hugefile_prefix);
 
        /* parse numa map */
        while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f) != NULL) {
@@ -398,21 +670,21 @@ error:
 }
 
 /*
- * Sort the hugepg_tbl by physical address (lower addresses first). We
- * use a slow algorithm, but we won't have millions of pages, and this
- * is only done at init time.
+ * Sort the hugepg_tbl by physical address (lower addresses first on x86,
+ * higher address first on powerpc). We use a slow algorithm, but we won't
+ * have millions of pages, and this is only done at init time.
  */
 static int
-sort_by_physaddr(struct hugepage *hugepg_tbl, struct hugepage_info *hpi)
+sort_by_physaddr(struct hugepage_file *hugepg_tbl, struct hugepage_info *hpi)
 {
        unsigned i, j;
-       int smallest_idx;
-       uint64_t smallest_addr;
-       struct hugepage tmp;
+       int compare_idx;
+       uint64_t compare_addr;
+       struct hugepage_file tmp;
 
        for (i = 0; i < hpi->num_pages[0]; i++) {
-               smallest_addr = 0;
-               smallest_idx = -1;
+               compare_addr = 0;
+               compare_idx = -1;
 
                /*
                 * browse all entries starting at 'i', and find the
@@ -420,24 +692,29 @@ sort_by_physaddr(struct hugepage *hugepg_tbl, struct hugepage_info *hpi)
                 */
                for (j=i; j< hpi->num_pages[0]; j++) {
 
-                       if (smallest_addr == 0 ||
-                           hugepg_tbl[j].physaddr < smallest_addr) {
-                               smallest_addr = hugepg_tbl[j].physaddr;
-                               smallest_idx = j;
+                       if (compare_addr == 0 ||
+#ifdef RTE_ARCH_PPC_64
+                               hugepg_tbl[j].physaddr > compare_addr) {
+#else
+                               hugepg_tbl[j].physaddr < compare_addr) {
+#endif
+                               compare_addr = hugepg_tbl[j].physaddr;
+                               compare_idx = j;
                        }
                }
 
                /* should not happen */
-               if (smallest_idx == -1) {
+               if (compare_idx == -1) {
                        RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s(): error in physaddr sorting\n", __func__);
                        return -1;
                }
 
                /* swap the 2 entries in the table */
-               memcpy(&tmp, &hugepg_tbl[smallest_idx], sizeof(struct hugepage));
-               memcpy(&hugepg_tbl[smallest_idx], &hugepg_tbl[i],
-                               sizeof(struct hugepage));
-               memcpy(&hugepg_tbl[i], &tmp, sizeof(struct hugepage));
+               memcpy(&tmp, &hugepg_tbl[compare_idx],
+                       sizeof(struct hugepage_file));
+               memcpy(&hugepg_tbl[compare_idx], &hugepg_tbl[i],
+                       sizeof(struct hugepage_file));
+               memcpy(&hugepg_tbl[i], &tmp, sizeof(struct hugepage_file));
        }
        return 0;
 }
@@ -467,8 +744,8 @@ create_shared_memory(const char *filename, const size_t mem_size)
  * destination is typically the shared memory.
  */
 static int
-copy_hugepages_to_shared_mem(struct hugepage * dst, int dest_size,
-               const struct hugepage * src, int src_size)
+copy_hugepages_to_shared_mem(struct hugepage_file * dst, int dest_size,
+               const struct hugepage_file * src, int src_size)
 {
        int src_pos, dst_pos = 0;
 
@@ -477,7 +754,7 @@ copy_hugepages_to_shared_mem(struct hugepage * dst, int dest_size,
                        /* error on overflow attempt */
                        if (dst_pos == dest_size)
                                return -1;
-                       memcpy(&dst[dst_pos], &src[src_pos], sizeof(struct hugepage));
+                       memcpy(&dst[dst_pos], &src[src_pos], sizeof(struct hugepage_file));
                        dst_pos++;
                }
        }
@@ -489,13 +766,12 @@ copy_hugepages_to_shared_mem(struct hugepage * dst, int dest_size,
  * ALL hugepages (not just those we need), additional unmapping needs to be done.
  */
 static int
-unmap_unneeded_hugepages(struct hugepage *hugepg_tbl,
+unmap_unneeded_hugepages(struct hugepage_file *hugepg_tbl,
                struct hugepage_info *hpi,
                unsigned num_hp_info)
 {
        unsigned socket, size;
        int page, nrpages = 0;
-       int fd;
 
        /* get total number of hugepages */
        for (size = 0; size < num_hp_info; size++)
@@ -505,9 +781,16 @@ unmap_unneeded_hugepages(struct hugepage *hugepg_tbl,
        for (size = 0; size < num_hp_info; size++) {
                for (socket = 0; socket < RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES; socket++) {
                        unsigned pages_found = 0;
+
                        /* traverse until we have unmapped all the unused pages */
                        for (page = 0; page < nrpages; page++) {
-                               struct hugepage *hp = &hugepg_tbl[page];
+                               struct hugepage_file *hp = &hugepg_tbl[page];
+
+#ifdef RTE_EAL_SINGLE_FILE_SEGMENTS
+                               /* if this page was already cleared */
+                               if (hp->final_va == NULL)
+                                       continue;
+#endif
 
                                /* find a page that matches the criteria */
                                if ((hp->size == hpi[size].hugepage_sz) &&
@@ -515,12 +798,68 @@ unmap_unneeded_hugepages(struct hugepage *hugepg_tbl,
 
                                        /* if we skipped enough pages, unmap the rest */
                                        if (pages_found == hpi[size].num_pages[socket]) {
-                                               munmap(hp->final_va, hp->size);
+                                               uint64_t unmap_len;
+
+#ifdef RTE_EAL_SINGLE_FILE_SEGMENTS
+                                               unmap_len = hp->size * hp->repeated;
+#else
+                                               unmap_len = hp->size;
+#endif
+
+                                               /* get start addr and len of the remaining segment */
+                                               munmap(hp->final_va, (size_t) unmap_len);
+
                                                hp->final_va = NULL;
+                                               if (unlink(hp->filepath) == -1) {
+                                                       RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s(): Removing %s failed: %s\n",
+                                                                       __func__, hp->filepath, strerror(errno));
+                                                       return -1;
+                                               }
                                        }
+#ifdef RTE_EAL_SINGLE_FILE_SEGMENTS
+                                       /* else, check how much do we need to map */
                                        else {
-                                               pages_found++;
+                                               int nr_pg_left =
+                                                               hpi[size].num_pages[socket] - pages_found;
+
+                                               /* if we need enough memory to fit into the segment */
+                                               if (hp->repeated <= nr_pg_left) {
+                                                       pages_found += hp->repeated;
+                                               }
+                                               /* truncate the segment */
+                                               else {
+                                                       uint64_t final_size = nr_pg_left * hp->size;
+                                                       uint64_t seg_size = hp->repeated * hp->size;
+
+                                                       void * unmap_va = RTE_PTR_ADD(hp->final_va,
+                                                                       final_size);
+                                                       int fd;
+
+                                                       munmap(unmap_va, seg_size - final_size);
+
+                                                       fd = open(hp->filepath, O_RDWR);
+                                                       if (fd < 0) {
+                                                               RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Cannot open %s: %s\n",
+                                                                               hp->filepath, strerror(errno));
+                                                               return -1;
+                                                       }
+                                                       if (ftruncate(fd, final_size) < 0) {
+                                                               RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Cannot truncate %s: %s\n",
+                                                                               hp->filepath, strerror(errno));
+                                                               return -1;
+                                                       }
+                                                       close(fd);
+
+                                                       pages_found += nr_pg_left;
+                                                       hp->repeated = nr_pg_left;
+                                               }
                                        }
+#else
+                                       /* else, lock the page and skip */
+                                       else
+                                               pages_found++;
+#endif
+
                                } /* match page */
                        } /* foreach page */
                } /* foreach socket */
@@ -565,13 +904,53 @@ calc_num_pages_per_socket(uint64_t * memory,
        if (num_hp_info == 0)
                return -1;
 
-       for (socket = 0; socket < RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES && total_mem != 0; socket++) {
-               /* if specific memory amounts per socket weren't requested */
-               if (internal_config.force_sockets == 0) {
+       /* if specific memory amounts per socket weren't requested */
+       if (internal_config.force_sockets == 0) {
+               int cpu_per_socket[RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES];
+               size_t default_size, total_size;
+               unsigned lcore_id;
+
+               /* Compute number of cores per socket */
+               memset(cpu_per_socket, 0, sizeof(cpu_per_socket));
+               RTE_LCORE_FOREACH(lcore_id) {
+                       cpu_per_socket[rte_lcore_to_socket_id(lcore_id)]++;
+               }
+
+               /*
+                * Automatically spread requested memory amongst detected sockets according
+                * to number of cores from cpu mask present on each socket
+                */
+               total_size = internal_config.memory;
+               for (socket = 0; socket < RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES && total_size != 0; socket++) {
+
+                       /* Set memory amount per socket */
+                       default_size = (internal_config.memory * cpu_per_socket[socket])
+                                       / rte_lcore_count();
+
+                       /* Limit to maximum available memory on socket */
+                       default_size = RTE_MIN(default_size, get_socket_mem_size(socket));
+
+                       /* Update sizes */
+                       memory[socket] = default_size;
+                       total_size -= default_size;
+               }
+
+               /*
+                * If some memory is remaining, try to allocate it by getting all
+                * available memory from sockets, one after the other
+                */
+               for (socket = 0; socket < RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES && total_size != 0; socket++) {
                        /* take whatever is available */
-                       memory[socket] = RTE_MIN(get_socket_mem_size(socket),
-                                       total_mem);
+                       default_size = RTE_MIN(get_socket_mem_size(socket) - memory[socket],
+                                              total_size);
+
+                       /* Update sizes */
+                       memory[socket] += default_size;
+                       total_size -= default_size;
                }
+       }
+
+       for (socket = 0; socket < RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES && total_mem != 0; socket++) {
                /* skips if the memory on specific socket wasn't requested */
                for (i = 0; i < num_hp_info && memory[socket] != 0; i++){
                        hp_used[i].hugedir = hp_info[i].hugedir;
@@ -655,31 +1034,51 @@ static int
 rte_eal_hugepage_init(void)
 {
        struct rte_mem_config *mcfg;
-       struct hugepage *hugepage, *tmp_hp = NULL;
+       struct hugepage_file *hugepage, *tmp_hp = NULL;
        struct hugepage_info used_hp[MAX_HUGEPAGE_SIZES];
 
        uint64_t memory[RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES];
 
        unsigned hp_offset;
        int i, j, new_memseg;
-       int nrpages, total_pages = 0;
+       int nr_hugefiles, nr_hugepages = 0;
        void *addr;
+#ifdef RTE_EAL_SINGLE_FILE_SEGMENTS
+       int new_pages_count[MAX_HUGEPAGE_SIZES];
+#endif
 
        memset(used_hp, 0, sizeof(used_hp));
 
        /* get pointer to global configuration */
        mcfg = rte_eal_get_configuration()->mem_config;
 
-       /* for debug purposes, hugetlbfs can be disabled */
+       /* hugetlbfs can be disabled */
        if (internal_config.no_hugetlbfs) {
-               addr = malloc(internal_config.memory);
+               addr = mmap(NULL, internal_config.memory, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+                               MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, 0, 0);
+               if (addr == MAP_FAILED) {
+                       RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s: mmap() failed: %s\n", __func__,
+                                       strerror(errno));
+                       return -1;
+               }
                mcfg->memseg[0].phys_addr = (phys_addr_t)(uintptr_t)addr;
                mcfg->memseg[0].addr = addr;
                mcfg->memseg[0].len = internal_config.memory;
-               mcfg->memseg[0].socket_id = 0;
+               mcfg->memseg[0].socket_id = SOCKET_ID_ANY;
                return 0;
        }
 
+/* check if app runs on Xen Dom0 */
+       if (internal_config.xen_dom0_support) {
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_XEN_DOM0
+               /* use dom0_mm kernel driver to init memory */
+               if (rte_xen_dom0_memory_init() < 0)
+                       return -1;
+               else
+                       return 0;
+#endif
+       }
+
 
        /* calculate total number of hugepages available. at this point we haven't
         * yet started sorting them so they all are on socket 0 */
@@ -687,7 +1086,7 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_init(void)
                /* meanwhile, also initialize used_hp hugepage sizes in used_hp */
                used_hp[i].hugepage_sz = internal_config.hugepage_info[i].hugepage_sz;
 
-               total_pages += internal_config.hugepage_info[i].num_pages[0];
+               nr_hugepages += internal_config.hugepage_info[i].num_pages[0];
        }
 
        /*
@@ -696,11 +1095,11 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_init(void)
         * processing done on these pages, shared memory will be created
         * at a later stage.
         */
-       tmp_hp = malloc(total_pages * sizeof(struct hugepage));
+       tmp_hp = malloc(nr_hugepages * sizeof(struct hugepage_file));
        if (tmp_hp == NULL)
                goto fail;
 
-       memset(tmp_hp, 0, total_pages * sizeof(struct hugepage));
+       memset(tmp_hp, 0, nr_hugepages * sizeof(struct hugepage_file));
 
        hp_offset = 0; /* where we start the current page size entries */
 
@@ -715,7 +1114,7 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_init(void)
                 */
                hpi = &internal_config.hugepage_info[i];
 
-               if (hpi->num_pages == 0)
+               if (hpi->num_pages[0] == 0)
                        continue;
 
                /* map all hugepages available */
@@ -726,7 +1125,7 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_init(void)
                }
 
                /* find physical addresses and sockets for each hugepage */
-               if (find_physaddr(&tmp_hp[hp_offset], hpi) < 0){
+               if (find_physaddrs(&tmp_hp[hp_offset], hpi) < 0){
                        RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Failed to find phys addr for %u MB pages\n",
                                        (unsigned)(hpi->hugepage_sz / 0x100000));
                        goto fail;
@@ -741,6 +1140,18 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_init(void)
                if (sort_by_physaddr(&tmp_hp[hp_offset], hpi) < 0)
                        goto fail;
 
+#ifdef RTE_EAL_SINGLE_FILE_SEGMENTS
+               /* remap all hugepages into single file segments */
+               new_pages_count[i] = remap_all_hugepages(&tmp_hp[hp_offset], hpi);
+               if (new_pages_count[i] < 0){
+                       RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Failed to remap %u MB pages\n",
+                                       (unsigned)(hpi->hugepage_sz / 0x100000));
+                       goto fail;
+               }
+
+               /* we have processed a num of hugepages of this size, so inc offset */
+               hp_offset += new_pages_count[i];
+#else
                /* remap all hugepages */
                if (map_all_hugepages(&tmp_hp[hp_offset], hpi, 0) < 0){
                        RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Failed to remap %u MB pages\n",
@@ -754,7 +1165,18 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_init(void)
 
                /* we have processed a num of hugepages of this size, so inc offset */
                hp_offset += hpi->num_pages[0];
+#endif
+       }
+
+#ifdef RTE_EAL_SINGLE_FILE_SEGMENTS
+       nr_hugefiles = 0;
+       for (i = 0; i < (int) internal_config.num_hugepage_sizes; i++) {
+               nr_hugefiles += new_pages_count[i];
        }
+#else
+       nr_hugefiles = nr_hugepages;
+#endif
+
 
        /* clean out the numbers of pages */
        for (i = 0; i < (int) internal_config.num_hugepage_sizes; i++)
@@ -762,14 +1184,19 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_init(void)
                        internal_config.hugepage_info[i].num_pages[j] = 0;
 
        /* get hugepages for each socket */
-       for (i = 0; i < total_pages; i++) {
+       for (i = 0; i < nr_hugefiles; i++) {
                int socket = tmp_hp[i].socket_id;
 
                /* find a hugepage info with right size and increment num_pages */
                for (j = 0; j < (int) internal_config.num_hugepage_sizes; j++) {
                        if (tmp_hp[i].size ==
                                        internal_config.hugepage_info[j].hugepage_sz) {
+#ifdef RTE_EAL_SINGLE_FILE_SEGMENTS
+                                       internal_config.hugepage_info[j].num_pages[socket] +=
+                                               tmp_hp[i].repeated;
+#else
                                internal_config.hugepage_info[j].num_pages[socket]++;
+#endif
                        }
                }
        }
@@ -779,12 +1206,12 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_init(void)
                memory[i] = internal_config.socket_mem[i];
 
        /* calculate final number of pages */
-       nrpages = calc_num_pages_per_socket(memory,
+       nr_hugepages = calc_num_pages_per_socket(memory,
                        internal_config.hugepage_info, used_hp,
                        internal_config.num_hugepage_sizes);
 
        /* error if not enough memory available */
-       if (nrpages < 0)
+       if (nr_hugepages < 0)
                goto fail;
 
        /* reporting in! */
@@ -804,12 +1231,13 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_init(void)
 
        /* create shared memory */
        hugepage = create_shared_memory(eal_hugepage_info_path(),
-                                       nrpages * sizeof(struct hugepage));
+                       nr_hugefiles * sizeof(struct hugepage_file));
 
        if (hugepage == NULL) {
                RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Failed to create shared memory!\n");
                goto fail;
        }
+       memset(hugepage, 0, nr_hugefiles * sizeof(struct hugepage_file));
 
        /*
         * unmap pages that we won't need (looks at used_hp).
@@ -826,8 +1254,8 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_init(void)
         * this procedure only copies those hugepages that have final_va
         * not NULL. has overflow protection.
         */
-       if (copy_hugepages_to_shared_mem(hugepage, nrpages,
-                       tmp_hp, total_pages) < 0) {
+       if (copy_hugepages_to_shared_mem(hugepage, nr_hugefiles,
+                       tmp_hp, nr_hugefiles) < 0) {
                RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Copying tables to shared memory failed!\n");
                goto fail;
        }
@@ -836,9 +1264,16 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_init(void)
        free(tmp_hp);
        tmp_hp = NULL;
 
-       memset(mcfg->memseg, 0, sizeof(mcfg->memseg));
-       j = -1;
-       for (i = 0; i < nrpages; i++) {
+       /* find earliest free memseg - this is needed because in case of IVSHMEM,
+        * segments might have already been initialized */
+       for (j = 0; j < RTE_MAX_MEMSEG; j++)
+               if (mcfg->memseg[j].addr == NULL) {
+                       /* move to previous segment and exit loop */
+                       j--;
+                       break;
+               }
+
+       for (i = 0; i < nr_hugefiles; i++) {
                new_memseg = 0;
 
                /* if this is a new section, create a new memseg */
@@ -848,12 +1283,25 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_init(void)
                        new_memseg = 1;
                else if (hugepage[i].size != hugepage[i-1].size)
                        new_memseg = 1;
+
+#ifdef RTE_ARCH_PPC_64
+               /* On PPC64 architecture, the mmap always start from higher
+                * virtual address to lower address. Here, both the physical
+                * address and virtual address are in descending order */
+               else if ((hugepage[i-1].physaddr - hugepage[i].physaddr) !=
+                   hugepage[i].size)
+                       new_memseg = 1;
+               else if (((unsigned long)hugepage[i-1].final_va -
+                   (unsigned long)hugepage[i].final_va) != hugepage[i].size)
+                       new_memseg = 1;
+#else
                else if ((hugepage[i].physaddr - hugepage[i-1].physaddr) !=
                    hugepage[i].size)
                        new_memseg = 1;
                else if (((unsigned long)hugepage[i].final_va -
                    (unsigned long)hugepage[i-1].final_va) != hugepage[i].size)
                        new_memseg = 1;
+#endif
 
                if (new_memseg) {
                        j += 1;
@@ -862,19 +1310,39 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_init(void)
 
                        mcfg->memseg[j].phys_addr = hugepage[i].physaddr;
                        mcfg->memseg[j].addr = hugepage[i].final_va;
+#ifdef RTE_EAL_SINGLE_FILE_SEGMENTS
+                       mcfg->memseg[j].len = hugepage[i].size * hugepage[i].repeated;
+#else
                        mcfg->memseg[j].len = hugepage[i].size;
+#endif
                        mcfg->memseg[j].socket_id = hugepage[i].socket_id;
                        mcfg->memseg[j].hugepage_sz = hugepage[i].size;
                }
                /* continuation of previous memseg */
                else {
+#ifdef RTE_ARCH_PPC_64
+               /* Use the phy and virt address of the last page as segment
+                * address for IBM Power architecture */
+                       mcfg->memseg[j].phys_addr = hugepage[i].physaddr;
+                       mcfg->memseg[j].addr = hugepage[i].final_va;
+#endif
                        mcfg->memseg[j].len += mcfg->memseg[j].hugepage_sz;
                }
                hugepage[i].memseg_id = j;
        }
 
-       return 0;
+       if (i < nr_hugefiles) {
+               RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Can only reserve %d pages "
+                       "from %d requested\n"
+                       "Current %s=%d is not enough\n"
+                       "Please either increase it or request less amount "
+                       "of memory.\n",
+                       i, nr_hugefiles, RTE_STR(CONFIG_RTE_MAX_MEMSEG),
+                       RTE_MAX_MEMSEG);
+               return (-ENOMEM);
+       }
 
+       return 0;
 
 fail:
        if (tmp_hp)
@@ -904,7 +1372,7 @@ static int
 rte_eal_hugepage_attach(void)
 {
        const struct rte_mem_config *mcfg = rte_eal_get_configuration()->mem_config;
-       const struct hugepage *hp = NULL;
+       const struct hugepage_file *hp = NULL;
        unsigned num_hp = 0;
        unsigned i, s = 0; /* s used to track the segment number */
        off_t size;
@@ -917,6 +1385,17 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_attach(void)
                                "into secondary processes\n");
        }
 
+       if (internal_config.xen_dom0_support) {
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_XEN_DOM0
+               if (rte_xen_dom0_memory_attach() < 0) {
+                       RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL,"Failed to attach memory setments of primay "
+                                       "process\n");
+                       return -1;
+               }
+               return 0;
+#endif
+       }
+
        fd_zero = open("/dev/zero", O_RDONLY);
        if (fd_zero < 0) {
                RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Could not open /dev/zero\n");
@@ -928,6 +1407,49 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_attach(void)
                goto error;
        }
 
+       /* map all segments into memory to make sure we get the addrs */
+       for (s = 0; s < RTE_MAX_MEMSEG; ++s) {
+               void *base_addr;
+
+               /*
+                * the first memory segment with len==0 is the one that
+                * follows the last valid segment.
+                */
+               if (mcfg->memseg[s].len == 0)
+                       break;
+
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_IVSHMEM
+               /*
+                * if segment has ioremap address set, it's an IVSHMEM segment and
+                * doesn't need mapping as it was already mapped earlier
+                */
+               if (mcfg->memseg[s].ioremap_addr != 0)
+                       continue;
+#endif
+
+               /*
+                * fdzero is mmapped to get a contiguous block of virtual
+                * addresses of the appropriate memseg size.
+                * use mmap to get identical addresses as the primary process.
+                */
+               base_addr = mmap(mcfg->memseg[s].addr, mcfg->memseg[s].len,
+                                PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd_zero, 0);
+               if (base_addr == MAP_FAILED ||
+                   base_addr != mcfg->memseg[s].addr) {
+                       RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Could not mmap %llu bytes "
+                               "in /dev/zero to requested address [%p]: '%s'\n",
+                               (unsigned long long)mcfg->memseg[s].len,
+                               mcfg->memseg[s].addr, strerror(errno));
+                       if (aslr_enabled() > 0) {
+                               RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "It is recommended to "
+                                       "disable ASLR in the kernel "
+                                       "and retry running both primary "
+                                       "and secondary processes\n");
+                       }
+                       goto error;
+               }
+       }
+
        size = getFileSize(fd_hugepage);
        hp = mmap(NULL, size, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd_hugepage, 0);
        if (hp == NULL) {
@@ -935,30 +1457,29 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_attach(void)
                goto error;
        }
 
-       num_hp = size / sizeof(struct hugepage);
-       RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Analysing %u hugepages\n", num_hp);
+       num_hp = size / sizeof(struct hugepage_file);
+       RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Analysing %u files\n", num_hp);
 
+       s = 0;
        while (s < RTE_MAX_MEMSEG && mcfg->memseg[s].len > 0){
                void *addr, *base_addr;
                uintptr_t offset = 0;
-
-               /* fdzero is mmapped to get a contiguous block of virtual addresses
-                * get a block of free memory of the appropriate size -
-                * use mmap to attempt to get an identical address as server.
+               size_t mapping_size;
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_IVSHMEM
+               /*
+                * if segment has ioremap address set, it's an IVSHMEM segment and
+                * doesn't need mapping as it was already mapped earlier
                 */
-               base_addr = mmap(mcfg->memseg[s].addr, mcfg->memseg[s].len,
-                               PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd_zero, 0);
-               if (base_addr == MAP_FAILED || base_addr != mcfg->memseg[s].addr) {
-                       RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Could not mmap %llu bytes "
-                               "in /dev/zero to requested address [%p]\n",
-                               (unsigned long long)mcfg->memseg[s].len,
-                               mcfg->memseg[s].addr);
-                       if (aslr_enabled() > 0)
-                               RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "It is recommended to disable ASLR in the kernel "
-                                               "and retry running both primary and secondary processes\n");
-                       goto error;
+               if (mcfg->memseg[s].ioremap_addr != 0) {
+                       s++;
+                       continue;
                }
-               /* free memory so we can map the hugepages into the space */
+#endif
+               /*
+                * free previously mapped memory so we can map the
+                * hugepages into the space
+                */
+               base_addr = mcfg->memseg[s].addr;
                munmap(base_addr, mcfg->memseg[s].len);
 
                /* find the hugepages for this segment and map them
@@ -972,22 +1493,30 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_attach(void)
                                                hp[i].filepath);
                                        goto error;
                                }
+#ifdef RTE_EAL_SINGLE_FILE_SEGMENTS
+                               mapping_size = hp[i].size * hp[i].repeated;
+#else
+                               mapping_size = hp[i].size;
+#endif
                                addr = mmap(RTE_PTR_ADD(base_addr, offset),
-                                               hp[i].size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
-                                               MAP_SHARED | MAP_FIXED, fd, 0);
+                                               mapping_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+                                               MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
                                close(fd); /* close file both on success and on failure */
-                               if (addr == MAP_FAILED) {
+                               if (addr == MAP_FAILED ||
+                                               addr != RTE_PTR_ADD(base_addr, offset)) {
                                        RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Could not mmap %s\n",
                                                hp[i].filepath);
                                        goto error;
                                }
-                               offset+=hp[i].size;
+                               offset+=mapping_size;
                        }
                }
                RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Mapped segment %u of size 0x%llx\n", s,
                                (unsigned long long)mcfg->memseg[s].len);
                s++;
        }
+       /* unmap the hugepage config file, since we are done using it */
+       munmap((void *)(uintptr_t)hp, size);
        close(fd_zero);
        close(fd_hugepage);
        return 0;
@@ -1020,7 +1549,7 @@ rte_eal_memdevice_init(void)
 int
 rte_eal_memory_init(void)
 {
-       RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "Setting up hugepage memory...\n");
+       RTE_LOG(INFO, EAL, "Setting up memory...\n");
        const int retval = rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY ?
                        rte_eal_hugepage_init() :
                        rte_eal_hugepage_attach();