void *reserved[5]; /**< Reserved for future extension */
 };
 
+/**
+ * Convert guest physical address to host virtual address
+ *
+ * @param mem
+ *  the guest memory regions
+ * @param gpa
+ *  the guest physical address for querying
+ * @return
+ *  the host virtual address on success, 0 on failure
+ */
+static inline uint64_t __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_vhost_gpa_to_vva(struct rte_vhost_memory *mem, uint64_t gpa)
+{
+       struct rte_vhost_mem_region *reg;
+       uint32_t i;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < mem->nregions; i++) {
+               reg = &mem->regions[i];
+               if (gpa >= reg->guest_phys_addr &&
+                   gpa <  reg->guest_phys_addr + reg->size) {
+                       return gpa - reg->guest_phys_addr +
+                              reg->host_user_addr;
+               }
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 int rte_vhost_enable_guest_notification(int vid, uint16_t queue_id, int enable);
 
 /**
 
 #define MAX_VHOST_DEVICE       1024
 extern struct virtio_net *vhost_devices[MAX_VHOST_DEVICE];
 
-/* Convert guest physical Address to host virtual address */
-static inline uint64_t __attribute__((always_inline))
-gpa_to_vva(struct virtio_net *dev, uint64_t gpa)
-{
-       struct rte_vhost_mem_region *reg;
-       uint32_t i;
-
-       for (i = 0; i < dev->mem->nregions; i++) {
-               reg = &dev->mem->regions[i];
-               if (gpa >= reg->guest_phys_addr &&
-                   gpa <  reg->guest_phys_addr + reg->size) {
-                       return gpa - reg->guest_phys_addr +
-                              reg->host_user_addr;
-               }
-       }
-
-       return 0;
-}
-
 /* Convert guest physical address to host physical address */
 static inline phys_addr_t __attribute__((always_inline))
 gpa_to_hpa(struct virtio_net *dev, uint64_t gpa, uint64_t size)
 
        uint16_t nr_desc = 1;
 
        desc = &descs[desc_idx];
-       desc_addr = gpa_to_vva(dev, desc->addr);
+       desc_addr = rte_vhost_gpa_to_vva(dev->mem, 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
                                return -1;
 
                        desc = &descs[desc->next];
-                       desc_addr = gpa_to_vva(dev, desc->addr);
+                       desc_addr = rte_vhost_gpa_to_vva(dev->mem, desc->addr);
                        if (unlikely(!desc_addr))
                                return -1;
 
                int err;
 
                if (vq->desc[desc_idx].flags & VRING_DESC_F_INDIRECT) {
-                       descs = (struct vring_desc *)(uintptr_t)gpa_to_vva(dev,
+                       descs = (struct vring_desc *)(uintptr_t)
+                               rte_vhost_gpa_to_vva(dev->mem,
                                        vq->desc[desc_idx].addr);
                        if (unlikely(!descs)) {
                                count = i;
 
        if (vq->desc[idx].flags & VRING_DESC_F_INDIRECT) {
                descs = (struct vring_desc *)(uintptr_t)
-                                       gpa_to_vva(dev, vq->desc[idx].addr);
+                       rte_vhost_gpa_to_vva(dev->mem, vq->desc[idx].addr);
                if (unlikely(!descs))
                        return -1;
 
        if (unlikely(m == NULL))
                return -1;
 
-       desc_addr = gpa_to_vva(dev, buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_addr);
+       desc_addr = rte_vhost_gpa_to_vva(dev->mem, buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_addr);
        if (buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_len < dev->vhost_hlen || !desc_addr)
                return -1;
 
                /* done with current desc buf, get the next one */
                if (desc_avail == 0) {
                        vec_idx++;
-                       desc_addr = gpa_to_vva(dev, buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_addr);
+                       desc_addr = rte_vhost_gpa_to_vva(dev->mem,
+                                       buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_addr);
                        if (unlikely(!desc_addr))
                                return -1;
 
                        (desc->flags & VRING_DESC_F_INDIRECT))
                return -1;
 
-       desc_addr = gpa_to_vva(dev, desc->addr);
+       desc_addr = rte_vhost_gpa_to_vva(dev->mem, desc->addr);
        if (unlikely(!desc_addr))
                return -1;
 
                if (unlikely(desc->flags & VRING_DESC_F_INDIRECT))
                        return -1;
 
-               desc_addr = gpa_to_vva(dev, desc->addr);
+               desc_addr = rte_vhost_gpa_to_vva(dev->mem, desc->addr);
                if (unlikely(!desc_addr))
                        return -1;
 
                        if (unlikely(desc->flags & VRING_DESC_F_INDIRECT))
                                return -1;
 
-                       desc_addr = gpa_to_vva(dev, desc->addr);
+                       desc_addr = rte_vhost_gpa_to_vva(dev->mem, desc->addr);
                        if (unlikely(!desc_addr))
                                return -1;
 
                        rte_prefetch0(&vq->desc[desc_indexes[i + 1]]);
 
                if (vq->desc[desc_indexes[i]].flags & VRING_DESC_F_INDIRECT) {
-                       desc = (struct vring_desc *)(uintptr_t)gpa_to_vva(dev,
+                       desc = (struct vring_desc *)(uintptr_t)
+                               rte_vhost_gpa_to_vva(dev->mem,
                                        vq->desc[desc_indexes[i]].addr);
                        if (unlikely(!desc))
                                break;