[1/1] lib/vhost: support async dequeue for split ring

Message ID 20210602083110.5530-2-yuanx.wang@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: Maxime Coquelin
Headers
Series lib/vhost: support async dequeue for split ring |

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Commit Message

Wang, YuanX June 2, 2021, 8:31 a.m. UTC
  This patch implements asynchronous dequeue data path for split ring.
A new asynchronous dequeue function is introduced. With this function,
the application can try to receive packets from the guest with
offloading large copies to the DMA engine, thus saving precious CPU
cycles.

Signed-off-by: Wenwu Ma <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Yuan Wang <yuanx.wang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiayu Hu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst |  10 +
 examples/vhost/ioat.c               |  30 +-
 examples/vhost/ioat.h               |   3 +
 examples/vhost/main.c               |  60 +--
 lib/vhost/rte_vhost_async.h         |  44 ++-
 lib/vhost/version.map               |   3 +
 lib/vhost/virtio_net.c              | 549 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 664 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
  

Comments

Maxime Coquelin June 7, 2021, 4:17 p.m. UTC | #1
Hi Yuan,

This is a first review, I will certainly have more comments later.

On 6/2/21 10:31 AM, Yuan Wang wrote:
> This patch implements asynchronous dequeue data path for split ring.
> A new asynchronous dequeue function is introduced. With this function,
> the application can try to receive packets from the guest with
> offloading large copies to the DMA engine, thus saving precious CPU
> cycles.

Do you have any number to share?

> Signed-off-by: Wenwu Ma <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Yuan Wang <yuanx.wang@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jiayu Hu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst |  10 +
>  examples/vhost/ioat.c               |  30 +-
>  examples/vhost/ioat.h               |   3 +
>  examples/vhost/main.c               |  60 +--
>  lib/vhost/rte_vhost_async.h         |  44 ++-
>  lib/vhost/version.map               |   3 +
>  lib/vhost/virtio_net.c              | 549 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  7 files changed, 664 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

Please split the patch in multple parts.
At least don't mix example and lib changes in the same patch.

> diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> index 6b7206bc1d..785ab0fb34 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> @@ -281,6 +281,16 @@ The following is an overview of some key Vhost API functions:
>    Poll enqueue completion status from async data path. Completed packets
>    are returned to applications through ``pkts``.
>  
> +* ``rte_vhost_try_dequeue_burst(vid, queue_id, mbuf_pool, pkts, count, nr_inflight)``

The function should contain async in its name.

BTW, I think we should also rename below APIs while they are
experimental to highlight it is async related:

rte_vhost_submit_enqueue_burst
rte_vhost_poll_enqueue_completed

> +
> +  Try to receive packets from the guest with offloading large packets
> +  to the DMA engine. Successfully dequeued packets are transfer
> +  completed and returned in ``pkts``. But there may be other packets
> +  that are sent from the guest but being transferred by the DMA engine,
> +  called in-flight packets. This function will return in-flight packets
> +  only after the DMA engine finishes transferring. The amount of
> +  in-flight packets by now is returned in ``nr_inflight``.
> +
>  Vhost-user Implementations
>  --------------------------
>  
> diff --git a/examples/vhost/ioat.c b/examples/vhost/ioat.c
> index 2a2c2d7202..236306c9c7 100644
> --- a/examples/vhost/ioat.c
> +++ b/examples/vhost/ioat.c
> @@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ struct packet_tracker {
>  	unsigned short next_read;
>  	unsigned short next_write;
>  	unsigned short last_remain;
> -	unsigned short ioat_space;
>  };
>  
>  struct packet_tracker cb_tracker[MAX_VHOST_DEVICE];
> @@ -61,18 +60,30 @@ open_ioat(const char *value)
>  		goto out;
>  	}
>  	while (i < args_nr) {
> +		char *txd, *rxd;
> +		bool is_txd;
>  		char *arg_temp = dma_arg[i];
>  		uint8_t sub_nr;
> +
>  		sub_nr = rte_strsplit(arg_temp, strlen(arg_temp), ptrs, 2, '@');
>  		if (sub_nr != 2) {
>  			ret = -1;
>  			goto out;
>  		}
>  
> -		start = strstr(ptrs[0], "txd");
> -		if (start == NULL) {
> +		txd = strstr(ptrs[0], "txd");
> +		rxd = strstr(ptrs[0], "rxd");
> +		if (txd == NULL && rxd == NULL) {
>  			ret = -1;
>  			goto out;
> +		} else if (txd) {
> +			is_txd = true;
> +			start = txd;
> +			ret |= ASYNC_RX_VHOST;
> +		} else {
> +			is_txd = false;
> +			start = rxd;
> +			ret |= ASYNC_TX_VHOST;
>  		}
>  
>  		start += 3;
> @@ -82,7 +93,8 @@ open_ioat(const char *value)
>  			goto out;
>  		}
>  
> -		vring_id = 0 + VIRTIO_RXQ;
> +		vring_id = is_txd ? VIRTIO_RXQ : VIRTIO_TXQ;
> +
>  		if (rte_pci_addr_parse(ptrs[1],
>  				&(dma_info + vid)->dmas[vring_id].addr) < 0) {
>  			ret = -1;
> @@ -113,7 +125,6 @@ open_ioat(const char *value)
>  			goto out;
>  		}
>  		rte_rawdev_start(dev_id);
> -		cb_tracker[dev_id].ioat_space = IOAT_RING_SIZE - 1;
>  		dma_info->nr++;
>  		i++;
>  	}
> @@ -128,7 +139,7 @@ ioat_transfer_data_cb(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
>  		struct rte_vhost_async_status *opaque_data, uint16_t count)
>  {
>  	uint32_t i_desc;
> -	uint16_t dev_id = dma_bind[vid].dmas[queue_id * 2 + VIRTIO_RXQ].dev_id;
> +	uint16_t dev_id = dma_bind[vid].dmas[queue_id].dev_id;

It looks broken with regards to multiqueue (it was before this patch).

In open_ioat(), only dma_bind[vid].dmas[VIRTIO_RXQ] and
dma_bind[vid].dmas[VIRTIO_TXQ] are set.

As it seems that the application does not support multiqueue, it may be
a good idea to check queue_id value before using it.

>  	struct rte_vhost_iov_iter *src = NULL;
>  	struct rte_vhost_iov_iter *dst = NULL;
>  	unsigned long i_seg;
> @@ -140,7 +151,7 @@ ioat_transfer_data_cb(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
>  			src = descs[i_desc].src;
>  			dst = descs[i_desc].dst;
>  			i_seg = 0;
> -			if (cb_tracker[dev_id].ioat_space < src->nr_segs)
> +			if (rte_ioat_burst_capacity(dev_id) < src->nr_segs)

This change should be in a dedicated patch, it is not related to dequeue
support.

>  				break;
>  			while (i_seg < src->nr_segs) {
>  				rte_ioat_enqueue_copy(dev_id,
> @@ -155,7 +166,6 @@ ioat_transfer_data_cb(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
>  			}
>  			write &= mask;
>  			cb_tracker[dev_id].size_track[write] = src->nr_segs;
> -			cb_tracker[dev_id].ioat_space -= src->nr_segs;
>  			write++;
>  		}
>  	} else {
> @@ -181,8 +191,7 @@ ioat_check_completed_copies_cb(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
>  		unsigned short mask = MAX_ENQUEUED_SIZE - 1;
>  		unsigned short i;
>  
> -		uint16_t dev_id = dma_bind[vid].dmas[queue_id * 2
> -				+ VIRTIO_RXQ].dev_id;
> +		uint16_t dev_id = dma_bind[vid].dmas[queue_id].dev_id;
>  		n_seg = rte_ioat_completed_ops(dev_id, 255, NULL, NULL, dump, dump);
>  		if (n_seg < 0) {
>  			RTE_LOG(ERR,
> @@ -194,7 +203,6 @@ ioat_check_completed_copies_cb(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
>  		if (n_seg == 0)
>  			return 0;
>  
> -		cb_tracker[dev_id].ioat_space += n_seg;
>  		n_seg += cb_tracker[dev_id].last_remain;
>  
>  		read = cb_tracker[dev_id].next_read;
> diff --git a/examples/vhost/ioat.h b/examples/vhost/ioat.h
> index 1aa28ed6a3..db7acefc02 100644
> --- a/examples/vhost/ioat.h
> +++ b/examples/vhost/ioat.h
> @@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
>  #define IOAT_RING_SIZE 4096
>  #define MAX_ENQUEUED_SIZE 4096
>  
> +#define ASYNC_RX_VHOST	1
> +#define ASYNC_TX_VHOST	2
> +
>  struct dma_info {
>  	struct rte_pci_addr addr;
>  	uint16_t dev_id;
> diff --git a/examples/vhost/main.c b/examples/vhost/main.c
> index d2179eadb9..a5662a1a91 100644
> --- a/examples/vhost/main.c
> +++ b/examples/vhost/main.c
> @@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ static int client_mode;
>  
>  static int builtin_net_driver;
>  
> -static int async_vhost_driver;
> +static int async_rx_vhost_driver;
> +static int async_tx_vhost_driver;
>  
>  static char *dma_type;
>  
> @@ -671,13 +672,17 @@ us_vhost_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
>  			break;
>  
>  		case OPT_DMAS_NUM:
> -			if (open_dma(optarg) == -1) {
> +			ret = open_dma(optarg);
> +			if (ret == -1) {
>  				RTE_LOG(INFO, VHOST_CONFIG,
>  					"Wrong DMA args\n");
>  				us_vhost_usage(prgname);
>  				return -1;
>  			}
> -			async_vhost_driver = 1;
> +			if (ret & ASYNC_RX_VHOST)
> +				async_rx_vhost_driver = 1;
> +			if (ret & ASYNC_TX_VHOST)
> +				async_tx_vhost_driver = 1;
>  			break;
>  
>  		case OPT_CLIENT_NUM:
> @@ -887,7 +892,7 @@ drain_vhost(struct vhost_dev *vdev)
>  
>  	if (builtin_net_driver) {
>  		ret = vs_enqueue_pkts(vdev, VIRTIO_RXQ, m, nr_xmit);
> -	} else if (async_vhost_driver) {
> +	} else if (async_rx_vhost_driver) {

I think we should consider having ops for async and sync instead of all
these if/else. It could be refactored as preliminary patch for this
series.

>  		uint32_t cpu_cpl_nr = 0;
>  		uint16_t enqueue_fail = 0;
>  		struct rte_mbuf *m_cpu_cpl[nr_xmit];
> @@ -914,7 +919,7 @@ drain_vhost(struct vhost_dev *vdev)
>  				__ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);
>  	}
>  
> -	if (!async_vhost_driver)
> +	if (!async_rx_vhost_driver)
>  		free_pkts(m, nr_xmit);
>  }
>
  
Hu, Jiayu June 9, 2021, 1:21 a.m. UTC | #2
Hi Maxime,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maxime Coquelin <mcoqueli@redhat.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 8, 2021 12:17 AM
> To: Wang, YuanX <yuanx.wang@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: maxime.coquelin@redhat.com; Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia@intel.com>;
> Jiang, Cheng1 <cheng1.jiang@intel.com>; Ma, WenwuX
> <wenwux.ma@intel.com>; Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] lib/vhost: support async dequeue for split ring
> 
> Hi Yuan,
> 
> This is a first review, I will certainly have more comments later.
> 
> On 6/2/21 10:31 AM, Yuan Wang wrote:
> > This patch implements asynchronous dequeue data path for split ring.
> > A new asynchronous dequeue function is introduced. With this function,
> > the application can try to receive packets from the guest with
> > offloading large copies to the DMA engine, thus saving precious CPU
> > cycles.
> 
> Do you have any number to share?

We cannot share the exact numbers without legal approval.
There are some relative values:
in PV cases, testpmd macfwd throughput of one core with async
dequeue enabled is around 1.25x of SW vhost; when enabling
both async enqueue and dequeue, one core macfwd throughput
is up to 2x of SW vhost.

> 
> > Signed-off-by: Wenwu Ma <wenwux.ma@intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Yuan Wang <yuanx.wang@intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Jiayu Hu <jiayu.hu@intel.com>
> > ---
> >  doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst |  10 +
> >  examples/vhost/ioat.c               |  30 +-
> >  examples/vhost/ioat.h               |   3 +
> >  examples/vhost/main.c               |  60 +--
> >  lib/vhost/rte_vhost_async.h         |  44 ++-
> >  lib/vhost/version.map               |   3 +
> >  lib/vhost/virtio_net.c              | 549 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  7 files changed, 664 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
> 
> Please split the patch in multple parts.
> At least don't mix example and lib changes in the same patch.
> 
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> > index 6b7206bc1d..785ab0fb34 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
> > @@ -281,6 +281,16 @@ The following is an overview of some key Vhost
> API functions:
> >    Poll enqueue completion status from async data path. Completed packets
> >    are returned to applications through ``pkts``.
> >
> > +* ``rte_vhost_try_dequeue_burst(vid, queue_id, mbuf_pool, pkts, count,
> nr_inflight)``
> 
> The function should contain async in its name.
> 
> BTW, I think we should also rename below APIs while they are
> experimental to highlight it is async related:
> 
> rte_vhost_submit_enqueue_burst
> rte_vhost_poll_enqueue_completed

Yes, it's better to add "async" in related functions. How about:
rte_vhost_async_submit_enqueue_burst
rte_vhost_async_poll_enqueue_completed
rte_vhost_async_try_dequeue_burst

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Jiayu
  

Patch

diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
index 6b7206bc1d..785ab0fb34 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst
@@ -281,6 +281,16 @@  The following is an overview of some key Vhost API functions:
   Poll enqueue completion status from async data path. Completed packets
   are returned to applications through ``pkts``.
 
+* ``rte_vhost_try_dequeue_burst(vid, queue_id, mbuf_pool, pkts, count, nr_inflight)``
+
+  Try to receive packets from the guest with offloading large packets
+  to the DMA engine. Successfully dequeued packets are transfer
+  completed and returned in ``pkts``. But there may be other packets
+  that are sent from the guest but being transferred by the DMA engine,
+  called in-flight packets. This function will return in-flight packets
+  only after the DMA engine finishes transferring. The amount of
+  in-flight packets by now is returned in ``nr_inflight``.
+
 Vhost-user Implementations
 --------------------------
 
diff --git a/examples/vhost/ioat.c b/examples/vhost/ioat.c
index 2a2c2d7202..236306c9c7 100644
--- a/examples/vhost/ioat.c
+++ b/examples/vhost/ioat.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@  struct packet_tracker {
 	unsigned short next_read;
 	unsigned short next_write;
 	unsigned short last_remain;
-	unsigned short ioat_space;
 };
 
 struct packet_tracker cb_tracker[MAX_VHOST_DEVICE];
@@ -61,18 +60,30 @@  open_ioat(const char *value)
 		goto out;
 	}
 	while (i < args_nr) {
+		char *txd, *rxd;
+		bool is_txd;
 		char *arg_temp = dma_arg[i];
 		uint8_t sub_nr;
+
 		sub_nr = rte_strsplit(arg_temp, strlen(arg_temp), ptrs, 2, '@');
 		if (sub_nr != 2) {
 			ret = -1;
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		start = strstr(ptrs[0], "txd");
-		if (start == NULL) {
+		txd = strstr(ptrs[0], "txd");
+		rxd = strstr(ptrs[0], "rxd");
+		if (txd == NULL && rxd == NULL) {
 			ret = -1;
 			goto out;
+		} else if (txd) {
+			is_txd = true;
+			start = txd;
+			ret |= ASYNC_RX_VHOST;
+		} else {
+			is_txd = false;
+			start = rxd;
+			ret |= ASYNC_TX_VHOST;
 		}
 
 		start += 3;
@@ -82,7 +93,8 @@  open_ioat(const char *value)
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		vring_id = 0 + VIRTIO_RXQ;
+		vring_id = is_txd ? VIRTIO_RXQ : VIRTIO_TXQ;
+
 		if (rte_pci_addr_parse(ptrs[1],
 				&(dma_info + vid)->dmas[vring_id].addr) < 0) {
 			ret = -1;
@@ -113,7 +125,6 @@  open_ioat(const char *value)
 			goto out;
 		}
 		rte_rawdev_start(dev_id);
-		cb_tracker[dev_id].ioat_space = IOAT_RING_SIZE - 1;
 		dma_info->nr++;
 		i++;
 	}
@@ -128,7 +139,7 @@  ioat_transfer_data_cb(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
 		struct rte_vhost_async_status *opaque_data, uint16_t count)
 {
 	uint32_t i_desc;
-	uint16_t dev_id = dma_bind[vid].dmas[queue_id * 2 + VIRTIO_RXQ].dev_id;
+	uint16_t dev_id = dma_bind[vid].dmas[queue_id].dev_id;
 	struct rte_vhost_iov_iter *src = NULL;
 	struct rte_vhost_iov_iter *dst = NULL;
 	unsigned long i_seg;
@@ -140,7 +151,7 @@  ioat_transfer_data_cb(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
 			src = descs[i_desc].src;
 			dst = descs[i_desc].dst;
 			i_seg = 0;
-			if (cb_tracker[dev_id].ioat_space < src->nr_segs)
+			if (rte_ioat_burst_capacity(dev_id) < src->nr_segs)
 				break;
 			while (i_seg < src->nr_segs) {
 				rte_ioat_enqueue_copy(dev_id,
@@ -155,7 +166,6 @@  ioat_transfer_data_cb(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
 			}
 			write &= mask;
 			cb_tracker[dev_id].size_track[write] = src->nr_segs;
-			cb_tracker[dev_id].ioat_space -= src->nr_segs;
 			write++;
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -181,8 +191,7 @@  ioat_check_completed_copies_cb(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
 		unsigned short mask = MAX_ENQUEUED_SIZE - 1;
 		unsigned short i;
 
-		uint16_t dev_id = dma_bind[vid].dmas[queue_id * 2
-				+ VIRTIO_RXQ].dev_id;
+		uint16_t dev_id = dma_bind[vid].dmas[queue_id].dev_id;
 		n_seg = rte_ioat_completed_ops(dev_id, 255, NULL, NULL, dump, dump);
 		if (n_seg < 0) {
 			RTE_LOG(ERR,
@@ -194,7 +203,6 @@  ioat_check_completed_copies_cb(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
 		if (n_seg == 0)
 			return 0;
 
-		cb_tracker[dev_id].ioat_space += n_seg;
 		n_seg += cb_tracker[dev_id].last_remain;
 
 		read = cb_tracker[dev_id].next_read;
diff --git a/examples/vhost/ioat.h b/examples/vhost/ioat.h
index 1aa28ed6a3..db7acefc02 100644
--- a/examples/vhost/ioat.h
+++ b/examples/vhost/ioat.h
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ 
 #define IOAT_RING_SIZE 4096
 #define MAX_ENQUEUED_SIZE 4096
 
+#define ASYNC_RX_VHOST	1
+#define ASYNC_TX_VHOST	2
+
 struct dma_info {
 	struct rte_pci_addr addr;
 	uint16_t dev_id;
diff --git a/examples/vhost/main.c b/examples/vhost/main.c
index d2179eadb9..a5662a1a91 100644
--- a/examples/vhost/main.c
+++ b/examples/vhost/main.c
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@  static int client_mode;
 
 static int builtin_net_driver;
 
-static int async_vhost_driver;
+static int async_rx_vhost_driver;
+static int async_tx_vhost_driver;
 
 static char *dma_type;
 
@@ -671,13 +672,17 @@  us_vhost_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 			break;
 
 		case OPT_DMAS_NUM:
-			if (open_dma(optarg) == -1) {
+			ret = open_dma(optarg);
+			if (ret == -1) {
 				RTE_LOG(INFO, VHOST_CONFIG,
 					"Wrong DMA args\n");
 				us_vhost_usage(prgname);
 				return -1;
 			}
-			async_vhost_driver = 1;
+			if (ret & ASYNC_RX_VHOST)
+				async_rx_vhost_driver = 1;
+			if (ret & ASYNC_TX_VHOST)
+				async_tx_vhost_driver = 1;
 			break;
 
 		case OPT_CLIENT_NUM:
@@ -887,7 +892,7 @@  drain_vhost(struct vhost_dev *vdev)
 
 	if (builtin_net_driver) {
 		ret = vs_enqueue_pkts(vdev, VIRTIO_RXQ, m, nr_xmit);
-	} else if (async_vhost_driver) {
+	} else if (async_rx_vhost_driver) {
 		uint32_t cpu_cpl_nr = 0;
 		uint16_t enqueue_fail = 0;
 		struct rte_mbuf *m_cpu_cpl[nr_xmit];
@@ -914,7 +919,7 @@  drain_vhost(struct vhost_dev *vdev)
 				__ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);
 	}
 
-	if (!async_vhost_driver)
+	if (!async_rx_vhost_driver)
 		free_pkts(m, nr_xmit);
 }
 
@@ -1217,7 +1222,7 @@  drain_eth_rx(struct vhost_dev *vdev)
 	if (builtin_net_driver) {
 		enqueue_count = vs_enqueue_pkts(vdev, VIRTIO_RXQ,
 						pkts, rx_count);
-	} else if (async_vhost_driver) {
+	} else if (async_rx_vhost_driver) {
 		uint32_t cpu_cpl_nr = 0;
 		uint16_t enqueue_fail = 0;
 		struct rte_mbuf *m_cpu_cpl[MAX_PKT_BURST];
@@ -1245,7 +1250,7 @@  drain_eth_rx(struct vhost_dev *vdev)
 				__ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);
 	}
 
-	if (!async_vhost_driver)
+	if (!async_rx_vhost_driver)
 		free_pkts(pkts, rx_count);
 }
 
@@ -1259,6 +1264,12 @@  drain_virtio_tx(struct vhost_dev *vdev)
 	if (builtin_net_driver) {
 		count = vs_dequeue_pkts(vdev, VIRTIO_TXQ, mbuf_pool,
 					pkts, MAX_PKT_BURST);
+	} else if (async_tx_vhost_driver) {
+		int nr_inflight;
+
+		count = rte_vhost_try_dequeue_burst(vdev->vid, VIRTIO_TXQ,
+				mbuf_pool, pkts, MAX_PKT_BURST, &nr_inflight);
+
 	} else {
 		count = rte_vhost_dequeue_burst(vdev->vid, VIRTIO_TXQ,
 					mbuf_pool, pkts, MAX_PKT_BURST);
@@ -1397,8 +1408,10 @@  destroy_device(int vid)
 		"(%d) device has been removed from data core\n",
 		vdev->vid);
 
-	if (async_vhost_driver)
+	if (async_rx_vhost_driver)
 		rte_vhost_async_channel_unregister(vid, VIRTIO_RXQ);
+	if (async_tx_vhost_driver)
+		rte_vhost_async_channel_unregister(vid, VIRTIO_TXQ);
 
 	rte_free(vdev);
 }
@@ -1467,24 +1480,29 @@  new_device(int vid)
 		"(%d) device has been added to data core %d\n",
 		vid, vdev->coreid);
 
-	if (async_vhost_driver) {
-		struct rte_vhost_async_features f;
-		struct rte_vhost_async_channel_ops channel_ops;
+	int ret = 0;
+	struct rte_vhost_async_features f;
+	struct rte_vhost_async_channel_ops channel_ops;
 
-		if (dma_type != NULL && strncmp(dma_type, "ioat", 4) == 0) {
-			channel_ops.transfer_data = ioat_transfer_data_cb;
-			channel_ops.check_completed_copies =
-				ioat_check_completed_copies_cb;
+	if (dma_type != NULL && strncmp(dma_type, "ioat", 4) == 0) {
+		channel_ops.transfer_data = ioat_transfer_data_cb;
+		channel_ops.check_completed_copies =
+			ioat_check_completed_copies_cb;
 
-			f.async_inorder = 1;
-			f.async_threshold = 256;
+		f.async_inorder = 1;
+		f.async_threshold = 0;
 
-			return rte_vhost_async_channel_register(vid, VIRTIO_RXQ,
-				f.intval, &channel_ops);
+		if (async_rx_vhost_driver) {
+			ret = rte_vhost_async_channel_register(
+				vid, VIRTIO_RXQ, f.intval, &channel_ops);
+		}
+		if (async_tx_vhost_driver && (ret == 0)) {
+			ret = rte_vhost_async_channel_register(
+				vid, VIRTIO_TXQ, f.intval, &channel_ops);
 		}
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1725,7 +1743,7 @@  main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	for (i = 0; i < nb_sockets; i++) {
 		char *file = socket_files + i * PATH_MAX;
 
-		if (async_vhost_driver)
+		if (async_rx_vhost_driver || async_tx_vhost_driver)
 			flags = flags | RTE_VHOST_USER_ASYNC_COPY;
 
 		ret = rte_vhost_driver_register(file, flags);
diff --git a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost_async.h b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost_async.h
index 6faa31f5ad..0daf3e5576 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/rte_vhost_async.h
+++ b/lib/vhost/rte_vhost_async.h
@@ -84,13 +84,21 @@  struct rte_vhost_async_channel_ops {
 };
 
 /**
- * inflight async packet information
+ * in-flight async packet information
  */
+struct async_nethdr {
+	struct virtio_net_hdr hdr;
+	bool valid;
+};
+
 struct async_inflight_info {
 	struct rte_mbuf *mbuf;
-	uint16_t descs; /* num of descs inflight */
+	union {
+		uint16_t descs; /* num of descs in-flight */
+		struct async_nethdr nethdr;
+	};
 	uint16_t nr_buffers; /* num of buffers inflight for packed ring */
-};
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
 
 /**
  *  dma channel feature bit definition
@@ -193,4 +201,34 @@  __rte_experimental
 uint16_t rte_vhost_poll_enqueue_completed(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
 		struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t count);
 
+/**
+ * This function tries to receive packets from the guest with offloading
+ * large copies to the DMA engine. Successfully dequeued packets are
+ * transfer completed, either by the CPU or the DMA engine, and they are
+ * returned in "pkts". There may be other packets that are sent from
+ * the guest but being transferred by the DMA engine, called in-flight
+ * packets. The amount of in-flight packets by now is returned in
+ * "nr_inflight". This function will return in-flight packets only after
+ * the DMA engine finishes transferring.
+ *
+ * @param vid
+ *  id of vhost device to dequeue data
+ * @param queue_id
+ *  queue id to dequeue data
+ * @param pkts
+ *  blank array to keep successfully dequeued packets
+ * @param count
+ *  size of the packet array
+ * @param nr_inflight
+ *  the amount of in-flight packets by now. If error occured, its
+ *  value is set to -1.
+ * @return
+ *  num of successfully dequeued packets
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+uint16_t
+rte_vhost_try_dequeue_burst(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
+	struct rte_mempool *mbuf_pool, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t count,
+	int *nr_inflight);
+
 #endif /* _RTE_VHOST_ASYNC_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/vhost/version.map b/lib/vhost/version.map
index 9103a23cd4..2f82ab9713 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/version.map
+++ b/lib/vhost/version.map
@@ -79,4 +79,7 @@  EXPERIMENTAL {
 
 	# added in 21.05
 	rte_vhost_get_negotiated_protocol_features;
+
+	# added in 21.08
+	rte_vhost_try_dequeue_burst;
 };
diff --git a/lib/vhost/virtio_net.c b/lib/vhost/virtio_net.c
index 7ed86e4e43..b7994892ad 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/virtio_net.c
+++ b/lib/vhost/virtio_net.c
@@ -3155,3 +3155,552 @@  rte_vhost_dequeue_burst(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
 
 	return count;
 }
+
+static __rte_always_inline int
+async_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,
+		  struct iovec *src_iovec, struct iovec *dst_iovec,
+		  struct rte_vhost_iov_iter *src_it,
+		  struct rte_vhost_iov_iter *dst_it,
+		  struct async_nethdr *nethdr,
+		  bool legacy_ol_flags)
+{
+	uint64_t buf_addr;
+	uint32_t tlen = 0;
+	uint32_t buf_avail, buf_offset, buf_len;
+	uint32_t mbuf_avail, mbuf_offset;
+	uint32_t cpy_len, cpy_threshold;
+	/* A counter to avoid desc dead loop chain */
+	uint16_t vec_idx = 0;
+	int tvec_idx = 0;
+	struct rte_mbuf *cur = m, *prev = m;
+	struct virtio_net_hdr tmp_hdr;
+	struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr = NULL;
+	struct batch_copy_elem *batch_copy = vq->batch_copy_elems;
+
+	buf_addr = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_addr;
+	buf_len = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_len;
+
+	if (unlikely(buf_len < dev->vhost_hlen && nr_vec <= 1))
+		return -1;
+
+	cpy_threshold = vq->async_threshold;
+
+	if (virtio_net_with_host_offload(dev)) {
+		if (unlikely(buf_len < sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr))) {
+			/*
+			 * No luck, the virtio-net header doesn't fit
+			 * in a contiguous virtual area.
+			 */
+			copy_vnet_hdr_from_desc(&tmp_hdr, buf_vec);
+			hdr = &tmp_hdr;
+		} else {
+			hdr = (struct virtio_net_hdr *)((uintptr_t)buf_addr);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * A virtio driver normally uses at least 2 desc buffers
+	 * for Tx: the first for storing the header, and others
+	 * for storing the data.
+	 */
+	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_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))
+			return -1;
+		buf_addr = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_addr;
+		buf_len = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_len;
+
+		buf_offset = 0;
+		buf_avail = buf_len;
+	} else {
+		buf_offset = dev->vhost_hlen;
+		buf_avail = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_len - dev->vhost_hlen;
+	}
+
+	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) {
+		cpy_len = RTE_MIN(buf_avail, mbuf_avail);
+
+		if (cpy_len >= cpy_threshold) {
+			async_fill_vec(src_iovec + tvec_idx,
+				(void *)((uintptr_t)(buf_addr + buf_offset)),
+				(size_t)cpy_len);
+			async_fill_vec(dst_iovec + tvec_idx,
+				rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(cur,
+					void *, mbuf_offset),
+				(size_t)cpy_len);
+			tvec_idx++;
+			tlen += cpy_len;
+		} else 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;
+		buf_avail  -= cpy_len;
+		buf_offset += cpy_len;
+
+		/* This buf reaches to its end, get the next one */
+		if (buf_avail == 0) {
+			if (++vec_idx >= nr_vec)
+				break;
+
+			buf_addr = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_addr;
+			buf_len = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_len;
+
+			buf_offset = 0;
+			buf_avail = buf_len;
+
+			PRINT_PACKET(dev, (uintptr_t)buf_addr,
+					(uint32_t)buf_avail, 0);
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * This mbuf reaches to its end, get a new one
+		 * to hold more data.
+		 */
+		if (mbuf_avail == 0) {
+			cur = rte_pktmbuf_alloc(mbuf_pool);
+			if (unlikely(cur == NULL)) {
+				VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "Failed to "
+					"allocate memory for mbuf.\n");
+				return -1;
+			}
+
+			prev->next = cur;
+			prev->data_len = mbuf_offset;
+			m->nb_segs += 1;
+			m->pkt_len += mbuf_offset;
+			prev = cur;
+
+			mbuf_offset = 0;
+			mbuf_avail = cur->buf_len - RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;
+		}
+	}
+
+	prev->data_len = mbuf_offset;
+	m->pkt_len += mbuf_offset;
+
+	if (hdr && tlen) {
+		nethdr->valid = true;
+		nethdr->hdr = *hdr;
+	} else if (hdr)
+		vhost_dequeue_offload(hdr, m, legacy_ol_flags);
+
+	if (tlen) {
+		async_fill_iter(src_it, tlen, src_iovec, tvec_idx);
+		async_fill_iter(dst_it, tlen, dst_iovec, tvec_idx);
+	} else
+		src_it->count = 0;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static __rte_always_inline uint16_t
+async_poll_dequeue_completed_split(struct virtio_net *dev,
+		struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, uint16_t queue_id,
+		struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t count, bool legacy_ol_flags)
+{
+	uint16_t n_pkts_cpl = 0, n_pkts_put = 0;
+	uint16_t start_idx, pkt_idx, from;
+	struct async_inflight_info *pkts_info;
+
+	pkt_idx = vq->async_pkts_idx & (vq->size - 1);
+	pkts_info = vq->async_pkts_info;
+	start_idx = virtio_dev_rx_async_get_info_idx(pkt_idx, vq->size,
+			vq->async_pkts_inflight_n);
+
+	if (count > vq->async_last_pkts_n) {
+		n_pkts_cpl = vq->async_ops.check_completed_copies(dev->vid,
+			queue_id, 0, count - vq->async_last_pkts_n);
+	}
+
+	n_pkts_cpl += vq->async_last_pkts_n;
+	if (unlikely(n_pkts_cpl == 0))
+		return 0;
+
+	n_pkts_put = RTE_MIN(count, n_pkts_cpl);
+
+	for (pkt_idx = 0; pkt_idx < n_pkts_put; pkt_idx++) {
+		from = (start_idx + pkt_idx) & (vq->size - 1);
+		pkts[pkt_idx] = pkts_info[from].mbuf;
+
+		if (pkts_info[from].nethdr.valid) {
+			vhost_dequeue_offload(&pkts_info[from].nethdr.hdr,
+					pkts[pkt_idx], legacy_ol_flags);
+		}
+
+		from = vq->last_async_desc_idx_split & (vq->size - 1);
+		update_shadow_used_ring_split(vq,
+				vq->async_descs_split[from].id, 0);
+		vq->last_async_desc_idx_split++;
+	}
+	vq->async_last_pkts_n = n_pkts_cpl - n_pkts_put;
+
+	if (n_pkts_put)
+		vq->async_pkts_inflight_n -= n_pkts_put;
+
+	return n_pkts_put;
+}
+
+static __rte_always_inline uint16_t
+virtio_dev_tx_async_split(struct virtio_net *dev,
+		struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, uint16_t queue_id,
+		struct rte_mempool *mbuf_pool, struct rte_mbuf **pkts,
+		uint16_t count, bool legacy_ol_flags)
+{
+	static bool allocerr_warned;
+	uint16_t pkt_idx;
+	uint16_t free_entries;
+	uint16_t slot_idx = 0;
+	uint16_t segs_await = 0;
+	uint16_t nr_done_pkts = 0, nr_async_pkts = 0;
+	uint16_t nr_async_burst = 0;
+	uint16_t pkt_err = 0;
+	uint16_t iovec_idx = 0, it_idx = 0;
+
+	struct rte_vhost_iov_iter *it_pool = vq->it_pool;
+	struct iovec *vec_pool = vq->vec_pool;
+	struct iovec *src_iovec = vec_pool;
+	struct iovec *dst_iovec = vec_pool + (VHOST_MAX_ASYNC_VEC >> 1);
+	struct rte_vhost_async_desc tdes[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+	struct async_inflight_info *pkts_info = vq->async_pkts_info;
+
+	struct async_pkt_index {
+		uint16_t last_avail_idx;
+	} async_pkts_log[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+
+	nr_done_pkts = async_poll_dequeue_completed_split(dev, vq, queue_id,
+						pkts, count, legacy_ol_flags);
+	if (unlikely(nr_done_pkts == count))
+		goto out;
+
+	/**
+	 * The ordering between avail index and
+	 * desc reads needs to be enforced.
+	 */
+	free_entries = __atomic_load_n(&vq->avail->idx, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE) -
+			vq->last_avail_idx;
+	if (free_entries == 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	rte_prefetch0(&vq->avail->ring[vq->last_avail_idx & (vq->size - 1)]);
+
+	count = RTE_MIN(count - nr_done_pkts, MAX_PKT_BURST);
+	count = RTE_MIN(count, free_entries);
+	VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%d) about to dequeue %u buffers\n",
+			dev->vid, count);
+
+	for (pkt_idx = 0; pkt_idx < count; pkt_idx++) {
+		uint16_t head_idx = 0;
+		uint16_t nr_vec = 0;
+		uint32_t buf_len;
+		int err;
+		struct buf_vector buf_vec[BUF_VECTOR_MAX];
+		struct rte_mbuf *pkt;
+
+		if (unlikely(fill_vec_buf_split(dev, vq, vq->last_avail_idx,
+						&nr_vec, buf_vec,
+						&head_idx, &buf_len,
+						VHOST_ACCESS_RO) < 0))
+			break;
+
+		pkt = virtio_dev_pktmbuf_alloc(dev, mbuf_pool, buf_len);
+		if (unlikely(pkt == NULL)) {
+			/**
+			 * mbuf allocation fails for jumbo packets when external
+			 * buffer allocation is not allowed and linear buffer
+			 * is required. Drop this packet.
+			 */
+			if (!allocerr_warned) {
+				VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR,
+					"Failed mbuf alloc of size %d from %s on %s.\n",
+					buf_len, mbuf_pool->name, dev->ifname);
+				allocerr_warned = true;
+			}
+			break;
+		}
+
+		slot_idx = (vq->async_pkts_idx + nr_async_pkts) &
+				(vq->size - 1);
+		err = async_desc_to_mbuf(dev, vq, buf_vec, nr_vec, pkt,
+				mbuf_pool, &src_iovec[iovec_idx],
+				&dst_iovec[iovec_idx], &it_pool[it_idx],
+				&it_pool[it_idx + 1],
+				&pkts_info[slot_idx].nethdr, legacy_ol_flags);
+		if (unlikely(err)) {
+			rte_pktmbuf_free(pkt);
+			if (!allocerr_warned) {
+				VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR,
+					"Failed to copy desc to mbuf on %s.\n",
+					dev->ifname);
+				allocerr_warned = true;
+			}
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (it_pool[it_idx].count) {
+			uint16_t to = vq->async_desc_idx_split & (vq->size - 1);
+
+			async_fill_desc(&tdes[nr_async_burst], &it_pool[it_idx],
+				&it_pool[it_idx + 1]);
+			pkts_info[slot_idx].mbuf = pkt;
+			async_pkts_log[nr_async_pkts++].last_avail_idx =
+				vq->last_avail_idx;
+			nr_async_burst++;
+			iovec_idx += it_pool[it_idx].nr_segs;
+			it_idx += 2;
+			segs_await += it_pool[it_idx].nr_segs;
+
+			/* keep used desc */
+			vq->async_descs_split[to].id = head_idx;
+			vq->async_descs_split[to].len = 0;
+			vq->async_desc_idx_split++;
+		} else {
+			update_shadow_used_ring_split(vq, head_idx, 0);
+			pkts[nr_done_pkts++] = pkt;
+		}
+
+		vq->last_avail_idx++;
+
+		if (unlikely((nr_async_burst >= VHOST_ASYNC_BATCH_THRESHOLD) ||
+					((VHOST_MAX_ASYNC_VEC >> 1) -
+					 segs_await < BUF_VECTOR_MAX))) {
+			uint16_t nr_pkts;
+
+			nr_pkts = vq->async_ops.transfer_data(dev->vid,
+					queue_id, tdes, 0, nr_async_burst);
+			src_iovec = vec_pool;
+			dst_iovec = vec_pool + (VHOST_MAX_ASYNC_VEC >> 1);
+			it_idx = 0;
+			segs_await = 0;
+			vq->async_pkts_inflight_n += nr_pkts;
+
+			if (unlikely(nr_pkts < nr_async_burst)) {
+				pkt_err = nr_async_burst - nr_pkts;
+				nr_async_burst = 0;
+				break;
+			}
+			nr_async_burst = 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (nr_async_burst) {
+		uint32_t nr_pkts;
+
+		nr_pkts = vq->async_ops.transfer_data(dev->vid, queue_id,
+				tdes, 0, nr_async_burst);
+		vq->async_pkts_inflight_n += nr_pkts;
+
+		if (unlikely(nr_pkts < nr_async_burst))
+			pkt_err = nr_async_burst - nr_pkts;
+	}
+
+	do_data_copy_dequeue(vq);
+
+	if (unlikely(pkt_err)) {
+		uint16_t nr_err_dma = pkt_err;
+		uint16_t nr_err_sw;
+
+		nr_async_pkts -= nr_err_dma;
+
+		/**
+		 * revert shadow used ring and free pktmbufs for
+		 * CPU-copied pkts after the first DMA-error pkt.
+		 */
+		nr_err_sw = vq->last_avail_idx -
+			async_pkts_log[nr_async_pkts].last_avail_idx -
+			nr_err_dma;
+		vq->shadow_used_idx -= nr_err_sw;
+		while (nr_err_sw-- > 0)
+			rte_pktmbuf_free(pkts[--nr_done_pkts]);
+
+		/**
+		 * recover DMA-copy related structures and free pktmbufs
+		 * for DMA-error pkts.
+		 */
+		vq->async_desc_idx_split -= nr_err_dma;
+		while (nr_err_dma-- > 0) {
+			rte_pktmbuf_free(
+				pkts_info[slot_idx & (vq->size - 1)].mbuf);
+			slot_idx--;
+		}
+
+		/* recover available ring */
+		vq->last_avail_idx =
+			async_pkts_log[nr_async_pkts].last_avail_idx;
+	}
+
+	vq->async_pkts_idx += nr_async_pkts;
+
+out:
+	if (likely(vq->shadow_used_idx)) {
+		flush_shadow_used_ring_split(dev, vq);
+		vhost_vring_call_split(dev, vq);
+	}
+
+	return nr_done_pkts;
+}
+
+__rte_noinline
+static uint16_t
+virtio_dev_tx_async_split_legacy(struct virtio_net *dev,
+		struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, uint16_t queue_id,
+		struct rte_mempool *mbuf_pool, struct rte_mbuf **pkts,
+		uint16_t count)
+{
+	return virtio_dev_tx_async_split(dev, vq, queue_id, mbuf_pool,
+				pkts, count, true);
+}
+
+__rte_noinline
+static uint16_t
+virtio_dev_tx_async_split_compliant(struct virtio_net *dev,
+		struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, uint16_t queue_id,
+		struct rte_mempool *mbuf_pool, struct rte_mbuf **pkts,
+		uint16_t count)
+{
+	return virtio_dev_tx_async_split(dev, vq, queue_id, mbuf_pool,
+				pkts, count, false);
+}
+
+uint16_t
+rte_vhost_try_dequeue_burst(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
+	struct rte_mempool *mbuf_pool, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t count,
+	int *nr_inflight)
+{
+	struct virtio_net *dev;
+	struct rte_mbuf *rarp_mbuf = NULL;
+	struct vhost_virtqueue *vq;
+	int16_t success = 1;
+
+	*nr_inflight = -1;
+
+	dev = get_device(vid);
+	if (!dev)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (unlikely(!(dev->flags & VIRTIO_DEV_BUILTIN_VIRTIO_NET))) {
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR,
+			"(%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))) {
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR,
+			"(%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 (unlikely(!vq->async_registered)) {
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%d) %s: async not registered for queue id %d.\n",
+			dev->vid, __func__, queue_id);
+		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_access_unlock;
+		}
+
+	/*
+	 * 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
+	 * __atomic_compare_exchange_n causes a write if performed compare
+	 * and exchange. This could result in false sharing between enqueue
+	 * and dequeue.
+	 *
+	 * Prevent unnecessary false sharing by reading broadcast_rarp first
+	 * and only performing compare and exchange if the read indicates it
+	 * is likely to be set.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(__atomic_load_n(&dev->broadcast_rarp, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE) &&
+			__atomic_compare_exchange_n(&dev->broadcast_rarp,
+			&success, 0, 0, __ATOMIC_RELEASE, __ATOMIC_RELAXED))) {
+
+		rarp_mbuf = rte_net_make_rarp_packet(mbuf_pool, &dev->mac);
+		if (rarp_mbuf == NULL) {
+			VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "Failed to make RARP packet.\n");
+			count = 0;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		count -= 1;
+	}
+
+	if (unlikely(vq_is_packed(dev)))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (dev->flags & VIRTIO_DEV_LEGACY_OL_FLAGS)
+		count = virtio_dev_tx_async_split_legacy(dev, vq, queue_id,
+				mbuf_pool, pkts, count);
+	else
+		count = virtio_dev_tx_async_split_compliant(dev, vq, queue_id,
+				mbuf_pool, pkts, count);
+
+out:
+	*nr_inflight = vq->async_pkts_inflight_n;
+
+	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, count * sizeof(struct rte_mbuf *));
+		pkts[0] = rarp_mbuf;
+		count += 1;
+	}
+
+	return count;
+}