diff --git a/examples/l3fwd-acl/Makefile b/examples/l3fwd-acl/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 85fd2c47a1..0000000000
--- a/examples/l3fwd-acl/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-# Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation
-
-# binary name
-APP = l3fwd-acl
-
-# all source are stored in SRCS-y
-SRCS-y := main.c
-
-PKGCONF ?= pkg-config
-
-# Build using pkg-config variables if possible
-ifneq ($(shell $(PKGCONF) --exists libdpdk && echo 0),0)
-$(error "no installation of DPDK found")
-endif
-
-all: shared
-.PHONY: shared static
-shared: build/$(APP)-shared
-	ln -sf $(APP)-shared build/$(APP)
-static: build/$(APP)-static
-	ln -sf $(APP)-static build/$(APP)
-
-PC_FILE := $(shell $(PKGCONF) --path libdpdk 2>/dev/null)
-CFLAGS += -O3 $(shell $(PKGCONF) --cflags libdpdk)
-LDFLAGS_SHARED = $(shell $(PKGCONF) --libs libdpdk)
-LDFLAGS_STATIC = $(shell $(PKGCONF) --static --libs libdpdk)
-
-ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),static)
-# check for broken pkg-config
-ifeq ($(shell echo $(LDFLAGS_STATIC) | grep 'whole-archive.*l:lib.*no-whole-archive'),)
-$(warning "pkg-config output list does not contain drivers between 'whole-archive'/'no-whole-archive' flags.")
-$(error "Cannot generate statically-linked binaries with this version of pkg-config")
-endif
-endif
-
-CFLAGS += -DALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
-
-build/$(APP)-shared: $(SRCS-y) Makefile $(PC_FILE) | build
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(SRCS-y) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SHARED)
-
-build/$(APP)-static: $(SRCS-y) Makefile $(PC_FILE) | build
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(SRCS-y) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_STATIC)
-
-build:
-	@mkdir -p $@
-
-.PHONY: clean
-clean:
-	rm -f build/$(APP) build/$(APP)-static build/$(APP)-shared
-	test -d build && rmdir -p build || true
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd-acl/main.c b/examples/l3fwd-acl/main.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d2ecc7635..0000000000
--- a/examples/l3fwd-acl/main.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2272 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
- * Copyright(c) 2010-2016 Intel Corporation
- */
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <inttypes.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <sys/queue.h>
-#include <stdarg.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <getopt.h>
-
-#include <rte_common.h>
-#include <rte_byteorder.h>
-#include <rte_log.h>
-#include <rte_memory.h>
-#include <rte_memcpy.h>
-#include <rte_eal.h>
-#include <rte_launch.h>
-#include <rte_cycles.h>
-#include <rte_prefetch.h>
-#include <rte_lcore.h>
-#include <rte_per_lcore.h>
-#include <rte_branch_prediction.h>
-#include <rte_interrupts.h>
-#include <rte_random.h>
-#include <rte_debug.h>
-#include <rte_ether.h>
-#include <rte_ethdev.h>
-#include <rte_mempool.h>
-#include <rte_mbuf.h>
-#include <rte_ip.h>
-#include <rte_tcp.h>
-#include <rte_udp.h>
-#include <rte_string_fns.h>
-#include <rte_acl.h>
-
-#include <cmdline_parse.h>
-#include <cmdline_parse_etheraddr.h>
-
-#if RTE_LOG_DP_LEVEL >= RTE_LOG_DEBUG
-#define L3FWDACL_DEBUG
-#endif
-#define DO_RFC_1812_CHECKS
-
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_L3FWD RTE_LOGTYPE_USER1
-
-#define MAX_JUMBO_PKT_LEN  9600
-
-#define MEMPOOL_CACHE_SIZE 256
-
-/*
- * This expression is used to calculate the number of mbufs needed
- * depending on user input, taking into account memory for rx and tx hardware
- * rings, cache per lcore and mtable per port per lcore.
- * RTE_MAX is used to ensure that NB_MBUF never goes below a
- * minimum value of 8192
- */
-
-#define NB_MBUF	RTE_MAX(\
-	(nb_ports * nb_rx_queue * nb_rxd +	\
-	nb_ports * nb_lcores * MAX_PKT_BURST +	\
-	nb_ports * n_tx_queue * nb_txd +	\
-	nb_lcores * MEMPOOL_CACHE_SIZE),	\
-	(unsigned)8192)
-
-#define MAX_PKT_BURST 32
-#define BURST_TX_DRAIN_US 100 /* TX drain every ~100us */
-
-#define NB_SOCKETS 8
-
-/* Configure how many packets ahead to prefetch, when reading packets */
-#define PREFETCH_OFFSET	3
-
-/*
- * Configurable number of RX/TX ring descriptors
- */
-#define RTE_TEST_RX_DESC_DEFAULT 1024
-#define RTE_TEST_TX_DESC_DEFAULT 1024
-static uint16_t nb_rxd = RTE_TEST_RX_DESC_DEFAULT;
-static uint16_t nb_txd = RTE_TEST_TX_DESC_DEFAULT;
-
-/* mask of enabled ports */
-static uint32_t enabled_port_mask;
-static int promiscuous_on; /**< Ports set in promiscuous mode off by default. */
-static int numa_on = 1; /**< NUMA is enabled by default. */
-
-struct lcore_rx_queue {
-	uint16_t port_id;
-	uint8_t queue_id;
-} __rte_cache_aligned;
-
-#define MAX_RX_QUEUE_PER_LCORE 16
-#define MAX_TX_QUEUE_PER_PORT RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS
-#define MAX_RX_QUEUE_PER_PORT 128
-
-#define MAX_LCORE_PARAMS 1024
-struct lcore_params {
-	uint16_t port_id;
-	uint8_t queue_id;
-	uint8_t lcore_id;
-} __rte_cache_aligned;
-
-static struct lcore_params lcore_params_array[MAX_LCORE_PARAMS];
-static struct lcore_params lcore_params_array_default[] = {
-	{0, 0, 2},
-	{0, 1, 2},
-	{0, 2, 2},
-	{1, 0, 2},
-	{1, 1, 2},
-	{1, 2, 2},
-	{2, 0, 2},
-	{3, 0, 3},
-	{3, 1, 3},
-};
-
-static struct lcore_params *lcore_params = lcore_params_array_default;
-static uint16_t nb_lcore_params = sizeof(lcore_params_array_default) /
-				sizeof(lcore_params_array_default[0]);
-
-static struct rte_eth_conf port_conf = {
-	.rxmode = {
-		.mq_mode	= RTE_ETH_MQ_RX_RSS,
-		.split_hdr_size = 0,
-		.offloads = RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_CHECKSUM,
-	},
-	.rx_adv_conf = {
-		.rss_conf = {
-			.rss_key = NULL,
-			.rss_hf = RTE_ETH_RSS_IP | RTE_ETH_RSS_UDP |
-				RTE_ETH_RSS_TCP | RTE_ETH_RSS_SCTP,
-		},
-	},
-	.txmode = {
-		.mq_mode = RTE_ETH_MQ_TX_NONE,
-	},
-};
-
-static uint32_t max_pkt_len;
-
-static struct rte_mempool *pktmbuf_pool[NB_SOCKETS];
-
-/* ethernet addresses of ports */
-static struct rte_ether_hdr port_l2hdr[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
-
-static const struct {
-	const char *name;
-	enum rte_acl_classify_alg alg;
-} acl_alg[] = {
-	{
-		.name = "scalar",
-		.alg = RTE_ACL_CLASSIFY_SCALAR,
-	},
-	{
-		.name = "sse",
-		.alg = RTE_ACL_CLASSIFY_SSE,
-	},
-	{
-		.name = "avx2",
-		.alg = RTE_ACL_CLASSIFY_AVX2,
-	},
-	{
-		.name = "neon",
-		.alg = RTE_ACL_CLASSIFY_NEON,
-	},
-	{
-		.name = "altivec",
-		.alg = RTE_ACL_CLASSIFY_ALTIVEC,
-	},
-	{
-		.name = "avx512x16",
-		.alg = RTE_ACL_CLASSIFY_AVX512X16,
-	},
-	{
-		.name = "avx512x32",
-		.alg = RTE_ACL_CLASSIFY_AVX512X32,
-	},
-};
-
-/***********************start of ACL part******************************/
-#ifdef DO_RFC_1812_CHECKS
-static inline int
-is_valid_ipv4_pkt(struct rte_ipv4_hdr *pkt, uint32_t link_len);
-#endif
-static inline void
-send_single_packet(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint16_t port);
-
-#define MAX_ACL_RULE_NUM	100000
-#define DEFAULT_MAX_CATEGORIES	1
-#define L3FWD_ACL_IPV4_NAME	"l3fwd-acl-ipv4"
-#define L3FWD_ACL_IPV6_NAME	"l3fwd-acl-ipv6"
-#define ACL_LEAD_CHAR		('@')
-#define ROUTE_LEAD_CHAR		('R')
-#define COMMENT_LEAD_CHAR	('#')
-
-enum {
-#define OPT_CONFIG      "config"
-	OPT_CONFIG_NUM = 256,
-#define OPT_NONUMA      "no-numa"
-	OPT_NONUMA_NUM,
-#define OPT_MAX_PKT_LEN "max-pkt-len"
-	OPT_MAX_PKT_LEN_NUM,
-#define OPT_RULE_IPV4   "rule_ipv4"
-	OPT_RULE_IPV4_NUM,
-#define OPT_RULE_IPV6	"rule_ipv6"
-	OPT_RULE_IPV6_NUM,
-#define OPT_ALG         "alg"
-	OPT_ALG_NUM,
-#define OPT_ETH_DEST    "eth-dest"
-	OPT_ETH_DEST_NUM,
-};
-
-#define ACL_DENY_SIGNATURE	0xf0000000
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_L3FWDACL	RTE_LOGTYPE_USER3
-#define acl_log(format, ...)	RTE_LOG(ERR, L3FWDACL, format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
-#define uint32_t_to_char(ip, a, b, c, d) do {\
-		*a = (unsigned char)(ip >> 24 & 0xff);\
-		*b = (unsigned char)(ip >> 16 & 0xff);\
-		*c = (unsigned char)(ip >> 8 & 0xff);\
-		*d = (unsigned char)(ip & 0xff);\
-	} while (0)
-#define OFF_ETHHEAD	(sizeof(struct rte_ether_hdr))
-#define OFF_IPV42PROTO (offsetof(struct rte_ipv4_hdr, next_proto_id))
-#define OFF_IPV62PROTO (offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, proto))
-#define MBUF_IPV4_2PROTO(m)	\
-	rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset((m), uint8_t *, OFF_ETHHEAD + OFF_IPV42PROTO)
-#define MBUF_IPV6_2PROTO(m)	\
-	rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset((m), uint8_t *, OFF_ETHHEAD + OFF_IPV62PROTO)
-
-#define GET_CB_FIELD(in, fd, base, lim, dlm)	do {            \
-	unsigned long val;                                      \
-	char *end;                                              \
-	errno = 0;                                              \
-	val = strtoul((in), &end, (base));                      \
-	if (errno != 0 || end[0] != (dlm) || val > (lim))       \
-		return -EINVAL;                               \
-	(fd) = (typeof(fd))val;                                 \
-	(in) = end + 1;                                         \
-} while (0)
-
-/*
-  * ACL rules should have higher priorities than route ones to ensure ACL rule
-  * always be found when input packets have multi-matches in the database.
-  * A exception case is performance measure, which can define route rules with
-  * higher priority and route rules will always be returned in each lookup.
-  * Reserve range from ACL_RULE_PRIORITY_MAX + 1 to
-  * RTE_ACL_MAX_PRIORITY for route entries in performance measure
-  */
-#define ACL_RULE_PRIORITY_MAX 0x10000000
-
-/*
-  * Forward port info save in ACL lib starts from 1
-  * since ACL assume 0 is invalid.
-  * So, need add 1 when saving and minus 1 when forwarding packets.
-  */
-#define FWD_PORT_SHIFT 1
-
-/*
- * Rule and trace formats definitions.
- */
-
-enum {
-	PROTO_FIELD_IPV4,
-	SRC_FIELD_IPV4,
-	DST_FIELD_IPV4,
-	SRCP_FIELD_IPV4,
-	DSTP_FIELD_IPV4,
-	NUM_FIELDS_IPV4
-};
-
-/*
- * That effectively defines order of IPV4VLAN classifications:
- *  - PROTO
- *  - VLAN (TAG and DOMAIN)
- *  - SRC IP ADDRESS
- *  - DST IP ADDRESS
- *  - PORTS (SRC and DST)
- */
-enum {
-	RTE_ACL_IPV4VLAN_PROTO,
-	RTE_ACL_IPV4VLAN_VLAN,
-	RTE_ACL_IPV4VLAN_SRC,
-	RTE_ACL_IPV4VLAN_DST,
-	RTE_ACL_IPV4VLAN_PORTS,
-	RTE_ACL_IPV4VLAN_NUM
-};
-
-struct rte_acl_field_def ipv4_defs[NUM_FIELDS_IPV4] = {
-	{
-		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_BITMASK,
-		.size = sizeof(uint8_t),
-		.field_index = PROTO_FIELD_IPV4,
-		.input_index = RTE_ACL_IPV4VLAN_PROTO,
-		.offset = 0,
-	},
-	{
-		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_MASK,
-		.size = sizeof(uint32_t),
-		.field_index = SRC_FIELD_IPV4,
-		.input_index = RTE_ACL_IPV4VLAN_SRC,
-		.offset = offsetof(struct rte_ipv4_hdr, src_addr) -
-			offsetof(struct rte_ipv4_hdr, next_proto_id),
-	},
-	{
-		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_MASK,
-		.size = sizeof(uint32_t),
-		.field_index = DST_FIELD_IPV4,
-		.input_index = RTE_ACL_IPV4VLAN_DST,
-		.offset = offsetof(struct rte_ipv4_hdr, dst_addr) -
-			offsetof(struct rte_ipv4_hdr, next_proto_id),
-	},
-	{
-		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_RANGE,
-		.size = sizeof(uint16_t),
-		.field_index = SRCP_FIELD_IPV4,
-		.input_index = RTE_ACL_IPV4VLAN_PORTS,
-		.offset = sizeof(struct rte_ipv4_hdr) -
-			offsetof(struct rte_ipv4_hdr, next_proto_id),
-	},
-	{
-		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_RANGE,
-		.size = sizeof(uint16_t),
-		.field_index = DSTP_FIELD_IPV4,
-		.input_index = RTE_ACL_IPV4VLAN_PORTS,
-		.offset = sizeof(struct rte_ipv4_hdr) -
-			offsetof(struct rte_ipv4_hdr, next_proto_id) +
-			sizeof(uint16_t),
-	},
-};
-
-#define	IPV6_ADDR_LEN	16
-#define	IPV6_ADDR_U16	(IPV6_ADDR_LEN / sizeof(uint16_t))
-#define	IPV6_ADDR_U32	(IPV6_ADDR_LEN / sizeof(uint32_t))
-
-enum {
-	PROTO_FIELD_IPV6,
-	SRC1_FIELD_IPV6,
-	SRC2_FIELD_IPV6,
-	SRC3_FIELD_IPV6,
-	SRC4_FIELD_IPV6,
-	DST1_FIELD_IPV6,
-	DST2_FIELD_IPV6,
-	DST3_FIELD_IPV6,
-	DST4_FIELD_IPV6,
-	SRCP_FIELD_IPV6,
-	DSTP_FIELD_IPV6,
-	NUM_FIELDS_IPV6
-};
-
-struct rte_acl_field_def ipv6_defs[NUM_FIELDS_IPV6] = {
-	{
-		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_BITMASK,
-		.size = sizeof(uint8_t),
-		.field_index = PROTO_FIELD_IPV6,
-		.input_index = PROTO_FIELD_IPV6,
-		.offset = 0,
-	},
-	{
-		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_MASK,
-		.size = sizeof(uint32_t),
-		.field_index = SRC1_FIELD_IPV6,
-		.input_index = SRC1_FIELD_IPV6,
-		.offset = offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, src_addr) -
-			offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, proto),
-	},
-	{
-		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_MASK,
-		.size = sizeof(uint32_t),
-		.field_index = SRC2_FIELD_IPV6,
-		.input_index = SRC2_FIELD_IPV6,
-		.offset = offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, src_addr) -
-			offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, proto) + sizeof(uint32_t),
-	},
-	{
-		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_MASK,
-		.size = sizeof(uint32_t),
-		.field_index = SRC3_FIELD_IPV6,
-		.input_index = SRC3_FIELD_IPV6,
-		.offset = offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, src_addr) -
-			offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, proto) +
-			2 * sizeof(uint32_t),
-	},
-	{
-		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_MASK,
-		.size = sizeof(uint32_t),
-		.field_index = SRC4_FIELD_IPV6,
-		.input_index = SRC4_FIELD_IPV6,
-		.offset = offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, src_addr) -
-			offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, proto) +
-			3 * sizeof(uint32_t),
-	},
-	{
-		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_MASK,
-		.size = sizeof(uint32_t),
-		.field_index = DST1_FIELD_IPV6,
-		.input_index = DST1_FIELD_IPV6,
-		.offset = offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, dst_addr)
-				- offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, proto),
-	},
-	{
-		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_MASK,
-		.size = sizeof(uint32_t),
-		.field_index = DST2_FIELD_IPV6,
-		.input_index = DST2_FIELD_IPV6,
-		.offset = offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, dst_addr) -
-			offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, proto) + sizeof(uint32_t),
-	},
-	{
-		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_MASK,
-		.size = sizeof(uint32_t),
-		.field_index = DST3_FIELD_IPV6,
-		.input_index = DST3_FIELD_IPV6,
-		.offset = offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, dst_addr) -
-			offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, proto) +
-			2 * sizeof(uint32_t),
-	},
-	{
-		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_MASK,
-		.size = sizeof(uint32_t),
-		.field_index = DST4_FIELD_IPV6,
-		.input_index = DST4_FIELD_IPV6,
-		.offset = offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, dst_addr) -
-			offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, proto) +
-			3 * sizeof(uint32_t),
-	},
-	{
-		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_RANGE,
-		.size = sizeof(uint16_t),
-		.field_index = SRCP_FIELD_IPV6,
-		.input_index = SRCP_FIELD_IPV6,
-		.offset = sizeof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr) -
-			offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, proto),
-	},
-	{
-		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_RANGE,
-		.size = sizeof(uint16_t),
-		.field_index = DSTP_FIELD_IPV6,
-		.input_index = SRCP_FIELD_IPV6,
-		.offset = sizeof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr) -
-			offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, proto) + sizeof(uint16_t),
-	},
-};
-
-enum {
-	CB_FLD_SRC_ADDR,
-	CB_FLD_DST_ADDR,
-	CB_FLD_SRC_PORT_LOW,
-	CB_FLD_SRC_PORT_DLM,
-	CB_FLD_SRC_PORT_HIGH,
-	CB_FLD_DST_PORT_LOW,
-	CB_FLD_DST_PORT_DLM,
-	CB_FLD_DST_PORT_HIGH,
-	CB_FLD_PROTO,
-	CB_FLD_USERDATA,
-	CB_FLD_NUM,
-};
-
-RTE_ACL_RULE_DEF(acl4_rule, RTE_DIM(ipv4_defs));
-RTE_ACL_RULE_DEF(acl6_rule, RTE_DIM(ipv6_defs));
-
-struct acl_search_t {
-	const uint8_t *data_ipv4[MAX_PKT_BURST];
-	struct rte_mbuf *m_ipv4[MAX_PKT_BURST];
-	uint32_t res_ipv4[MAX_PKT_BURST];
-	int num_ipv4;
-
-	const uint8_t *data_ipv6[MAX_PKT_BURST];
-	struct rte_mbuf *m_ipv6[MAX_PKT_BURST];
-	uint32_t res_ipv6[MAX_PKT_BURST];
-	int num_ipv6;
-};
-
-static struct {
-	char mapped[NB_SOCKETS];
-	struct rte_acl_ctx *acx_ipv4[NB_SOCKETS];
-	struct rte_acl_ctx *acx_ipv6[NB_SOCKETS];
-#ifdef L3FWDACL_DEBUG
-	struct acl4_rule *rule_ipv4;
-	struct acl6_rule *rule_ipv6;
-#endif
-} acl_config;
-
-static struct{
-	const char *rule_ipv4_name;
-	const char *rule_ipv6_name;
-	enum rte_acl_classify_alg alg;
-} parm_config;
-
-const char cb_port_delim[] = ":";
-
-static inline void
-print_one_ipv4_rule(struct acl4_rule *rule, int extra)
-{
-	unsigned char a, b, c, d;
-
-	uint32_t_to_char(rule->field[SRC_FIELD_IPV4].value.u32,
-			&a, &b, &c, &d);
-	printf("%hhu.%hhu.%hhu.%hhu/%u ", a, b, c, d,
-			rule->field[SRC_FIELD_IPV4].mask_range.u32);
-	uint32_t_to_char(rule->field[DST_FIELD_IPV4].value.u32,
-			&a, &b, &c, &d);
-	printf("%hhu.%hhu.%hhu.%hhu/%u ", a, b, c, d,
-			rule->field[DST_FIELD_IPV4].mask_range.u32);
-	printf("%hu : %hu %hu : %hu 0x%hhx/0x%hhx ",
-		rule->field[SRCP_FIELD_IPV4].value.u16,
-		rule->field[SRCP_FIELD_IPV4].mask_range.u16,
-		rule->field[DSTP_FIELD_IPV4].value.u16,
-		rule->field[DSTP_FIELD_IPV4].mask_range.u16,
-		rule->field[PROTO_FIELD_IPV4].value.u8,
-		rule->field[PROTO_FIELD_IPV4].mask_range.u8);
-	if (extra)
-		printf("0x%x-0x%x-0x%x ",
-			rule->data.category_mask,
-			rule->data.priority,
-			rule->data.userdata);
-}
-
-static inline void
-print_one_ipv6_rule(struct acl6_rule *rule, int extra)
-{
-	unsigned char a, b, c, d;
-
-	uint32_t_to_char(rule->field[SRC1_FIELD_IPV6].value.u32,
-		&a, &b, &c, &d);
-	printf("%.2x%.2x:%.2x%.2x", a, b, c, d);
-	uint32_t_to_char(rule->field[SRC2_FIELD_IPV6].value.u32,
-		&a, &b, &c, &d);
-	printf(":%.2x%.2x:%.2x%.2x", a, b, c, d);
-	uint32_t_to_char(rule->field[SRC3_FIELD_IPV6].value.u32,
-		&a, &b, &c, &d);
-	printf(":%.2x%.2x:%.2x%.2x", a, b, c, d);
-	uint32_t_to_char(rule->field[SRC4_FIELD_IPV6].value.u32,
-		&a, &b, &c, &d);
-	printf(":%.2x%.2x:%.2x%.2x/%u ", a, b, c, d,
-			rule->field[SRC1_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u32
-			+ rule->field[SRC2_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u32
-			+ rule->field[SRC3_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u32
-			+ rule->field[SRC4_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u32);
-
-	uint32_t_to_char(rule->field[DST1_FIELD_IPV6].value.u32,
-		&a, &b, &c, &d);
-	printf("%.2x%.2x:%.2x%.2x", a, b, c, d);
-	uint32_t_to_char(rule->field[DST2_FIELD_IPV6].value.u32,
-		&a, &b, &c, &d);
-	printf(":%.2x%.2x:%.2x%.2x", a, b, c, d);
-	uint32_t_to_char(rule->field[DST3_FIELD_IPV6].value.u32,
-		&a, &b, &c, &d);
-	printf(":%.2x%.2x:%.2x%.2x", a, b, c, d);
-	uint32_t_to_char(rule->field[DST4_FIELD_IPV6].value.u32,
-		&a, &b, &c, &d);
-	printf(":%.2x%.2x:%.2x%.2x/%u ", a, b, c, d,
-			rule->field[DST1_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u32
-			+ rule->field[DST2_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u32
-			+ rule->field[DST3_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u32
-			+ rule->field[DST4_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u32);
-
-	printf("%hu : %hu %hu : %hu 0x%hhx/0x%hhx ",
-		rule->field[SRCP_FIELD_IPV6].value.u16,
-		rule->field[SRCP_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u16,
-		rule->field[DSTP_FIELD_IPV6].value.u16,
-		rule->field[DSTP_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u16,
-		rule->field[PROTO_FIELD_IPV6].value.u8,
-		rule->field[PROTO_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u8);
-	if (extra)
-		printf("0x%x-0x%x-0x%x ",
-			rule->data.category_mask,
-			rule->data.priority,
-			rule->data.userdata);
-}
-
-/* Bypass comment and empty lines */
-static inline int
-is_bypass_line(char *buff)
-{
-	int i = 0;
-
-	/* comment line */
-	if (buff[0] == COMMENT_LEAD_CHAR)
-		return 1;
-	/* empty line */
-	while (buff[i] != '\0') {
-		if (!isspace(buff[i]))
-			return 0;
-		i++;
-	}
-	return 1;
-}
-
-#ifdef L3FWDACL_DEBUG
-static inline void
-dump_acl4_rule(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint32_t sig)
-{
-	uint32_t offset = sig & ~ACL_DENY_SIGNATURE;
-	unsigned char a, b, c, d;
-	struct rte_ipv4_hdr *ipv4_hdr =
-		rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, struct rte_ipv4_hdr *,
-					sizeof(struct rte_ether_hdr));
-
-	uint32_t_to_char(rte_bswap32(ipv4_hdr->src_addr), &a, &b, &c, &d);
-	printf("Packet Src:%hhu.%hhu.%hhu.%hhu ", a, b, c, d);
-	uint32_t_to_char(rte_bswap32(ipv4_hdr->dst_addr), &a, &b, &c, &d);
-	printf("Dst:%hhu.%hhu.%hhu.%hhu ", a, b, c, d);
-
-	printf("Src port:%hu,Dst port:%hu ",
-			rte_bswap16(*(uint16_t *)(ipv4_hdr + 1)),
-			rte_bswap16(*((uint16_t *)(ipv4_hdr + 1) + 1)));
-	printf("hit ACL %d - ", offset);
-
-	print_one_ipv4_rule(acl_config.rule_ipv4 + offset, 1);
-
-	printf("\n\n");
-}
-
-static inline void
-dump_acl6_rule(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint32_t sig)
-{
-	unsigned i;
-	uint32_t offset = sig & ~ACL_DENY_SIGNATURE;
-	struct rte_ipv6_hdr *ipv6_hdr =
-		rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, struct rte_ipv6_hdr *,
-					sizeof(struct rte_ether_hdr));
-
-	printf("Packet Src");
-	for (i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(ipv6_hdr->src_addr); i += sizeof(uint16_t))
-		printf(":%.2x%.2x",
-			ipv6_hdr->src_addr[i], ipv6_hdr->src_addr[i + 1]);
-
-	printf("\nDst");
-	for (i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(ipv6_hdr->dst_addr); i += sizeof(uint16_t))
-		printf(":%.2x%.2x",
-			ipv6_hdr->dst_addr[i], ipv6_hdr->dst_addr[i + 1]);
-
-	printf("\nSrc port:%hu,Dst port:%hu ",
-			rte_bswap16(*(uint16_t *)(ipv6_hdr + 1)),
-			rte_bswap16(*((uint16_t *)(ipv6_hdr + 1) + 1)));
-	printf("hit ACL %d - ", offset);
-
-	print_one_ipv6_rule(acl_config.rule_ipv6 + offset, 1);
-
-	printf("\n\n");
-}
-#endif /* L3FWDACL_DEBUG */
-
-static inline void
-dump_ipv4_rules(struct acl4_rule *rule, int num, int extra)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < num; i++, rule++) {
-		printf("\t%d:", i + 1);
-		print_one_ipv4_rule(rule, extra);
-		printf("\n");
-	}
-}
-
-static inline void
-dump_ipv6_rules(struct acl6_rule *rule, int num, int extra)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < num; i++, rule++) {
-		printf("\t%d:", i + 1);
-		print_one_ipv6_rule(rule, extra);
-		printf("\n");
-	}
-}
-
-#ifdef DO_RFC_1812_CHECKS
-static inline void
-prepare_one_packet(struct rte_mbuf **pkts_in, struct acl_search_t *acl,
-	int index)
-{
-	struct rte_ipv4_hdr *ipv4_hdr;
-	struct rte_mbuf *pkt = pkts_in[index];
-
-	if (RTE_ETH_IS_IPV4_HDR(pkt->packet_type)) {
-		ipv4_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(pkt, struct rte_ipv4_hdr *,
-						sizeof(struct rte_ether_hdr));
-
-		/* Check to make sure the packet is valid (RFC1812) */
-		if (is_valid_ipv4_pkt(ipv4_hdr, pkt->pkt_len) >= 0) {
-
-			/* Update time to live and header checksum */
-			--(ipv4_hdr->time_to_live);
-			++(ipv4_hdr->hdr_checksum);
-
-			/* Fill acl structure */
-			acl->data_ipv4[acl->num_ipv4] = MBUF_IPV4_2PROTO(pkt);
-			acl->m_ipv4[(acl->num_ipv4)++] = pkt;
-
-		} else {
-			/* Not a valid IPv4 packet */
-			rte_pktmbuf_free(pkt);
-		}
-	} else if (RTE_ETH_IS_IPV6_HDR(pkt->packet_type)) {
-		/* Fill acl structure */
-		acl->data_ipv6[acl->num_ipv6] = MBUF_IPV6_2PROTO(pkt);
-		acl->m_ipv6[(acl->num_ipv6)++] = pkt;
-
-	} else {
-		/* Unknown type, drop the packet */
-		rte_pktmbuf_free(pkt);
-	}
-}
-
-#else
-static inline void
-prepare_one_packet(struct rte_mbuf **pkts_in, struct acl_search_t *acl,
-	int index)
-{
-	struct rte_mbuf *pkt = pkts_in[index];
-
-	if (RTE_ETH_IS_IPV4_HDR(pkt->packet_type)) {
-		/* Fill acl structure */
-		acl->data_ipv4[acl->num_ipv4] = MBUF_IPV4_2PROTO(pkt);
-		acl->m_ipv4[(acl->num_ipv4)++] = pkt;
-
-	} else if (RTE_ETH_IS_IPV6_HDR(pkt->packet_type)) {
-		/* Fill acl structure */
-		acl->data_ipv6[acl->num_ipv6] = MBUF_IPV6_2PROTO(pkt);
-		acl->m_ipv6[(acl->num_ipv6)++] = pkt;
-	} else {
-		/* Unknown type, drop the packet */
-		rte_pktmbuf_free(pkt);
-	}
-}
-#endif /* DO_RFC_1812_CHECKS */
-
-static inline void
-prepare_acl_parameter(struct rte_mbuf **pkts_in, struct acl_search_t *acl,
-	int nb_rx)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	acl->num_ipv4 = 0;
-	acl->num_ipv6 = 0;
-
-	/* Prefetch first packets */
-	for (i = 0; i < PREFETCH_OFFSET && i < nb_rx; i++) {
-		rte_prefetch0(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(
-				pkts_in[i], void *));
-	}
-
-	for (i = 0; i < (nb_rx - PREFETCH_OFFSET); i++) {
-		rte_prefetch0(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkts_in[
-				i + PREFETCH_OFFSET], void *));
-		prepare_one_packet(pkts_in, acl, i);
-	}
-
-	/* Process left packets */
-	for (; i < nb_rx; i++)
-		prepare_one_packet(pkts_in, acl, i);
-}
-
-static inline void
-send_one_packet(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint32_t res)
-{
-	if (likely((res & ACL_DENY_SIGNATURE) == 0 && res != 0)) {
-		/* forward packets */
-		send_single_packet(m,
-			(uint8_t)(res - FWD_PORT_SHIFT));
-	} else{
-		/* in the ACL list, drop it */
-#ifdef L3FWDACL_DEBUG
-		if ((res & ACL_DENY_SIGNATURE) != 0) {
-			if (RTE_ETH_IS_IPV4_HDR(m->packet_type))
-				dump_acl4_rule(m, res);
-			else if (RTE_ETH_IS_IPV6_HDR(m->packet_type))
-				dump_acl6_rule(m, res);
-		}
-#endif
-		rte_pktmbuf_free(m);
-	}
-}
-
-
-
-static inline void
-send_packets(struct rte_mbuf **m, uint32_t *res, int num)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	/* Prefetch first packets */
-	for (i = 0; i < PREFETCH_OFFSET && i < num; i++) {
-		rte_prefetch0(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(
-				m[i], void *));
-	}
-
-	for (i = 0; i < (num - PREFETCH_OFFSET); i++) {
-		rte_prefetch0(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m[
-				i + PREFETCH_OFFSET], void *));
-		send_one_packet(m[i], res[i]);
-	}
-
-	/* Process left packets */
-	for (; i < num; i++)
-		send_one_packet(m[i], res[i]);
-}
-
-/*
- * Parse IPv6 address, expects the following format:
- * XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX (where X is a hexadecimal digit).
- */
-static int
-parse_ipv6_addr(const char *in, const char **end, uint32_t v[IPV6_ADDR_U32],
-	char dlm)
-{
-	uint32_t addr[IPV6_ADDR_U16];
-
-	GET_CB_FIELD(in, addr[0], 16, UINT16_MAX, ':');
-	GET_CB_FIELD(in, addr[1], 16, UINT16_MAX, ':');
-	GET_CB_FIELD(in, addr[2], 16, UINT16_MAX, ':');
-	GET_CB_FIELD(in, addr[3], 16, UINT16_MAX, ':');
-	GET_CB_FIELD(in, addr[4], 16, UINT16_MAX, ':');
-	GET_CB_FIELD(in, addr[5], 16, UINT16_MAX, ':');
-	GET_CB_FIELD(in, addr[6], 16, UINT16_MAX, ':');
-	GET_CB_FIELD(in, addr[7], 16, UINT16_MAX, dlm);
-
-	*end = in;
-
-	v[0] = (addr[0] << 16) + addr[1];
-	v[1] = (addr[2] << 16) + addr[3];
-	v[2] = (addr[4] << 16) + addr[5];
-	v[3] = (addr[6] << 16) + addr[7];
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int
-parse_ipv6_net(const char *in, struct rte_acl_field field[4])
-{
-	int32_t rc;
-	const char *mp;
-	uint32_t i, m, v[4];
-	const uint32_t nbu32 = sizeof(uint32_t) * CHAR_BIT;
-
-	/* get address. */
-	rc = parse_ipv6_addr(in, &mp, v, '/');
-	if (rc != 0)
-		return rc;
-
-	/* get mask. */
-	GET_CB_FIELD(mp, m, 0, CHAR_BIT * sizeof(v), 0);
-
-	/* put all together. */
-	for (i = 0; i != RTE_DIM(v); i++) {
-		if (m >= (i + 1) * nbu32)
-			field[i].mask_range.u32 = nbu32;
-		else
-			field[i].mask_range.u32 = m > (i * nbu32) ?
-				m - (i * 32) : 0;
-
-		field[i].value.u32 = v[i];
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int
-parse_cb_ipv6_rule(char *str, struct rte_acl_rule *v, int has_userdata)
-{
-	int i, rc;
-	char *s, *sp, *in[CB_FLD_NUM];
-	static const char *dlm = " \t\n";
-	int dim = has_userdata ? CB_FLD_NUM : CB_FLD_USERDATA;
-	s = str;
-
-	for (i = 0; i != dim; i++, s = NULL) {
-		in[i] = strtok_r(s, dlm, &sp);
-		if (in[i] == NULL)
-			return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	rc = parse_ipv6_net(in[CB_FLD_SRC_ADDR], v->field + SRC1_FIELD_IPV6);
-	if (rc != 0) {
-		acl_log("failed to read source address/mask: %s\n",
-			in[CB_FLD_SRC_ADDR]);
-		return rc;
-	}
-
-	rc = parse_ipv6_net(in[CB_FLD_DST_ADDR], v->field + DST1_FIELD_IPV6);
-	if (rc != 0) {
-		acl_log("failed to read destination address/mask: %s\n",
-			in[CB_FLD_DST_ADDR]);
-		return rc;
-	}
-
-	/* source port. */
-	GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_SRC_PORT_LOW],
-		v->field[SRCP_FIELD_IPV6].value.u16,
-		0, UINT16_MAX, 0);
-	GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_SRC_PORT_HIGH],
-		v->field[SRCP_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u16,
-		0, UINT16_MAX, 0);
-
-	if (strncmp(in[CB_FLD_SRC_PORT_DLM], cb_port_delim,
-			sizeof(cb_port_delim)) != 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	/* destination port. */
-	GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_DST_PORT_LOW],
-		v->field[DSTP_FIELD_IPV6].value.u16,
-		0, UINT16_MAX, 0);
-	GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_DST_PORT_HIGH],
-		v->field[DSTP_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u16,
-		0, UINT16_MAX, 0);
-
-	if (strncmp(in[CB_FLD_DST_PORT_DLM], cb_port_delim,
-			sizeof(cb_port_delim)) != 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (v->field[SRCP_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u16
-			< v->field[SRCP_FIELD_IPV6].value.u16
-			|| v->field[DSTP_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u16
-			< v->field[DSTP_FIELD_IPV6].value.u16)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_PROTO], v->field[PROTO_FIELD_IPV6].value.u8,
-		0, UINT8_MAX, '/');
-	GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_PROTO], v->field[PROTO_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u8,
-		0, UINT8_MAX, 0);
-
-	if (has_userdata)
-		GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_USERDATA], v->data.userdata,
-			0, UINT32_MAX, 0);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * Parse ClassBench rules file.
- * Expected format:
- * '@'<src_ipv4_addr>'/'<masklen> <space> \
- * <dst_ipv4_addr>'/'<masklen> <space> \
- * <src_port_low> <space> ":" <src_port_high> <space> \
- * <dst_port_low> <space> ":" <dst_port_high> <space> \
- * <proto>'/'<mask>
- */
-static int
-parse_ipv4_net(const char *in, uint32_t *addr, uint32_t *mask_len)
-{
-	uint8_t a, b, c, d, m;
-
-	GET_CB_FIELD(in, a, 0, UINT8_MAX, '.');
-	GET_CB_FIELD(in, b, 0, UINT8_MAX, '.');
-	GET_CB_FIELD(in, c, 0, UINT8_MAX, '.');
-	GET_CB_FIELD(in, d, 0, UINT8_MAX, '/');
-	GET_CB_FIELD(in, m, 0, sizeof(uint32_t) * CHAR_BIT, 0);
-
-	addr[0] = RTE_IPV4(a, b, c, d);
-	mask_len[0] = m;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int
-parse_cb_ipv4vlan_rule(char *str, struct rte_acl_rule *v, int has_userdata)
-{
-	int i, rc;
-	char *s, *sp, *in[CB_FLD_NUM];
-	static const char *dlm = " \t\n";
-	int dim = has_userdata ? CB_FLD_NUM : CB_FLD_USERDATA;
-	s = str;
-
-	for (i = 0; i != dim; i++, s = NULL) {
-		in[i] = strtok_r(s, dlm, &sp);
-		if (in[i] == NULL)
-			return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	rc = parse_ipv4_net(in[CB_FLD_SRC_ADDR],
-			&v->field[SRC_FIELD_IPV4].value.u32,
-			&v->field[SRC_FIELD_IPV4].mask_range.u32);
-	if (rc != 0) {
-			acl_log("failed to read source address/mask: %s\n",
-			in[CB_FLD_SRC_ADDR]);
-		return rc;
-	}
-
-	rc = parse_ipv4_net(in[CB_FLD_DST_ADDR],
-			&v->field[DST_FIELD_IPV4].value.u32,
-			&v->field[DST_FIELD_IPV4].mask_range.u32);
-	if (rc != 0) {
-		acl_log("failed to read destination address/mask: %s\n",
-			in[CB_FLD_DST_ADDR]);
-		return rc;
-	}
-
-	GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_SRC_PORT_LOW],
-		v->field[SRCP_FIELD_IPV4].value.u16,
-		0, UINT16_MAX, 0);
-	GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_SRC_PORT_HIGH],
-		v->field[SRCP_FIELD_IPV4].mask_range.u16,
-		0, UINT16_MAX, 0);
-
-	if (strncmp(in[CB_FLD_SRC_PORT_DLM], cb_port_delim,
-			sizeof(cb_port_delim)) != 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_DST_PORT_LOW],
-		v->field[DSTP_FIELD_IPV4].value.u16,
-		0, UINT16_MAX, 0);
-	GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_DST_PORT_HIGH],
-		v->field[DSTP_FIELD_IPV4].mask_range.u16,
-		0, UINT16_MAX, 0);
-
-	if (strncmp(in[CB_FLD_DST_PORT_DLM], cb_port_delim,
-			sizeof(cb_port_delim)) != 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (v->field[SRCP_FIELD_IPV4].mask_range.u16
-			< v->field[SRCP_FIELD_IPV4].value.u16
-			|| v->field[DSTP_FIELD_IPV4].mask_range.u16
-			< v->field[DSTP_FIELD_IPV4].value.u16)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_PROTO], v->field[PROTO_FIELD_IPV4].value.u8,
-		0, UINT8_MAX, '/');
-	GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_PROTO], v->field[PROTO_FIELD_IPV4].mask_range.u8,
-		0, UINT8_MAX, 0);
-
-	if (has_userdata)
-		GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_USERDATA], v->data.userdata, 0,
-			UINT32_MAX, 0);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int
-add_rules(const char *rule_path,
-		struct rte_acl_rule **proute_base,
-		unsigned int *proute_num,
-		struct rte_acl_rule **pacl_base,
-		unsigned int *pacl_num, uint32_t rule_size,
-		int (*parser)(char *, struct rte_acl_rule*, int))
-{
-	uint8_t *acl_rules, *route_rules;
-	struct rte_acl_rule *next;
-	unsigned int acl_num = 0, route_num = 0, total_num = 0;
-	unsigned int acl_cnt = 0, route_cnt = 0;
-	char buff[LINE_MAX];
-	FILE *fh = fopen(rule_path, "rb");
-	unsigned int i = 0;
-	int val;
-
-	if (fh == NULL)
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "%s: Open %s failed\n", __func__,
-			rule_path);
-
-	while ((fgets(buff, LINE_MAX, fh) != NULL)) {
-		if (buff[0] == ROUTE_LEAD_CHAR)
-			route_num++;
-		else if (buff[0] == ACL_LEAD_CHAR)
-			acl_num++;
-	}
-
-	if (0 == route_num)
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Not find any route entries in %s!\n",
-				rule_path);
-
-	val = fseek(fh, 0, SEEK_SET);
-	if (val < 0) {
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "%s: File seek operation failed\n",
-			__func__);
-	}
-
-	acl_rules = calloc(acl_num, rule_size);
-
-	if (NULL == acl_rules)
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "%s: failed to malloc memory\n",
-			__func__);
-
-	route_rules = calloc(route_num, rule_size);
-
-	if (NULL == route_rules)
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "%s: failed to malloc memory\n",
-			__func__);
-
-	i = 0;
-	while (fgets(buff, LINE_MAX, fh) != NULL) {
-		i++;
-
-		if (is_bypass_line(buff))
-			continue;
-
-		char s = buff[0];
-
-		/* Route entry */
-		if (s == ROUTE_LEAD_CHAR)
-			next = (struct rte_acl_rule *)(route_rules +
-				route_cnt * rule_size);
-
-		/* ACL entry */
-		else if (s == ACL_LEAD_CHAR)
-			next = (struct rte_acl_rule *)(acl_rules +
-				acl_cnt * rule_size);
-
-		/* Illegal line */
-		else
-			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
-				"%s Line %u: should start with leading "
-				"char %c or %c\n",
-				rule_path, i, ROUTE_LEAD_CHAR, ACL_LEAD_CHAR);
-
-		if (parser(buff + 1, next, s == ROUTE_LEAD_CHAR) != 0)
-			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
-				"%s Line %u: parse rules error\n",
-				rule_path, i);
-
-		if (s == ROUTE_LEAD_CHAR) {
-			/* Check the forwarding port number */
-			if ((enabled_port_mask & (1 << next->data.userdata)) ==
-					0)
-				rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
-					"%s Line %u: fwd number illegal:%u\n",
-					rule_path, i, next->data.userdata);
-			next->data.userdata += FWD_PORT_SHIFT;
-			route_cnt++;
-		} else {
-			next->data.userdata = ACL_DENY_SIGNATURE + acl_cnt;
-			acl_cnt++;
-		}
-
-		next->data.priority = RTE_ACL_MAX_PRIORITY - total_num;
-		next->data.category_mask = -1;
-		total_num++;
-	}
-
-	fclose(fh);
-
-	*pacl_base = (struct rte_acl_rule *)acl_rules;
-	*pacl_num = acl_num;
-	*proute_base = (struct rte_acl_rule *)route_rules;
-	*proute_num = route_cnt;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int
-usage_acl_alg(char *buf, size_t sz)
-{
-	uint32_t i, n, rc, tn;
-
-	n = 0;
-	tn = 0;
-	for (i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(acl_alg); i++) {
-		rc = snprintf(buf + n, sz - n,
-			i == RTE_DIM(acl_alg) - 1 ? "%s" : "%s|",
-			acl_alg[i].name);
-		tn += rc;
-		if (rc < sz - n)
-			n += rc;
-	}
-
-	return tn;
-}
-
-static const char *
-str_acl_alg(enum rte_acl_classify_alg alg)
-{
-	uint32_t i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i != RTE_DIM(acl_alg); i++) {
-		if (alg == acl_alg[i].alg)
-			return acl_alg[i].name;
-	}
-
-	return "default";
-}
-
-static enum rte_acl_classify_alg
-parse_acl_alg(const char *alg)
-{
-	uint32_t i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i != RTE_DIM(acl_alg); i++) {
-		if (strcmp(alg, acl_alg[i].name) == 0)
-			return acl_alg[i].alg;
-	}
-
-	return RTE_ACL_CLASSIFY_DEFAULT;
-}
-
-static void
-dump_acl_config(void)
-{
-	printf("ACL option are:\n");
-	printf(OPT_RULE_IPV4": %s\n", parm_config.rule_ipv4_name);
-	printf(OPT_RULE_IPV6": %s\n", parm_config.rule_ipv6_name);
-	printf(OPT_ALG": %s\n", str_acl_alg(parm_config.alg));
-}
-
-static int
-check_acl_config(void)
-{
-	if (parm_config.rule_ipv4_name == NULL) {
-		acl_log("ACL IPv4 rule file not specified\n");
-		return -1;
-	} else if (parm_config.rule_ipv6_name == NULL) {
-		acl_log("ACL IPv6 rule file not specified\n");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static struct rte_acl_ctx*
-setup_acl(struct rte_acl_rule *route_base,
-		struct rte_acl_rule *acl_base, unsigned int route_num,
-		unsigned int acl_num, int ipv6, int socketid)
-{
-	char name[PATH_MAX];
-	struct rte_acl_param acl_param;
-	struct rte_acl_config acl_build_param;
-	struct rte_acl_ctx *context;
-	int dim = ipv6 ? RTE_DIM(ipv6_defs) : RTE_DIM(ipv4_defs);
-
-	/* Create ACL contexts */
-	snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s%d",
-			ipv6 ? L3FWD_ACL_IPV6_NAME : L3FWD_ACL_IPV4_NAME,
-			socketid);
-
-	acl_param.name = name;
-	acl_param.socket_id = socketid;
-	acl_param.rule_size = RTE_ACL_RULE_SZ(dim);
-	acl_param.max_rule_num = MAX_ACL_RULE_NUM;
-
-	if ((context = rte_acl_create(&acl_param)) == NULL)
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to create ACL context\n");
-
-	if (parm_config.alg != RTE_ACL_CLASSIFY_DEFAULT &&
-			rte_acl_set_ctx_classify(context, parm_config.alg) != 0)
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
-			"Failed to setup classify method for  ACL context\n");
-
-	if (rte_acl_add_rules(context, route_base, route_num) < 0)
-			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "add rules failed\n");
-
-	if (rte_acl_add_rules(context, acl_base, acl_num) < 0)
-			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "add rules failed\n");
-
-	/* Perform builds */
-	memset(&acl_build_param, 0, sizeof(acl_build_param));
-
-	acl_build_param.num_categories = DEFAULT_MAX_CATEGORIES;
-	acl_build_param.num_fields = dim;
-	memcpy(&acl_build_param.defs, ipv6 ? ipv6_defs : ipv4_defs,
-		ipv6 ? sizeof(ipv6_defs) : sizeof(ipv4_defs));
-
-	if (rte_acl_build(context, &acl_build_param) != 0)
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to build ACL trie\n");
-
-	rte_acl_dump(context);
-
-	return context;
-}
-
-static int
-app_acl_init(void)
-{
-	unsigned lcore_id;
-	unsigned int i;
-	int socketid;
-	struct rte_acl_rule *acl_base_ipv4, *route_base_ipv4,
-		*acl_base_ipv6, *route_base_ipv6;
-	unsigned int acl_num_ipv4 = 0, route_num_ipv4 = 0,
-		acl_num_ipv6 = 0, route_num_ipv6 = 0;
-
-	if (check_acl_config() != 0)
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to get valid ACL options\n");
-
-	dump_acl_config();
-
-	/* Load  rules from the input file */
-	if (add_rules(parm_config.rule_ipv4_name, &route_base_ipv4,
-			&route_num_ipv4, &acl_base_ipv4, &acl_num_ipv4,
-			sizeof(struct acl4_rule), &parse_cb_ipv4vlan_rule) < 0)
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to add rules\n");
-
-	acl_log("IPv4 Route entries %u:\n", route_num_ipv4);
-	dump_ipv4_rules((struct acl4_rule *)route_base_ipv4, route_num_ipv4, 1);
-
-	acl_log("IPv4 ACL entries %u:\n", acl_num_ipv4);
-	dump_ipv4_rules((struct acl4_rule *)acl_base_ipv4, acl_num_ipv4, 1);
-
-	if (add_rules(parm_config.rule_ipv6_name, &route_base_ipv6,
-			&route_num_ipv6,
-			&acl_base_ipv6, &acl_num_ipv6,
-			sizeof(struct acl6_rule), &parse_cb_ipv6_rule) < 0)
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to add rules\n");
-
-	acl_log("IPv6 Route entries %u:\n", route_num_ipv6);
-	dump_ipv6_rules((struct acl6_rule *)route_base_ipv6, route_num_ipv6, 1);
-
-	acl_log("IPv6 ACL entries %u:\n", acl_num_ipv6);
-	dump_ipv6_rules((struct acl6_rule *)acl_base_ipv6, acl_num_ipv6, 1);
-
-	memset(&acl_config, 0, sizeof(acl_config));
-
-	/* Check sockets a context should be created on */
-	if (!numa_on)
-		acl_config.mapped[0] = 1;
-	else {
-		for (lcore_id = 0; lcore_id < RTE_MAX_LCORE; lcore_id++) {
-			if (rte_lcore_is_enabled(lcore_id) == 0)
-				continue;
-
-			socketid = rte_lcore_to_socket_id(lcore_id);
-			if (socketid >= NB_SOCKETS) {
-				acl_log("Socket %d of lcore %u is out "
-					"of range %d\n",
-					socketid, lcore_id, NB_SOCKETS);
-				free(route_base_ipv4);
-				free(route_base_ipv6);
-				free(acl_base_ipv4);
-				free(acl_base_ipv6);
-				return -1;
-			}
-
-			acl_config.mapped[socketid] = 1;
-		}
-	}
-
-	for (i = 0; i < NB_SOCKETS; i++) {
-		if (acl_config.mapped[i]) {
-			acl_config.acx_ipv4[i] = setup_acl(route_base_ipv4,
-				acl_base_ipv4, route_num_ipv4, acl_num_ipv4,
-				0, i);
-
-			acl_config.acx_ipv6[i] = setup_acl(route_base_ipv6,
-				acl_base_ipv6, route_num_ipv6, acl_num_ipv6,
-				1, i);
-		}
-	}
-
-	free(route_base_ipv4);
-	free(route_base_ipv6);
-
-#ifdef L3FWDACL_DEBUG
-	acl_config.rule_ipv4 = (struct acl4_rule *)acl_base_ipv4;
-	acl_config.rule_ipv6 = (struct acl6_rule *)acl_base_ipv6;
-#else
-	free(acl_base_ipv4);
-	free(acl_base_ipv6);
-#endif
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/***********************end of ACL part******************************/
-
-struct lcore_conf {
-	uint16_t n_rx_queue;
-	struct lcore_rx_queue rx_queue_list[MAX_RX_QUEUE_PER_LCORE];
-	uint16_t n_tx_port;
-	uint16_t tx_port_id[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
-	uint16_t tx_queue_id[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
-	struct rte_eth_dev_tx_buffer *tx_buffer[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
-} __rte_cache_aligned;
-
-static struct lcore_conf lcore_conf[RTE_MAX_LCORE];
-
-/* Enqueue a single packet, and send burst if queue is filled */
-static inline void
-send_single_packet(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint16_t port)
-{
-	uint32_t lcore_id;
-	struct lcore_conf *qconf;
-	struct rte_ether_hdr *eh;
-
-	lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
-
-	/* update src and dst mac*/
-	eh = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, struct rte_ether_hdr *);
-	memcpy(eh, &port_l2hdr[port],
-			sizeof(eh->dst_addr) + sizeof(eh->src_addr));
-
-	qconf = &lcore_conf[lcore_id];
-	rte_eth_tx_buffer(port, qconf->tx_queue_id[port],
-			qconf->tx_buffer[port], m);
-}
-
-#ifdef DO_RFC_1812_CHECKS
-static inline int
-is_valid_ipv4_pkt(struct rte_ipv4_hdr *pkt, uint32_t link_len)
-{
-	/* From http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1812.txt section 5.2.2 */
-	/*
-	 * 1. The packet length reported by the Link Layer must be large
-	 * enough to hold the minimum length legal IP datagram (20 bytes).
-	 */
-	if (link_len < sizeof(struct rte_ipv4_hdr))
-		return -1;
-
-	/* 2. The IP checksum must be correct. */
-	/* this is checked in H/W */
-
-	/*
-	 * 3. The IP version number must be 4. If the version number is not 4
-	 * then the packet may be another version of IP, such as IPng or
-	 * ST-II.
-	 */
-	if (((pkt->version_ihl) >> 4) != 4)
-		return -3;
-	/*
-	 * 4. The IP header length field must be large enough to hold the
-	 * minimum length legal IP datagram (20 bytes = 5 words).
-	 */
-	if ((pkt->version_ihl & 0xf) < 5)
-		return -4;
-
-	/*
-	 * 5. The IP total length field must be large enough to hold the IP
-	 * datagram header, whose length is specified in the IP header length
-	 * field.
-	 */
-	if (rte_cpu_to_be_16(pkt->total_length) < sizeof(struct rte_ipv4_hdr))
-		return -5;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif
-
-/* main processing loop */
-static int
-main_loop(__rte_unused void *dummy)
-{
-	struct rte_mbuf *pkts_burst[MAX_PKT_BURST];
-	unsigned lcore_id;
-	uint64_t prev_tsc, diff_tsc, cur_tsc;
-	int i, nb_rx;
-	uint16_t portid;
-	uint8_t queueid;
-	struct lcore_conf *qconf;
-	int socketid;
-	const uint64_t drain_tsc = (rte_get_tsc_hz() + US_PER_S - 1)
-			/ US_PER_S * BURST_TX_DRAIN_US;
-
-	prev_tsc = 0;
-	lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
-	qconf = &lcore_conf[lcore_id];
-	socketid = rte_lcore_to_socket_id(lcore_id);
-
-	if (qconf->n_rx_queue == 0) {
-		RTE_LOG(INFO, L3FWD, "lcore %u has nothing to do\n", lcore_id);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	RTE_LOG(INFO, L3FWD, "entering main loop on lcore %u\n", lcore_id);
-
-	for (i = 0; i < qconf->n_rx_queue; i++) {
-
-		portid = qconf->rx_queue_list[i].port_id;
-		queueid = qconf->rx_queue_list[i].queue_id;
-		RTE_LOG(INFO, L3FWD,
-			" -- lcoreid=%u portid=%u rxqueueid=%hhu\n",
-			lcore_id, portid, queueid);
-	}
-
-	while (1) {
-
-		cur_tsc = rte_rdtsc();
-
-		/*
-		 * TX burst queue drain
-		 */
-		diff_tsc = cur_tsc - prev_tsc;
-		if (unlikely(diff_tsc > drain_tsc)) {
-			for (i = 0; i < qconf->n_tx_port; ++i) {
-				portid = qconf->tx_port_id[i];
-				rte_eth_tx_buffer_flush(portid,
-						qconf->tx_queue_id[portid],
-						qconf->tx_buffer[portid]);
-			}
-			prev_tsc = cur_tsc;
-		}
-
-		/*
-		 * Read packet from RX queues
-		 */
-		for (i = 0; i < qconf->n_rx_queue; ++i) {
-
-			portid = qconf->rx_queue_list[i].port_id;
-			queueid = qconf->rx_queue_list[i].queue_id;
-			nb_rx = rte_eth_rx_burst(portid, queueid,
-				pkts_burst, MAX_PKT_BURST);
-
-			if (nb_rx > 0) {
-				struct acl_search_t acl_search;
-
-				prepare_acl_parameter(pkts_burst, &acl_search,
-					nb_rx);
-
-				if (acl_search.num_ipv4) {
-					rte_acl_classify(
-						acl_config.acx_ipv4[socketid],
-						acl_search.data_ipv4,
-						acl_search.res_ipv4,
-						acl_search.num_ipv4,
-						DEFAULT_MAX_CATEGORIES);
-
-					send_packets(acl_search.m_ipv4,
-						acl_search.res_ipv4,
-						acl_search.num_ipv4);
-				}
-
-				if (acl_search.num_ipv6) {
-					rte_acl_classify(
-						acl_config.acx_ipv6[socketid],
-						acl_search.data_ipv6,
-						acl_search.res_ipv6,
-						acl_search.num_ipv6,
-						DEFAULT_MAX_CATEGORIES);
-
-					send_packets(acl_search.m_ipv6,
-						acl_search.res_ipv6,
-						acl_search.num_ipv6);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-static int
-check_lcore_params(void)
-{
-	uint8_t queue, lcore;
-	uint16_t i;
-	int socketid;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < nb_lcore_params; ++i) {
-		queue = lcore_params[i].queue_id;
-		if (queue >= MAX_RX_QUEUE_PER_PORT) {
-			printf("invalid queue number: %hhu\n", queue);
-			return -1;
-		}
-		lcore = lcore_params[i].lcore_id;
-		if (!rte_lcore_is_enabled(lcore)) {
-			printf("error: lcore %hhu is not enabled in "
-				"lcore mask\n", lcore);
-			return -1;
-		}
-		socketid = rte_lcore_to_socket_id(lcore);
-		if (socketid != 0 && numa_on == 0) {
-			printf("warning: lcore %hhu is on socket %d "
-				"with numa off\n",
-				lcore, socketid);
-		}
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int
-check_port_config(void)
-{
-	unsigned portid;
-	uint16_t i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < nb_lcore_params; ++i) {
-		portid = lcore_params[i].port_id;
-
-		if ((enabled_port_mask & (1 << portid)) == 0) {
-			printf("port %u is not enabled in port mask\n", portid);
-			return -1;
-		}
-		if (!rte_eth_dev_is_valid_port(portid)) {
-			printf("port %u is not present on the board\n", portid);
-			return -1;
-		}
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static uint8_t
-get_port_n_rx_queues(const uint16_t port)
-{
-	int queue = -1;
-	uint16_t i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < nb_lcore_params; ++i) {
-		if (lcore_params[i].port_id == port &&
-				lcore_params[i].queue_id > queue)
-			queue = lcore_params[i].queue_id;
-	}
-	return (uint8_t)(++queue);
-}
-
-static int
-init_lcore_rx_queues(void)
-{
-	uint16_t i, nb_rx_queue;
-	uint8_t lcore;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < nb_lcore_params; ++i) {
-		lcore = lcore_params[i].lcore_id;
-		nb_rx_queue = lcore_conf[lcore].n_rx_queue;
-		if (nb_rx_queue >= MAX_RX_QUEUE_PER_LCORE) {
-			printf("error: too many queues (%u) for lcore: %u\n",
-				(unsigned)nb_rx_queue + 1, (unsigned)lcore);
-			return -1;
-		} else {
-			lcore_conf[lcore].rx_queue_list[nb_rx_queue].port_id =
-				lcore_params[i].port_id;
-			lcore_conf[lcore].rx_queue_list[nb_rx_queue].queue_id =
-				lcore_params[i].queue_id;
-			lcore_conf[lcore].n_rx_queue++;
-		}
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/* display usage */
-static void
-print_usage(const char *prgname)
-{
-	char alg[PATH_MAX];
-
-	usage_acl_alg(alg, sizeof(alg));
-	printf("%s [EAL options] -- -p PORTMASK -P"
-		"  --"OPT_RULE_IPV4"=FILE"
-		"  --"OPT_RULE_IPV6"=FILE"
-		"  [--"OPT_CONFIG" (port,queue,lcore)[,(port,queue,lcore]]"
-		"  [--"OPT_MAX_PKT_LEN" PKTLEN]\n"
-		"  -p PORTMASK: hexadecimal bitmask of ports to configure\n"
-		"  -P: enable promiscuous mode\n"
-		"  --"OPT_CONFIG" (port,queue,lcore): rx queues configuration\n"
-		"  --"OPT_NONUMA": optional, disable numa awareness\n"
-		"  --"OPT_MAX_PKT_LEN" PKTLEN: maximum packet length in decimal (64-9600)\n"
-		"  --"OPT_RULE_IPV4"=FILE: specify the ipv4 rules entries file. "
-		"Each rule occupy one line. "
-		"2 kinds of rules are supported. "
-		"One is ACL entry at while line leads with character '%c', "
-		"another is route entry at while line leads with character '%c'.\n"
-		"  --"OPT_RULE_IPV6"=FILE: specify the ipv6 rules entries file.\n"
-		"  --"OPT_ALG": ACL classify method to use, one of: %s\n",
-		prgname, ACL_LEAD_CHAR, ROUTE_LEAD_CHAR, alg);
-}
-
-static int
-parse_max_pkt_len(const char *pktlen)
-{
-	char *end = NULL;
-	unsigned long len;
-
-	/* parse decimal string */
-	len = strtoul(pktlen, &end, 10);
-	if ((pktlen[0] == '\0') || (end == NULL) || (*end != '\0'))
-		return -1;
-
-	if (len == 0)
-		return -1;
-
-	return len;
-}
-
-static int
-parse_portmask(const char *portmask)
-{
-	char *end = NULL;
-	unsigned long pm;
-
-	/* parse hexadecimal string */
-	pm = strtoul(portmask, &end, 16);
-	if ((portmask[0] == '\0') || (end == NULL) || (*end != '\0'))
-		return 0;
-
-	return pm;
-}
-
-static int
-parse_config(const char *q_arg)
-{
-	char s[256];
-	const char *p, *p0 = q_arg;
-	char *end;
-	enum fieldnames {
-		FLD_PORT = 0,
-		FLD_QUEUE,
-		FLD_LCORE,
-		_NUM_FLD
-	};
-	unsigned long int_fld[_NUM_FLD];
-	char *str_fld[_NUM_FLD];
-	int i;
-	unsigned size;
-
-	nb_lcore_params = 0;
-
-	while ((p = strchr(p0, '(')) != NULL) {
-		++p;
-		if ((p0 = strchr(p, ')')) == NULL)
-			return -1;
-
-		size = p0 - p;
-		if (size >= sizeof(s))
-			return -1;
-
-		snprintf(s, sizeof(s), "%.*s", size, p);
-		if (rte_strsplit(s, sizeof(s), str_fld, _NUM_FLD, ',') !=
-				_NUM_FLD)
-			return -1;
-		for (i = 0; i < _NUM_FLD; i++) {
-			errno = 0;
-			int_fld[i] = strtoul(str_fld[i], &end, 0);
-			if (errno != 0 || end == str_fld[i] || int_fld[i] > 255)
-				return -1;
-		}
-		if (nb_lcore_params >= MAX_LCORE_PARAMS) {
-			printf("exceeded max number of lcore params: %hu\n",
-				nb_lcore_params);
-			return -1;
-		}
-		lcore_params_array[nb_lcore_params].port_id =
-			(uint8_t)int_fld[FLD_PORT];
-		lcore_params_array[nb_lcore_params].queue_id =
-			(uint8_t)int_fld[FLD_QUEUE];
-		lcore_params_array[nb_lcore_params].lcore_id =
-			(uint8_t)int_fld[FLD_LCORE];
-		++nb_lcore_params;
-	}
-	lcore_params = lcore_params_array;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static const char *
-parse_eth_dest(const char *optarg)
-{
-	unsigned long portid;
-	char *port_end;
-
-	errno = 0;
-	portid = strtoul(optarg, &port_end, 0);
-	if (errno != 0 || port_end == optarg || *port_end++ != ',')
-		return "Invalid format";
-	else if (portid >= RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS)
-		return "port value exceeds RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS("
-			RTE_STR(RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS) ")";
-
-	if (cmdline_parse_etheraddr(NULL, port_end,
-			&port_l2hdr[portid].dst_addr,
-			sizeof(port_l2hdr[portid].dst_addr)) < 0)
-		return "Invalid ethernet address";
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-/* Parse the argument given in the command line of the application */
-static int
-parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-	int opt, ret;
-	char **argvopt;
-	int option_index;
-	char *prgname = argv[0];
-	static struct option lgopts[] = {
-		{OPT_CONFIG,      1, NULL, OPT_CONFIG_NUM      },
-		{OPT_NONUMA,      0, NULL, OPT_NONUMA_NUM      },
-		{OPT_MAX_PKT_LEN, 1, NULL, OPT_MAX_PKT_LEN_NUM },
-		{OPT_RULE_IPV4,   1, NULL, OPT_RULE_IPV4_NUM   },
-		{OPT_RULE_IPV6,   1, NULL, OPT_RULE_IPV6_NUM   },
-		{OPT_ALG,         1, NULL, OPT_ALG_NUM         },
-		{OPT_ETH_DEST,    1, NULL, OPT_ETH_DEST_NUM    },
-		{NULL,            0, 0,    0                   }
-	};
-
-	argvopt = argv;
-
-	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argvopt, "p:P",
-				lgopts, &option_index)) != EOF) {
-
-		switch (opt) {
-		/* portmask */
-		case 'p':
-			enabled_port_mask = parse_portmask(optarg);
-			if (enabled_port_mask == 0) {
-				printf("invalid portmask\n");
-				print_usage(prgname);
-				return -1;
-			}
-			break;
-
-		case 'P':
-			printf("Promiscuous mode selected\n");
-			promiscuous_on = 1;
-			break;
-
-		/* long options */
-		case OPT_CONFIG_NUM:
-			ret = parse_config(optarg);
-			if (ret) {
-				printf("invalid config\n");
-				print_usage(prgname);
-				return -1;
-			}
-			break;
-
-		case OPT_NONUMA_NUM:
-			printf("numa is disabled\n");
-			numa_on = 0;
-			break;
-
-		case OPT_MAX_PKT_LEN_NUM:
-			printf("Custom frame size is configured\n");
-			max_pkt_len = parse_max_pkt_len(optarg);
-			break;
-
-		case OPT_RULE_IPV4_NUM:
-			parm_config.rule_ipv4_name = optarg;
-			break;
-
-		case OPT_RULE_IPV6_NUM:
-			parm_config.rule_ipv6_name = optarg;
-			break;
-
-		case OPT_ALG_NUM:
-			parm_config.alg = parse_acl_alg(optarg);
-			if (parm_config.alg ==
-					RTE_ACL_CLASSIFY_DEFAULT) {
-				printf("unknown %s value:\"%s\"\n",
-					OPT_ALG, optarg);
-				print_usage(prgname);
-				return -1;
-			}
-			break;
-
-		case OPT_ETH_DEST_NUM:
-		{
-			const char *serr = parse_eth_dest(optarg);
-			if (serr != NULL) {
-				printf("invalid %s value:\"%s\": %s\n",
-					OPT_ETH_DEST, optarg, serr);
-				print_usage(prgname);
-				return -1;
-			}
-			break;
-		}
-		default:
-			print_usage(prgname);
-			return -1;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (optind >= 0)
-		argv[optind-1] = prgname;
-
-	ret = optind-1;
-	optind = 1; /* reset getopt lib */
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static void
-print_ethaddr(const char *name, const struct rte_ether_addr *eth_addr)
-{
-	char buf[RTE_ETHER_ADDR_FMT_SIZE];
-	rte_ether_format_addr(buf, RTE_ETHER_ADDR_FMT_SIZE, eth_addr);
-	printf("%s%s", name, buf);
-}
-
-static int
-init_mem(unsigned nb_mbuf)
-{
-	int socketid;
-	unsigned lcore_id;
-	char s[64];
-
-	for (lcore_id = 0; lcore_id < RTE_MAX_LCORE; lcore_id++) {
-		if (rte_lcore_is_enabled(lcore_id) == 0)
-			continue;
-
-		if (numa_on)
-			socketid = rte_lcore_to_socket_id(lcore_id);
-		else
-			socketid = 0;
-
-		if (socketid >= NB_SOCKETS) {
-			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
-				"Socket %d of lcore %u is out of range %d\n",
-				socketid, lcore_id, NB_SOCKETS);
-		}
-		if (pktmbuf_pool[socketid] == NULL) {
-			snprintf(s, sizeof(s), "mbuf_pool_%d", socketid);
-			pktmbuf_pool[socketid] =
-				rte_pktmbuf_pool_create(s, nb_mbuf,
-					MEMPOOL_CACHE_SIZE, 0,
-					RTE_MBUF_DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE,
-					socketid);
-			if (pktmbuf_pool[socketid] == NULL)
-				rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
-					"Cannot init mbuf pool on socket %d\n",
-					socketid);
-			else
-				printf("Allocated mbuf pool on socket %d\n",
-					socketid);
-		}
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/* Check the link status of all ports in up to 9s, and print them finally */
-static void
-check_all_ports_link_status(uint32_t port_mask)
-{
-#define CHECK_INTERVAL 100 /* 100ms */
-#define MAX_CHECK_TIME 90 /* 9s (90 * 100ms) in total */
-	uint16_t portid;
-	uint8_t count, all_ports_up, print_flag = 0;
-	struct rte_eth_link link;
-	int ret;
-	char link_status_text[RTE_ETH_LINK_MAX_STR_LEN];
-
-	printf("\nChecking link status");
-	fflush(stdout);
-	for (count = 0; count <= MAX_CHECK_TIME; count++) {
-		all_ports_up = 1;
-		RTE_ETH_FOREACH_DEV(portid) {
-			if ((port_mask & (1 << portid)) == 0)
-				continue;
-			memset(&link, 0, sizeof(link));
-			ret = rte_eth_link_get_nowait(portid, &link);
-			if (ret < 0) {
-				all_ports_up = 0;
-				if (print_flag == 1)
-					printf("Port %u link get failed: %s\n",
-						portid, rte_strerror(-ret));
-				continue;
-			}
-			/* print link status if flag set */
-			if (print_flag == 1) {
-				rte_eth_link_to_str(link_status_text,
-					sizeof(link_status_text), &link);
-				printf("Port %d %s\n", portid,
-				       link_status_text);
-				continue;
-			}
-			/* clear all_ports_up flag if any link down */
-			if (link.link_status == RTE_ETH_LINK_DOWN) {
-				all_ports_up = 0;
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-		/* after finally printing all link status, get out */
-		if (print_flag == 1)
-			break;
-
-		if (all_ports_up == 0) {
-			printf(".");
-			fflush(stdout);
-			rte_delay_ms(CHECK_INTERVAL);
-		}
-
-		/* set the print_flag if all ports up or timeout */
-		if (all_ports_up == 1 || count == (MAX_CHECK_TIME - 1)) {
-			print_flag = 1;
-			printf("done\n");
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-/*
- * build-up default values for dest MACs.
- */
-static void
-set_default_dest_mac(void)
-{
-	uint32_t i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i != RTE_DIM(port_l2hdr); i++) {
-		port_l2hdr[i].dst_addr.addr_bytes[0] =
-				RTE_ETHER_LOCAL_ADMIN_ADDR;
-		port_l2hdr[i].dst_addr.addr_bytes[5] = i;
-	}
-}
-
-static uint32_t
-eth_dev_get_overhead_len(uint32_t max_rx_pktlen, uint16_t max_mtu)
-{
-	uint32_t overhead_len;
-
-	if (max_mtu != UINT16_MAX && max_rx_pktlen > max_mtu)
-		overhead_len = max_rx_pktlen - max_mtu;
-	else
-		overhead_len = RTE_ETHER_HDR_LEN + RTE_ETHER_CRC_LEN;
-
-	return overhead_len;
-}
-
-static int
-config_port_max_pkt_len(struct rte_eth_conf *conf,
-		struct rte_eth_dev_info *dev_info)
-{
-	uint32_t overhead_len;
-
-	if (max_pkt_len == 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (max_pkt_len < RTE_ETHER_MIN_LEN || max_pkt_len > MAX_JUMBO_PKT_LEN)
-		return -1;
-
-	overhead_len = eth_dev_get_overhead_len(dev_info->max_rx_pktlen,
-			dev_info->max_mtu);
-	conf->rxmode.mtu = max_pkt_len - overhead_len;
-
-	if (conf->rxmode.mtu > RTE_ETHER_MTU)
-		conf->txmode.offloads |= RTE_ETH_TX_OFFLOAD_MULTI_SEGS;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int
-main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-	struct lcore_conf *qconf;
-	struct rte_eth_dev_info dev_info;
-	struct rte_eth_txconf *txconf;
-	int ret;
-	unsigned nb_ports;
-	uint16_t queueid;
-	unsigned lcore_id;
-	uint32_t n_tx_queue, nb_lcores;
-	uint16_t portid;
-	uint8_t nb_rx_queue, queue, socketid;
-
-	/* init EAL */
-	ret = rte_eal_init(argc, argv);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Invalid EAL parameters\n");
-	argc -= ret;
-	argv += ret;
-
-	set_default_dest_mac();
-
-	/* parse application arguments (after the EAL ones) */
-	ret = parse_args(argc, argv);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Invalid L3FWD parameters\n");
-
-	if (check_lcore_params() < 0)
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "check_lcore_params failed\n");
-
-	ret = init_lcore_rx_queues();
-	if (ret < 0)
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "init_lcore_rx_queues failed\n");
-
-	nb_ports = rte_eth_dev_count_avail();
-
-	if (check_port_config() < 0)
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "check_port_config failed\n");
-
-	/* Add ACL rules and route entries, build trie */
-	if (app_acl_init() < 0)
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "app_acl_init failed\n");
-
-	nb_lcores = rte_lcore_count();
-
-	/* initialize all ports */
-	RTE_ETH_FOREACH_DEV(portid) {
-		struct rte_eth_conf local_port_conf = port_conf;
-
-		/* skip ports that are not enabled */
-		if ((enabled_port_mask & (1 << portid)) == 0) {
-			printf("\nSkipping disabled port %d\n", portid);
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		/* init port */
-		printf("Initializing port %d ... ", portid);
-		fflush(stdout);
-
-		nb_rx_queue = get_port_n_rx_queues(portid);
-		n_tx_queue = nb_lcores;
-		if (n_tx_queue > MAX_TX_QUEUE_PER_PORT)
-			n_tx_queue = MAX_TX_QUEUE_PER_PORT;
-		printf("Creating queues: nb_rxq=%d nb_txq=%u... ",
-			nb_rx_queue, (unsigned)n_tx_queue);
-
-		ret = rte_eth_dev_info_get(portid, &dev_info);
-		if (ret != 0)
-			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
-				"Error during getting device (port %u) info: %s\n",
-				portid, strerror(-ret));
-
-		ret = config_port_max_pkt_len(&local_port_conf, &dev_info);
-		if (ret != 0)
-			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
-				"Invalid max packet length: %u (port %u)\n",
-				max_pkt_len, portid);
-
-		if (dev_info.tx_offload_capa & RTE_ETH_TX_OFFLOAD_MBUF_FAST_FREE)
-			local_port_conf.txmode.offloads |=
-				RTE_ETH_TX_OFFLOAD_MBUF_FAST_FREE;
-
-		local_port_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf &=
-			dev_info.flow_type_rss_offloads;
-		if (local_port_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf !=
-				port_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf) {
-			printf("Port %u modified RSS hash function based on hardware support,"
-				"requested:%#"PRIx64" configured:%#"PRIx64"\n",
-				portid,
-				port_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf,
-				local_port_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf);
-		}
-
-		ret = rte_eth_dev_configure(portid, nb_rx_queue,
-					(uint16_t)n_tx_queue, &local_port_conf);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
-				"Cannot configure device: err=%d, port=%d\n",
-				ret, portid);
-
-		ret = rte_eth_dev_adjust_nb_rx_tx_desc(portid, &nb_rxd,
-						       &nb_txd);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
-				"rte_eth_dev_adjust_nb_rx_tx_desc: err=%d, port=%d\n",
-				ret, portid);
-
-		ret = rte_eth_macaddr_get(portid, &port_l2hdr[portid].src_addr);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
-				"rte_eth_macaddr_get: err=%d, port=%d\n",
-				ret, portid);
-
-		print_ethaddr("Dst MAC:", &port_l2hdr[portid].dst_addr);
-		print_ethaddr(", Src MAC:", &port_l2hdr[portid].src_addr);
-		printf(", ");
-
-		/* init memory */
-		ret = init_mem(NB_MBUF);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "init_mem failed\n");
-
-		for (lcore_id = 0; lcore_id < RTE_MAX_LCORE; lcore_id++) {
-			if (rte_lcore_is_enabled(lcore_id) == 0)
-				continue;
-
-			/* Initialize TX buffers */
-			qconf = &lcore_conf[lcore_id];
-			qconf->tx_buffer[portid] = rte_zmalloc_socket("tx_buffer",
-					RTE_ETH_TX_BUFFER_SIZE(MAX_PKT_BURST), 0,
-					rte_eth_dev_socket_id(portid));
-			if (qconf->tx_buffer[portid] == NULL)
-				rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Can't allocate tx buffer for port %u\n",
-						(unsigned) portid);
-
-			rte_eth_tx_buffer_init(qconf->tx_buffer[portid], MAX_PKT_BURST);
-		}
-
-		/* init one TX queue per couple (lcore,port) */
-		queueid = 0;
-		for (lcore_id = 0; lcore_id < RTE_MAX_LCORE; lcore_id++) {
-			if (rte_lcore_is_enabled(lcore_id) == 0)
-				continue;
-
-			if (numa_on)
-				socketid = (uint8_t)
-					rte_lcore_to_socket_id(lcore_id);
-			else
-				socketid = 0;
-
-			printf("txq=%u,%d,%d ", lcore_id, queueid, socketid);
-			fflush(stdout);
-
-			ret = rte_eth_dev_info_get(portid, &dev_info);
-			if (ret != 0)
-				rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
-					"Error during getting device (port %u) info: %s\n",
-					portid, strerror(-ret));
-
-			txconf = &dev_info.default_txconf;
-			txconf->offloads = local_port_conf.txmode.offloads;
-			ret = rte_eth_tx_queue_setup(portid, queueid, nb_txd,
-						     socketid, txconf);
-			if (ret < 0)
-				rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
-					"rte_eth_tx_queue_setup: err=%d, "
-					"port=%d\n", ret, portid);
-
-			qconf = &lcore_conf[lcore_id];
-			qconf->tx_queue_id[portid] = queueid;
-			queueid++;
-
-			qconf->tx_port_id[qconf->n_tx_port] = portid;
-			qconf->n_tx_port++;
-		}
-		printf("\n");
-	}
-
-	for (lcore_id = 0; lcore_id < RTE_MAX_LCORE; lcore_id++) {
-		if (rte_lcore_is_enabled(lcore_id) == 0)
-			continue;
-		qconf = &lcore_conf[lcore_id];
-		printf("\nInitializing rx queues on lcore %u ... ", lcore_id);
-		fflush(stdout);
-		/* init RX queues */
-		for (queue = 0; queue < qconf->n_rx_queue; ++queue) {
-			struct rte_eth_rxconf rxq_conf;
-
-			portid = qconf->rx_queue_list[queue].port_id;
-			queueid = qconf->rx_queue_list[queue].queue_id;
-
-			if (numa_on)
-				socketid = (uint8_t)
-					rte_lcore_to_socket_id(lcore_id);
-			else
-				socketid = 0;
-
-			printf("rxq=%d,%d,%d ", portid, queueid, socketid);
-			fflush(stdout);
-
-			ret = rte_eth_dev_info_get(portid, &dev_info);
-			if (ret != 0)
-				rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
-					"Error during getting device (port %u) info: %s\n",
-					portid, strerror(-ret));
-
-			rxq_conf = dev_info.default_rxconf;
-			rxq_conf.offloads = port_conf.rxmode.offloads;
-			ret = rte_eth_rx_queue_setup(portid, queueid, nb_rxd,
-					socketid, &rxq_conf,
-					pktmbuf_pool[socketid]);
-			if (ret < 0)
-				rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
-					"rte_eth_rx_queue_setup: err=%d,"
-					"port=%d\n", ret, portid);
-		}
-	}
-
-	printf("\n");
-
-	/* start ports */
-	RTE_ETH_FOREACH_DEV(portid) {
-		if ((enabled_port_mask & (1 << portid)) == 0)
-			continue;
-
-		/* Start device */
-		ret = rte_eth_dev_start(portid);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
-				"rte_eth_dev_start: err=%d, port=%d\n",
-				ret, portid);
-
-		/*
-		 * If enabled, put device in promiscuous mode.
-		 * This allows IO forwarding mode to forward packets
-		 * to itself through 2 cross-connected  ports of the
-		 * target machine.
-		 */
-		if (promiscuous_on) {
-			ret = rte_eth_promiscuous_enable(portid);
-			if (ret != 0)
-				rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
-					"rte_eth_promiscuous_enable: err=%s, port=%u\n",
-					rte_strerror(-ret), portid);
-		}
-	}
-
-	check_all_ports_link_status(enabled_port_mask);
-
-	/* launch per-lcore init on every lcore */
-	rte_eal_mp_remote_launch(main_loop, NULL, CALL_MAIN);
-	RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_WORKER(lcore_id) {
-		if (rte_eal_wait_lcore(lcore_id) < 0)
-			return -1;
-	}
-
-	/* clean up the EAL */
-	rte_eal_cleanup();
-
-	return 0;
-}
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd-acl/meson.build b/examples/l3fwd-acl/meson.build
deleted file mode 100644
index 6efe46e710..0000000000
--- a/examples/l3fwd-acl/meson.build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-# Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation
-
-# meson file, for building this example as part of a main DPDK build.
-#
-# To build this example as a standalone application with an already-installed
-# DPDK instance, use 'make'
-
-allow_experimental_apis = true
-deps += ['acl', 'lpm', 'hash']
-sources = files(
-        'main.c',
-)
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd/Makefile b/examples/l3fwd/Makefile
index 0badedb499..8efe6378e2 100644
--- a/examples/l3fwd/Makefile
+++ b/examples/l3fwd/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 APP = l3fwd
 
 # all source are stored in SRCS-y
-SRCS-y := main.c l3fwd_lpm.c l3fwd_fib.c l3fwd_em.c l3fwd_event.c
+SRCS-y := main.c l3fwd_acl.c l3fwd_lpm.c l3fwd_fib.c l3fwd_em.c l3fwd_event.c
 SRCS-y += l3fwd_event_generic.c l3fwd_event_internal_port.c
 
 PKGCONF ?= pkg-config
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd.h b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd.h
index ad39496e64..e93c695c2d 100644
--- a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd.h
+++ b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include <rte_ethdev.h>
 #include <rte_vect.h>
+#include <rte_acl.h>
 
 #define DO_RFC_1812_CHECKS
 
@@ -16,6 +17,12 @@
 #define NO_HASH_MULTI_LOOKUP 1
 #endif
 
+#if RTE_LOG_DP_LEVEL >= RTE_LOG_DEBUG
+#define L3FWDACL_DEBUG
+#endif
+
+#define NB_ALG 7
+
 /*
  * Configurable number of RX/TX ring descriptors
  */
@@ -61,6 +68,13 @@
 struct parm_cfg {
 	const char *rule_ipv4_name;
 	const char *rule_ipv6_name;
+	enum rte_acl_classify_alg alg;
+};
+
+struct acl_algorithms {
+	const char *name;
+	enum rte_acl_classify_alg alg;
+
 };
 
 struct mbuf_table {
@@ -107,6 +121,8 @@ extern struct lcore_conf lcore_conf[RTE_MAX_LCORE];
 
 extern struct parm_cfg parm_config;
 
+extern struct acl_algorithms acl_alg[NB_ALG];
+
 /* Send burst of packets on an output interface */
 static inline int
 send_burst(struct lcore_conf *qconf, uint16_t n, uint16_t port)
@@ -193,7 +209,10 @@ is_valid_ipv4_pkt(struct rte_ipv4_hdr *pkt, uint32_t link_len)
 int
 init_mem(uint16_t portid, unsigned int nb_mbuf);
 
-/* Function pointers for LPM, EM or FIB functionality. */
+/* Function pointers for ACL, LPM, EM or FIB functionality. */
+void
+setup_acl(const int socketid);
+
 void
 setup_lpm(const int socketid);
 
@@ -203,12 +222,19 @@ setup_hash(const int socketid);
 void
 setup_fib(const int socketid);
 
+int
+acl_check_ptype(int portid);
+
 int
 em_check_ptype(int portid);
 
 int
 lpm_check_ptype(int portid);
 
+uint16_t
+acl_cb_parse_ptype(uint16_t port, uint16_t queue, struct rte_mbuf *pkts[],
+		  uint16_t nb_pkts, uint16_t max_pkts, void *user_param);
+
 uint16_t
 em_cb_parse_ptype(uint16_t port, uint16_t queue, struct rte_mbuf *pkts[],
 		  uint16_t nb_pkts, uint16_t max_pkts, void *user_param);
@@ -217,6 +243,9 @@ uint16_t
 lpm_cb_parse_ptype(uint16_t port, uint16_t queue, struct rte_mbuf *pkts[],
 		   uint16_t nb_pkts, uint16_t max_pkts, void *user_param);
 
+int
+acl_main_loop(__rte_unused void *dummy);
+
 int
 em_main_loop(__rte_unused void *dummy);
 
@@ -278,7 +307,13 @@ int
 fib_event_main_loop_tx_q_burst_vector(__rte_unused void *dummy);
 
 
-/* Return ipv4/ipv6 fwd lookup struct for LPM, EM or FIB. */
+/* Return ipv4/ipv6 fwd lookup struct for ACL, LPM, EM or FIB. */
+void *
+acl_get_ipv4_l3fwd_lookup_struct(const int socketid);
+
+void *
+acl_get_ipv6_l3fwd_lookup_struct(const int socketid);
+
 void *
 em_get_ipv4_l3fwd_lookup_struct(const int socketid);
 
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_acl.c b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_acl.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75e637d239
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_acl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,1123 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/queue.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+
+#include <rte_common.h>
+#include <rte_byteorder.h>
+#include <rte_log.h>
+#include <rte_memory.h>
+#include <rte_memcpy.h>
+#include <rte_eal.h>
+#include <rte_launch.h>
+#include <rte_cycles.h>
+#include <rte_prefetch.h>
+#include <rte_lcore.h>
+#include <rte_per_lcore.h>
+#include <rte_branch_prediction.h>
+#include <rte_interrupts.h>
+#include <rte_random.h>
+#include <rte_debug.h>
+#include <rte_ether.h>
+#include <rte_ethdev.h>
+#include <rte_mempool.h>
+#include <rte_mbuf.h>
+#include <rte_ip.h>
+#include <rte_tcp.h>
+#include <rte_udp.h>
+#include <rte_string_fns.h>
+#include <rte_acl.h>
+
+#include "l3fwd.h"
+#include "l3fwd_route.h"
+
+/*
+ * Rule and trace formats definitions.
+ */
+
+enum {
+	PROTO_FIELD_IPV4,
+	SRC_FIELD_IPV4,
+	DST_FIELD_IPV4,
+	SRCP_FIELD_IPV4,
+	DSTP_FIELD_IPV4,
+	NUM_FIELDS_IPV4
+};
+
+/*
+ * That effectively defines order of IPV4VLAN classifications:
+ *  - PROTO
+ *  - VLAN (TAG and DOMAIN)
+ *  - SRC IP ADDRESS
+ *  - DST IP ADDRESS
+ *  - PORTS (SRC and DST)
+ */
+enum {
+	RTE_ACL_IPV4VLAN_PROTO,
+	RTE_ACL_IPV4VLAN_VLAN,
+	RTE_ACL_IPV4VLAN_SRC,
+	RTE_ACL_IPV4VLAN_DST,
+	RTE_ACL_IPV4VLAN_PORTS,
+	RTE_ACL_IPV4VLAN_NUM
+};
+
+struct acl_algorithms acl_alg[] = {
+	{
+		.name = "scalar",
+		.alg = RTE_ACL_CLASSIFY_SCALAR,
+	},
+	{
+		.name = "sse",
+		.alg = RTE_ACL_CLASSIFY_SSE,
+	},
+	{
+		.name = "avx2",
+		.alg = RTE_ACL_CLASSIFY_AVX2,
+	},
+	{
+		.name = "neon",
+		.alg = RTE_ACL_CLASSIFY_NEON,
+	},
+	{
+		.name = "altivec",
+		.alg = RTE_ACL_CLASSIFY_ALTIVEC,
+	},
+	{
+		.name = "avx512x16",
+		.alg = RTE_ACL_CLASSIFY_AVX512X16,
+	},
+	{
+		.name = "avx512x32",
+		.alg = RTE_ACL_CLASSIFY_AVX512X32,
+	},
+};
+
+struct rte_acl_field_def ipv4_defs[NUM_FIELDS_IPV4] = {
+	{
+		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_BITMASK,
+		.size = sizeof(uint8_t),
+		.field_index = PROTO_FIELD_IPV4,
+		.input_index = RTE_ACL_IPV4VLAN_PROTO,
+		.offset = 0,
+	},
+	{
+		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_MASK,
+		.size = sizeof(uint32_t),
+		.field_index = SRC_FIELD_IPV4,
+		.input_index = RTE_ACL_IPV4VLAN_SRC,
+		.offset = offsetof(struct rte_ipv4_hdr, src_addr) -
+			offsetof(struct rte_ipv4_hdr, next_proto_id),
+	},
+	{
+		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_MASK,
+		.size = sizeof(uint32_t),
+		.field_index = DST_FIELD_IPV4,
+		.input_index = RTE_ACL_IPV4VLAN_DST,
+		.offset = offsetof(struct rte_ipv4_hdr, dst_addr) -
+			offsetof(struct rte_ipv4_hdr, next_proto_id),
+	},
+	{
+		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_RANGE,
+		.size = sizeof(uint16_t),
+		.field_index = SRCP_FIELD_IPV4,
+		.input_index = RTE_ACL_IPV4VLAN_PORTS,
+		.offset = sizeof(struct rte_ipv4_hdr) -
+			offsetof(struct rte_ipv4_hdr, next_proto_id),
+	},
+	{
+		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_RANGE,
+		.size = sizeof(uint16_t),
+		.field_index = DSTP_FIELD_IPV4,
+		.input_index = RTE_ACL_IPV4VLAN_PORTS,
+		.offset = sizeof(struct rte_ipv4_hdr) -
+			offsetof(struct rte_ipv4_hdr, next_proto_id) +
+			sizeof(uint16_t),
+	},
+};
+
+enum {
+	PROTO_FIELD_IPV6,
+	SRC1_FIELD_IPV6,
+	SRC2_FIELD_IPV6,
+	SRC3_FIELD_IPV6,
+	SRC4_FIELD_IPV6,
+	DST1_FIELD_IPV6,
+	DST2_FIELD_IPV6,
+	DST3_FIELD_IPV6,
+	DST4_FIELD_IPV6,
+	SRCP_FIELD_IPV6,
+	DSTP_FIELD_IPV6,
+	NUM_FIELDS_IPV6
+};
+
+struct rte_acl_field_def ipv6_defs[NUM_FIELDS_IPV6] = {
+	{
+		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_BITMASK,
+		.size = sizeof(uint8_t),
+		.field_index = PROTO_FIELD_IPV6,
+		.input_index = PROTO_FIELD_IPV6,
+		.offset = 0,
+	},
+	{
+		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_MASK,
+		.size = sizeof(uint32_t),
+		.field_index = SRC1_FIELD_IPV6,
+		.input_index = SRC1_FIELD_IPV6,
+		.offset = offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, src_addr) -
+			offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, proto),
+	},
+	{
+		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_MASK,
+		.size = sizeof(uint32_t),
+		.field_index = SRC2_FIELD_IPV6,
+		.input_index = SRC2_FIELD_IPV6,
+		.offset = offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, src_addr) -
+			offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, proto) + sizeof(uint32_t),
+	},
+	{
+		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_MASK,
+		.size = sizeof(uint32_t),
+		.field_index = SRC3_FIELD_IPV6,
+		.input_index = SRC3_FIELD_IPV6,
+		.offset = offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, src_addr) -
+			offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, proto) +
+			2 * sizeof(uint32_t),
+	},
+	{
+		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_MASK,
+		.size = sizeof(uint32_t),
+		.field_index = SRC4_FIELD_IPV6,
+		.input_index = SRC4_FIELD_IPV6,
+		.offset = offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, src_addr) -
+			offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, proto) +
+			3 * sizeof(uint32_t),
+	},
+	{
+		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_MASK,
+		.size = sizeof(uint32_t),
+		.field_index = DST1_FIELD_IPV6,
+		.input_index = DST1_FIELD_IPV6,
+		.offset = offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, dst_addr)
+				- offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, proto),
+	},
+	{
+		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_MASK,
+		.size = sizeof(uint32_t),
+		.field_index = DST2_FIELD_IPV6,
+		.input_index = DST2_FIELD_IPV6,
+		.offset = offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, dst_addr) -
+			offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, proto) + sizeof(uint32_t),
+	},
+	{
+		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_MASK,
+		.size = sizeof(uint32_t),
+		.field_index = DST3_FIELD_IPV6,
+		.input_index = DST3_FIELD_IPV6,
+		.offset = offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, dst_addr) -
+			offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, proto) +
+			2 * sizeof(uint32_t),
+	},
+	{
+		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_MASK,
+		.size = sizeof(uint32_t),
+		.field_index = DST4_FIELD_IPV6,
+		.input_index = DST4_FIELD_IPV6,
+		.offset = offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, dst_addr) -
+			offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, proto) +
+			3 * sizeof(uint32_t),
+	},
+	{
+		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_RANGE,
+		.size = sizeof(uint16_t),
+		.field_index = SRCP_FIELD_IPV6,
+		.input_index = SRCP_FIELD_IPV6,
+		.offset = sizeof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr) -
+			offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, proto),
+	},
+	{
+		.type = RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_RANGE,
+		.size = sizeof(uint16_t),
+		.field_index = DSTP_FIELD_IPV6,
+		.input_index = SRCP_FIELD_IPV6,
+		.offset = sizeof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr) -
+			offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, proto) + sizeof(uint16_t),
+	},
+};
+
+enum {
+	CB_FLD_SRC_ADDR,
+	CB_FLD_DST_ADDR,
+	CB_FLD_SRC_PORT_LOW,
+	CB_FLD_SRC_PORT_DLM,
+	CB_FLD_SRC_PORT_HIGH,
+	CB_FLD_DST_PORT_LOW,
+	CB_FLD_DST_PORT_DLM,
+	CB_FLD_DST_PORT_HIGH,
+	CB_FLD_PROTO,
+	CB_FLD_USERDATA,
+	CB_FLD_NUM,
+};
+
+RTE_ACL_RULE_DEF(acl4_rule, RTE_DIM(ipv4_defs));
+RTE_ACL_RULE_DEF(acl6_rule, RTE_DIM(ipv6_defs));
+
+struct acl_search_t {
+	const uint8_t *data_ipv4[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+	struct rte_mbuf *m_ipv4[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+	uint32_t res_ipv4[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+	int num_ipv4;
+
+	const uint8_t *data_ipv6[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+	struct rte_mbuf *m_ipv6[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+	uint32_t res_ipv6[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+	int num_ipv6;
+};
+
+static struct {
+	struct rte_acl_ctx *acx_ipv4[NB_SOCKETS];
+	struct rte_acl_ctx *acx_ipv6[NB_SOCKETS];
+#ifdef L3FWDACL_DEBUG
+	struct acl4_rule *rule_ipv4;
+	struct acl6_rule *rule_ipv6;
+#endif
+} acl_config;
+
+static const char cb_port_delim[] = ":";
+
+static struct rte_acl_rule *acl_base_ipv4, *route_base_ipv4,
+		*acl_base_ipv6, *route_base_ipv6;
+static unsigned int acl_num_ipv4, route_num_ipv4,
+		acl_num_ipv6, route_num_ipv6;
+
+#include "l3fwd_acl.h"
+
+#include "l3fwd_acl_scalar.h"
+
+/*
+ * Parse IPV6 address, expects the following format:
+ * XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX (where X is a hexadecimal digit).
+ */
+static int
+parse_ipv6_addr(char *in, uint32_t v[IPV6_ADDR_U32], uint32_t *mask)
+{
+	char *sa, *sm, *sv;
+	const char *dlm =  "/";
+
+	sv = NULL;
+	sa = strtok_r(in, dlm, &sv);
+	if (sa == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	sm = strtok_r(NULL, dlm, &sv);
+	if (sm == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (inet_pton(AF_INET6, sa, v) != 1)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	GET_CB_FIELD(sm, *mask, 0, 128, 0);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_ipv6_net(char *in, struct rte_acl_field field[4])
+{
+	int32_t rc;
+	uint32_t i, v[4];
+	uint32_t m;
+	const uint32_t nbu32 = sizeof(uint32_t) * CHAR_BIT;
+
+	/* get address. */
+	rc = parse_ipv6_addr(in, v, &m);
+	if (rc != 0)
+		return rc;
+
+	/* put all together. */
+	for (i = 0; i != RTE_DIM(v); i++) {
+		if (m >= (i + 1) * nbu32)
+			field[i].mask_range.u32 = nbu32;
+		else
+			field[i].mask_range.u32 = m > (i * nbu32) ?
+				m - (i * 32) : 0;
+
+		field[i].value.u32 = v[i];
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_cb_ipv6_rule(char *str, struct rte_acl_rule *v, int has_userdata)
+{
+	int i, rc;
+	char *s, *sp, *in[CB_FLD_NUM];
+	static const char *dlm = " \t\n";
+	int dim = has_userdata ? CB_FLD_NUM : CB_FLD_USERDATA;
+	s = str;
+
+	for (i = 0; i != dim; i++, s = NULL) {
+		in[i] = strtok_r(s, dlm, &sp);
+		if (in[i] == NULL)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	rc = parse_ipv6_net(in[CB_FLD_SRC_ADDR], v->field + SRC1_FIELD_IPV6);
+	if (rc != 0) {
+		acl_log("failed to read source address/mask: %s\n",
+			in[CB_FLD_SRC_ADDR]);
+		return rc;
+	}
+
+	rc = parse_ipv6_net(in[CB_FLD_DST_ADDR], v->field + DST1_FIELD_IPV6);
+	if (rc != 0) {
+		acl_log("failed to read destination address/mask: %s\n",
+			in[CB_FLD_DST_ADDR]);
+		return rc;
+	}
+
+	/* source port. */
+	GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_SRC_PORT_LOW],
+		v->field[SRCP_FIELD_IPV6].value.u16,
+		0, UINT16_MAX, 0);
+	GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_SRC_PORT_HIGH],
+		v->field[SRCP_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u16,
+		0, UINT16_MAX, 0);
+
+	if (strncmp(in[CB_FLD_SRC_PORT_DLM], cb_port_delim,
+			sizeof(cb_port_delim)) != 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* destination port. */
+	GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_DST_PORT_LOW],
+		v->field[DSTP_FIELD_IPV6].value.u16,
+		0, UINT16_MAX, 0);
+	GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_DST_PORT_HIGH],
+		v->field[DSTP_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u16,
+		0, UINT16_MAX, 0);
+
+	if (strncmp(in[CB_FLD_DST_PORT_DLM], cb_port_delim,
+			sizeof(cb_port_delim)) != 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (v->field[SRCP_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u16
+			< v->field[SRCP_FIELD_IPV6].value.u16
+			|| v->field[DSTP_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u16
+			< v->field[DSTP_FIELD_IPV6].value.u16)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_PROTO], v->field[PROTO_FIELD_IPV6].value.u8,
+		0, UINT8_MAX, '/');
+	GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_PROTO], v->field[PROTO_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u8,
+		0, UINT8_MAX, 0);
+
+	if (has_userdata)
+		GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_USERDATA], v->data.userdata,
+			0, UINT32_MAX, 0);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Parse ClassBench rules file.
+ * Expected format:
+ * '@'<src_ipv4_addr>'/'<masklen> <space> \
+ * <dst_ipv4_addr>'/'<masklen> <space> \
+ * <src_port_low> <space> ":" <src_port_high> <space> \
+ * <dst_port_low> <space> ":" <dst_port_high> <space> \
+ * <proto>'/'<mask>
+ */
+static int
+parse_ipv4_net(char *in, uint32_t *addr, uint32_t *mask_len)
+{
+	char *sa, *sm, *sv;
+	const char *dlm =  "/";
+
+	sv = NULL;
+	sa = strtok_r(in, dlm, &sv);
+	if (sa == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	sm = strtok_r(NULL, dlm, &sv);
+	if (sm == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (inet_pton(AF_INET, sa, addr) != 1)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	GET_CB_FIELD(sm, *mask_len, 0, 32, 0);
+	*addr = ntohl(*addr);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_cb_ipv4vlan_rule(char *str, struct rte_acl_rule *v, int has_userdata)
+{
+	int i, rc;
+	char *s, *sp, *in[CB_FLD_NUM];
+	static const char *dlm = " \t\n";
+	int dim = has_userdata ? CB_FLD_NUM : CB_FLD_USERDATA;
+	s = str;
+
+	for (i = 0; i != dim; i++, s = NULL) {
+		in[i] = strtok_r(s, dlm, &sp);
+		if (in[i] == NULL)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	rc = parse_ipv4_net(in[CB_FLD_SRC_ADDR],
+			&v->field[SRC_FIELD_IPV4].value.u32,
+			&v->field[SRC_FIELD_IPV4].mask_range.u32);
+	if (rc != 0) {
+		acl_log("failed to read source address/mask: %s\n",
+			in[CB_FLD_SRC_ADDR]);
+		return rc;
+	}
+
+	rc = parse_ipv4_net(in[CB_FLD_DST_ADDR],
+			&v->field[DST_FIELD_IPV4].value.u32,
+			&v->field[DST_FIELD_IPV4].mask_range.u32);
+	if (rc != 0) {
+		acl_log("failed to read destination address/mask: %s\n",
+			in[CB_FLD_DST_ADDR]);
+		return rc;
+	}
+
+	GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_SRC_PORT_LOW],
+		v->field[SRCP_FIELD_IPV4].value.u16,
+		0, UINT16_MAX, 0);
+	GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_SRC_PORT_HIGH],
+		v->field[SRCP_FIELD_IPV4].mask_range.u16,
+		0, UINT16_MAX, 0);
+
+	if (strncmp(in[CB_FLD_SRC_PORT_DLM], cb_port_delim,
+			sizeof(cb_port_delim)) != 0) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_DST_PORT_LOW],
+		v->field[DSTP_FIELD_IPV4].value.u16,
+		0, UINT16_MAX, 0);
+	GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_DST_PORT_HIGH],
+		v->field[DSTP_FIELD_IPV4].mask_range.u16,
+		0, UINT16_MAX, 0);
+
+	if (strncmp(in[CB_FLD_DST_PORT_DLM], cb_port_delim,
+			sizeof(cb_port_delim)) != 0) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (v->field[SRCP_FIELD_IPV4].mask_range.u16
+			< v->field[SRCP_FIELD_IPV4].value.u16
+			|| v->field[DSTP_FIELD_IPV4].mask_range.u16
+			< v->field[DSTP_FIELD_IPV4].value.u16) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_PROTO], v->field[PROTO_FIELD_IPV4].value.u8,
+		0, UINT8_MAX, '/');
+	GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_PROTO], v->field[PROTO_FIELD_IPV4].mask_range.u8,
+		0, UINT8_MAX, 0);
+
+	if (has_userdata)
+		GET_CB_FIELD(in[CB_FLD_USERDATA], v->data.userdata, 0,
+			UINT32_MAX, 0);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+acl_add_rules(const char *rule_path,
+		struct rte_acl_rule **proute_base,
+		unsigned int *proute_num,
+		struct rte_acl_rule **pacl_base,
+		unsigned int *pacl_num, uint32_t rule_size,
+		int (*parser)(char *, struct rte_acl_rule*, int))
+{
+	uint8_t *acl_rules, *route_rules;
+	struct rte_acl_rule *next;
+	unsigned int acl_num = 0, route_num = 0, total_num = 0;
+	unsigned int acl_cnt = 0, route_cnt = 0;
+	char buff[LINE_MAX];
+	FILE *fh = fopen(rule_path, "rb");
+	unsigned int i = 0;
+	int val;
+
+	if (fh == NULL)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "%s: Open %s failed\n", __func__,
+			rule_path);
+
+	while ((fgets(buff, LINE_MAX, fh) != NULL)) {
+		if (buff[0] == ROUTE_LEAD_CHAR)
+			route_num++;
+		else if (buff[0] == ACL_LEAD_CHAR)
+			acl_num++;
+	}
+
+	if (route_num == 0)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Not find any route entries in %s!\n",
+				rule_path);
+
+	val = fseek(fh, 0, SEEK_SET);
+	if (val < 0) {
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "%s: File seek operation failed\n",
+			__func__);
+	}
+
+	acl_rules = calloc(acl_num, rule_size);
+
+	if (acl_rules == NULL)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "%s: failed to malloc memory\n",
+			__func__);
+
+	route_rules = calloc(route_num, rule_size);
+
+	if (route_rules == NULL)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "%s: failed to malloc memory\n",
+			__func__);
+
+	i = 0;
+	while (fgets(buff, LINE_MAX, fh) != NULL) {
+		i++;
+
+		if (is_bypass_line(buff))
+			continue;
+
+		char s = buff[0];
+
+		/* Route entry */
+		if (s == ROUTE_LEAD_CHAR)
+			next = (struct rte_acl_rule *)(route_rules +
+				route_cnt * rule_size);
+
+		/* ACL entry */
+		else if (s == ACL_LEAD_CHAR)
+			next = (struct rte_acl_rule *)(acl_rules +
+				acl_cnt * rule_size);
+
+		/* Illegal line */
+		else
+			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+				"%s Line %u: should start with leading "
+				"char %c or %c\n",
+				rule_path, i, ROUTE_LEAD_CHAR, ACL_LEAD_CHAR);
+
+		if (parser(buff + 1, next, s == ROUTE_LEAD_CHAR) != 0)
+			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+				"%s Line %u: parse rules error\n",
+				rule_path, i);
+
+		if (s == ROUTE_LEAD_CHAR) {
+			/* Check the forwarding port number */
+			if ((enabled_port_mask & (1 << next->data.userdata)) ==
+					0)
+				rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+					"%s Line %u: fwd number illegal:%u\n",
+					rule_path, i, next->data.userdata);
+			next->data.userdata += FWD_PORT_SHIFT;
+			route_cnt++;
+		} else {
+			next->data.userdata = ACL_DENY_SIGNATURE + acl_cnt;
+			acl_cnt++;
+		}
+
+		next->data.priority = RTE_ACL_MAX_PRIORITY - total_num;
+		next->data.category_mask = -1;
+		total_num++;
+	}
+
+	fclose(fh);
+
+	*pacl_base = (struct rte_acl_rule *)acl_rules;
+	*pacl_num = acl_num;
+	*proute_base = (struct rte_acl_rule *)route_rules;
+	*proute_num = route_cnt;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const char *
+str_acl_alg(enum rte_acl_classify_alg alg)
+{
+	uint32_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i != RTE_DIM(acl_alg); i++) {
+		if (alg == acl_alg[i].alg)
+			return acl_alg[i].name;
+	}
+
+	return "default";
+}
+
+static void
+dump_acl_config(void)
+{
+	printf("ACL options are:\n");
+	printf("rule_ipv4: %s\n", parm_config.rule_ipv4_name);
+	printf("rule_ipv6: %s\n", parm_config.rule_ipv6_name);
+	printf("alg: %s\n", str_acl_alg(parm_config.alg));
+}
+
+static int
+check_acl_config(void)
+{
+	if (parm_config.rule_ipv4_name == NULL) {
+		acl_log("ACL IPv4 rule file not specified\n");
+		return -1;
+	} else if (parm_config.rule_ipv6_name == NULL) {
+		acl_log("ACL IPv6 rule file not specified\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct rte_acl_ctx*
+app_acl_init(struct rte_acl_rule *route_base,
+		struct rte_acl_rule *acl_base, unsigned int route_num,
+		unsigned int acl_num, int ipv6, int socketid)
+{
+	char name[PATH_MAX];
+	struct rte_acl_param acl_param;
+	struct rte_acl_config acl_build_param;
+	struct rte_acl_ctx *context;
+	int dim = ipv6 ? RTE_DIM(ipv6_defs) : RTE_DIM(ipv4_defs);
+
+	/* Create ACL contexts */
+	snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s%d",
+			ipv6 ? L3FWD_ACL_IPV6_NAME : L3FWD_ACL_IPV4_NAME,
+			socketid);
+
+	acl_param.name = name;
+	acl_param.socket_id = socketid;
+	acl_param.rule_size = RTE_ACL_RULE_SZ(dim);
+	acl_param.max_rule_num = MAX_ACL_RULE_NUM;
+
+	context = rte_acl_create(&acl_param);
+	if (context == NULL)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to create ACL context\n");
+
+	if (parm_config.alg != RTE_ACL_CLASSIFY_DEFAULT &&
+			rte_acl_set_ctx_classify(context, parm_config.alg) != 0)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+			"Failed to setup classify method for  ACL context\n");
+
+	if (rte_acl_add_rules(context, route_base, route_num) < 0)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "add rules failed\n");
+
+	if (rte_acl_add_rules(context, acl_base, acl_num) < 0)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "add rules failed\n");
+
+	/* Perform builds */
+	memset(&acl_build_param, 0, sizeof(acl_build_param));
+
+	acl_build_param.num_categories = DEFAULT_MAX_CATEGORIES;
+	acl_build_param.num_fields = dim;
+	memcpy(&acl_build_param.defs, ipv6 ? ipv6_defs : ipv4_defs,
+		ipv6 ? sizeof(ipv6_defs) : sizeof(ipv4_defs));
+
+	if (rte_acl_build(context, &acl_build_param) != 0)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to build ACL trie\n");
+
+	rte_acl_dump(context);
+
+	return context;
+}
+
+void
+acl_free_routes(void)
+{
+	free(route_base_ipv4);
+	free(route_base_ipv6);
+	route_base_ipv4 = NULL;
+	route_base_ipv6 = NULL;
+	route_num_ipv4 = 0;
+	route_num_ipv6 = 0;
+	free(acl_base_ipv4);
+	free(acl_base_ipv6);
+	acl_base_ipv4 = NULL;
+	acl_base_ipv4 = NULL;
+}
+
+/* Load rules from the input file */
+void
+read_config_files_acl(void)
+{
+	/* ipv4 check */
+	if (parm_config.rule_ipv4_name != NULL) {
+		if (acl_add_rules(parm_config.rule_ipv4_name, &route_base_ipv4,
+				&route_num_ipv4, &acl_base_ipv4, &acl_num_ipv4,
+				sizeof(struct acl4_rule), &parse_cb_ipv4vlan_rule) < 0) {
+			acl_free_routes();
+			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to add IPv4 rules\n");
+		}
+	} else {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, L3FWD, "IPv4 rule file not specified\n");
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to get valid route options\n");
+	}
+
+	/* ipv6 check */
+	if (parm_config.rule_ipv6_name != NULL) {
+		if (acl_add_rules(parm_config.rule_ipv6_name, &route_base_ipv6,
+				&route_num_ipv6,
+				&acl_base_ipv6, &acl_num_ipv6,
+				sizeof(struct acl6_rule), &parse_cb_ipv6_rule) < 0) {
+			acl_free_routes();
+			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to add IPv6 rules\n");
+		}
+	} else {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, L3FWD, "IPv6 rule file not specified\n");
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to get valid route options\n");
+	}
+}
+
+#ifdef L3FWDACL_DEBUG
+static inline void
+dump_acl4_rule(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint32_t sig)
+{
+	char abuf[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
+	uint32_t offset = sig & ~ACL_DENY_SIGNATURE;
+	struct rte_ipv4_hdr *ipv4_hdr =
+		rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, struct rte_ipv4_hdr *,
+					sizeof(struct rte_ether_hdr));
+
+	printf("Packet Src:%s ", inet_ntop(AF_INET, ipv4_hdr->src_addr,
+		abuf, sizeof(abuf)));
+	printf("Dst:%s ", inet_ntop(AF_INET, ipv4_hdr->dst_addr,
+		abuf, sizeof(abuf)));
+
+	printf("Src port:%hu,Dst port:%hu ",
+			rte_bswap16(*(uint16_t *)(ipv4_hdr + 1)),
+			rte_bswap16(*((uint16_t *)(ipv4_hdr + 1) + 1)));
+	printf("hit ACL %d - ", offset);
+
+	print_one_ipv4_rule(acl_config.rule_ipv4 + offset, 1);
+
+	printf("\n\n");
+}
+
+static inline void
+dump_acl6_rule(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint32_t sig)
+{
+	char abuf[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
+	uint32_t offset = sig & ~ACL_DENY_SIGNATURE;
+	struct rte_ipv6_hdr *ipv6_hdr =
+		rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, struct rte_ipv6_hdr *,
+					sizeof(struct rte_ether_hdr));
+
+	printf("Packet Src");
+	printf("%s", inet_ntop(AF_INET6, ipv6_hdr->src_addr,
+		abuf, sizeof(abuf)));
+	printf("\nDst");
+	printf("%s", inet_ntop(AF_INET6, ipv6_hdr->dst_addr,
+		abuf, sizeof(abuf)));
+
+	printf("\nSrc port:%hu,Dst port:%hu ",
+			rte_bswap16(*(uint16_t *)(ipv6_hdr + 1)),
+			rte_bswap16(*((uint16_t *)(ipv6_hdr + 1) + 1)));
+	printf("hit ACL %d - ", offset);
+
+	print_one_ipv6_rule(acl_config.rule_ipv6 + offset, 1);
+
+	printf("\n\n");
+}
+#endif /* L3FWDACL_DEBUG */
+
+static inline void
+dump_ipv4_rules(struct acl4_rule *rule, int num, int extra)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num; i++, rule++) {
+		printf("\t%d:", i + 1);
+		print_one_ipv4_rule(rule, extra);
+		printf("\n");
+	}
+}
+
+static inline void
+dump_ipv6_rules(struct acl6_rule *rule, int num, int extra)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num; i++, rule++) {
+		printf("\t%d:", i + 1);
+		print_one_ipv6_rule(rule, extra);
+		printf("\n");
+	}
+}
+
+void
+setup_acl(const int socket_id)
+{
+	if (check_acl_config() != 0)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to get valid ACL options\n");
+
+	dump_acl_config();
+
+	acl_log("IPv4 Route entries %u:\n", route_num_ipv4);
+	dump_ipv4_rules((struct acl4_rule *)route_base_ipv4, route_num_ipv4, 1);
+
+	acl_log("IPv4 ACL entries %u:\n", acl_num_ipv4);
+	dump_ipv4_rules((struct acl4_rule *)acl_base_ipv4, acl_num_ipv4, 1);
+
+	acl_log("IPv6 Route entries %u:\n", route_num_ipv6);
+	dump_ipv6_rules((struct acl6_rule *)route_base_ipv6, route_num_ipv6, 1);
+
+	acl_log("IPv6 ACL entries %u:\n", acl_num_ipv6);
+	dump_ipv6_rules((struct acl6_rule *)acl_base_ipv6, acl_num_ipv6, 1);
+
+	memset(&acl_config, 0, sizeof(acl_config));
+
+	/* Check sockets a context should be created on */
+	if (socket_id >= NB_SOCKETS) {
+		acl_log("Socket %d is out "
+			"of range %d\n",
+			socket_id, NB_SOCKETS);
+		acl_free_routes();
+		return;
+	}
+
+	acl_config.acx_ipv4[socket_id] = app_acl_init(route_base_ipv4,
+		acl_base_ipv4, route_num_ipv4, acl_num_ipv4,
+		0, socket_id);
+
+	acl_config.acx_ipv6[socket_id] = app_acl_init(route_base_ipv6,
+		acl_base_ipv6, route_num_ipv6, acl_num_ipv6,
+		1, socket_id);
+
+#ifdef L3FWDACL_DEBUG
+	acl_config.rule_ipv4 = (struct acl4_rule *)acl_base_ipv4;
+	acl_config.rule_ipv6 = (struct acl6_rule *)acl_base_ipv6;
+#endif
+
+}
+
+/* main processing loop */
+int
+acl_main_loop(__rte_unused void *dummy)
+{
+	struct rte_mbuf *pkts_burst[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+	unsigned int lcore_id;
+	uint64_t prev_tsc, diff_tsc, cur_tsc;
+	int i, nb_rx;
+	uint16_t portid;
+	uint8_t queueid;
+	struct lcore_conf *qconf;
+	int socketid;
+	const uint64_t drain_tsc = (rte_get_tsc_hz() + US_PER_S - 1)
+			/ US_PER_S * BURST_TX_DRAIN_US;
+
+	prev_tsc = 0;
+	lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
+	qconf = &lcore_conf[lcore_id];
+	socketid = rte_lcore_to_socket_id(lcore_id);
+
+	if (qconf->n_rx_queue == 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(INFO, L3FWD, "lcore %u has nothing to do\n", lcore_id);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	RTE_LOG(INFO, L3FWD, "entering main loop on lcore %u\n", lcore_id);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < qconf->n_rx_queue; i++) {
+
+		portid = qconf->rx_queue_list[i].port_id;
+		queueid = qconf->rx_queue_list[i].queue_id;
+		RTE_LOG(INFO, L3FWD,
+			" -- lcoreid=%u portid=%u rxqueueid=%hhu\n",
+			lcore_id, portid, queueid);
+	}
+
+	while (!force_quit) {
+
+		cur_tsc = rte_rdtsc();
+
+		/*
+		 * TX burst queue drain
+		 */
+		diff_tsc = cur_tsc - prev_tsc;
+		if (unlikely(diff_tsc > drain_tsc)) {
+
+			for (i = 0; i < qconf->n_tx_port; ++i) {
+				portid = qconf->tx_port_id[i];
+				if (qconf->tx_mbufs[portid].len == 0)
+					continue;
+				send_burst(qconf,
+					qconf->tx_mbufs[portid].len,
+					portid);
+				qconf->tx_mbufs[portid].len = 0;
+			}
+
+			prev_tsc = cur_tsc;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Read packet from RX queues
+		 */
+		for (i = 0; i < qconf->n_rx_queue; ++i) {
+
+			portid = qconf->rx_queue_list[i].port_id;
+			queueid = qconf->rx_queue_list[i].queue_id;
+			nb_rx = rte_eth_rx_burst(portid, queueid,
+				pkts_burst, MAX_PKT_BURST);
+
+			if (nb_rx > 0) {
+				struct acl_search_t acl_search;
+
+				l3fwd_acl_prepare_acl_parameter(pkts_burst, &acl_search,
+					nb_rx);
+
+				if (acl_search.num_ipv4) {
+					rte_acl_classify(
+						acl_config.acx_ipv4[socketid],
+						acl_search.data_ipv4,
+						acl_search.res_ipv4,
+						acl_search.num_ipv4,
+						DEFAULT_MAX_CATEGORIES);
+
+					l3fwd_acl_send_packets(qconf,
+						acl_search.m_ipv4,
+						acl_search.res_ipv4,
+						acl_search.num_ipv4);
+				}
+
+				if (acl_search.num_ipv6) {
+					rte_acl_classify(
+						acl_config.acx_ipv6[socketid],
+						acl_search.data_ipv6,
+						acl_search.res_ipv6,
+						acl_search.num_ipv6,
+						DEFAULT_MAX_CATEGORIES);
+
+					l3fwd_acl_send_packets(qconf,
+						acl_search.m_ipv6,
+						acl_search.res_ipv6,
+						acl_search.num_ipv6);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void
+acl_parse_ptype(struct rte_mbuf *m)
+{
+	struct rte_ether_hdr *eth_hdr;
+	uint32_t packet_type = RTE_PTYPE_UNKNOWN;
+	uint16_t ether_type;
+	void *l3;
+	int hdr_len;
+	struct rte_ipv4_hdr *ipv4_hdr;
+	struct rte_ipv6_hdr *ipv6_hdr;
+
+	eth_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, struct rte_ether_hdr *);
+	ether_type = eth_hdr->ether_type;
+	l3 = (uint8_t *)eth_hdr + sizeof(struct rte_ether_hdr);
+	if (ether_type == rte_cpu_to_be_16(RTE_ETHER_TYPE_IPV4)) {
+		ipv4_hdr = (struct rte_ipv4_hdr *)l3;
+		hdr_len = rte_ipv4_hdr_len(ipv4_hdr);
+		if (hdr_len == sizeof(struct rte_ipv4_hdr)) {
+			packet_type |= RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV4;
+			if (ipv4_hdr->next_proto_id == IPPROTO_TCP)
+				packet_type |= RTE_PTYPE_L4_TCP;
+			else if (ipv4_hdr->next_proto_id == IPPROTO_UDP)
+				packet_type |= RTE_PTYPE_L4_UDP;
+		} else
+			packet_type |= RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV4_EXT;
+	} else if (ether_type == rte_cpu_to_be_16(RTE_ETHER_TYPE_IPV6)) {
+		ipv6_hdr = (struct rte_ipv6_hdr *)l3;
+		if (ipv6_hdr->proto == IPPROTO_TCP)
+			packet_type |= RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV6 | RTE_PTYPE_L4_TCP;
+		else if (ipv6_hdr->proto == IPPROTO_UDP)
+			packet_type |= RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV6 | RTE_PTYPE_L4_UDP;
+		else
+			packet_type |= RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV6_EXT_UNKNOWN;
+	}
+
+	m->packet_type = packet_type;
+}
+
+uint16_t
+acl_cb_parse_ptype(uint16_t port __rte_unused, uint16_t queue __rte_unused, struct rte_mbuf *pkts[],
+		  uint16_t nb_pkts, uint16_t max_pkts __rte_unused, void *user_param __rte_unused)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nb_pkts; ++i)
+		acl_parse_ptype(pkts[i]);
+
+	return nb_pkts;
+}
+
+int
+acl_check_ptype(int portid)
+{
+	int i, ret;
+	int ptype_l3_ipv4_ext = 0;
+	int ptype_l3_ipv6_ext = 0;
+	int ptype_l4_tcp = 0;
+	int ptype_l4_udp = 0;
+	uint32_t ptype_mask = RTE_PTYPE_L3_MASK | RTE_PTYPE_L4_MASK;
+
+	ret = rte_eth_dev_get_supported_ptypes(portid, ptype_mask, NULL, 0);
+	if (ret <= 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	uint32_t ptypes[ret];
+
+	ret = rte_eth_dev_get_supported_ptypes(portid, ptype_mask, ptypes, ret);
+	for (i = 0; i < ret; ++i) {
+		switch (ptypes[i]) {
+		case RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV4_EXT:
+			ptype_l3_ipv4_ext = 1;
+			break;
+		case RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV6_EXT:
+			ptype_l3_ipv6_ext = 1;
+			break;
+		case RTE_PTYPE_L4_TCP:
+			ptype_l4_tcp = 1;
+			break;
+		case RTE_PTYPE_L4_UDP:
+			ptype_l4_udp = 1;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (ptype_l3_ipv4_ext == 0)
+		printf("port %d cannot parse RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV4_EXT\n", portid);
+	if (ptype_l3_ipv6_ext == 0)
+		printf("port %d cannot parse RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV6_EXT\n", portid);
+	if (!ptype_l3_ipv4_ext || !ptype_l3_ipv6_ext)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (ptype_l4_tcp == 0)
+		printf("port %d cannot parse RTE_PTYPE_L4_TCP\n", portid);
+	if (ptype_l4_udp == 0)
+		printf("port %d cannot parse RTE_PTYPE_L4_UDP\n", portid);
+	if (ptype_l4_tcp && ptype_l4_udp)
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Not used by L3fwd ACL. */
+void *
+acl_get_ipv4_l3fwd_lookup_struct(__rte_unused const int socketid)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+void *
+acl_get_ipv6_l3fwd_lookup_struct(__rte_unused const int socketid)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_acl.h b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_acl.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53df3343ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_acl.h
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#ifndef __L3FWD_ACL_H__
+#define __L3FWD_ACL_H__
+
+#define MAX_ACL_RULE_NUM	100000
+#define DEFAULT_MAX_CATEGORIES	1
+#define L3FWD_ACL_IPV4_NAME	"l3fwd-acl-ipv4"
+#define L3FWD_ACL_IPV6_NAME	"l3fwd-acl-ipv6"
+
+#define ACL_DENY_SIGNATURE	0xf0000000
+#define RTE_LOGTYPE_L3FWDACL	RTE_LOGTYPE_USER3
+#define acl_log(format, ...)	RTE_LOG(ERR, L3FWDACL, format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define uint32_t_to_char(ip, a, b, c, d) do {\
+		*a = (unsigned char)(ip >> 24 & 0xff);\
+		*b = (unsigned char)(ip >> 16 & 0xff);\
+		*c = (unsigned char)(ip >> 8 & 0xff);\
+		*d = (unsigned char)(ip & 0xff);\
+	} while (0)
+#define OFF_ETHHEAD	(sizeof(struct rte_ether_hdr))
+#define OFF_IPV42PROTO (offsetof(struct rte_ipv4_hdr, next_proto_id))
+#define OFF_IPV62PROTO (offsetof(struct rte_ipv6_hdr, proto))
+#define MBUF_IPV4_2PROTO(m)	\
+	rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset((m), uint8_t *, OFF_ETHHEAD + OFF_IPV42PROTO)
+#define MBUF_IPV6_2PROTO(m)	\
+	rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset((m), uint8_t *, OFF_ETHHEAD + OFF_IPV62PROTO)
+
+/*
+ * ACL rules should have higher priorities than route ones to ensure ACL rule
+ * always be found when input packets have multi-matches in the database.
+ * A exception case is performance measure, which can define route rules with
+ * higher priority and route rules will always be returned in each lookup.
+ * Reserve range from ACL_RULE_PRIORITY_MAX + 1 to
+ * RTE_ACL_MAX_PRIORITY for route entries in performance measure
+ */
+#define ACL_RULE_PRIORITY_MAX 0x10000000
+
+/*
+ * Forward port info save in ACL lib starts from 1
+ * since ACL assume 0 is invalid.
+ * So, need add 1 when saving and minus 1 when forwarding packets.
+ */
+#define FWD_PORT_SHIFT 1
+
+static inline void
+print_one_ipv4_rule(struct acl4_rule *rule, int extra)
+{
+	char abuf[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
+	uint32_t ipv4_addr;
+	ipv4_addr = ntohl(rule->field[SRC_FIELD_IPV4].value.u32);
+	printf("%s/%u ", inet_ntop(AF_INET,
+			&(ipv4_addr), abuf,
+			sizeof(abuf)), rule->field[SRC_FIELD_IPV4].mask_range.u32);
+	ipv4_addr = ntohl(rule->field[DST_FIELD_IPV4].value.u32);
+	printf("%s/%u ", inet_ntop(AF_INET,
+			&(ipv4_addr), abuf,
+			sizeof(abuf)), rule->field[DST_FIELD_IPV4].mask_range.u32);
+	printf("%hu : %hu %hu : %hu 0x%hhx/0x%hhx ",
+		rule->field[SRCP_FIELD_IPV4].value.u16,
+		rule->field[SRCP_FIELD_IPV4].mask_range.u16,
+		rule->field[DSTP_FIELD_IPV4].value.u16,
+		rule->field[DSTP_FIELD_IPV4].mask_range.u16,
+		rule->field[PROTO_FIELD_IPV4].value.u8,
+		rule->field[PROTO_FIELD_IPV4].mask_range.u8);
+	if (extra)
+		printf("0x%x-0x%x-0x%x ",
+			rule->data.category_mask,
+			rule->data.priority,
+			rule->data.userdata);
+}
+
+static inline void
+print_one_ipv6_rule(struct acl6_rule *rule, int extra)
+{
+	char abuf[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
+	uint32_t ipv6_addr[4];
+
+	ipv6_addr[0] = rule->field[SRC1_FIELD_IPV6].value.u32;
+	ipv6_addr[1] = rule->field[SRC2_FIELD_IPV6].value.u32;
+	ipv6_addr[2] = rule->field[SRC3_FIELD_IPV6].value.u32;
+	ipv6_addr[3] = rule->field[SRC4_FIELD_IPV6].value.u32;
+
+	printf("%s", inet_ntop(AF_INET6, ipv6_addr,
+		abuf, sizeof(abuf)));
+	printf("/%u ",
+			rule->field[SRC1_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u32
+			+ rule->field[SRC2_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u32
+			+ rule->field[SRC3_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u32
+			+ rule->field[SRC4_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u32);
+
+	ipv6_addr[0] = rule->field[DST1_FIELD_IPV6].value.u32;
+	ipv6_addr[1] = rule->field[DST2_FIELD_IPV6].value.u32;
+	ipv6_addr[2] = rule->field[DST3_FIELD_IPV6].value.u32;
+	ipv6_addr[3] = rule->field[DST4_FIELD_IPV6].value.u32;
+
+	printf("%s", inet_ntop(AF_INET6, ipv6_addr,
+		abuf, sizeof(abuf)));
+	printf("/%u ",
+			rule->field[DST1_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u32
+			+ rule->field[DST2_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u32
+			+ rule->field[DST3_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u32
+			+ rule->field[DST4_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u32);
+
+	printf("%hu : %hu %hu : %hu 0x%hhx/0x%hhx ",
+		rule->field[SRCP_FIELD_IPV6].value.u16,
+		rule->field[SRCP_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u16,
+		rule->field[DSTP_FIELD_IPV6].value.u16,
+		rule->field[DSTP_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u16,
+		rule->field[PROTO_FIELD_IPV6].value.u8,
+		rule->field[PROTO_FIELD_IPV6].mask_range.u8);
+	if (extra)
+		printf("0x%x-0x%x-0x%x ",
+			rule->data.category_mask,
+			rule->data.priority,
+			rule->data.userdata);
+}
+
+#endif /* __L3FWD_ACL_H__ */
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_acl_scalar.h b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_acl_scalar.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c8f9d3eb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_acl_scalar.h
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#ifndef __L3FWD_ACL_SCALAR_H__
+#define __L3FWD_ACL_SCALAR_H__
+
+#ifdef DO_RFC_1812_CHECKS
+static inline void
+l3fwd_acl_prepare_one_packet(struct rte_mbuf **pkts_in, struct acl_search_t *acl,
+	int index)
+{
+	struct rte_ipv4_hdr *ipv4_hdr;
+	struct rte_mbuf *pkt = pkts_in[index];
+
+	if (RTE_ETH_IS_IPV4_HDR(pkt->packet_type)) {
+		ipv4_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(pkt, struct rte_ipv4_hdr *,
+						sizeof(struct rte_ether_hdr));
+
+		/* Check to make sure the packet is valid (RFC1812) */
+		if (is_valid_ipv4_pkt(ipv4_hdr, pkt->pkt_len) >= 0) {
+
+			/* Update time to live and header checksum */
+			--(ipv4_hdr->time_to_live);
+			++(ipv4_hdr->hdr_checksum);
+
+			/* Fill acl structure */
+			acl->data_ipv4[acl->num_ipv4] = MBUF_IPV4_2PROTO(pkt);
+			acl->m_ipv4[(acl->num_ipv4)++] = pkt;
+
+		} else {
+			/* Not a valid IPv4 packet */
+			rte_pktmbuf_free(pkt);
+		}
+	} else if (RTE_ETH_IS_IPV6_HDR(pkt->packet_type)) {
+		/* Fill acl structure */
+		acl->data_ipv6[acl->num_ipv6] = MBUF_IPV6_2PROTO(pkt);
+		acl->m_ipv6[(acl->num_ipv6)++] = pkt;
+
+	} else {
+		/* Unknown type, drop the packet */
+		rte_pktmbuf_free(pkt);
+	}
+}
+
+#else
+static inline void
+l3fwd_acl_prepare_one_packet(struct rte_mbuf **pkts_in, struct acl_search_t *acl,
+	int index)
+{
+	struct rte_mbuf *pkt = pkts_in[index];
+
+	if (RTE_ETH_IS_IPV4_HDR(pkt->packet_type)) {
+		/* Fill acl structure */
+		acl->data_ipv4[acl->num_ipv4] = MBUF_IPV4_2PROTO(pkt);
+		acl->m_ipv4[(acl->num_ipv4)++] = pkt;
+
+	} else if (RTE_ETH_IS_IPV6_HDR(pkt->packet_type)) {
+		/* Fill acl structure */
+		acl->data_ipv6[acl->num_ipv6] = MBUF_IPV6_2PROTO(pkt);
+		acl->m_ipv6[(acl->num_ipv6)++] = pkt;
+	} else {
+		/* Unknown type, drop the packet */
+		rte_pktmbuf_free(pkt);
+	}
+}
+#endif /* DO_RFC_1812_CHECKS */
+
+/* Enqueue a single packet, and send burst if queue is filled */
+static inline void
+l3fwd_acl_send_single_packet(struct lcore_conf *qconf,
+			struct rte_mbuf *m, uint16_t port)
+{
+	uint16_t len;
+
+	len = qconf->tx_mbufs[port].len;
+	qconf->tx_mbufs[port].m_table[len] = m;
+	len++;
+
+	/* enough pkts to be sent */
+	if (unlikely(len == MAX_PKT_BURST)) {
+		send_burst(qconf, MAX_PKT_BURST, port);
+		len = 0;
+	}
+
+	qconf->tx_mbufs[port].len = len;
+}
+
+static inline void
+l3fwd_acl_prepare_acl_parameter(struct rte_mbuf **pkts_in, struct acl_search_t *acl,
+	int nb_rx)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	acl->num_ipv4 = 0;
+	acl->num_ipv6 = 0;
+
+	/* Prefetch first packets */
+	for (i = 0; i < PREFETCH_OFFSET && i < nb_rx; i++) {
+		rte_prefetch0(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(
+				pkts_in[i], void *));
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < (nb_rx - PREFETCH_OFFSET); i++) {
+		rte_prefetch0(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkts_in[
+				i + PREFETCH_OFFSET], void *));
+		l3fwd_acl_prepare_one_packet(pkts_in, acl, i);
+	}
+
+	/* Process left packets */
+	for (; i < nb_rx; i++)
+		l3fwd_acl_prepare_one_packet(pkts_in, acl, i);
+}
+
+static inline void
+l3fwd_acl_send_one_packet(struct lcore_conf *qconf, struct rte_mbuf *m,
+				uint32_t res)
+{
+	if (likely((res & ACL_DENY_SIGNATURE) == 0 && res != 0)) {
+		/* forward packets */
+		l3fwd_acl_send_single_packet(qconf, m,
+			(uint8_t)(res - FWD_PORT_SHIFT));
+	} else {
+		/* in the ACL list, drop it */
+#ifdef L3FWDACL_DEBUG
+		if ((res & ACL_DENY_SIGNATURE) != 0) {
+			if (RTE_ETH_IS_IPV4_HDR(m->packet_type))
+				dump_acl4_rule(m, res);
+			else if (RTE_ETH_IS_IPV6_HDR(m->packet_type))
+				dump_acl6_rule(m, res);
+		}
+#endif
+		rte_pktmbuf_free(m);
+	}
+}
+
+static inline void
+l3fwd_acl_send_packets(struct lcore_conf *qconf, struct rte_mbuf **m,
+				uint32_t *res, int num)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	/* Prefetch first packets */
+	for (i = 0; i < PREFETCH_OFFSET && i < num; i++) {
+		rte_prefetch0(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(
+				m[i], void *));
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < (num - PREFETCH_OFFSET); i++) {
+		rte_prefetch0(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m[
+				i + PREFETCH_OFFSET], void *));
+		l3fwd_acl_send_one_packet(qconf, m[i], res[i]);
+	}
+
+	/* Process left packets */
+	for (; i < num; i++)
+		l3fwd_acl_send_one_packet(qconf, m[i], res[i]);
+}
+
+#endif /* __L3FWD_ACL_SCALAR_H__ */
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_route.h b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_route.h
index adf33dbf46..467c4d2859 100644
--- a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_route.h
+++ b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_route.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 /* Log file related character defs. */
 #define COMMENT_LEAD_CHAR	('#')
 #define ROUTE_LEAD_CHAR		('R')
+#define ACL_LEAD_CHAR		('@')
 
 #define	IPV6_ADDR_LEN	16
 #define	IPV6_ADDR_U16	(IPV6_ADDR_LEN / sizeof(uint16_t))
@@ -96,11 +97,26 @@ read_config_files_lpm(void);
 void
 read_config_files_em(void);
 
+void
+read_config_files_acl(void);
+
 void
 em_free_routes(void);
 
 void
 lpm_free_routes(void);
 
+void
+acl_free_routes(void);
+
+void
+l3fwd_set_alg(const char *optarg);
+
+void
+l3fwd_set_rule_ipv6_name(const char *optarg);
+
+void
+l3fwd_set_rule_ipv4_name(const char *optarg);
+
 int
 is_bypass_line(const char *buff);
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd/main.c b/examples/l3fwd/main.c
index a629198223..c259bfeaf2 100644
--- a/examples/l3fwd/main.c
+++ b/examples/l3fwd/main.c
@@ -59,17 +59,17 @@ uint16_t nb_txd = RTE_TEST_TX_DESC_DEFAULT;
 /**< Ports set in promiscuous mode off by default. */
 static int promiscuous_on;
 
-/* Select Longest-Prefix, Exact match or Forwarding Information Base. */
+/* Select Longest-Prefix, Exact match, Forwarding Information Base or Access Control. */
 enum L3FWD_LOOKUP_MODE {
 	L3FWD_LOOKUP_DEFAULT,
 	L3FWD_LOOKUP_LPM,
 	L3FWD_LOOKUP_EM,
-	L3FWD_LOOKUP_FIB
+	L3FWD_LOOKUP_FIB,
+	L3FWD_LOOKUP_ACL
 };
 static enum L3FWD_LOOKUP_MODE lookup_mode;
 
 /* Global variables. */
-
 static int numa_on = 1; /**< NUMA is enabled by default. */
 static int parse_ptype; /**< Parse packet type using rx callback, and */
 			/**< disabled by default */
@@ -187,6 +187,30 @@ static struct l3fwd_lkp_mode l3fwd_fib_lkp = {
 	.free_routes			= lpm_free_routes,
 };
 
+static struct l3fwd_lkp_mode l3fwd_acl_lkp = {
+	.read_config_files		= read_config_files_acl,
+	.setup                  = setup_acl,
+	.check_ptype            = acl_check_ptype,
+	.cb_parse_ptype         = acl_cb_parse_ptype,
+	.main_loop              = acl_main_loop,
+	.get_ipv4_lookup_struct = acl_get_ipv4_l3fwd_lookup_struct,
+	.get_ipv6_lookup_struct = acl_get_ipv6_l3fwd_lookup_struct,
+	.free_routes			= acl_free_routes,
+};
+
+static enum rte_acl_classify_alg
+parse_acl_alg(const char *alg)
+{
+	uint32_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i != RTE_DIM(acl_alg); i++) {
+		if (strcmp(alg, acl_alg[i].name) == 0)
+			return acl_alg[i].alg;
+	}
+
+	return RTE_ACL_CLASSIFY_DEFAULT;
+}
+
 /*
  * 198.18.0.0/16 are set aside for RFC2544 benchmarking (RFC5735).
  * 198.18.{0-15}.0/24 = Port {0-15}
@@ -236,18 +260,24 @@ const struct ipv6_l3fwd_route ipv6_l3fwd_route_array[] = {
 /*
  * API's called during initialization to setup ACL/EM/LPM rules.
  */
-static void
+void
 l3fwd_set_rule_ipv4_name(const char *optarg)
 {
 	parm_config.rule_ipv4_name = optarg;
 }
 
-static void
+void
 l3fwd_set_rule_ipv6_name(const char *optarg)
 {
 	parm_config.rule_ipv6_name = optarg;
 }
 
+void
+l3fwd_set_alg(const char *optarg)
+{
+	parm_config.alg = parse_acl_alg(optarg);
+}
+
 /*
  * Setup lookup methods for forwarding.
  * Currently exact-match, longest-prefix-match and forwarding information
@@ -262,6 +292,9 @@ setup_l3fwd_lookup_tables(void)
 	/* Setup FIB lookup functions. */
 	else if (lookup_mode == L3FWD_LOOKUP_FIB)
 		l3fwd_lkp = l3fwd_fib_lkp;
+	/* Setup ACL lookup functions. */
+	else if (lookup_mode == L3FWD_LOOKUP_ACL)
+		l3fwd_lkp = l3fwd_acl_lkp;
 	/* Setup LPM lookup functions. */
 	else
 		l3fwd_lkp = l3fwd_lpm_lkp;
@@ -357,10 +390,32 @@ init_lcore_rx_queues(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+usage_acl_alg(char *buf, size_t sz)
+{
+	uint32_t i, n, rc, tn;
+
+	n = 0;
+	tn = 0;
+	for (i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(acl_alg); i++) {
+		rc = snprintf(buf + n, sz - n,
+			i == RTE_DIM(acl_alg) - 1 ? "%s" : "%s|",
+			acl_alg[i].name);
+		tn += rc;
+		if (rc < sz - n)
+			n += rc;
+	}
+
+	return tn;
+}
+
 /* display usage */
 static void
 print_usage(const char *prgname)
 {
+	char alg[PATH_MAX];
+
+	usage_acl_alg(alg, sizeof(alg));
 	fprintf(stderr, "%s [EAL options] --"
 		" -p PORTMASK"
 		"  --rule_ipv4=FILE"
@@ -387,7 +442,8 @@ print_usage(const char *prgname)
 		"  -P : Enable promiscuous mode\n"
 		"  --lookup: Select the lookup method\n"
 		"            Default: lpm\n"
-		"            Accepted: em (Exact Match), lpm (Longest Prefix Match), fib (Forwarding Information Base)\n"
+		"            Accepted: em (Exact Match), lpm (Longest Prefix Match), fib (Forwarding Information Base),\n"
+		"                      acl (Access Control List)\n"
 		"  --config (port,queue,lcore): Rx queue configuration\n"
 		"  --rx-queue-size NPKTS: Rx queue size in decimal\n"
 		"            Default: %d\n"
@@ -416,8 +472,13 @@ print_usage(const char *prgname)
 		"  -L : Enable longest prefix match, legacy flag please use --lookup=lpm instead\n"
 		"  --rule_ipv4=FILE: Specify the ipv4 rules entries file.\n"
 		"                    Each rule occupies one line.\n"
-		"  --rule_ipv6=FILE: Specify the ipv6 rules entries file.\n\n",
-		prgname, RTE_TEST_RX_DESC_DEFAULT, RTE_TEST_TX_DESC_DEFAULT);
+		"                    2 kinds of rules are supported.\n"
+		"                    One is ACL entry at while line leads with character '%c',\n"
+		"                    another is route entry at while line leads with character '%c'.\n"
+		"  --rule_ipv6=FILE: Specify the ipv6 rules entries file.\n"
+		"  --alg: ACL classify method to use, one of: %s.\n\n",
+		prgname, RTE_TEST_RX_DESC_DEFAULT, RTE_TEST_TX_DESC_DEFAULT,
+		ACL_LEAD_CHAR, ROUTE_LEAD_CHAR, alg);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -632,8 +693,10 @@ parse_lookup(const char *optarg)
 		lookup_mode = L3FWD_LOOKUP_LPM;
 	else if (!strcmp(optarg, "fib"))
 		lookup_mode = L3FWD_LOOKUP_FIB;
+	else if (!strcmp(optarg, "acl"))
+		lookup_mode = L3FWD_LOOKUP_ACL;
 	else {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Invalid lookup option! Accepted options: em, lpm, fib\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "Invalid lookup option! Accepted options: acl, em, lpm, fib\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -667,6 +730,7 @@ static const char short_options[] =
 #define CMD_LINE_OPT_VECTOR_TMO_NS "event-vector-tmo"
 #define CMD_LINE_OPT_RULE_IPV4 "rule_ipv4"
 #define CMD_LINE_OPT_RULE_IPV6 "rule_ipv6"
+#define CMD_LINE_OPT_ALG "alg"
 
 enum {
 	/* long options mapped to a short option */
@@ -685,6 +749,7 @@ enum {
 	CMD_LINE_OPT_PARSE_PTYPE_NUM,
 	CMD_LINE_OPT_RULE_IPV4_NUM,
 	CMD_LINE_OPT_RULE_IPV6_NUM,
+	CMD_LINE_OPT_ALG_NUM,
 	CMD_LINE_OPT_PARSE_PER_PORT_POOL,
 	CMD_LINE_OPT_MODE_NUM,
 	CMD_LINE_OPT_EVENTQ_SYNC_NUM,
@@ -716,6 +781,7 @@ static const struct option lgopts[] = {
 	{CMD_LINE_OPT_VECTOR_TMO_NS, 1, 0, CMD_LINE_OPT_VECTOR_TMO_NS_NUM},
 	{CMD_LINE_OPT_RULE_IPV4,   1, 0, CMD_LINE_OPT_RULE_IPV4_NUM},
 	{CMD_LINE_OPT_RULE_IPV6,   1, 0, CMD_LINE_OPT_RULE_IPV6_NUM},
+	{CMD_LINE_OPT_ALG,   1, 0, CMD_LINE_OPT_ALG_NUM},
 	{NULL, 0, 0, 0}
 };
 
@@ -884,6 +950,9 @@ parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 		case CMD_LINE_OPT_RULE_IPV6_NUM:
 			l3fwd_set_rule_ipv6_name(optarg);
 			break;
+		case CMD_LINE_OPT_ALG_NUM:
+			l3fwd_set_alg(optarg);
+			break;
 		default:
 			print_usage(prgname);
 			return -1;
@@ -923,7 +992,7 @@ parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 	 * as default match.
 	 */
 	if (lookup_mode == L3FWD_LOOKUP_DEFAULT) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Neither LPM, EM, or FIB selected, defaulting to LPM\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "Neither ACL, LPM, EM, or FIB selected, defaulting to LPM\n");
 		lookup_mode = L3FWD_LOOKUP_LPM;
 	}
 
@@ -937,6 +1006,12 @@ parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 		hash_entry_number = HASH_ENTRY_NUMBER_DEFAULT;
 	}
 
+	/* For ACL, update port config rss hash filter */
+	if (lookup_mode == L3FWD_LOOKUP_ACL) {
+		port_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf |=
+				RTE_ETH_RSS_UDP | RTE_ETH_RSS_TCP | RTE_ETH_RSS_SCTP;
+	}
+
 	if (optind >= 0)
 		argv[optind-1] = prgname;
 
@@ -992,7 +1067,7 @@ init_mem(uint16_t portid, unsigned int nb_mbuf)
 				printf("Allocated mbuf pool on socket %d\n",
 					socketid);
 
-			/* Setup LPM, EM(f.e Hash) or FIB. But, only once per
+			/* Setup ACL, LPM, EM(f.e Hash) or FIB. But, only once per
 			 * available socket.
 			 */
 			if (!lkp_per_socket[socketid]) {
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd/meson.build b/examples/l3fwd/meson.build
index 0830b3eb31..2fa00e5b74 100644
--- a/examples/l3fwd/meson.build
+++ b/examples/l3fwd/meson.build
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
 # DPDK instance, use 'make'
 
 allow_experimental_apis = true
-deps += ['hash', 'lpm', 'fib', 'eventdev']
+deps += ['hash', 'lpm', 'fib', 'eventdev', 'acl']
 sources = files(
+        'l3fwd_acl.c',
         'l3fwd_em.c',
         'l3fwd_event.c',
         'l3fwd_event_internal_port.c',
diff --git a/examples/meson.build b/examples/meson.build
index 268422a257..78de0e1f37 100644
--- a/examples/meson.build
+++ b/examples/meson.build
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ all_examples = [
         'l2fwd-jobstats',
         'l2fwd-keepalive',
         'l3fwd',
-        'l3fwd-acl',
         'l3fwd-graph',
         'l3fwd-power',
         'link_status_interrupt',
