net: add rte prefix to ether defines
[dpdk.git] / lib / librte_vhost / virtio_net.c
index 337470d..2394178 100644 (file)
@@ -1,34 +1,5 @@
-/*-
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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2010-2016 Intel Corporation
  */
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <rte_memcpy.h>
 #include <rte_ether.h>
 #include <rte_ip.h>
-#include <rte_virtio_net.h>
+#include <rte_vhost.h>
 #include <rte_tcp.h>
 #include <rte_udp.h>
 #include <rte_sctp.h>
 #include <rte_arp.h>
+#include <rte_spinlock.h>
+#include <rte_malloc.h>
 
+#include "iotlb.h"
 #include "vhost.h"
 
 #define MAX_PKT_BURST 32
-#define VHOST_LOG_PAGE 4096
 
-static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
-vhost_log_page(uint8_t *log_base, uint64_t page)
-{
-       log_base[page / 8] |= 1 << (page % 8);
-}
-
-static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
-vhost_log_write(struct virtio_net *dev, uint64_t addr, uint64_t len)
-{
-       uint64_t page;
-
-       if (likely(((dev->features & (1ULL << VHOST_F_LOG_ALL)) == 0) ||
-                  !dev->log_base || !len))
-               return;
-
-       if (unlikely(dev->log_size <= ((addr + len - 1) / VHOST_LOG_PAGE / 8)))
-               return;
-
-       /* To make sure guest memory updates are committed before logging */
-       rte_smp_wmb();
-
-       page = addr / VHOST_LOG_PAGE;
-       while (page * VHOST_LOG_PAGE < addr + len) {
-               vhost_log_page((uint8_t *)(uintptr_t)dev->log_base, page);
-               page += 1;
-       }
-}
+#define MAX_BATCH_LEN 256
 
-static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
-vhost_log_used_vring(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
-                    uint64_t offset, uint64_t len)
+static  __rte_always_inline bool
+rxvq_is_mergeable(struct virtio_net *dev)
 {
-       vhost_log_write(dev, vq->log_guest_addr + offset, len);
+       return dev->features & (1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF);
 }
 
 static bool
-is_valid_virt_queue_idx(uint32_t idx, int is_tx, uint32_t qp_nb)
+is_valid_virt_queue_idx(uint32_t idx, int is_tx, uint32_t nr_vring)
 {
-       return (is_tx ^ (idx & 1)) == 0 && idx < qp_nb * VIRTIO_QNUM;
+       return (is_tx ^ (idx & 1)) == 0 && idx < nr_vring;
 }
 
-static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
-do_flush_shadow_used_ring(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
-                         uint16_t to, uint16_t from, uint16_t size)
+static __rte_always_inline void
+do_flush_shadow_used_ring_split(struct virtio_net *dev,
+                       struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
+                       uint16_t to, uint16_t from, uint16_t size)
 {
        rte_memcpy(&vq->used->ring[to],
-                       &vq->shadow_used_ring[from],
+                       &vq->shadow_used_split[from],
                        size * sizeof(struct vring_used_elem));
-       vhost_log_used_vring(dev, vq,
+       vhost_log_cache_used_vring(dev, vq,
                        offsetof(struct vring_used, ring[to]),
                        size * sizeof(struct vring_used_elem));
 }
 
-static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
-flush_shadow_used_ring(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
+static __rte_always_inline void
+flush_shadow_used_ring_split(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
 {
        uint16_t used_idx = vq->last_used_idx & (vq->size - 1);
 
        if (used_idx + vq->shadow_used_idx <= vq->size) {
-               do_flush_shadow_used_ring(dev, vq, used_idx, 0,
+               do_flush_shadow_used_ring_split(dev, vq, used_idx, 0,
                                          vq->shadow_used_idx);
        } else {
                uint16_t size;
 
                /* update used ring interval [used_idx, vq->size] */
                size = vq->size - used_idx;
-               do_flush_shadow_used_ring(dev, vq, used_idx, 0, size);
+               do_flush_shadow_used_ring_split(dev, vq, used_idx, 0, size);
 
                /* update the left half used ring interval [0, left_size] */
-               do_flush_shadow_used_ring(dev, vq, 0, size,
+               do_flush_shadow_used_ring_split(dev, vq, 0, size,
                                          vq->shadow_used_idx - size);
        }
        vq->last_used_idx += vq->shadow_used_idx;
 
        rte_smp_wmb();
 
+       vhost_log_cache_sync(dev, vq);
+
        *(volatile uint16_t *)&vq->used->idx += vq->shadow_used_idx;
+       vq->shadow_used_idx = 0;
        vhost_log_used_vring(dev, vq, offsetof(struct vring_used, idx),
                sizeof(vq->used->idx));
 }
 
-static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
-update_shadow_used_ring(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
-                        uint16_t desc_idx, uint16_t len)
+static __rte_always_inline void
+update_shadow_used_ring_split(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
+                        uint16_t desc_idx, uint32_t len)
 {
        uint16_t i = vq->shadow_used_idx++;
 
-       vq->shadow_used_ring[i].id  = desc_idx;
-       vq->shadow_used_ring[i].len = len;
+       vq->shadow_used_split[i].id  = desc_idx;
+       vq->shadow_used_split[i].len = len;
 }
 
-static void
+static __rte_always_inline void
+flush_shadow_used_ring_packed(struct virtio_net *dev,
+                       struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
+{
+       int i;
+       uint16_t used_idx = vq->last_used_idx;
+       uint16_t head_idx = vq->last_used_idx;
+       uint16_t head_flags = 0;
+
+       /* Split loop in two to save memory barriers */
+       for (i = 0; i < vq->shadow_used_idx; i++) {
+               vq->desc_packed[used_idx].id = vq->shadow_used_packed[i].id;
+               vq->desc_packed[used_idx].len = vq->shadow_used_packed[i].len;
+
+               used_idx += vq->shadow_used_packed[i].count;
+               if (used_idx >= vq->size)
+                       used_idx -= vq->size;
+       }
+
+       rte_smp_wmb();
+
+       for (i = 0; i < vq->shadow_used_idx; i++) {
+               uint16_t flags;
+
+               if (vq->shadow_used_packed[i].len)
+                       flags = VRING_DESC_F_WRITE;
+               else
+                       flags = 0;
+
+               if (vq->used_wrap_counter) {
+                       flags |= VRING_DESC_F_USED;
+                       flags |= VRING_DESC_F_AVAIL;
+               } else {
+                       flags &= ~VRING_DESC_F_USED;
+                       flags &= ~VRING_DESC_F_AVAIL;
+               }
+
+               if (i > 0) {
+                       vq->desc_packed[vq->last_used_idx].flags = flags;
+
+                       vhost_log_cache_used_vring(dev, vq,
+                                       vq->last_used_idx *
+                                       sizeof(struct vring_packed_desc),
+                                       sizeof(struct vring_packed_desc));
+               } else {
+                       head_idx = vq->last_used_idx;
+                       head_flags = flags;
+               }
+
+               vq->last_used_idx += vq->shadow_used_packed[i].count;
+               if (vq->last_used_idx >= vq->size) {
+                       vq->used_wrap_counter ^= 1;
+                       vq->last_used_idx -= vq->size;
+               }
+       }
+
+       vq->desc_packed[head_idx].flags = head_flags;
+
+       vhost_log_cache_used_vring(dev, vq,
+                               head_idx *
+                               sizeof(struct vring_packed_desc),
+                               sizeof(struct vring_packed_desc));
+
+       vq->shadow_used_idx = 0;
+       vhost_log_cache_sync(dev, vq);
+}
+
+static __rte_always_inline void
+update_shadow_used_ring_packed(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
+                        uint16_t desc_idx, uint32_t len, uint16_t count)
+{
+       uint16_t i = vq->shadow_used_idx++;
+
+       vq->shadow_used_packed[i].id  = desc_idx;
+       vq->shadow_used_packed[i].len = len;
+       vq->shadow_used_packed[i].count = count;
+}
+
+static inline void
+do_data_copy_enqueue(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
+{
+       struct batch_copy_elem *elem = vq->batch_copy_elems;
+       uint16_t count = vq->batch_copy_nb_elems;
+       int i;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+               rte_memcpy(elem[i].dst, elem[i].src, elem[i].len);
+               vhost_log_cache_write(dev, vq, elem[i].log_addr, elem[i].len);
+               PRINT_PACKET(dev, (uintptr_t)elem[i].dst, elem[i].len, 0);
+       }
+
+       vq->batch_copy_nb_elems = 0;
+}
+
+static inline void
+do_data_copy_dequeue(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
+{
+       struct batch_copy_elem *elem = vq->batch_copy_elems;
+       uint16_t count = vq->batch_copy_nb_elems;
+       int i;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
+               rte_memcpy(elem[i].dst, elem[i].src, elem[i].len);
+
+       vq->batch_copy_nb_elems = 0;
+}
+
+/* avoid write operation when necessary, to lessen cache issues */
+#define ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(var, val) do {     \
+       if ((var) != (val))                     \
+               (var) = (val);                  \
+} while (0)
+
+static __rte_always_inline void
 virtio_enqueue_offload(struct rte_mbuf *m_buf, struct virtio_net_hdr *net_hdr)
 {
-       if (m_buf->ol_flags & PKT_TX_L4_MASK) {
+       uint64_t csum_l4 = m_buf->ol_flags & PKT_TX_L4_MASK;
+
+       if (m_buf->ol_flags & PKT_TX_TCP_SEG)
+               csum_l4 |= PKT_TX_TCP_CKSUM;
+
+       if (csum_l4) {
                net_hdr->flags = VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM;
                net_hdr->csum_start = m_buf->l2_len + m_buf->l3_len;
 
-               switch (m_buf->ol_flags & PKT_TX_L4_MASK) {
+               switch (csum_l4) {
                case PKT_TX_TCP_CKSUM:
                        net_hdr->csum_offset = (offsetof(struct tcp_hdr,
                                                cksum));
@@ -162,6 +230,19 @@ virtio_enqueue_offload(struct rte_mbuf *m_buf, struct virtio_net_hdr *net_hdr)
                                                cksum));
                        break;
                }
+       } else {
+               ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(net_hdr->csum_start, 0);
+               ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(net_hdr->csum_offset, 0);
+               ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(net_hdr->flags, 0);
+       }
+
+       /* IP cksum verification cannot be bypassed, then calculate here */
+       if (m_buf->ol_flags & PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM) {
+               struct ipv4_hdr *ipv4_hdr;
+
+               ipv4_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m_buf, struct ipv4_hdr *,
+                                                  m_buf->l2_len);
+               ipv4_hdr->hdr_checksum = rte_ipv4_cksum(ipv4_hdr);
        }
 
        if (m_buf->ol_flags & PKT_TX_TCP_SEG) {
@@ -172,241 +253,300 @@ virtio_enqueue_offload(struct rte_mbuf *m_buf, struct virtio_net_hdr *net_hdr)
                net_hdr->gso_size = m_buf->tso_segsz;
                net_hdr->hdr_len = m_buf->l2_len + m_buf->l3_len
                                        + m_buf->l4_len;
+       } else if (m_buf->ol_flags & PKT_TX_UDP_SEG) {
+               net_hdr->gso_type = VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_UDP;
+               net_hdr->gso_size = m_buf->tso_segsz;
+               net_hdr->hdr_len = m_buf->l2_len + m_buf->l3_len +
+                       m_buf->l4_len;
+       } else {
+               ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(net_hdr->gso_type, 0);
+               ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(net_hdr->gso_size, 0);
+               ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(net_hdr->hdr_len, 0);
        }
 }
 
-static inline void
-copy_virtio_net_hdr(struct virtio_net *dev, uint64_t desc_addr,
-                   struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf hdr)
+static __rte_always_inline int
+map_one_desc(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
+               struct buf_vector *buf_vec, uint16_t *vec_idx,
+               uint64_t desc_iova, uint64_t desc_len, uint8_t perm)
 {
-       if (dev->vhost_hlen == sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf))
-               *(struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf *)(uintptr_t)desc_addr = hdr;
-       else
-               *(struct virtio_net_hdr *)(uintptr_t)desc_addr = hdr.hdr;
+       uint16_t vec_id = *vec_idx;
+
+       while (desc_len) {
+               uint64_t desc_addr;
+               uint64_t desc_chunck_len = desc_len;
+
+               if (unlikely(vec_id >= BUF_VECTOR_MAX))
+                       return -1;
+
+               desc_addr = vhost_iova_to_vva(dev, vq,
+                               desc_iova,
+                               &desc_chunck_len,
+                               perm);
+               if (unlikely(!desc_addr))
+                       return -1;
+
+               buf_vec[vec_id].buf_iova = desc_iova;
+               buf_vec[vec_id].buf_addr = desc_addr;
+               buf_vec[vec_id].buf_len  = desc_chunck_len;
+
+               desc_len -= desc_chunck_len;
+               desc_iova += desc_chunck_len;
+               vec_id++;
+       }
+       *vec_idx = vec_id;
+
+       return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int __attribute__((always_inline))
-copy_mbuf_to_desc(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vring_desc *descs,
-                 struct rte_mbuf *m, uint16_t desc_idx, uint32_t size)
+static __rte_always_inline int
+fill_vec_buf_split(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
+                        uint32_t avail_idx, uint16_t *vec_idx,
+                        struct buf_vector *buf_vec, uint16_t *desc_chain_head,
+                        uint32_t *desc_chain_len, uint8_t perm)
 {
-       uint32_t desc_avail, desc_offset;
-       uint32_t mbuf_avail, mbuf_offset;
-       uint32_t cpy_len;
-       struct vring_desc *desc;
-       uint64_t desc_addr;
-       struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf virtio_hdr = {{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, 0};
-       /* A counter to avoid desc dead loop chain */
-       uint16_t nr_desc = 1;
+       uint16_t idx = vq->avail->ring[avail_idx & (vq->size - 1)];
+       uint16_t vec_id = *vec_idx;
+       uint32_t len    = 0;
+       uint64_t dlen;
+       uint32_t nr_descs = vq->size;
+       uint32_t cnt    = 0;
+       struct vring_desc *descs = vq->desc;
+       struct vring_desc *idesc = NULL;
 
-       desc = &descs[desc_idx];
-       desc_addr = gpa_to_vva(dev, desc->addr);
-       /*
-        * Checking of 'desc_addr' placed outside of 'unlikely' macro to avoid
-        * performance issue with some versions of gcc (4.8.4 and 5.3.0) which
-        * otherwise stores offset on the stack instead of in a register.
-        */
-       if (unlikely(desc->len < dev->vhost_hlen) || !desc_addr)
+       if (unlikely(idx >= vq->size))
                return -1;
 
-       rte_prefetch0((void *)(uintptr_t)desc_addr);
+       *desc_chain_head = idx;
 
-       virtio_enqueue_offload(m, &virtio_hdr.hdr);
-       copy_virtio_net_hdr(dev, desc_addr, virtio_hdr);
-       vhost_log_write(dev, desc->addr, dev->vhost_hlen);
-       PRINT_PACKET(dev, (uintptr_t)desc_addr, dev->vhost_hlen, 0);
+       if (vq->desc[idx].flags & VRING_DESC_F_INDIRECT) {
+               dlen = vq->desc[idx].len;
+               nr_descs = dlen / sizeof(struct vring_desc);
+               if (unlikely(nr_descs > vq->size))
+                       return -1;
 
-       desc_offset = dev->vhost_hlen;
-       desc_avail  = desc->len - dev->vhost_hlen;
+               descs = (struct vring_desc *)(uintptr_t)
+                       vhost_iova_to_vva(dev, vq, vq->desc[idx].addr,
+                                               &dlen,
+                                               VHOST_ACCESS_RO);
+               if (unlikely(!descs))
+                       return -1;
 
-       mbuf_avail  = rte_pktmbuf_data_len(m);
-       mbuf_offset = 0;
-       while (mbuf_avail != 0 || m->next != NULL) {
-               /* done with current mbuf, fetch next */
-               if (mbuf_avail == 0) {
-                       m = m->next;
+               if (unlikely(dlen < vq->desc[idx].len)) {
+                       /*
+                        * The indirect desc table is not contiguous
+                        * in process VA space, we have to copy it.
+                        */
+                       idesc = alloc_copy_ind_table(dev, vq,
+                                       vq->desc[idx].addr, vq->desc[idx].len);
+                       if (unlikely(!idesc))
+                               return -1;
 
-                       mbuf_offset = 0;
-                       mbuf_avail  = rte_pktmbuf_data_len(m);
+                       descs = idesc;
                }
 
-               /* done with current desc buf, fetch next */
-               if (desc_avail == 0) {
-                       if ((desc->flags & VRING_DESC_F_NEXT) == 0) {
-                               /* Room in vring buffer is not enough */
-                               return -1;
-                       }
-                       if (unlikely(desc->next >= size || ++nr_desc > size))
-                               return -1;
+               idx = 0;
+       }
 
-                       desc = &descs[desc->next];
-                       desc_addr = gpa_to_vva(dev, desc->addr);
-                       if (unlikely(!desc_addr))
-                               return -1;
+       while (1) {
+               if (unlikely(idx >= nr_descs || cnt++ >= nr_descs)) {
+                       free_ind_table(idesc);
+                       return -1;
+               }
 
-                       desc_offset = 0;
-                       desc_avail  = desc->len;
+               len += descs[idx].len;
+
+               if (unlikely(map_one_desc(dev, vq, buf_vec, &vec_id,
+                                               descs[idx].addr, descs[idx].len,
+                                               perm))) {
+                       free_ind_table(idesc);
+                       return -1;
                }
 
-               cpy_len = RTE_MIN(desc_avail, mbuf_avail);
-               rte_memcpy((void *)((uintptr_t)(desc_addr + desc_offset)),
-                       rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, void *, mbuf_offset),
-                       cpy_len);
-               vhost_log_write(dev, desc->addr + desc_offset, cpy_len);
-               PRINT_PACKET(dev, (uintptr_t)(desc_addr + desc_offset),
-                            cpy_len, 0);
+               if ((descs[idx].flags & VRING_DESC_F_NEXT) == 0)
+                       break;
 
-               mbuf_avail  -= cpy_len;
-               mbuf_offset += cpy_len;
-               desc_avail  -= cpy_len;
-               desc_offset += cpy_len;
+               idx = descs[idx].next;
        }
 
+       *desc_chain_len = len;
+       *vec_idx = vec_id;
+
+       if (unlikely(!!idesc))
+               free_ind_table(idesc);
+
        return 0;
 }
 
-/**
- * This function adds buffers to the virtio devices RX virtqueue. Buffers can
- * be received from the physical port or from another virtio device. A packet
- * count is returned to indicate the number of packets that are succesfully
- * added to the RX queue. This function works when the mbuf is scattered, but
- * it doesn't support the mergeable feature.
+/*
+ * Returns -1 on fail, 0 on success
  */
-static inline uint32_t __attribute__((always_inline))
-virtio_dev_rx(struct virtio_net *dev, uint16_t queue_id,
-             struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint32_t count)
+static inline int
+reserve_avail_buf_split(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
+                               uint32_t size, struct buf_vector *buf_vec,
+                               uint16_t *num_buffers, uint16_t avail_head,
+                               uint16_t *nr_vec)
 {
-       struct vhost_virtqueue *vq;
-       uint16_t avail_idx, free_entries, start_idx;
-       uint16_t desc_indexes[MAX_PKT_BURST];
-       struct vring_desc *descs;
-       uint16_t used_idx;
-       uint32_t i, sz;
-
-       LOG_DEBUG(VHOST_DATA, "(%d) %s\n", dev->vid, __func__);
-       if (unlikely(!is_valid_virt_queue_idx(queue_id, 0, dev->virt_qp_nb))) {
-               RTE_LOG(ERR, VHOST_DATA, "(%d) %s: invalid virtqueue idx %d.\n",
-                       dev->vid, __func__, queue_id);
-               return 0;
-       }
+       uint16_t cur_idx;
+       uint16_t vec_idx = 0;
+       uint16_t max_tries, tries = 0;
 
-       vq = dev->virtqueue[queue_id];
-       if (unlikely(vq->enabled == 0))
-               return 0;
+       uint16_t head_idx = 0;
+       uint32_t len = 0;
 
-       avail_idx = *((volatile uint16_t *)&vq->avail->idx);
-       start_idx = vq->last_used_idx;
-       free_entries = avail_idx - start_idx;
-       count = RTE_MIN(count, free_entries);
-       count = RTE_MIN(count, (uint32_t)MAX_PKT_BURST);
-       if (count == 0)
-               return 0;
+       *num_buffers = 0;
+       cur_idx  = vq->last_avail_idx;
 
-       LOG_DEBUG(VHOST_DATA, "(%d) start_idx %d | end_idx %d\n",
-               dev->vid, start_idx, start_idx + count);
+       if (rxvq_is_mergeable(dev))
+               max_tries = vq->size - 1;
+       else
+               max_tries = 1;
 
-       /* Retrieve all of the desc indexes first to avoid caching issues. */
-       rte_prefetch0(&vq->avail->ring[start_idx & (vq->size - 1)]);
-       for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-               used_idx = (start_idx + i) & (vq->size - 1);
-               desc_indexes[i] = vq->avail->ring[used_idx];
-               vq->used->ring[used_idx].id = desc_indexes[i];
-               vq->used->ring[used_idx].len = pkts[i]->pkt_len +
-                                              dev->vhost_hlen;
-               vhost_log_used_vring(dev, vq,
-                       offsetof(struct vring_used, ring[used_idx]),
-                       sizeof(vq->used->ring[used_idx]));
+       while (size > 0) {
+               if (unlikely(cur_idx == avail_head))
+                       return -1;
+               /*
+                * if we tried all available ring items, and still
+                * can't get enough buf, it means something abnormal
+                * happened.
+                */
+               if (unlikely(++tries > max_tries))
+                       return -1;
+
+               if (unlikely(fill_vec_buf_split(dev, vq, cur_idx,
+                                               &vec_idx, buf_vec,
+                                               &head_idx, &len,
+                                               VHOST_ACCESS_RW) < 0))
+                       return -1;
+               len = RTE_MIN(len, size);
+               update_shadow_used_ring_split(vq, head_idx, len);
+               size -= len;
+
+               cur_idx++;
+               *num_buffers += 1;
        }
 
-       rte_prefetch0(&vq->desc[desc_indexes[0]]);
-       for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-               uint16_t desc_idx = desc_indexes[i];
-               int err;
+       *nr_vec = vec_idx;
 
-               if (vq->desc[desc_idx].flags & VRING_DESC_F_INDIRECT) {
-                       descs = (struct vring_desc *)(uintptr_t)gpa_to_vva(dev,
-                                       vq->desc[desc_idx].addr);
-                       if (unlikely(!descs)) {
-                               count = i;
-                               break;
-                       }
+       return 0;
+}
 
-                       desc_idx = 0;
-                       sz = vq->desc[desc_idx].len / sizeof(*descs);
-               } else {
-                       descs = vq->desc;
-                       sz = vq->size;
-               }
+static __rte_always_inline int
+fill_vec_buf_packed_indirect(struct virtio_net *dev,
+                       struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
+                       struct vring_packed_desc *desc, uint16_t *vec_idx,
+                       struct buf_vector *buf_vec, uint32_t *len, uint8_t perm)
+{
+       uint16_t i;
+       uint32_t nr_descs;
+       uint16_t vec_id = *vec_idx;
+       uint64_t dlen;
+       struct vring_packed_desc *descs, *idescs = NULL;
+
+       dlen = desc->len;
+       descs = (struct vring_packed_desc *)(uintptr_t)
+               vhost_iova_to_vva(dev, vq, desc->addr, &dlen, VHOST_ACCESS_RO);
+       if (unlikely(!descs))
+               return -1;
 
-               err = copy_mbuf_to_desc(dev, descs, pkts[i], desc_idx, sz);
-               if (unlikely(err)) {
-                       used_idx = (start_idx + i) & (vq->size - 1);
-                       vq->used->ring[used_idx].len = dev->vhost_hlen;
-                       vhost_log_used_vring(dev, vq,
-                               offsetof(struct vring_used, ring[used_idx]),
-                               sizeof(vq->used->ring[used_idx]));
-               }
+       if (unlikely(dlen < desc->len)) {
+               /*
+                * The indirect desc table is not contiguous
+                * in process VA space, we have to copy it.
+                */
+               idescs = alloc_copy_ind_table(dev, vq, desc->addr, desc->len);
+               if (unlikely(!idescs))
+                       return -1;
 
-               if (i + 1 < count)
-                       rte_prefetch0(&vq->desc[desc_indexes[i+1]]);
+               descs = idescs;
        }
 
-       rte_smp_wmb();
+       nr_descs =  desc->len / sizeof(struct vring_packed_desc);
+       if (unlikely(nr_descs >= vq->size)) {
+               free_ind_table(idescs);
+               return -1;
+       }
 
-       *(volatile uint16_t *)&vq->used->idx += count;
-       vq->last_used_idx += count;
-       vhost_log_used_vring(dev, vq,
-               offsetof(struct vring_used, idx),
-               sizeof(vq->used->idx));
+       for (i = 0; i < nr_descs; i++) {
+               if (unlikely(vec_id >= BUF_VECTOR_MAX)) {
+                       free_ind_table(idescs);
+                       return -1;
+               }
+
+               *len += descs[i].len;
+               if (unlikely(map_one_desc(dev, vq, buf_vec, &vec_id,
+                                               descs[i].addr, descs[i].len,
+                                               perm)))
+                       return -1;
+       }
+       *vec_idx = vec_id;
 
-       /* flush used->idx update before we read avail->flags. */
-       rte_mb();
+       if (unlikely(!!idescs))
+               free_ind_table(idescs);
 
-       /* Kick the guest if necessary. */
-       if (!(vq->avail->flags & VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT)
-                       && (vq->callfd >= 0))
-               eventfd_write(vq->callfd, (eventfd_t)1);
-       return count;
+       return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int __attribute__((always_inline))
-fill_vec_buf(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
-                        uint32_t avail_idx, uint32_t *vec_idx,
-                        struct buf_vector *buf_vec, uint16_t *desc_chain_head,
-                        uint16_t *desc_chain_len)
+static __rte_always_inline int
+fill_vec_buf_packed(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
+                               uint16_t avail_idx, uint16_t *desc_count,
+                               struct buf_vector *buf_vec, uint16_t *vec_idx,
+                               uint16_t *buf_id, uint32_t *len, uint8_t perm)
 {
-       uint16_t idx = vq->avail->ring[avail_idx & (vq->size - 1)];
-       uint32_t vec_id = *vec_idx;
-       uint32_t len    = 0;
-       struct vring_desc *descs = vq->desc;
+       bool wrap_counter = vq->avail_wrap_counter;
+       struct vring_packed_desc *descs = vq->desc_packed;
+       uint16_t vec_id = *vec_idx;
 
-       *desc_chain_head = idx;
+       if (avail_idx < vq->last_avail_idx)
+               wrap_counter ^= 1;
 
-       if (vq->desc[idx].flags & VRING_DESC_F_INDIRECT) {
-               descs = (struct vring_desc *)(uintptr_t)
-                                       gpa_to_vva(dev, vq->desc[idx].addr);
-               if (unlikely(!descs))
-                       return -1;
+       if (unlikely(!desc_is_avail(&descs[avail_idx], wrap_counter)))
+               return -1;
 
-               idx = 0;
-       }
+       /*
+        * The ordering between desc flags and desc
+        * content reads need to be enforced.
+        */
+       rte_smp_rmb();
+
+       *desc_count = 0;
+       *len = 0;
 
        while (1) {
-               if (unlikely(vec_id >= BUF_VECTOR_MAX || idx >= vq->size))
+               if (unlikely(vec_id >= BUF_VECTOR_MAX))
                        return -1;
 
-               len += descs[idx].len;
-               buf_vec[vec_id].buf_addr = descs[idx].addr;
-               buf_vec[vec_id].buf_len  = descs[idx].len;
-               buf_vec[vec_id].desc_idx = idx;
-               vec_id++;
+               if (unlikely(*desc_count >= vq->size))
+                       return -1;
 
-               if ((descs[idx].flags & VRING_DESC_F_NEXT) == 0)
+               *desc_count += 1;
+               *buf_id = descs[avail_idx].id;
+
+               if (descs[avail_idx].flags & VRING_DESC_F_INDIRECT) {
+                       if (unlikely(fill_vec_buf_packed_indirect(dev, vq,
+                                                       &descs[avail_idx],
+                                                       &vec_id, buf_vec,
+                                                       len, perm) < 0))
+                               return -1;
+               } else {
+                       *len += descs[avail_idx].len;
+
+                       if (unlikely(map_one_desc(dev, vq, buf_vec, &vec_id,
+                                                       descs[avail_idx].addr,
+                                                       descs[avail_idx].len,
+                                                       perm)))
+                               return -1;
+               }
+
+               if ((descs[avail_idx].flags & VRING_DESC_F_NEXT) == 0)
                        break;
 
-               idx = descs[idx].next;
+               if (++avail_idx >= vq->size) {
+                       avail_idx -= vq->size;
+                       wrap_counter ^= 1;
+               }
        }
 
-       *desc_chain_len = len;
        *vec_idx = vec_id;
 
        return 0;
@@ -416,93 +556,136 @@ fill_vec_buf(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
  * Returns -1 on fail, 0 on success
  */
 static inline int
-reserve_avail_buf_mergeable(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
+reserve_avail_buf_packed(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
                                uint32_t size, struct buf_vector *buf_vec,
-                               uint16_t *num_buffers, uint16_t avail_head)
+                               uint16_t *nr_vec, uint16_t *num_buffers,
+                               uint16_t *nr_descs)
 {
-       uint16_t cur_idx;
-       uint32_t vec_idx = 0;
-       uint16_t tries = 0;
+       uint16_t avail_idx;
+       uint16_t vec_idx = 0;
+       uint16_t max_tries, tries = 0;
 
-       uint16_t head_idx = 0;
-       uint16_t len = 0;
+       uint16_t buf_id = 0;
+       uint32_t len = 0;
+       uint16_t desc_count;
 
        *num_buffers = 0;
-       cur_idx  = vq->last_avail_idx;
+       avail_idx = vq->last_avail_idx;
+
+       if (rxvq_is_mergeable(dev))
+               max_tries = vq->size - 1;
+       else
+               max_tries = 1;
 
        while (size > 0) {
-               if (unlikely(cur_idx == avail_head))
+               /*
+                * if we tried all available ring items, and still
+                * can't get enough buf, it means something abnormal
+                * happened.
+                */
+               if (unlikely(++tries > max_tries))
                        return -1;
 
-               if (unlikely(fill_vec_buf(dev, vq, cur_idx, &vec_idx, buf_vec,
-                                               &head_idx, &len) < 0))
+               if (unlikely(fill_vec_buf_packed(dev, vq,
+                                               avail_idx, &desc_count,
+                                               buf_vec, &vec_idx,
+                                               &buf_id, &len,
+                                               VHOST_ACCESS_RW) < 0))
                        return -1;
+
                len = RTE_MIN(len, size);
-               update_shadow_used_ring(vq, head_idx, len);
+               update_shadow_used_ring_packed(vq, buf_id, len, desc_count);
                size -= len;
 
-               cur_idx++;
-               tries++;
-               *num_buffers += 1;
+               avail_idx += desc_count;
+               if (avail_idx >= vq->size)
+                       avail_idx -= vq->size;
 
-               /*
-                * if we tried all available ring items, and still
-                * can't get enough buf, it means something abnormal
-                * happened.
-                */
-               if (unlikely(tries >= vq->size))
-                       return -1;
+               *nr_descs += desc_count;
+               *num_buffers += 1;
        }
 
+       *nr_vec = vec_idx;
+
        return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int __attribute__((always_inline))
-copy_mbuf_to_desc_mergeable(struct virtio_net *dev, struct rte_mbuf *m,
-                           struct buf_vector *buf_vec, uint16_t num_buffers)
+static __rte_always_inline int
+copy_mbuf_to_desc(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
+                           struct rte_mbuf *m, struct buf_vector *buf_vec,
+                           uint16_t nr_vec, uint16_t num_buffers)
 {
-       struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf virtio_hdr = {{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, 0};
        uint32_t vec_idx = 0;
-       uint64_t desc_addr;
        uint32_t mbuf_offset, mbuf_avail;
-       uint32_t desc_offset, desc_avail;
+       uint32_t buf_offset, buf_avail;
+       uint64_t buf_addr, buf_iova, buf_len;
        uint32_t cpy_len;
-       uint64_t hdr_addr, hdr_phys_addr;
+       uint64_t hdr_addr;
        struct rte_mbuf *hdr_mbuf;
+       struct batch_copy_elem *batch_copy = vq->batch_copy_elems;
+       struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf tmp_hdr, *hdr = NULL;
+       int error = 0;
 
-       if (unlikely(m == NULL))
-               return -1;
+       if (unlikely(m == NULL)) {
+               error = -1;
+               goto out;
+       }
 
-       desc_addr = gpa_to_vva(dev, buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_addr);
-       if (buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_len < dev->vhost_hlen || !desc_addr)
-               return -1;
+       buf_addr = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_addr;
+       buf_iova = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_iova;
+       buf_len = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_len;
+
+       if (nr_vec > 1)
+               rte_prefetch0((void *)(uintptr_t)buf_vec[1].buf_addr);
+
+       if (unlikely(buf_len < dev->vhost_hlen && nr_vec <= 1)) {
+               error = -1;
+               goto out;
+       }
 
        hdr_mbuf = m;
-       hdr_addr = desc_addr;
-       hdr_phys_addr = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_addr;
-       rte_prefetch0((void *)(uintptr_t)hdr_addr);
+       hdr_addr = buf_addr;
+       if (unlikely(buf_len < dev->vhost_hlen))
+               hdr = &tmp_hdr;
+       else
+               hdr = (struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf *)(uintptr_t)hdr_addr;
 
-       virtio_hdr.num_buffers = num_buffers;
-       LOG_DEBUG(VHOST_DATA, "(%d) RX: num merge buffers %d\n",
+       VHOST_LOG_DEBUG(VHOST_DATA, "(%d) RX: num merge buffers %d\n",
                dev->vid, num_buffers);
 
-       desc_avail  = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_len - dev->vhost_hlen;
-       desc_offset = dev->vhost_hlen;
+       if (unlikely(buf_len < dev->vhost_hlen)) {
+               buf_offset = dev->vhost_hlen - buf_len;
+               vec_idx++;
+               buf_addr = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_addr;
+               buf_iova = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_iova;
+               buf_len = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_len;
+               buf_avail = buf_len - buf_offset;
+       } else {
+               buf_offset = dev->vhost_hlen;
+               buf_avail = buf_len - dev->vhost_hlen;
+       }
 
        mbuf_avail  = rte_pktmbuf_data_len(m);
        mbuf_offset = 0;
        while (mbuf_avail != 0 || m->next != NULL) {
-               /* done with current desc buf, get the next one */
-               if (desc_avail == 0) {
+               /* done with current buf, get the next one */
+               if (buf_avail == 0) {
                        vec_idx++;
-                       desc_addr = gpa_to_vva(dev, buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_addr);
-                       if (unlikely(!desc_addr))
-                               return -1;
+                       if (unlikely(vec_idx >= nr_vec)) {
+                               error = -1;
+                               goto out;
+                       }
+
+                       buf_addr = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_addr;
+                       buf_iova = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_iova;
+                       buf_len = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_len;
 
-                       /* Prefetch buffer address. */
-                       rte_prefetch0((void *)(uintptr_t)desc_addr);
-                       desc_offset = 0;
-                       desc_avail  = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_len;
+                       /* Prefetch next buffer address. */
+                       if (vec_idx + 1 < nr_vec)
+                               rte_prefetch0((void *)(uintptr_t)
+                                               buf_vec[vec_idx + 1].buf_addr);
+                       buf_offset = 0;
+                       buf_avail  = buf_len;
                }
 
                /* done with current mbuf, get the next one */
@@ -514,101 +697,237 @@ copy_mbuf_to_desc_mergeable(struct virtio_net *dev, struct rte_mbuf *m,
                }
 
                if (hdr_addr) {
-                       virtio_enqueue_offload(hdr_mbuf, &virtio_hdr.hdr);
-                       copy_virtio_net_hdr(dev, hdr_addr, virtio_hdr);
-                       vhost_log_write(dev, hdr_phys_addr, dev->vhost_hlen);
-                       PRINT_PACKET(dev, (uintptr_t)hdr_addr,
-                                    dev->vhost_hlen, 0);
+                       virtio_enqueue_offload(hdr_mbuf, &hdr->hdr);
+                       if (rxvq_is_mergeable(dev))
+                               ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(hdr->num_buffers,
+                                               num_buffers);
+
+                       if (unlikely(hdr == &tmp_hdr)) {
+                               uint64_t len;
+                               uint64_t remain = dev->vhost_hlen;
+                               uint64_t src = (uint64_t)(uintptr_t)hdr, dst;
+                               uint64_t iova = buf_vec[0].buf_iova;
+                               uint16_t hdr_vec_idx = 0;
+
+                               while (remain) {
+                                       len = RTE_MIN(remain,
+                                               buf_vec[hdr_vec_idx].buf_len);
+                                       dst = buf_vec[hdr_vec_idx].buf_addr;
+                                       rte_memcpy((void *)(uintptr_t)dst,
+                                                       (void *)(uintptr_t)src,
+                                                       len);
+
+                                       PRINT_PACKET(dev, (uintptr_t)dst,
+                                                       (uint32_t)len, 0);
+                                       vhost_log_cache_write(dev, vq,
+                                                       iova, len);
+
+                                       remain -= len;
+                                       iova += len;
+                                       src += len;
+                                       hdr_vec_idx++;
+                               }
+                       } else {
+                               PRINT_PACKET(dev, (uintptr_t)hdr_addr,
+                                               dev->vhost_hlen, 0);
+                               vhost_log_cache_write(dev, vq,
+                                               buf_vec[0].buf_iova,
+                                               dev->vhost_hlen);
+                       }
 
                        hdr_addr = 0;
                }
 
-               cpy_len = RTE_MIN(desc_avail, mbuf_avail);
-               rte_memcpy((void *)((uintptr_t)(desc_addr + desc_offset)),
-                       rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, void *, mbuf_offset),
-                       cpy_len);
-               vhost_log_write(dev, buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_addr + desc_offset,
-                       cpy_len);
-               PRINT_PACKET(dev, (uintptr_t)(desc_addr + desc_offset),
-                       cpy_len, 0);
+               cpy_len = RTE_MIN(buf_avail, mbuf_avail);
+
+               if (likely(cpy_len > MAX_BATCH_LEN ||
+                                       vq->batch_copy_nb_elems >= vq->size)) {
+                       rte_memcpy((void *)((uintptr_t)(buf_addr + buf_offset)),
+                               rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, void *, mbuf_offset),
+                               cpy_len);
+                       vhost_log_cache_write(dev, vq, buf_iova + buf_offset,
+                                       cpy_len);
+                       PRINT_PACKET(dev, (uintptr_t)(buf_addr + buf_offset),
+                               cpy_len, 0);
+               } else {
+                       batch_copy[vq->batch_copy_nb_elems].dst =
+                               (void *)((uintptr_t)(buf_addr + buf_offset));
+                       batch_copy[vq->batch_copy_nb_elems].src =
+                               rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, void *, mbuf_offset);
+                       batch_copy[vq->batch_copy_nb_elems].log_addr =
+                               buf_iova + buf_offset;
+                       batch_copy[vq->batch_copy_nb_elems].len = cpy_len;
+                       vq->batch_copy_nb_elems++;
+               }
 
                mbuf_avail  -= cpy_len;
                mbuf_offset += cpy_len;
-               desc_avail  -= cpy_len;
-               desc_offset += cpy_len;
+               buf_avail  -= cpy_len;
+               buf_offset += cpy_len;
        }
 
-       return 0;
+out:
+
+       return error;
 }
 
-static inline uint32_t __attribute__((always_inline))
-virtio_dev_merge_rx(struct virtio_net *dev, uint16_t queue_id,
+static __rte_always_inline uint32_t
+virtio_dev_rx_split(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
        struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint32_t count)
 {
-       struct vhost_virtqueue *vq;
        uint32_t pkt_idx = 0;
        uint16_t num_buffers;
        struct buf_vector buf_vec[BUF_VECTOR_MAX];
        uint16_t avail_head;
 
-       LOG_DEBUG(VHOST_DATA, "(%d) %s\n", dev->vid, __func__);
-       if (unlikely(!is_valid_virt_queue_idx(queue_id, 0, dev->virt_qp_nb))) {
-               RTE_LOG(ERR, VHOST_DATA, "(%d) %s: invalid virtqueue idx %d.\n",
-                       dev->vid, __func__, queue_id);
-               return 0;
-       }
-
-       vq = dev->virtqueue[queue_id];
-       if (unlikely(vq->enabled == 0))
-               return 0;
+       avail_head = *((volatile uint16_t *)&vq->avail->idx);
 
-       count = RTE_MIN((uint32_t)MAX_PKT_BURST, count);
-       if (count == 0)
-               return 0;
+       /*
+        * The ordering between avail index and
+        * desc reads needs to be enforced.
+        */
+       rte_smp_rmb();
 
        rte_prefetch0(&vq->avail->ring[vq->last_avail_idx & (vq->size - 1)]);
 
-       vq->shadow_used_idx = 0;
-       avail_head = *((volatile uint16_t *)&vq->avail->idx);
        for (pkt_idx = 0; pkt_idx < count; pkt_idx++) {
                uint32_t pkt_len = pkts[pkt_idx]->pkt_len + dev->vhost_hlen;
+               uint16_t nr_vec = 0;
 
-               if (unlikely(reserve_avail_buf_mergeable(dev, vq,
+               if (unlikely(reserve_avail_buf_split(dev, vq,
                                                pkt_len, buf_vec, &num_buffers,
-                                               avail_head) < 0)) {
-                       LOG_DEBUG(VHOST_DATA,
+                                               avail_head, &nr_vec) < 0)) {
+                       VHOST_LOG_DEBUG(VHOST_DATA,
+                               "(%d) failed to get enough desc from vring\n",
+                               dev->vid);
+                       vq->shadow_used_idx -= num_buffers;
+                       break;
+               }
+
+               rte_prefetch0((void *)(uintptr_t)buf_vec[0].buf_addr);
+
+               VHOST_LOG_DEBUG(VHOST_DATA, "(%d) current index %d | end index %d\n",
+                       dev->vid, vq->last_avail_idx,
+                       vq->last_avail_idx + num_buffers);
+
+               if (copy_mbuf_to_desc(dev, vq, pkts[pkt_idx],
+                                               buf_vec, nr_vec,
+                                               num_buffers) < 0) {
+                       vq->shadow_used_idx -= num_buffers;
+                       break;
+               }
+
+               vq->last_avail_idx += num_buffers;
+       }
+
+       do_data_copy_enqueue(dev, vq);
+
+       if (likely(vq->shadow_used_idx)) {
+               flush_shadow_used_ring_split(dev, vq);
+               vhost_vring_call_split(dev, vq);
+       }
+
+       return pkt_idx;
+}
+
+static __rte_always_inline uint32_t
+virtio_dev_rx_packed(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
+       struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint32_t count)
+{
+       uint32_t pkt_idx = 0;
+       uint16_t num_buffers;
+       struct buf_vector buf_vec[BUF_VECTOR_MAX];
+
+       for (pkt_idx = 0; pkt_idx < count; pkt_idx++) {
+               uint32_t pkt_len = pkts[pkt_idx]->pkt_len + dev->vhost_hlen;
+               uint16_t nr_vec = 0;
+               uint16_t nr_descs = 0;
+
+               if (unlikely(reserve_avail_buf_packed(dev, vq,
+                                               pkt_len, buf_vec, &nr_vec,
+                                               &num_buffers, &nr_descs) < 0)) {
+                       VHOST_LOG_DEBUG(VHOST_DATA,
                                "(%d) failed to get enough desc from vring\n",
                                dev->vid);
                        vq->shadow_used_idx -= num_buffers;
                        break;
                }
 
-               LOG_DEBUG(VHOST_DATA, "(%d) current index %d | end index %d\n",
+               rte_prefetch0((void *)(uintptr_t)buf_vec[0].buf_addr);
+
+               VHOST_LOG_DEBUG(VHOST_DATA, "(%d) current index %d | end index %d\n",
                        dev->vid, vq->last_avail_idx,
                        vq->last_avail_idx + num_buffers);
 
-               if (copy_mbuf_to_desc_mergeable(dev, pkts[pkt_idx],
-                                               buf_vec, num_buffers) < 0) {
-                       vq->shadow_used_idx -= num_buffers;
-                       break;
-               }
+               if (copy_mbuf_to_desc(dev, vq, pkts[pkt_idx],
+                                               buf_vec, nr_vec,
+                                               num_buffers) < 0) {
+                       vq->shadow_used_idx -= num_buffers;
+                       break;
+               }
+
+               vq->last_avail_idx += nr_descs;
+               if (vq->last_avail_idx >= vq->size) {
+                       vq->last_avail_idx -= vq->size;
+                       vq->avail_wrap_counter ^= 1;
+               }
+       }
+
+       do_data_copy_enqueue(dev, vq);
+
+       if (likely(vq->shadow_used_idx)) {
+               flush_shadow_used_ring_packed(dev, vq);
+               vhost_vring_call_packed(dev, vq);
+       }
+
+       return pkt_idx;
+}
+
+static __rte_always_inline uint32_t
+virtio_dev_rx(struct virtio_net *dev, uint16_t queue_id,
+       struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint32_t count)
+{
+       struct vhost_virtqueue *vq;
+       uint32_t nb_tx = 0;
+
+       VHOST_LOG_DEBUG(VHOST_DATA, "(%d) %s\n", dev->vid, __func__);
+       if (unlikely(!is_valid_virt_queue_idx(queue_id, 0, dev->nr_vring))) {
+               RTE_LOG(ERR, VHOST_DATA, "(%d) %s: invalid virtqueue idx %d.\n",
+                       dev->vid, __func__, queue_id);
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       vq = dev->virtqueue[queue_id];
+
+       rte_spinlock_lock(&vq->access_lock);
+
+       if (unlikely(vq->enabled == 0))
+               goto out_access_unlock;
+
+       if (dev->features & (1ULL << VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM))
+               vhost_user_iotlb_rd_lock(vq);
+
+       if (unlikely(vq->access_ok == 0))
+               if (unlikely(vring_translate(dev, vq) < 0))
+                       goto out;
 
-               vq->last_avail_idx += num_buffers;
-       }
+       count = RTE_MIN((uint32_t)MAX_PKT_BURST, count);
+       if (count == 0)
+               goto out;
 
-       if (likely(vq->shadow_used_idx)) {
-               flush_shadow_used_ring(dev, vq);
+       if (vq_is_packed(dev))
+               nb_tx = virtio_dev_rx_packed(dev, vq, pkts, count);
+       else
+               nb_tx = virtio_dev_rx_split(dev, vq, pkts, count);
 
-               /* flush used->idx update before we read avail->flags. */
-               rte_mb();
+out:
+       if (dev->features & (1ULL << VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM))
+               vhost_user_iotlb_rd_unlock(vq);
 
-               /* Kick the guest if necessary. */
-               if (!(vq->avail->flags & VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT)
-                               && (vq->callfd >= 0))
-                       eventfd_write(vq->callfd, (eventfd_t)1);
-       }
+out_access_unlock:
+       rte_spinlock_unlock(&vq->access_lock);
 
-       return pkt_idx;
+       return nb_tx;
 }
 
 uint16_t
@@ -620,19 +939,25 @@ rte_vhost_enqueue_burst(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
        if (!dev)
                return 0;
 
-       if (dev->features & (1 << VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF))
-               return virtio_dev_merge_rx(dev, queue_id, pkts, count);
-       else
-               return virtio_dev_rx(dev, queue_id, pkts, count);
+       if (unlikely(!(dev->flags & VIRTIO_DEV_BUILTIN_VIRTIO_NET))) {
+               RTE_LOG(ERR, VHOST_DATA,
+                       "(%d) %s: built-in vhost net backend is disabled.\n",
+                       dev->vid, __func__);
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       return virtio_dev_rx(dev, queue_id, pkts, count);
 }
 
 static inline bool
 virtio_net_with_host_offload(struct virtio_net *dev)
 {
        if (dev->features &
-                       (VIRTIO_NET_F_CSUM | VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_ECN |
-                        VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_TSO4 | VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_TSO6 |
-                        VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_UFO))
+                       ((1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_CSUM) |
+                        (1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_ECN) |
+                        (1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_TSO4) |
+                        (1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_TSO6) |
+                        (1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_UFO)))
                return true;
 
        return false;
@@ -644,33 +969,34 @@ parse_ethernet(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint16_t *l4_proto, void **l4_hdr)
        struct ipv4_hdr *ipv4_hdr;
        struct ipv6_hdr *ipv6_hdr;
        void *l3_hdr = NULL;
-       struct ether_hdr *eth_hdr;
+       struct rte_ether_hdr *eth_hdr;
        uint16_t ethertype;
 
-       eth_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, struct ether_hdr *);
+       eth_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, struct rte_ether_hdr *);
 
-       m->l2_len = sizeof(struct ether_hdr);
+       m->l2_len = sizeof(struct rte_ether_hdr);
        ethertype = rte_be_to_cpu_16(eth_hdr->ether_type);
 
-       if (ethertype == ETHER_TYPE_VLAN) {
-               struct vlan_hdr *vlan_hdr = (struct vlan_hdr *)(eth_hdr + 1);
+       if (ethertype == RTE_ETHER_TYPE_VLAN) {
+               struct rte_vlan_hdr *vlan_hdr =
+                       (struct rte_vlan_hdr *)(eth_hdr + 1);
 
-               m->l2_len += sizeof(struct vlan_hdr);
+               m->l2_len += sizeof(struct rte_vlan_hdr);
                ethertype = rte_be_to_cpu_16(vlan_hdr->eth_proto);
        }
 
        l3_hdr = (char *)eth_hdr + m->l2_len;
 
        switch (ethertype) {
-       case ETHER_TYPE_IPv4:
-               ipv4_hdr = (struct ipv4_hdr *)l3_hdr;
+       case RTE_ETHER_TYPE_IPv4:
+               ipv4_hdr = l3_hdr;
                *l4_proto = ipv4_hdr->next_proto_id;
                m->l3_len = (ipv4_hdr->version_ihl & 0x0f) * 4;
                *l4_hdr = (char *)l3_hdr + m->l3_len;
                m->ol_flags |= PKT_TX_IPV4;
                break;
-       case ETHER_TYPE_IPv6:
-               ipv6_hdr = (struct ipv6_hdr *)l3_hdr;
+       case RTE_ETHER_TYPE_IPv6:
+               ipv6_hdr = l3_hdr;
                *l4_proto = ipv6_hdr->proto;
                m->l3_len = sizeof(struct ipv6_hdr);
                *l4_hdr = (char *)l3_hdr + m->l3_len;
@@ -684,7 +1010,7 @@ parse_ethernet(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint16_t *l4_proto, void **l4_hdr)
        }
 }
 
-static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
+static __rte_always_inline void
 vhost_dequeue_offload(struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr, struct rte_mbuf *m)
 {
        uint16_t l4_proto = 0;
@@ -720,11 +1046,16 @@ vhost_dequeue_offload(struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr, struct rte_mbuf *m)
                switch (hdr->gso_type & ~VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_ECN) {
                case VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_TCPV4:
                case VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_TCPV6:
-                       tcp_hdr = (struct tcp_hdr *)l4_hdr;
+                       tcp_hdr = l4_hdr;
                        m->ol_flags |= PKT_TX_TCP_SEG;
                        m->tso_segsz = hdr->gso_size;
                        m->l4_len = (tcp_hdr->data_off & 0xf0) >> 2;
                        break;
+               case VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_UDP:
+                       m->ol_flags |= PKT_TX_UDP_SEG;
+                       m->tso_segsz = hdr->gso_size;
+                       m->l4_len = sizeof(struct udp_hdr);
+                       break;
                default:
                        RTE_LOG(WARNING, VHOST_DATA,
                                "unsupported gso type %u.\n", hdr->gso_type);
@@ -733,78 +1064,64 @@ vhost_dequeue_offload(struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr, struct rte_mbuf *m)
        }
 }
 
-#define RARP_PKT_SIZE  64
-
-static int
-make_rarp_packet(struct rte_mbuf *rarp_mbuf, const struct ether_addr *mac)
-{
-       struct ether_hdr *eth_hdr;
-       struct arp_hdr  *rarp;
-
-       if (rarp_mbuf->buf_len < 64) {
-               RTE_LOG(WARNING, VHOST_DATA,
-                       "failed to make RARP; mbuf size too small %u (< %d)\n",
-                       rarp_mbuf->buf_len, RARP_PKT_SIZE);
-               return -1;
-       }
-
-       /* Ethernet header. */
-       eth_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(rarp_mbuf, struct ether_hdr *, 0);
-       memset(eth_hdr->d_addr.addr_bytes, 0xff, ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
-       ether_addr_copy(mac, &eth_hdr->s_addr);
-       eth_hdr->ether_type = htons(ETHER_TYPE_RARP);
-
-       /* RARP header. */
-       rarp = (struct arp_hdr *)(eth_hdr + 1);
-       rarp->arp_hrd = htons(ARP_HRD_ETHER);
-       rarp->arp_pro = htons(ETHER_TYPE_IPv4);
-       rarp->arp_hln = ETHER_ADDR_LEN;
-       rarp->arp_pln = 4;
-       rarp->arp_op  = htons(ARP_OP_REVREQUEST);
-
-       ether_addr_copy(mac, &rarp->arp_data.arp_sha);
-       ether_addr_copy(mac, &rarp->arp_data.arp_tha);
-       memset(&rarp->arp_data.arp_sip, 0x00, 4);
-       memset(&rarp->arp_data.arp_tip, 0x00, 4);
-
-       rarp_mbuf->pkt_len  = rarp_mbuf->data_len = RARP_PKT_SIZE;
-
-       return 0;
-}
-
-static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
-put_zmbuf(struct zcopy_mbuf *zmbuf)
+static __rte_always_inline int
+copy_desc_to_mbuf(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
+                 struct buf_vector *buf_vec, uint16_t nr_vec,
+                 struct rte_mbuf *m, struct rte_mempool *mbuf_pool)
 {
-       zmbuf->in_use = 0;
-}
-
-static inline int __attribute__((always_inline))
-copy_desc_to_mbuf(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vring_desc *descs,
-                 uint16_t max_desc, struct rte_mbuf *m, uint16_t desc_idx,
-                 struct rte_mempool *mbuf_pool)
-{
-       struct vring_desc *desc;
-       uint64_t desc_addr;
-       uint32_t desc_avail, desc_offset;
+       uint32_t buf_avail, buf_offset;
+       uint64_t buf_addr, buf_iova, buf_len;
        uint32_t mbuf_avail, mbuf_offset;
        uint32_t cpy_len;
        struct rte_mbuf *cur = m, *prev = m;
+       struct virtio_net_hdr tmp_hdr;
        struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr = NULL;
        /* A counter to avoid desc dead loop chain */
-       uint32_t nr_desc = 1;
+       uint16_t vec_idx = 0;
+       struct batch_copy_elem *batch_copy = vq->batch_copy_elems;
+       int error = 0;
 
-       desc = &descs[desc_idx];
-       if (unlikely((desc->len < dev->vhost_hlen)) ||
-                       (desc->flags & VRING_DESC_F_INDIRECT))
-               return -1;
+       buf_addr = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_addr;
+       buf_iova = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_iova;
+       buf_len = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_len;
 
-       desc_addr = gpa_to_vva(dev, desc->addr);
-       if (unlikely(!desc_addr))
-               return -1;
+       if (unlikely(buf_len < dev->vhost_hlen && nr_vec <= 1)) {
+               error = -1;
+               goto out;
+       }
+
+       if (likely(nr_vec > 1))
+               rte_prefetch0((void *)(uintptr_t)buf_vec[1].buf_addr);
 
        if (virtio_net_with_host_offload(dev)) {
-               hdr = (struct virtio_net_hdr *)((uintptr_t)desc_addr);
-               rte_prefetch0(hdr);
+               if (unlikely(buf_len < sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr))) {
+                       uint64_t len;
+                       uint64_t remain = sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr);
+                       uint64_t src;
+                       uint64_t dst = (uint64_t)(uintptr_t)&tmp_hdr;
+                       uint16_t hdr_vec_idx = 0;
+
+                       /*
+                        * No luck, the virtio-net header doesn't fit
+                        * in a contiguous virtual area.
+                        */
+                       while (remain) {
+                               len = RTE_MIN(remain,
+                                       buf_vec[hdr_vec_idx].buf_len);
+                               src = buf_vec[hdr_vec_idx].buf_addr;
+                               rte_memcpy((void *)(uintptr_t)dst,
+                                                  (void *)(uintptr_t)src, len);
+
+                               remain -= len;
+                               dst += len;
+                               hdr_vec_idx++;
+                       }
+
+                       hdr = &tmp_hdr;
+               } else {
+                       hdr = (struct virtio_net_hdr *)((uintptr_t)buf_addr);
+                       rte_prefetch0(hdr);
+               }
        }
 
        /*
@@ -812,34 +1129,40 @@ copy_desc_to_mbuf(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vring_desc *descs,
         * for Tx: the first for storing the header, and others
         * for storing the data.
         */
-       if (likely((desc->len == dev->vhost_hlen) &&
-                  (desc->flags & VRING_DESC_F_NEXT) != 0)) {
-               desc = &descs[desc->next];
-               if (unlikely(desc->flags & VRING_DESC_F_INDIRECT))
-                       return -1;
-
-               desc_addr = gpa_to_vva(dev, desc->addr);
-               if (unlikely(!desc_addr))
-                       return -1;
-
-               desc_offset = 0;
-               desc_avail  = desc->len;
-               nr_desc    += 1;
+       if (unlikely(buf_len < dev->vhost_hlen)) {
+               buf_offset = dev->vhost_hlen - buf_len;
+               vec_idx++;
+               buf_addr = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_addr;
+               buf_iova = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_iova;
+               buf_len = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_len;
+               buf_avail  = buf_len - buf_offset;
+       } else if (buf_len == dev->vhost_hlen) {
+               if (unlikely(++vec_idx >= nr_vec))
+                       goto out;
+               buf_addr = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_addr;
+               buf_iova = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_iova;
+               buf_len = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_len;
+
+               buf_offset = 0;
+               buf_avail = buf_len;
        } else {
-               desc_avail  = desc->len - dev->vhost_hlen;
-               desc_offset = dev->vhost_hlen;
+               buf_offset = dev->vhost_hlen;
+               buf_avail = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_len - dev->vhost_hlen;
        }
 
-       rte_prefetch0((void *)(uintptr_t)(desc_addr + desc_offset));
+       rte_prefetch0((void *)(uintptr_t)
+                       (buf_addr + buf_offset));
 
-       PRINT_PACKET(dev, (uintptr_t)(desc_addr + desc_offset), desc_avail, 0);
+       PRINT_PACKET(dev,
+                       (uintptr_t)(buf_addr + buf_offset),
+                       (uint32_t)buf_avail, 0);
 
        mbuf_offset = 0;
        mbuf_avail  = m->buf_len - RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;
        while (1) {
                uint64_t hpa;
 
-               cpy_len = RTE_MIN(desc_avail, mbuf_avail);
+               cpy_len = RTE_MIN(buf_avail, mbuf_avail);
 
                /*
                 * A desc buf might across two host physical pages that are
@@ -847,11 +1170,12 @@ copy_desc_to_mbuf(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vring_desc *descs,
                 * will be copied even though zero copy is enabled.
                 */
                if (unlikely(dev->dequeue_zero_copy && (hpa = gpa_to_hpa(dev,
-                                       desc->addr + desc_offset, cpy_len)))) {
+                                       buf_iova + buf_offset, cpy_len)))) {
                        cur->data_len = cpy_len;
                        cur->data_off = 0;
-                       cur->buf_addr = (void *)(uintptr_t)desc_addr;
-                       cur->buf_physaddr = hpa;
+                       cur->buf_addr =
+                               (void *)(uintptr_t)(buf_addr + buf_offset);
+                       cur->buf_iova = hpa;
 
                        /*
                         * In zero copy mode, one mbuf can only reference data
@@ -859,39 +1183,54 @@ copy_desc_to_mbuf(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vring_desc *descs,
                         */
                        mbuf_avail = cpy_len;
                } else {
-                       rte_memcpy(rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(cur, void *,
-                                                          mbuf_offset),
-                               (void *)((uintptr_t)(desc_addr + desc_offset)),
-                               cpy_len);
+                       if (likely(cpy_len > MAX_BATCH_LEN ||
+                                  vq->batch_copy_nb_elems >= vq->size ||
+                                  (hdr && cur == m))) {
+                               rte_memcpy(rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(cur, void *,
+                                                                  mbuf_offset),
+                                          (void *)((uintptr_t)(buf_addr +
+                                                          buf_offset)),
+                                          cpy_len);
+                       } else {
+                               batch_copy[vq->batch_copy_nb_elems].dst =
+                                       rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(cur, void *,
+                                                               mbuf_offset);
+                               batch_copy[vq->batch_copy_nb_elems].src =
+                                       (void *)((uintptr_t)(buf_addr +
+                                                               buf_offset));
+                               batch_copy[vq->batch_copy_nb_elems].len =
+                                       cpy_len;
+                               vq->batch_copy_nb_elems++;
+                       }
                }
 
                mbuf_avail  -= cpy_len;
                mbuf_offset += cpy_len;
-               desc_avail  -= cpy_len;
-               desc_offset += cpy_len;
+               buf_avail -= cpy_len;
+               buf_offset += cpy_len;
 
-               /* This desc reaches to its end, get the next one */
-               if (desc_avail == 0) {
-                       if ((desc->flags & VRING_DESC_F_NEXT) == 0)
+               /* This buf reaches to its end, get the next one */
+               if (buf_avail == 0) {
+                       if (++vec_idx >= nr_vec)
                                break;
 
-                       if (unlikely(desc->next >= max_desc ||
-                                    ++nr_desc > max_desc))
-                               return -1;
-                       desc = &descs[desc->next];
-                       if (unlikely(desc->flags & VRING_DESC_F_INDIRECT))
-                               return -1;
-
-                       desc_addr = gpa_to_vva(dev, desc->addr);
-                       if (unlikely(!desc_addr))
-                               return -1;
+                       buf_addr = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_addr;
+                       buf_iova = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_iova;
+                       buf_len = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_len;
 
-                       rte_prefetch0((void *)(uintptr_t)desc_addr);
+                       /*
+                        * Prefecth desc n + 1 buffer while
+                        * desc n buffer is processed.
+                        */
+                       if (vec_idx + 1 < nr_vec)
+                               rte_prefetch0((void *)(uintptr_t)
+                                               buf_vec[vec_idx + 1].buf_addr);
 
-                       desc_offset = 0;
-                       desc_avail  = desc->len;
+                       buf_offset = 0;
+                       buf_avail  = buf_len;
 
-                       PRINT_PACKET(dev, (uintptr_t)desc_addr, desc->len, 0);
+                       PRINT_PACKET(dev, (uintptr_t)buf_addr,
+                                       (uint32_t)buf_avail, 0);
                }
 
                /*
@@ -903,8 +1242,11 @@ copy_desc_to_mbuf(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vring_desc *descs,
                        if (unlikely(cur == NULL)) {
                                RTE_LOG(ERR, VHOST_DATA, "Failed to "
                                        "allocate memory for mbuf.\n");
-                               return -1;
+                               error = -1;
+                               goto out;
                        }
+                       if (unlikely(dev->dequeue_zero_copy))
+                               rte_mbuf_refcnt_update(cur, 1);
 
                        prev->next = cur;
                        prev->data_len = mbuf_offset;
@@ -923,41 +1265,12 @@ copy_desc_to_mbuf(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vring_desc *descs,
        if (hdr)
                vhost_dequeue_offload(hdr, m);
 
-       return 0;
-}
-
-static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
-update_used_ring(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
-                uint32_t used_idx, uint32_t desc_idx)
-{
-       vq->used->ring[used_idx].id  = desc_idx;
-       vq->used->ring[used_idx].len = 0;
-       vhost_log_used_vring(dev, vq,
-                       offsetof(struct vring_used, ring[used_idx]),
-                       sizeof(vq->used->ring[used_idx]));
-}
-
-static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
-update_used_idx(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
-               uint32_t count)
-{
-       if (unlikely(count == 0))
-               return;
-
-       rte_smp_wmb();
-       rte_smp_rmb();
-
-       vq->used->idx += count;
-       vhost_log_used_vring(dev, vq, offsetof(struct vring_used, idx),
-                       sizeof(vq->used->idx));
+out:
 
-       /* Kick guest if required. */
-       if (!(vq->avail->flags & VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT)
-                       && (vq->callfd >= 0))
-               eventfd_write(vq->callfd, (eventfd_t)1);
+       return error;
 }
 
-static inline struct zcopy_mbuf *__attribute__((always_inline))
+static __rte_always_inline struct zcopy_mbuf *
 get_zmbuf(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
 {
        uint16_t i;
@@ -988,144 +1301,186 @@ again:
        return NULL;
 }
 
-static inline bool __attribute__((always_inline))
-mbuf_is_consumed(struct rte_mbuf *m)
-{
-       while (m) {
-               if (rte_mbuf_refcnt_read(m) > 1)
-                       return false;
-               m = m->next;
-       }
-
-       return true;
-}
-
-uint16_t
-rte_vhost_dequeue_burst(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
+static __rte_always_inline uint16_t
+virtio_dev_tx_split(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
        struct rte_mempool *mbuf_pool, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t count)
 {
-       struct virtio_net *dev;
-       struct rte_mbuf *rarp_mbuf = NULL;
-       struct vhost_virtqueue *vq;
-       uint32_t desc_indexes[MAX_PKT_BURST];
-       uint32_t used_idx;
-       uint32_t i = 0;
+       uint16_t i;
        uint16_t free_entries;
-       uint16_t avail_idx;
-
-       dev = get_device(vid);
-       if (!dev)
-               return 0;
-
-       if (unlikely(!is_valid_virt_queue_idx(queue_id, 1, dev->virt_qp_nb))) {
-               RTE_LOG(ERR, VHOST_DATA, "(%d) %s: invalid virtqueue idx %d.\n",
-                       dev->vid, __func__, queue_id);
-               return 0;
-       }
-
-       vq = dev->virtqueue[queue_id];
-       if (unlikely(vq->enabled == 0))
-               return 0;
 
        if (unlikely(dev->dequeue_zero_copy)) {
                struct zcopy_mbuf *zmbuf, *next;
-               int nr_updated = 0;
 
                for (zmbuf = TAILQ_FIRST(&vq->zmbuf_list);
                     zmbuf != NULL; zmbuf = next) {
                        next = TAILQ_NEXT(zmbuf, next);
 
                        if (mbuf_is_consumed(zmbuf->mbuf)) {
-                               used_idx = vq->last_used_idx++ & (vq->size - 1);
-                               update_used_ring(dev, vq, used_idx,
-                                                zmbuf->desc_idx);
-                               nr_updated += 1;
-
+                               update_shadow_used_ring_split(vq,
+                                               zmbuf->desc_idx, 0);
                                TAILQ_REMOVE(&vq->zmbuf_list, zmbuf, next);
+                               restore_mbuf(zmbuf->mbuf);
                                rte_pktmbuf_free(zmbuf->mbuf);
                                put_zmbuf(zmbuf);
                                vq->nr_zmbuf -= 1;
                        }
                }
 
-               update_used_idx(dev, vq, nr_updated);
-       }
-
-       /*
-        * Construct a RARP broadcast packet, and inject it to the "pkts"
-        * array, to looks like that guest actually send such packet.
-        *
-        * Check user_send_rarp() for more information.
-        */
-       if (unlikely(rte_atomic16_cmpset((volatile uint16_t *)
-                                        &dev->broadcast_rarp.cnt, 1, 0))) {
-               rarp_mbuf = rte_pktmbuf_alloc(mbuf_pool);
-               if (rarp_mbuf == NULL) {
-                       RTE_LOG(ERR, VHOST_DATA,
-                               "Failed to allocate memory for mbuf.\n");
-                       return 0;
-               }
-
-               if (make_rarp_packet(rarp_mbuf, &dev->mac)) {
-                       rte_pktmbuf_free(rarp_mbuf);
-                       rarp_mbuf = NULL;
-               } else {
-                       count -= 1;
+               if (likely(vq->shadow_used_idx)) {
+                       flush_shadow_used_ring_split(dev, vq);
+                       vhost_vring_call_split(dev, vq);
                }
        }
 
        free_entries = *((volatile uint16_t *)&vq->avail->idx) -
                        vq->last_avail_idx;
        if (free_entries == 0)
-               goto out;
+               return 0;
+
+       /*
+        * The ordering between avail index and
+        * desc reads needs to be enforced.
+        */
+       rte_smp_rmb();
 
-       LOG_DEBUG(VHOST_DATA, "(%d) %s\n", dev->vid, __func__);
+       rte_prefetch0(&vq->avail->ring[vq->last_avail_idx & (vq->size - 1)]);
 
-       /* Prefetch available and used ring */
-       avail_idx = vq->last_avail_idx & (vq->size - 1);
-       used_idx  = vq->last_used_idx  & (vq->size - 1);
-       rte_prefetch0(&vq->avail->ring[avail_idx]);
-       rte_prefetch0(&vq->used->ring[used_idx]);
+       VHOST_LOG_DEBUG(VHOST_DATA, "(%d) %s\n", dev->vid, __func__);
 
        count = RTE_MIN(count, MAX_PKT_BURST);
        count = RTE_MIN(count, free_entries);
-       LOG_DEBUG(VHOST_DATA, "(%d) about to dequeue %u buffers\n",
+       VHOST_LOG_DEBUG(VHOST_DATA, "(%d) about to dequeue %u buffers\n",
                        dev->vid, count);
 
-       /* Retrieve all of the head indexes first to avoid caching issues. */
        for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-               avail_idx = (vq->last_avail_idx + i) & (vq->size - 1);
-               used_idx  = (vq->last_used_idx  + i) & (vq->size - 1);
-               desc_indexes[i] = vq->avail->ring[avail_idx];
+               struct buf_vector buf_vec[BUF_VECTOR_MAX];
+               uint16_t head_idx;
+               uint32_t dummy_len;
+               uint16_t nr_vec = 0;
+               int err;
+
+               if (unlikely(fill_vec_buf_split(dev, vq,
+                                               vq->last_avail_idx + i,
+                                               &nr_vec, buf_vec,
+                                               &head_idx, &dummy_len,
+                                               VHOST_ACCESS_RO) < 0))
+                       break;
 
                if (likely(dev->dequeue_zero_copy == 0))
-                       update_used_ring(dev, vq, used_idx, desc_indexes[i]);
+                       update_shadow_used_ring_split(vq, head_idx, 0);
+
+               rte_prefetch0((void *)(uintptr_t)buf_vec[0].buf_addr);
+
+               pkts[i] = rte_pktmbuf_alloc(mbuf_pool);
+               if (unlikely(pkts[i] == NULL)) {
+                       RTE_LOG(ERR, VHOST_DATA,
+                               "Failed to allocate memory for mbuf.\n");
+                       break;
+               }
+
+               err = copy_desc_to_mbuf(dev, vq, buf_vec, nr_vec, pkts[i],
+                               mbuf_pool);
+               if (unlikely(err)) {
+                       rte_pktmbuf_free(pkts[i]);
+                       break;
+               }
+
+               if (unlikely(dev->dequeue_zero_copy)) {
+                       struct zcopy_mbuf *zmbuf;
+
+                       zmbuf = get_zmbuf(vq);
+                       if (!zmbuf) {
+                               rte_pktmbuf_free(pkts[i]);
+                               break;
+                       }
+                       zmbuf->mbuf = pkts[i];
+                       zmbuf->desc_idx = head_idx;
+
+                       /*
+                        * Pin lock the mbuf; we will check later to see
+                        * whether the mbuf is freed (when we are the last
+                        * user) or not. If that's the case, we then could
+                        * update the used ring safely.
+                        */
+                       rte_mbuf_refcnt_update(pkts[i], 1);
+
+                       vq->nr_zmbuf += 1;
+                       TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&vq->zmbuf_list, zmbuf, next);
+               }
        }
+       vq->last_avail_idx += i;
+
+       if (likely(dev->dequeue_zero_copy == 0)) {
+               do_data_copy_dequeue(vq);
+               if (unlikely(i < count))
+                       vq->shadow_used_idx = i;
+               if (likely(vq->shadow_used_idx)) {
+                       flush_shadow_used_ring_split(dev, vq);
+                       vhost_vring_call_split(dev, vq);
+               }
+       }
+
+       return i;
+}
+
+static __rte_always_inline uint16_t
+virtio_dev_tx_packed(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
+       struct rte_mempool *mbuf_pool, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t count)
+{
+       uint16_t i;
+
+       if (unlikely(dev->dequeue_zero_copy)) {
+               struct zcopy_mbuf *zmbuf, *next;
+
+               for (zmbuf = TAILQ_FIRST(&vq->zmbuf_list);
+                    zmbuf != NULL; zmbuf = next) {
+                       next = TAILQ_NEXT(zmbuf, next);
+
+                       if (mbuf_is_consumed(zmbuf->mbuf)) {
+                               update_shadow_used_ring_packed(vq,
+                                               zmbuf->desc_idx,
+                                               0,
+                                               zmbuf->desc_count);
+
+                               TAILQ_REMOVE(&vq->zmbuf_list, zmbuf, next);
+                               restore_mbuf(zmbuf->mbuf);
+                               rte_pktmbuf_free(zmbuf->mbuf);
+                               put_zmbuf(zmbuf);
+                               vq->nr_zmbuf -= 1;
+                       }
+               }
+
+               if (likely(vq->shadow_used_idx)) {
+                       flush_shadow_used_ring_packed(dev, vq);
+                       vhost_vring_call_packed(dev, vq);
+               }
+       }
+
+       VHOST_LOG_DEBUG(VHOST_DATA, "(%d) %s\n", dev->vid, __func__);
+
+       count = RTE_MIN(count, MAX_PKT_BURST);
+       VHOST_LOG_DEBUG(VHOST_DATA, "(%d) about to dequeue %u buffers\n",
+                       dev->vid, count);
 
-       /* Prefetch descriptor index. */
-       rte_prefetch0(&vq->desc[desc_indexes[0]]);
        for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-               struct vring_desc *desc;
-               uint16_t sz, idx;
+               struct buf_vector buf_vec[BUF_VECTOR_MAX];
+               uint16_t buf_id;
+               uint32_t dummy_len;
+               uint16_t desc_count, nr_vec = 0;
                int err;
 
-               if (likely(i + 1 < count))
-                       rte_prefetch0(&vq->desc[desc_indexes[i + 1]]);
+               if (unlikely(fill_vec_buf_packed(dev, vq,
+                                               vq->last_avail_idx, &desc_count,
+                                               buf_vec, &nr_vec,
+                                               &buf_id, &dummy_len,
+                                               VHOST_ACCESS_RO) < 0))
+                       break;
 
-               if (vq->desc[desc_indexes[i]].flags & VRING_DESC_F_INDIRECT) {
-                       desc = (struct vring_desc *)(uintptr_t)gpa_to_vva(dev,
-                                       vq->desc[desc_indexes[i]].addr);
-                       if (unlikely(!desc))
-                               break;
+               if (likely(dev->dequeue_zero_copy == 0))
+                       update_shadow_used_ring_packed(vq, buf_id, 0,
+                                       desc_count);
 
-                       rte_prefetch0(desc);
-                       sz = vq->desc[desc_indexes[i]].len / sizeof(*desc);
-                       idx = 0;
-               } else {
-                       desc = vq->desc;
-                       sz = vq->size;
-                       idx = desc_indexes[i];
-               }
+               rte_prefetch0((void *)(uintptr_t)buf_vec[0].buf_addr);
 
                pkts[i] = rte_pktmbuf_alloc(mbuf_pool);
                if (unlikely(pkts[i] == NULL)) {
@@ -1134,7 +1489,8 @@ rte_vhost_dequeue_burst(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
                        break;
                }
 
-               err = copy_desc_to_mbuf(dev, desc, sz, pkts[i], idx, mbuf_pool);
+               err = copy_desc_to_mbuf(dev, vq, buf_vec, nr_vec, pkts[i],
+                               mbuf_pool);
                if (unlikely(err)) {
                        rte_pktmbuf_free(pkts[i]);
                        break;
@@ -1149,7 +1505,8 @@ rte_vhost_dequeue_burst(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
                                break;
                        }
                        zmbuf->mbuf = pkts[i];
-                       zmbuf->desc_idx = desc_indexes[i];
+                       zmbuf->desc_idx = buf_id;
+                       zmbuf->desc_count = desc_count;
 
                        /*
                         * Pin lock the mbuf; we will check later to see
@@ -1162,24 +1519,121 @@ rte_vhost_dequeue_burst(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
                        vq->nr_zmbuf += 1;
                        TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&vq->zmbuf_list, zmbuf, next);
                }
+
+               vq->last_avail_idx += desc_count;
+               if (vq->last_avail_idx >= vq->size) {
+                       vq->last_avail_idx -= vq->size;
+                       vq->avail_wrap_counter ^= 1;
+               }
        }
-       vq->last_avail_idx += i;
 
        if (likely(dev->dequeue_zero_copy == 0)) {
-               vq->last_used_idx += i;
-               update_used_idx(dev, vq, i);
+               do_data_copy_dequeue(vq);
+               if (unlikely(i < count))
+                       vq->shadow_used_idx = i;
+               if (likely(vq->shadow_used_idx)) {
+                       flush_shadow_used_ring_packed(dev, vq);
+                       vhost_vring_call_packed(dev, vq);
+               }
+       }
+
+       return i;
+}
+
+uint16_t
+rte_vhost_dequeue_burst(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
+       struct rte_mempool *mbuf_pool, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t count)
+{
+       struct virtio_net *dev;
+       struct rte_mbuf *rarp_mbuf = NULL;
+       struct vhost_virtqueue *vq;
+
+       dev = get_device(vid);
+       if (!dev)
+               return 0;
+
+       if (unlikely(!(dev->flags & VIRTIO_DEV_BUILTIN_VIRTIO_NET))) {
+               RTE_LOG(ERR, VHOST_DATA,
+                       "(%d) %s: built-in vhost net backend is disabled.\n",
+                       dev->vid, __func__);
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       if (unlikely(!is_valid_virt_queue_idx(queue_id, 1, dev->nr_vring))) {
+               RTE_LOG(ERR, VHOST_DATA, "(%d) %s: invalid virtqueue idx %d.\n",
+                       dev->vid, __func__, queue_id);
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       vq = dev->virtqueue[queue_id];
+
+       if (unlikely(rte_spinlock_trylock(&vq->access_lock) == 0))
+               return 0;
+
+       if (unlikely(vq->enabled == 0)) {
+               count = 0;
+               goto out_access_unlock;
+       }
+
+       if (dev->features & (1ULL << VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM))
+               vhost_user_iotlb_rd_lock(vq);
+
+       if (unlikely(vq->access_ok == 0))
+               if (unlikely(vring_translate(dev, vq) < 0)) {
+                       count = 0;
+                       goto out;
+               }
+
+       /*
+        * Construct a RARP broadcast packet, and inject it to the "pkts"
+        * array, to looks like that guest actually send such packet.
+        *
+        * Check user_send_rarp() for more information.
+        *
+        * broadcast_rarp shares a cacheline in the virtio_net structure
+        * with some fields that are accessed during enqueue and
+        * rte_atomic16_cmpset() causes a write if using cmpxchg. This could
+        * result in false sharing between enqueue and dequeue.
+        *
+        * Prevent unnecessary false sharing by reading broadcast_rarp first
+        * and only performing cmpset if the read indicates it is likely to
+        * be set.
+        */
+       if (unlikely(rte_atomic16_read(&dev->broadcast_rarp) &&
+                       rte_atomic16_cmpset((volatile uint16_t *)
+                               &dev->broadcast_rarp.cnt, 1, 0))) {
+
+               rarp_mbuf = rte_net_make_rarp_packet(mbuf_pool, &dev->mac);
+               if (rarp_mbuf == NULL) {
+                       RTE_LOG(ERR, VHOST_DATA,
+                               "Failed to make RARP packet.\n");
+                       count = 0;
+                       goto out;
+               }
+               count -= 1;
        }
 
+       if (vq_is_packed(dev))
+               count = virtio_dev_tx_packed(dev, vq, mbuf_pool, pkts, count);
+       else
+               count = virtio_dev_tx_split(dev, vq, mbuf_pool, pkts, count);
+
 out:
+       if (dev->features & (1ULL << VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM))
+               vhost_user_iotlb_rd_unlock(vq);
+
+out_access_unlock:
+       rte_spinlock_unlock(&vq->access_lock);
+
        if (unlikely(rarp_mbuf != NULL)) {
                /*
                 * Inject it to the head of "pkts" array, so that switch's mac
                 * learning table will get updated first.
                 */
-               memmove(&pkts[1], pkts, i * sizeof(struct rte_mbuf *));
+               memmove(&pkts[1], pkts, count * sizeof(struct rte_mbuf *));
                pkts[0] = rarp_mbuf;
-               i += 1;
+               count += 1;
        }
 
-       return i;
+       return count;
 }