[v2,4/4] net/iavf: add offload path for Rx AVX512 flex desc

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State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: Qi Zhang
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Series add Rx/Tx offload paths for IAVF AVX512 |

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Commit Message

Wenzhuo Lu March 18, 2021, 5:24 a.m. UTC
  Add a specific path for RX AVX512 (flexible descriptor).
In this path, support the HW offload features, like,
checksum, VLAN stripping, RSS hash.
This path is chosen automatically according to the
configuration.

All the code for the above HW offload features is removed
from the legacy path.

Signed-off-by: Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst  |   7 +
 drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx.c            |  27 +-
 drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx.h            |   6 +
 drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx_vec_avx512.c | 899 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 4 files changed, 746 insertions(+), 193 deletions(-)
  

Patch

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst
index 21dc6d2..a7769f8 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst
@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@  New Features
   * Added command to display Rx queue used descriptor count.
     ``show port (port_id) rxq (queue_id) desc used count``
 
+* **Added the offload paths for IAVF AVX512.**
+
+  * Added the new RX and TX paths to use the HW offload features. When the HW
+    offload features are configured to be used, the offload paths are chosen
+    automatically.
+  * The code of HW offload features is removed from the legacy paths.
+
 
 Removed Items
 -------------
diff --git a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx.c
index 9b3f8be..5aeb19d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx.c
@@ -2395,11 +2395,8 @@ 
 			goto normal;
 
 		if (vf->vf_res->vf_cap_flags &
-			VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RX_FLEX_DESC) {
+			VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RX_FLEX_DESC)
 			use_flex = true;
-			if (use_avx512 && check_ret == IAVF_VECTOR_OFFLOAD_PATH)
-				use_flex = false;
-		}
 
 		for (i = 0; i < dev->data->nb_rx_queues; i++) {
 			rxq = dev->data->rx_queues[i];
@@ -2417,9 +2414,14 @@ 
 					iavf_recv_scattered_pkts_vec_avx2_flex_rxd :
 					iavf_recv_scattered_pkts_vec_flex_rxd;
 #ifdef CC_AVX512_SUPPORT
-				if (use_avx512)
-					dev->rx_pkt_burst =
-						iavf_recv_scattered_pkts_vec_avx512_flex_rxd;
+				if (use_avx512) {
+					if (check_ret == IAVF_VECTOR_PATH)
+						dev->rx_pkt_burst =
+							iavf_recv_scattered_pkts_vec_avx512_flex_rxd;
+					else
+						dev->rx_pkt_burst =
+							iavf_recv_scattered_pkts_vec_avx512_flex_rxd_offload;
+				}
 #endif
 			} else {
 				dev->rx_pkt_burst = use_avx2 ?
@@ -2446,9 +2448,14 @@ 
 					iavf_recv_pkts_vec_avx2_flex_rxd :
 					iavf_recv_pkts_vec_flex_rxd;
 #ifdef CC_AVX512_SUPPORT
-				if (use_avx512)
-					dev->rx_pkt_burst =
-						iavf_recv_pkts_vec_avx512_flex_rxd;
+				if (use_avx512) {
+					if (check_ret == IAVF_VECTOR_PATH)
+						dev->rx_pkt_burst =
+							iavf_recv_pkts_vec_avx512_flex_rxd;
+					else
+						dev->rx_pkt_burst =
+							iavf_recv_pkts_vec_avx512_flex_rxd_offload;
+				}
 #endif
 			} else {
 				dev->rx_pkt_burst = use_avx2 ?
diff --git a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx.h b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx.h
index b8c90f8..42e9f79 100644
--- a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx.h
@@ -494,6 +494,9 @@  uint16_t iavf_recv_pkts_vec_avx512_offload(void *rx_queue,
 uint16_t iavf_recv_pkts_vec_avx512_flex_rxd(void *rx_queue,
 					    struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
 					    uint16_t nb_pkts);
+uint16_t iavf_recv_pkts_vec_avx512_flex_rxd_offload(void *rx_queue,
+						    struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
+						    uint16_t nb_pkts);
 uint16_t iavf_recv_scattered_pkts_vec_avx512(void *rx_queue,
 					     struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
 					     uint16_t nb_pkts);
@@ -503,6 +506,9 @@  uint16_t iavf_recv_scattered_pkts_vec_avx512_offload(void *rx_queue,
 uint16_t iavf_recv_scattered_pkts_vec_avx512_flex_rxd(void *rx_queue,
 						      struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
 						      uint16_t nb_pkts);
+uint16_t iavf_recv_scattered_pkts_vec_avx512_flex_rxd_offload(void *rx_queue,
+							      struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
+							      uint16_t nb_pkts);
 uint16_t iavf_xmit_pkts_vec_avx512(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
 				   uint16_t nb_pkts);
 uint16_t iavf_xmit_pkts_vec_avx512_offload(void *tx_queue,
diff --git a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx_vec_avx512.c b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx_vec_avx512.c
index a8338c1..2dd8c65 100644
--- a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx_vec_avx512.c
+++ b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx_vec_avx512.c
@@ -550,7 +550,9 @@ 
 					struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
 					uint16_t nb_pkts, uint8_t *split_packet)
 {
+#ifdef IAVF_RX_PTYPE_OFFLOAD
 	const uint32_t *type_table = rxq->vsi->adapter->ptype_tbl;
+#endif
 
 	const __m256i mbuf_init = _mm256_set_epi64x(0, 0, 0,
 						    rxq->mbuf_initializer);
@@ -654,71 +656,6 @@ 
 	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct rte_mbuf, hash) !=
 			 offsetof(struct rte_mbuf, rx_descriptor_fields1) + 12);
 
-	/* Status/Error flag masks */
-	/**
-	 * mask everything except Checksum Reports, RSS indication
-	 * and VLAN indication.
-	 * bit6:4 for IP/L4 checksum errors.
-	 * bit12 is for RSS indication.
-	 * bit13 is for VLAN indication.
-	 */
-	const __m256i flags_mask =
-		_mm256_set1_epi32((7 << 4) | (1 << 12) | (1 << 13));
-	/**
-	 * data to be shuffled by the result of the flags mask shifted by 4
-	 * bits.  This gives use the l3_l4 flags.
-	 */
-	const __m256i l3_l4_flags_shuf = _mm256_set_epi8(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-			/* shift right 1 bit to make sure it not exceed 255 */
-			(PKT_RX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_BAD |
-			 PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_BAD) >> 1,
-			(PKT_RX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_BAD |
-			 PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_GOOD) >> 1,
-			(PKT_RX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_GOOD |
-			 PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_BAD) >> 1,
-			(PKT_RX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_GOOD |
-			 PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_GOOD) >> 1,
-			(PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_BAD) >> 1,
-			(PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_GOOD) >> 1,
-			(PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_GOOD | PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_BAD) >> 1,
-			(PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_GOOD | PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_GOOD) >> 1,
-			/* second 128-bits */
-			0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-			(PKT_RX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_BAD |
-			 PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_BAD) >> 1,
-			(PKT_RX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_BAD |
-			 PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_GOOD) >> 1,
-			(PKT_RX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_GOOD |
-			 PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_BAD) >> 1,
-			(PKT_RX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_GOOD |
-			 PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_GOOD) >> 1,
-			(PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_BAD) >> 1,
-			(PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_GOOD) >> 1,
-			(PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_GOOD | PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_BAD) >> 1,
-			(PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_GOOD | PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_GOOD) >> 1);
-	const __m256i cksum_mask =
-		_mm256_set1_epi32(PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_GOOD | PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_BAD |
-				  PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_GOOD | PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_BAD |
-				  PKT_RX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM_BAD);
-	/**
-	 * data to be shuffled by result of flag mask, shifted down 12.
-	 * If RSS(bit12)/VLAN(bit13) are set,
-	 * shuffle moves appropriate flags in place.
-	 */
-	const __m256i rss_vlan_flags_shuf = _mm256_set_epi8(0, 0, 0, 0,
-			0, 0, 0, 0,
-			0, 0, 0, 0,
-			PKT_RX_RSS_HASH | PKT_RX_VLAN | PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED,
-			PKT_RX_VLAN | PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED,
-			PKT_RX_RSS_HASH, 0,
-			/* end up 128-bits */
-			0, 0, 0, 0,
-			0, 0, 0, 0,
-			0, 0, 0, 0,
-			PKT_RX_RSS_HASH | PKT_RX_VLAN | PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED,
-			PKT_RX_VLAN | PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED,
-			PKT_RX_RSS_HASH, 0);
-
 	uint16_t i, received;
 
 	for (i = 0, received = 0; i < nb_pkts;
@@ -782,6 +719,7 @@ 
 		__m512i mb4_7 = _mm512_shuffle_epi8(raw_desc4_7, shuf_msk);
 
 		mb4_7 = _mm512_add_epi16(mb4_7, crc_adjust);
+#ifdef IAVF_RX_PTYPE_OFFLOAD
 		/**
 		 * to get packet types, ptype is located in bit16-25
 		 * of each 128bits
@@ -803,6 +741,7 @@ 
 			 0, 0, 0, type_table[ptype5],
 			 0, 0, 0, type_table[ptype4]);
 		mb4_7 = _mm512_mask_blend_epi32(0x1111, mb4_7, ptype4_7);
+#endif
 
 		/**
 		 * convert descriptors 0-3 into mbufs, re-arrange fields.
@@ -811,6 +750,7 @@ 
 		__m512i mb0_3 = _mm512_shuffle_epi8(raw_desc0_3, shuf_msk);
 
 		mb0_3 = _mm512_add_epi16(mb0_3, crc_adjust);
+#ifdef IAVF_RX_PTYPE_OFFLOAD
 		/**
 		 * to get packet types, ptype is located in bit16-25
 		 * of each 128bits
@@ -830,6 +770,7 @@ 
 			 0, 0, 0, type_table[ptype1],
 			 0, 0, 0, type_table[ptype0]);
 		mb0_3 = _mm512_mask_blend_epi32(0x1111, mb0_3, ptype0_3);
+#endif
 
 		/**
 		 * use permute/extract to get status content
@@ -847,30 +788,9 @@ 
 		__m256i status0_7 = _mm512_extracti64x4_epi64
 			(raw_status0_7, 0);
 
-		/* now do flag manipulation */
-
-		/* get only flag/error bits we want */
-		const __m256i flag_bits =
-			_mm256_and_si256(status0_7, flags_mask);
-		/**
-		 * l3_l4_error flags, shuffle, then shift to correct adjustment
-		 * of flags in flags_shuf, and finally mask out extra bits
-		 */
-		__m256i l3_l4_flags = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(l3_l4_flags_shuf,
-				_mm256_srli_epi32(flag_bits, 4));
-		l3_l4_flags = _mm256_slli_epi32(l3_l4_flags, 1);
-		l3_l4_flags = _mm256_and_si256(l3_l4_flags, cksum_mask);
-		/* set rss and vlan flags */
-		const __m256i rss_vlan_flag_bits =
-			_mm256_srli_epi32(flag_bits, 12);
-		const __m256i rss_vlan_flags =
-			_mm256_shuffle_epi8(rss_vlan_flags_shuf,
-					    rss_vlan_flag_bits);
-
-		/* merge flags */
-		__m256i mbuf_flags = _mm256_or_si256(l3_l4_flags,
-						     rss_vlan_flags);
+		__m256i mbuf_flags = _mm256_set1_epi32(0);
 
+#ifdef IAVF_RX_FDIR_OFFLOAD
 		if (rxq->fdir_enabled) {
 			const __m512i fdir_permute_mask = _mm512_set_epi32
 				(0, 0, 0, 0,
@@ -881,12 +801,9 @@ 
 				(raw_desc0_3, fdir_permute_mask, raw_desc4_7);
 			const __m256i fdir_id0_7 = _mm512_extracti64x4_epi64
 				(fdir_tmp, 0);
-			const __m256i fdir_flags =
+			mbuf_flags =
 				flex_rxd_to_fdir_flags_vec_avx512(fdir_id0_7);
 
-			/* merge with fdir_flags */
-			mbuf_flags = _mm256_or_si256(mbuf_flags, fdir_flags);
-
 			/* write to mbuf: have to use scalar store here */
 			rx_pkts[i + 0]->hash.fdir.hi =
 				_mm256_extract_epi32(fdir_id0_7, 3);
@@ -912,102 +829,13 @@ 
 			rx_pkts[i + 7]->hash.fdir.hi =
 				_mm256_extract_epi32(fdir_id0_7, 4);
 		} /* if() on fdir_enabled */
+#endif
 
 		__m256i mb4_5 = _mm512_extracti64x4_epi64(mb4_7, 0);
 		__m256i mb6_7 = _mm512_extracti64x4_epi64(mb4_7, 1);
 		__m256i mb0_1 = _mm512_extracti64x4_epi64(mb0_3, 0);
 		__m256i mb2_3 = _mm512_extracti64x4_epi64(mb0_3, 1);
 
-#ifndef RTE_LIBRTE_IAVF_16BYTE_RX_DESC
-		/**
-		 * needs to load 2nd 16B of each desc for RSS hash parsing,
-		 * will cause performance drop to get into this context.
-		 */
-		if (rxq->vsi->adapter->eth_dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads &
-		    DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH) {
-			/* load bottom half of every 32B desc */
-			const __m128i raw_desc_bh7 =
-				_mm_load_si128
-					((void *)(&rxdp[7].wb.status_error1));
-			rte_compiler_barrier();
-			const __m128i raw_desc_bh6 =
-				_mm_load_si128
-					((void *)(&rxdp[6].wb.status_error1));
-			rte_compiler_barrier();
-			const __m128i raw_desc_bh5 =
-				_mm_load_si128
-					((void *)(&rxdp[5].wb.status_error1));
-			rte_compiler_barrier();
-			const __m128i raw_desc_bh4 =
-				_mm_load_si128
-					((void *)(&rxdp[4].wb.status_error1));
-			rte_compiler_barrier();
-			const __m128i raw_desc_bh3 =
-				_mm_load_si128
-					((void *)(&rxdp[3].wb.status_error1));
-			rte_compiler_barrier();
-			const __m128i raw_desc_bh2 =
-				_mm_load_si128
-					((void *)(&rxdp[2].wb.status_error1));
-			rte_compiler_barrier();
-			const __m128i raw_desc_bh1 =
-				_mm_load_si128
-					((void *)(&rxdp[1].wb.status_error1));
-			rte_compiler_barrier();
-			const __m128i raw_desc_bh0 =
-				_mm_load_si128
-					((void *)(&rxdp[0].wb.status_error1));
-
-			__m256i raw_desc_bh6_7 =
-				_mm256_inserti128_si256
-					(_mm256_castsi128_si256(raw_desc_bh6),
-					 raw_desc_bh7, 1);
-			__m256i raw_desc_bh4_5 =
-				_mm256_inserti128_si256
-					(_mm256_castsi128_si256(raw_desc_bh4),
-					 raw_desc_bh5, 1);
-			__m256i raw_desc_bh2_3 =
-				_mm256_inserti128_si256
-					(_mm256_castsi128_si256(raw_desc_bh2),
-					 raw_desc_bh3, 1);
-			__m256i raw_desc_bh0_1 =
-				_mm256_inserti128_si256
-					(_mm256_castsi128_si256(raw_desc_bh0),
-					 raw_desc_bh1, 1);
-
-			/**
-			 * to shift the 32b RSS hash value to the
-			 * highest 32b of each 128b before mask
-			 */
-			__m256i rss_hash6_7 =
-				_mm256_slli_epi64(raw_desc_bh6_7, 32);
-			__m256i rss_hash4_5 =
-				_mm256_slli_epi64(raw_desc_bh4_5, 32);
-			__m256i rss_hash2_3 =
-				_mm256_slli_epi64(raw_desc_bh2_3, 32);
-			__m256i rss_hash0_1 =
-				_mm256_slli_epi64(raw_desc_bh0_1, 32);
-
-			__m256i rss_hash_msk =
-				_mm256_set_epi32(0xFFFFFFFF, 0, 0, 0,
-						 0xFFFFFFFF, 0, 0, 0);
-
-			rss_hash6_7 = _mm256_and_si256
-					(rss_hash6_7, rss_hash_msk);
-			rss_hash4_5 = _mm256_and_si256
-					(rss_hash4_5, rss_hash_msk);
-			rss_hash2_3 = _mm256_and_si256
-					(rss_hash2_3, rss_hash_msk);
-			rss_hash0_1 = _mm256_and_si256
-					(rss_hash0_1, rss_hash_msk);
-
-			mb6_7 = _mm256_or_si256(mb6_7, rss_hash6_7);
-			mb4_5 = _mm256_or_si256(mb4_5, rss_hash4_5);
-			mb2_3 = _mm256_or_si256(mb2_3, rss_hash2_3);
-			mb0_1 = _mm256_or_si256(mb0_1, rss_hash0_1);
-		} /* if() on RSS hash parsing */
-#endif
-
 		/**
 		 * At this point, we have the 8 sets of flags in the low 16-bits
 		 * of each 32-bit value in vlan0.
@@ -1039,7 +867,7 @@ 
 		rearm0 = _mm256_blend_epi32(mbuf_init,
 					    _mm256_srli_si256(mbuf_flags, 4),
 					    0x04);
-		/* permute to add in the rx_descriptor e.g. rss fields */
+		/* permute to add in the rx_descriptor */
 		rearm6 = _mm256_permute2f128_si256(rearm6, mb6_7, 0x20);
 		rearm4 = _mm256_permute2f128_si256(rearm4, mb4_5, 0x20);
 		rearm2 = _mm256_permute2f128_si256(rearm2, mb2_3, 0x20);
@@ -1881,6 +1709,711 @@ 
 				rx_pkts + retval, nb_pkts);
 }
 
+static inline uint16_t
+_iavf_recv_raw_pkts_vec_avx512_flex_rxd_offload(struct iavf_rx_queue *rxq,
+						struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
+						uint16_t nb_pkts,
+						uint8_t *split_packet)
+{
+#ifdef IAVF_RX_PTYPE_OFFLOAD
+	const uint32_t *type_table = rxq->vsi->adapter->ptype_tbl;
+#endif
+
+	const __m256i mbuf_init = _mm256_set_epi64x(0, 0, 0,
+						    rxq->mbuf_initializer);
+	struct rte_mbuf **sw_ring = &rxq->sw_ring[rxq->rx_tail];
+	volatile union iavf_rx_flex_desc *rxdp =
+		(union iavf_rx_flex_desc *)rxq->rx_ring + rxq->rx_tail;
+
+	rte_prefetch0(rxdp);
+
+	/* nb_pkts has to be floor-aligned to IAVF_DESCS_PER_LOOP_AVX */
+	nb_pkts = RTE_ALIGN_FLOOR(nb_pkts, IAVF_DESCS_PER_LOOP_AVX);
+
+	/* See if we need to rearm the RX queue - gives the prefetch a bit
+	 * of time to act
+	 */
+	if (rxq->rxrearm_nb > IAVF_RXQ_REARM_THRESH)
+		iavf_rxq_rearm(rxq);
+
+	/* Before we start moving massive data around, check to see if
+	 * there is actually a packet available
+	 */
+	if (!(rxdp->wb.status_error0 &
+	      rte_cpu_to_le_32(1 << IAVF_RX_FLEX_DESC_STATUS0_DD_S)))
+		return 0;
+
+	/* constants used in processing loop */
+	const __m512i crc_adjust =
+		_mm512_set_epi32
+			(/* 1st descriptor */
+			 0,             /* ignore non-length fields */
+			 -rxq->crc_len, /* sub crc on data_len */
+			 -rxq->crc_len, /* sub crc on pkt_len */
+			 0,             /* ignore pkt_type field */
+			 /* 2nd descriptor */
+			 0,             /* ignore non-length fields */
+			 -rxq->crc_len, /* sub crc on data_len */
+			 -rxq->crc_len, /* sub crc on pkt_len */
+			 0,             /* ignore pkt_type field */
+			 /* 3rd descriptor */
+			 0,             /* ignore non-length fields */
+			 -rxq->crc_len, /* sub crc on data_len */
+			 -rxq->crc_len, /* sub crc on pkt_len */
+			 0,             /* ignore pkt_type field */
+			 /* 4th descriptor */
+			 0,             /* ignore non-length fields */
+			 -rxq->crc_len, /* sub crc on data_len */
+			 -rxq->crc_len, /* sub crc on pkt_len */
+			 0              /* ignore pkt_type field */
+			);
+
+	/* 8 packets DD mask, LSB in each 32-bit value */
+	const __m256i dd_check = _mm256_set1_epi32(1);
+
+	/* 8 packets EOP mask, second-LSB in each 32-bit value */
+	const __m256i eop_check = _mm256_slli_epi32(dd_check,
+			IAVF_RX_FLEX_DESC_STATUS0_EOF_S);
+
+	/* mask to shuffle from desc. to mbuf (4 descriptors)*/
+	const __m512i shuf_msk =
+		_mm512_set_epi32
+			(/* 1st descriptor */
+			 0xFFFFFFFF,    /* rss hash parsed separately */
+			 0x0B0A0504,    /* octet 10~11, 16 bits vlan_macip */
+					/* octet 4~5, 16 bits data_len */
+			 0xFFFF0504,    /* skip hi 16 bits pkt_len, zero out */
+					/* octet 4~5, 16 bits pkt_len */
+			 0xFFFFFFFF,    /* pkt_type set as unknown */
+			 /* 2nd descriptor */
+			 0xFFFFFFFF,    /* rss hash parsed separately */
+			 0x0B0A0504,    /* octet 10~11, 16 bits vlan_macip */
+					/* octet 4~5, 16 bits data_len */
+			 0xFFFF0504,    /* skip hi 16 bits pkt_len, zero out */
+					/* octet 4~5, 16 bits pkt_len */
+			 0xFFFFFFFF,    /* pkt_type set as unknown */
+			 /* 3rd descriptor */
+			 0xFFFFFFFF,    /* rss hash parsed separately */
+			 0x0B0A0504,    /* octet 10~11, 16 bits vlan_macip */
+					/* octet 4~5, 16 bits data_len */
+			 0xFFFF0504,    /* skip hi 16 bits pkt_len, zero out */
+					/* octet 4~5, 16 bits pkt_len */
+			 0xFFFFFFFF,    /* pkt_type set as unknown */
+			 /* 4th descriptor */
+			 0xFFFFFFFF,    /* rss hash parsed separately */
+			 0x0B0A0504,    /* octet 10~11, 16 bits vlan_macip */
+					/* octet 4~5, 16 bits data_len */
+			 0xFFFF0504,    /* skip hi 16 bits pkt_len, zero out */
+					/* octet 4~5, 16 bits pkt_len */
+			 0xFFFFFFFF     /* pkt_type set as unknown */
+			);
+	/**
+	 * compile-time check the above crc and shuffle layout is correct.
+	 * NOTE: the first field (lowest address) is given last in set_epi
+	 * calls above.
+	 */
+	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct rte_mbuf, pkt_len) !=
+			 offsetof(struct rte_mbuf, rx_descriptor_fields1) + 4);
+	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct rte_mbuf, data_len) !=
+			 offsetof(struct rte_mbuf, rx_descriptor_fields1) + 8);
+	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct rte_mbuf, vlan_tci) !=
+			 offsetof(struct rte_mbuf, rx_descriptor_fields1) + 10);
+	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct rte_mbuf, hash) !=
+			 offsetof(struct rte_mbuf, rx_descriptor_fields1) + 12);
+
+#if defined(IAVF_RX_CSUM_OFFLOAD) || defined(IAVF_RX_VLAN_OFFLOAD) || defined(IAVF_RX_RSS_OFFLOAD)
+	/* Status/Error flag masks */
+	/**
+	 * mask everything except Checksum Reports, RSS indication
+	 * and VLAN indication.
+	 * bit6:4 for IP/L4 checksum errors.
+	 * bit12 is for RSS indication.
+	 * bit13 is for VLAN indication.
+	 */
+	const __m256i flags_mask =
+		_mm256_set1_epi32((7 << 4) | (1 << 12) | (1 << 13));
+#endif
+#ifdef IAVF_RX_CSUM_OFFLOAD
+	/**
+	 * data to be shuffled by the result of the flags mask shifted by 4
+	 * bits.  This gives use the l3_l4 flags.
+	 */
+	const __m256i l3_l4_flags_shuf = _mm256_set_epi8(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+			/* shift right 1 bit to make sure it not exceed 255 */
+			(PKT_RX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_BAD |
+			 PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_BAD) >> 1,
+			(PKT_RX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_BAD |
+			 PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_GOOD) >> 1,
+			(PKT_RX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_GOOD |
+			 PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_BAD) >> 1,
+			(PKT_RX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_GOOD |
+			 PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_GOOD) >> 1,
+			(PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_BAD) >> 1,
+			(PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_GOOD) >> 1,
+			(PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_GOOD | PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_BAD) >> 1,
+			(PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_GOOD | PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_GOOD) >> 1,
+			/* second 128-bits */
+			0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+			(PKT_RX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_BAD |
+			 PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_BAD) >> 1,
+			(PKT_RX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_BAD |
+			 PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_GOOD) >> 1,
+			(PKT_RX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_GOOD |
+			 PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_BAD) >> 1,
+			(PKT_RX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_GOOD |
+			 PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_GOOD) >> 1,
+			(PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_BAD) >> 1,
+			(PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_GOOD) >> 1,
+			(PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_GOOD | PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_BAD) >> 1,
+			(PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_GOOD | PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_GOOD) >> 1);
+	const __m256i cksum_mask =
+		_mm256_set1_epi32(PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_GOOD | PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_BAD |
+				  PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_GOOD | PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_BAD |
+				  PKT_RX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM_BAD);
+#endif
+#if defined(IAVF_RX_VLAN_OFFLOAD) || defined(IAVF_RX_RSS_OFFLOAD)
+	/**
+	 * data to be shuffled by result of flag mask, shifted down 12.
+	 * If RSS(bit12)/VLAN(bit13) are set,
+	 * shuffle moves appropriate flags in place.
+	 */
+	const __m256i rss_vlan_flags_shuf = _mm256_set_epi8(0, 0, 0, 0,
+			0, 0, 0, 0,
+			0, 0, 0, 0,
+			PKT_RX_RSS_HASH | PKT_RX_VLAN | PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED,
+			PKT_RX_VLAN | PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED,
+			PKT_RX_RSS_HASH, 0,
+			/* end up 128-bits */
+			0, 0, 0, 0,
+			0, 0, 0, 0,
+			0, 0, 0, 0,
+			PKT_RX_RSS_HASH | PKT_RX_VLAN | PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED,
+			PKT_RX_VLAN | PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED,
+			PKT_RX_RSS_HASH, 0);
+#endif
+
+	uint16_t i, received;
+
+	for (i = 0, received = 0; i < nb_pkts;
+	     i += IAVF_DESCS_PER_LOOP_AVX,
+	     rxdp += IAVF_DESCS_PER_LOOP_AVX) {
+		/* step 1, copy over 8 mbuf pointers to rx_pkts array */
+		_mm256_storeu_si256((void *)&rx_pkts[i],
+				    _mm256_loadu_si256((void *)&sw_ring[i]));
+#ifdef RTE_ARCH_X86_64
+		_mm256_storeu_si256
+			((void *)&rx_pkts[i + 4],
+			 _mm256_loadu_si256((void *)&sw_ring[i + 4]));
+#endif
+
+		__m512i raw_desc0_3, raw_desc4_7;
+
+		const __m128i raw_desc7 =
+			_mm_load_si128((void *)(rxdp + 7));
+		rte_compiler_barrier();
+		const __m128i raw_desc6 =
+			_mm_load_si128((void *)(rxdp + 6));
+		rte_compiler_barrier();
+		const __m128i raw_desc5 =
+			_mm_load_si128((void *)(rxdp + 5));
+		rte_compiler_barrier();
+		const __m128i raw_desc4 =
+			_mm_load_si128((void *)(rxdp + 4));
+		rte_compiler_barrier();
+		const __m128i raw_desc3 =
+			_mm_load_si128((void *)(rxdp + 3));
+		rte_compiler_barrier();
+		const __m128i raw_desc2 =
+			_mm_load_si128((void *)(rxdp + 2));
+		rte_compiler_barrier();
+		const __m128i raw_desc1 =
+			_mm_load_si128((void *)(rxdp + 1));
+		rte_compiler_barrier();
+		const __m128i raw_desc0 =
+			_mm_load_si128((void *)(rxdp + 0));
+
+		raw_desc4_7 = _mm512_broadcast_i32x4(raw_desc4);
+		raw_desc4_7 = _mm512_inserti32x4(raw_desc4_7, raw_desc5, 1);
+		raw_desc4_7 = _mm512_inserti32x4(raw_desc4_7, raw_desc6, 2);
+		raw_desc4_7 = _mm512_inserti32x4(raw_desc4_7, raw_desc7, 3);
+		raw_desc0_3 = _mm512_broadcast_i32x4(raw_desc0);
+		raw_desc0_3 = _mm512_inserti32x4(raw_desc0_3, raw_desc1, 1);
+		raw_desc0_3 = _mm512_inserti32x4(raw_desc0_3, raw_desc2, 2);
+		raw_desc0_3 = _mm512_inserti32x4(raw_desc0_3, raw_desc3, 3);
+
+		if (split_packet) {
+			int j;
+
+			for (j = 0; j < IAVF_DESCS_PER_LOOP_AVX; j++)
+				rte_mbuf_prefetch_part2(rx_pkts[i + j]);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * convert descriptors 4-7 into mbufs, re-arrange fields.
+		 * Then write into the mbuf.
+		 */
+		__m512i mb4_7 = _mm512_shuffle_epi8(raw_desc4_7, shuf_msk);
+
+		mb4_7 = _mm512_add_epi16(mb4_7, crc_adjust);
+#ifdef IAVF_RX_PTYPE_OFFLOAD
+		/**
+		 * to get packet types, ptype is located in bit16-25
+		 * of each 128bits
+		 */
+		const __m512i ptype_mask =
+			_mm512_set1_epi16(IAVF_RX_FLEX_DESC_PTYPE_M);
+		const __m512i ptypes4_7 =
+			_mm512_and_si512(raw_desc4_7, ptype_mask);
+		const __m256i ptypes6_7 = _mm512_extracti64x4_epi64(ptypes4_7, 1);
+		const __m256i ptypes4_5 = _mm512_extracti64x4_epi64(ptypes4_7, 0);
+		const uint16_t ptype7 = _mm256_extract_epi16(ptypes6_7, 9);
+		const uint16_t ptype6 = _mm256_extract_epi16(ptypes6_7, 1);
+		const uint16_t ptype5 = _mm256_extract_epi16(ptypes4_5, 9);
+		const uint16_t ptype4 = _mm256_extract_epi16(ptypes4_5, 1);
+
+		const __m512i ptype4_7 = _mm512_set_epi32
+			(0, 0, 0, type_table[ptype7],
+			 0, 0, 0, type_table[ptype6],
+			 0, 0, 0, type_table[ptype5],
+			 0, 0, 0, type_table[ptype4]);
+		mb4_7 = _mm512_mask_blend_epi32(0x1111, mb4_7, ptype4_7);
+#endif
+
+		/**
+		 * convert descriptors 0-3 into mbufs, re-arrange fields.
+		 * Then write into the mbuf.
+		 */
+		__m512i mb0_3 = _mm512_shuffle_epi8(raw_desc0_3, shuf_msk);
+
+		mb0_3 = _mm512_add_epi16(mb0_3, crc_adjust);
+#ifdef IAVF_RX_PTYPE_OFFLOAD
+		/**
+		 * to get packet types, ptype is located in bit16-25
+		 * of each 128bits
+		 */
+		const __m512i ptypes0_3 =
+			_mm512_and_si512(raw_desc0_3, ptype_mask);
+		const __m256i ptypes2_3 = _mm512_extracti64x4_epi64(ptypes0_3, 1);
+		const __m256i ptypes0_1 = _mm512_extracti64x4_epi64(ptypes0_3, 0);
+		const uint16_t ptype3 = _mm256_extract_epi16(ptypes2_3, 9);
+		const uint16_t ptype2 = _mm256_extract_epi16(ptypes2_3, 1);
+		const uint16_t ptype1 = _mm256_extract_epi16(ptypes0_1, 9);
+		const uint16_t ptype0 = _mm256_extract_epi16(ptypes0_1, 1);
+
+		const __m512i ptype0_3 = _mm512_set_epi32
+			(0, 0, 0, type_table[ptype3],
+			 0, 0, 0, type_table[ptype2],
+			 0, 0, 0, type_table[ptype1],
+			 0, 0, 0, type_table[ptype0]);
+		mb0_3 = _mm512_mask_blend_epi32(0x1111, mb0_3, ptype0_3);
+#endif
+
+		/**
+		 * use permute/extract to get status content
+		 * After the operations, the packets status flags are in the
+		 * order (hi->lo): [1, 3, 5, 7, 0, 2, 4, 6]
+		 */
+		/* merge the status bits into one register */
+		const __m512i status_permute_msk = _mm512_set_epi32
+			(0, 0, 0, 0,
+			 0, 0, 0, 0,
+			 22, 30, 6, 14,
+			 18, 26, 2, 10);
+		const __m512i raw_status0_7 = _mm512_permutex2var_epi32
+			(raw_desc4_7, status_permute_msk, raw_desc0_3);
+		__m256i status0_7 = _mm512_extracti64x4_epi64
+			(raw_status0_7, 0);
+
+		/* now do flag manipulation */
+
+#if defined(IAVF_RX_CSUM_OFFLOAD) || defined(IAVF_RX_VLAN_OFFLOAD) || defined(IAVF_RX_RSS_OFFLOAD)
+		/* get only flag/error bits we want */
+		const __m256i flag_bits =
+			_mm256_and_si256(status0_7, flags_mask);
+#endif
+#ifdef IAVF_RX_CSUM_OFFLOAD
+		/**
+		 * l3_l4_error flags, shuffle, then shift to correct adjustment
+		 * of flags in flags_shuf, and finally mask out extra bits
+		 */
+		__m256i l3_l4_flags = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(l3_l4_flags_shuf,
+				_mm256_srli_epi32(flag_bits, 4));
+		l3_l4_flags = _mm256_slli_epi32(l3_l4_flags, 1);
+		l3_l4_flags = _mm256_and_si256(l3_l4_flags, cksum_mask);
+#endif
+#if defined(IAVF_RX_VLAN_OFFLOAD) || defined(IAVF_RX_RSS_OFFLOAD)
+		/* set rss and vlan flags */
+		const __m256i rss_vlan_flag_bits =
+			_mm256_srli_epi32(flag_bits, 12);
+		const __m256i rss_vlan_flags =
+			_mm256_shuffle_epi8(rss_vlan_flags_shuf,
+					    rss_vlan_flag_bits);
+#endif
+
+		/* merge flags */
+		__m256i mbuf_flags = _mm256_set1_epi32(0);
+#ifdef IAVF_RX_CSUM_OFFLOAD
+		mbuf_flags = _mm256_or_si256(mbuf_flags, l3_l4_flags);
+#endif
+#if defined(IAVF_RX_VLAN_OFFLOAD) || defined(IAVF_RX_RSS_OFFLOAD)
+		mbuf_flags = _mm256_or_si256(mbuf_flags, rss_vlan_flags);
+#endif
+
+#ifdef IAVF_RX_FDIR_OFFLOAD
+		if (rxq->fdir_enabled) {
+			const __m512i fdir_permute_mask = _mm512_set_epi32
+				(0, 0, 0, 0,
+				 0, 0, 0, 0,
+				 7, 15, 23, 31,
+				 3, 11, 19, 27);
+			__m512i fdir_tmp = _mm512_permutex2var_epi32
+				(raw_desc0_3, fdir_permute_mask, raw_desc4_7);
+			const __m256i fdir_id0_7 = _mm512_extracti64x4_epi64
+				(fdir_tmp, 0);
+			const __m256i fdir_flags =
+				flex_rxd_to_fdir_flags_vec_avx512(fdir_id0_7);
+
+			/* merge with fdir_flags */
+			mbuf_flags = _mm256_or_si256(mbuf_flags, fdir_flags);
+
+			/* write to mbuf: have to use scalar store here */
+			rx_pkts[i + 0]->hash.fdir.hi =
+				_mm256_extract_epi32(fdir_id0_7, 3);
+
+			rx_pkts[i + 1]->hash.fdir.hi =
+				_mm256_extract_epi32(fdir_id0_7, 7);
+
+			rx_pkts[i + 2]->hash.fdir.hi =
+				_mm256_extract_epi32(fdir_id0_7, 2);
+
+			rx_pkts[i + 3]->hash.fdir.hi =
+				_mm256_extract_epi32(fdir_id0_7, 6);
+
+			rx_pkts[i + 4]->hash.fdir.hi =
+				_mm256_extract_epi32(fdir_id0_7, 1);
+
+			rx_pkts[i + 5]->hash.fdir.hi =
+				_mm256_extract_epi32(fdir_id0_7, 5);
+
+			rx_pkts[i + 6]->hash.fdir.hi =
+				_mm256_extract_epi32(fdir_id0_7, 0);
+
+			rx_pkts[i + 7]->hash.fdir.hi =
+				_mm256_extract_epi32(fdir_id0_7, 4);
+		} /* if() on fdir_enabled */
+#endif
+
+		__m256i mb4_5 = _mm512_extracti64x4_epi64(mb4_7, 0);
+		__m256i mb6_7 = _mm512_extracti64x4_epi64(mb4_7, 1);
+		__m256i mb0_1 = _mm512_extracti64x4_epi64(mb0_3, 0);
+		__m256i mb2_3 = _mm512_extracti64x4_epi64(mb0_3, 1);
+
+#ifndef RTE_LIBRTE_IAVF_16BYTE_RX_DESC
+#ifdef IAVF_RX_RSS_OFFLOAD
+		/**
+		 * needs to load 2nd 16B of each desc for RSS hash parsing,
+		 * will cause performance drop to get into this context.
+		 */
+		if (rxq->vsi->adapter->eth_dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads &
+		    DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH) {
+			/* load bottom half of every 32B desc */
+			const __m128i raw_desc_bh7 =
+				_mm_load_si128
+					((void *)(&rxdp[7].wb.status_error1));
+			rte_compiler_barrier();
+			const __m128i raw_desc_bh6 =
+				_mm_load_si128
+					((void *)(&rxdp[6].wb.status_error1));
+			rte_compiler_barrier();
+			const __m128i raw_desc_bh5 =
+				_mm_load_si128
+					((void *)(&rxdp[5].wb.status_error1));
+			rte_compiler_barrier();
+			const __m128i raw_desc_bh4 =
+				_mm_load_si128
+					((void *)(&rxdp[4].wb.status_error1));
+			rte_compiler_barrier();
+			const __m128i raw_desc_bh3 =
+				_mm_load_si128
+					((void *)(&rxdp[3].wb.status_error1));
+			rte_compiler_barrier();
+			const __m128i raw_desc_bh2 =
+				_mm_load_si128
+					((void *)(&rxdp[2].wb.status_error1));
+			rte_compiler_barrier();
+			const __m128i raw_desc_bh1 =
+				_mm_load_si128
+					((void *)(&rxdp[1].wb.status_error1));
+			rte_compiler_barrier();
+			const __m128i raw_desc_bh0 =
+				_mm_load_si128
+					((void *)(&rxdp[0].wb.status_error1));
+
+			__m256i raw_desc_bh6_7 =
+				_mm256_inserti128_si256
+					(_mm256_castsi128_si256(raw_desc_bh6),
+					 raw_desc_bh7, 1);
+			__m256i raw_desc_bh4_5 =
+				_mm256_inserti128_si256
+					(_mm256_castsi128_si256(raw_desc_bh4),
+					 raw_desc_bh5, 1);
+			__m256i raw_desc_bh2_3 =
+				_mm256_inserti128_si256
+					(_mm256_castsi128_si256(raw_desc_bh2),
+					 raw_desc_bh3, 1);
+			__m256i raw_desc_bh0_1 =
+				_mm256_inserti128_si256
+					(_mm256_castsi128_si256(raw_desc_bh0),
+					 raw_desc_bh1, 1);
+
+			/**
+			 * to shift the 32b RSS hash value to the
+			 * highest 32b of each 128b before mask
+			 */
+			__m256i rss_hash6_7 =
+				_mm256_slli_epi64(raw_desc_bh6_7, 32);
+			__m256i rss_hash4_5 =
+				_mm256_slli_epi64(raw_desc_bh4_5, 32);
+			__m256i rss_hash2_3 =
+				_mm256_slli_epi64(raw_desc_bh2_3, 32);
+			__m256i rss_hash0_1 =
+				_mm256_slli_epi64(raw_desc_bh0_1, 32);
+
+			__m256i rss_hash_msk =
+				_mm256_set_epi32(0xFFFFFFFF, 0, 0, 0,
+						 0xFFFFFFFF, 0, 0, 0);
+
+			rss_hash6_7 = _mm256_and_si256
+					(rss_hash6_7, rss_hash_msk);
+			rss_hash4_5 = _mm256_and_si256
+					(rss_hash4_5, rss_hash_msk);
+			rss_hash2_3 = _mm256_and_si256
+					(rss_hash2_3, rss_hash_msk);
+			rss_hash0_1 = _mm256_and_si256
+					(rss_hash0_1, rss_hash_msk);
+
+			mb6_7 = _mm256_or_si256(mb6_7, rss_hash6_7);
+			mb4_5 = _mm256_or_si256(mb4_5, rss_hash4_5);
+			mb2_3 = _mm256_or_si256(mb2_3, rss_hash2_3);
+			mb0_1 = _mm256_or_si256(mb0_1, rss_hash0_1);
+		} /* if() on RSS hash parsing */
+#endif
+#endif
+
+		/**
+		 * At this point, we have the 8 sets of flags in the low 16-bits
+		 * of each 32-bit value in vlan0.
+		 * We want to extract these, and merge them with the mbuf init
+		 * data so we can do a single write to the mbuf to set the flags
+		 * and all the other initialization fields. Extracting the
+		 * appropriate flags means that we have to do a shift and blend
+		 * for each mbuf before we do the write. However, we can also
+		 * add in the previously computed rx_descriptor fields to
+		 * make a single 256-bit write per mbuf
+		 */
+		/* check the structure matches expectations */
+		RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct rte_mbuf, ol_flags) !=
+				 offsetof(struct rte_mbuf, rearm_data) + 8);
+		RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct rte_mbuf, rearm_data) !=
+				 RTE_ALIGN(offsetof(struct rte_mbuf,
+						    rearm_data),
+						    16));
+		/* build up data and do writes */
+		__m256i rearm0, rearm1, rearm2, rearm3, rearm4, rearm5,
+			rearm6, rearm7;
+		rearm6 = _mm256_blend_epi32(mbuf_init,
+					    _mm256_slli_si256(mbuf_flags, 8),
+					    0x04);
+		rearm4 = _mm256_blend_epi32(mbuf_init,
+					    _mm256_slli_si256(mbuf_flags, 4),
+					    0x04);
+		rearm2 = _mm256_blend_epi32(mbuf_init, mbuf_flags, 0x04);
+		rearm0 = _mm256_blend_epi32(mbuf_init,
+					    _mm256_srli_si256(mbuf_flags, 4),
+					    0x04);
+		/* permute to add in the rx_descriptor e.g. rss fields */
+		rearm6 = _mm256_permute2f128_si256(rearm6, mb6_7, 0x20);
+		rearm4 = _mm256_permute2f128_si256(rearm4, mb4_5, 0x20);
+		rearm2 = _mm256_permute2f128_si256(rearm2, mb2_3, 0x20);
+		rearm0 = _mm256_permute2f128_si256(rearm0, mb0_1, 0x20);
+		/* write to mbuf */
+		_mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)&rx_pkts[i + 6]->rearm_data,
+				    rearm6);
+		_mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)&rx_pkts[i + 4]->rearm_data,
+				    rearm4);
+		_mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)&rx_pkts[i + 2]->rearm_data,
+				    rearm2);
+		_mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)&rx_pkts[i + 0]->rearm_data,
+				    rearm0);
+
+		/* repeat for the odd mbufs */
+		const __m256i odd_flags =
+			_mm256_castsi128_si256
+				(_mm256_extracti128_si256(mbuf_flags, 1));
+		rearm7 = _mm256_blend_epi32(mbuf_init,
+					    _mm256_slli_si256(odd_flags, 8),
+					    0x04);
+		rearm5 = _mm256_blend_epi32(mbuf_init,
+					    _mm256_slli_si256(odd_flags, 4),
+					    0x04);
+		rearm3 = _mm256_blend_epi32(mbuf_init, odd_flags, 0x04);
+		rearm1 = _mm256_blend_epi32(mbuf_init,
+					    _mm256_srli_si256(odd_flags, 4),
+					    0x04);
+		/* since odd mbufs are already in hi 128-bits use blend */
+		rearm7 = _mm256_blend_epi32(rearm7, mb6_7, 0xF0);
+		rearm5 = _mm256_blend_epi32(rearm5, mb4_5, 0xF0);
+		rearm3 = _mm256_blend_epi32(rearm3, mb2_3, 0xF0);
+		rearm1 = _mm256_blend_epi32(rearm1, mb0_1, 0xF0);
+		/* again write to mbufs */
+		_mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)&rx_pkts[i + 7]->rearm_data,
+				    rearm7);
+		_mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)&rx_pkts[i + 5]->rearm_data,
+				    rearm5);
+		_mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)&rx_pkts[i + 3]->rearm_data,
+				    rearm3);
+		_mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)&rx_pkts[i + 1]->rearm_data,
+				    rearm1);
+
+		/* extract and record EOP bit */
+		if (split_packet) {
+			const __m128i eop_mask =
+				_mm_set1_epi16(1 <<
+					       IAVF_RX_FLEX_DESC_STATUS0_EOF_S);
+			const __m256i eop_bits256 = _mm256_and_si256(status0_7,
+								     eop_check);
+			/* pack status bits into a single 128-bit register */
+			const __m128i eop_bits =
+				_mm_packus_epi32
+					(_mm256_castsi256_si128(eop_bits256),
+					 _mm256_extractf128_si256(eop_bits256,
+								  1));
+			/**
+			 * flip bits, and mask out the EOP bit, which is now
+			 * a split-packet bit i.e. !EOP, rather than EOP one.
+			 */
+			__m128i split_bits = _mm_andnot_si128(eop_bits,
+							      eop_mask);
+			/**
+			 * eop bits are out of order, so we need to shuffle them
+			 * back into order again. In doing so, only use low 8
+			 * bits, which acts like another pack instruction
+			 * The original order is (hi->lo): 1,3,5,7,0,2,4,6
+			 * [Since we use epi8, the 16-bit positions are
+			 * multiplied by 2 in the eop_shuffle value.]
+			 */
+			__m128i eop_shuffle =
+				_mm_set_epi8(/* zero hi 64b */
+					     0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
+					     0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF,
+					     /* move values to lo 64b */
+					     8, 0, 10, 2,
+					     12, 4, 14, 6);
+			split_bits = _mm_shuffle_epi8(split_bits, eop_shuffle);
+			*(uint64_t *)split_packet =
+				_mm_cvtsi128_si64(split_bits);
+			split_packet += IAVF_DESCS_PER_LOOP_AVX;
+		}
+
+		/* perform dd_check */
+		status0_7 = _mm256_and_si256(status0_7, dd_check);
+		status0_7 = _mm256_packs_epi32(status0_7,
+					       _mm256_setzero_si256());
+
+		uint64_t burst = __builtin_popcountll
+					(_mm_cvtsi128_si64
+						(_mm256_extracti128_si256
+							(status0_7, 1)));
+		burst += __builtin_popcountll
+				(_mm_cvtsi128_si64
+					(_mm256_castsi256_si128(status0_7)));
+		received += burst;
+		if (burst != IAVF_DESCS_PER_LOOP_AVX)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	/* update tail pointers */
+	rxq->rx_tail += received;
+	rxq->rx_tail &= (rxq->nb_rx_desc - 1);
+	if ((rxq->rx_tail & 1) == 1 && received > 1) { /* keep aligned */
+		rxq->rx_tail--;
+		received--;
+	}
+	rxq->rxrearm_nb += received;
+	return received;
+}
+
+uint16_t
+iavf_recv_pkts_vec_avx512_flex_rxd_offload(void *rx_queue,
+					   struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
+					   uint16_t nb_pkts)
+{
+	return _iavf_recv_raw_pkts_vec_avx512_flex_rxd_offload(rx_queue,
+							       rx_pkts,
+							       nb_pkts, NULL);
+}
+
+static uint16_t
+iavf_recv_scattered_burst_vec_avx512_flex_rxd_offload(void *rx_queue,
+						      struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
+						      uint16_t nb_pkts)
+{
+	struct iavf_rx_queue *rxq = rx_queue;
+	uint8_t split_flags[IAVF_VPMD_RX_MAX_BURST] = {0};
+
+	/* get some new buffers */
+	uint16_t nb_bufs =
+		_iavf_recv_raw_pkts_vec_avx512_flex_rxd_offload(rxq,
+								rx_pkts, nb_pkts,
+								split_flags);
+	if (nb_bufs == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* happy day case, full burst + no packets to be joined */
+	const uint64_t *split_fl64 = (uint64_t *)split_flags;
+
+	if (!rxq->pkt_first_seg &&
+	    split_fl64[0] == 0 && split_fl64[1] == 0 &&
+	    split_fl64[2] == 0 && split_fl64[3] == 0)
+		return nb_bufs;
+
+	/* reassemble any packets that need reassembly*/
+	unsigned int i = 0;
+
+	if (!rxq->pkt_first_seg) {
+		/* find the first split flag, and only reassemble then*/
+		while (i < nb_bufs && !split_flags[i])
+			i++;
+		if (i == nb_bufs)
+			return nb_bufs;
+		rxq->pkt_first_seg = rx_pkts[i];
+	}
+	return i + reassemble_packets(rxq, &rx_pkts[i], nb_bufs - i,
+				      &split_flags[i]);
+}
+
+uint16_t
+iavf_recv_scattered_pkts_vec_avx512_flex_rxd_offload(void *rx_queue,
+						     struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
+						     uint16_t nb_pkts)
+{
+	uint16_t retval = 0;
+
+	while (nb_pkts > IAVF_VPMD_RX_MAX_BURST) {
+		uint16_t burst =
+			iavf_recv_scattered_burst_vec_avx512_flex_rxd_offload
+				(rx_queue, rx_pkts + retval,
+				 IAVF_VPMD_RX_MAX_BURST);
+		retval += burst;
+		nb_pkts -= burst;
+		if (burst < IAVF_VPMD_RX_MAX_BURST)
+			return retval;
+	}
+	return retval +
+		iavf_recv_scattered_burst_vec_avx512_flex_rxd_offload(rx_queue,
+			rx_pkts + retval, nb_pkts);
+}
+
 static __rte_always_inline int
 iavf_tx_free_bufs_avx512(struct iavf_tx_queue *txq)
 {