diff --git a/app/test/test_acl.c b/app/test/test_acl.c
index 623f34682e69..75588978a720 100644
--- a/app/test/test_acl.c
+++ b/app/test/test_acl.c
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ rte_acl_ipv4vlan_add_rules(struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx,
 	for (i = 0; i != num; i++) {
 		rc = acl_ipv4vlan_check_rule(rules + i);
 		if (rc != 0) {
-			RTE_LOG(ERR, ACL, "%s: rule #%u is invalid\n",
+			fprintf(stderr,
+				"%s: rule #%u is invalid\n",
 				__func__, i + 1);
 			return rc;
 		}
diff --git a/lib/acl/acl_bld.c b/lib/acl/acl_bld.c
index 2816632803bd..143564151e29 100644
--- a/lib/acl/acl_bld.c
+++ b/lib/acl/acl_bld.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <rte_acl.h>
 #include "tb_mem.h"
 #include "acl.h"
+#include "acl_log.h"
 
 #define	ACL_POOL_ALIGN		8
 #define	ACL_POOL_ALLOC_MIN	0x800000
@@ -1014,8 +1015,8 @@ build_trie(struct acl_build_context *context, struct rte_acl_build_rule *head,
 				break;
 
 			default:
-				RTE_LOG(ERR, ACL,
-					"Error in rule[%u] type - %hhu\n",
+				ACL_LOG(ERR,
+					"Error in rule[%u] type - %hhu",
 					rule->f->data.userdata,
 					rule->config->defs[n].type);
 				return NULL;
@@ -1371,7 +1372,7 @@ acl_build_tries(struct acl_build_context *context,
 
 		last = build_one_trie(context, rule_sets, n, context->node_max);
 		if (context->bld_tries[n].trie == NULL) {
-			RTE_LOG(ERR, ACL, "Build of %u-th trie failed\n", n);
+			ACL_LOG(ERR, "Build of %u-th trie failed", n);
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
 
@@ -1380,8 +1381,7 @@ acl_build_tries(struct acl_build_context *context,
 			break;
 
 		if (num_tries == RTE_DIM(context->tries)) {
-			RTE_LOG(ERR, ACL,
-				"Exceeded max number of tries: %u\n",
+			ACL_LOG(ERR, "Exceeded max number of tries: %u",
 				num_tries);
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
@@ -1406,7 +1406,7 @@ acl_build_tries(struct acl_build_context *context,
 		 */
 		last = build_one_trie(context, rule_sets, n, INT32_MAX);
 		if (context->bld_tries[n].trie == NULL || last != NULL) {
-			RTE_LOG(ERR, ACL, "Build of %u-th trie failed\n", n);
+			ACL_LOG(ERR, "Build of %u-th trie failed", n);
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
 
@@ -1421,10 +1421,11 @@ acl_build_log(const struct acl_build_context *ctx)
 {
 	uint32_t n;
 
-	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, ACL, "Build phase for ACL \"%s\":\n"
+	ACL_LOG(DEBUG,
+		"Build phase for ACL \"%s\":\n"
 		"node limit for tree split: %u\n"
 		"nodes created: %u\n"
-		"memory consumed: %zu\n",
+		"memory consumed: %zu",
 		ctx->acx->name,
 		ctx->node_max,
 		ctx->num_nodes,
@@ -1432,7 +1433,7 @@ acl_build_log(const struct acl_build_context *ctx)
 
 	for (n = 0; n < RTE_DIM(ctx->tries); n++) {
 		if (ctx->tries[n].count != 0)
-			RTE_LOG(DEBUG, ACL,
+			ACL_LOG(DEBUG,
 				"trie %u: number of rules: %u, indexes: %u\n",
 				n, ctx->tries[n].count,
 				ctx->tries[n].num_data_indexes);
@@ -1523,8 +1524,8 @@ acl_bld(struct acl_build_context *bcx, struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx,
 
 	/* build phase runs out of memory. */
 	if (rc != 0) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, ACL,
-			"ACL context: %s, %s() failed with error code: %d\n",
+		ACL_LOG(ERR,
+			"ACL context: %s, %s() failed with error code: %d",
 			bcx->acx->name, __func__, rc);
 		return rc;
 	}
@@ -1565,9 +1566,9 @@ acl_check_bld_param(struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx, const struct rte_acl_config *cfg)
 
 	for (i = 0; i != cfg->num_fields; i++) {
 		if (cfg->defs[i].type > RTE_ACL_FIELD_TYPE_BITMASK) {
-			RTE_LOG(ERR, ACL,
-			"ACL context: %s, invalid type: %hhu for %u-th field\n",
-			ctx->name, cfg->defs[i].type, i);
+			ACL_LOG(ERR,
+				"ACL context: %s, invalid type: %hhu for %u-th field",
+				ctx->name, cfg->defs[i].type, i);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 		for (j = 0;
@@ -1577,9 +1578,9 @@ acl_check_bld_param(struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx, const struct rte_acl_config *cfg)
 			;
 
 		if (j == RTE_DIM(field_sizes)) {
-			RTE_LOG(ERR, ACL,
-			"ACL context: %s, invalid size: %hhu for %u-th field\n",
-			ctx->name, cfg->defs[i].size, i);
+			ACL_LOG(ERR,
+				"ACL context: %s, invalid size: %hhu for %u-th field\n",
+				ctx->name, cfg->defs[i].size, i);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/lib/acl/acl_gen.c b/lib/acl/acl_gen.c
index e759a2ca1598..84369b103947 100644
--- a/lib/acl/acl_gen.c
+++ b/lib/acl/acl_gen.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include <rte_acl.h>
 #include "acl.h"
+#include "acl_log.h"
 
 #define	QRANGE_MIN	((uint8_t)INT8_MIN)
 
@@ -32,18 +33,19 @@ struct rte_acl_indices {
 
 static void
 acl_gen_log_stats(const struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx,
-	const struct acl_node_counters *counts,
-	const struct rte_acl_indices *indices,
-	size_t max_size)
+		  const struct acl_node_counters *counts,
+		  const struct rte_acl_indices *indices,
+		  size_t max_size)
 {
-	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, ACL, "Gen phase for ACL \"%s\":\n"
+	ACL_LOG(DEBUG,
+		"Gen phase for ACL \"%s\":\n"
 		"runtime memory footprint on socket %d:\n"
 		"single nodes/bytes used: %d/%zu\n"
 		"quad nodes/vectors/bytes used: %d/%d/%zu\n"
 		"DFA nodes/group64/bytes used: %d/%d/%zu\n"
 		"match nodes/bytes used: %d/%zu\n"
 		"total: %zu bytes\n"
-		"max limit: %zu bytes\n",
+		"max limit: %zu bytes",
 		ctx->name, ctx->socket_id,
 		counts->single, counts->single * sizeof(uint64_t),
 		counts->quad, counts->quad_vectors,
@@ -470,9 +472,9 @@ rte_acl_gen(struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx, struct rte_acl_trie *trie,
 		XMM_SIZE;
 
 	if (total_size > max_size) {
-		RTE_LOG(DEBUG, ACL,
+		ACL_LOG(DEBUG,
 			"Gen phase for ACL ctx \"%s\" exceeds max_size limit, "
-			"bytes required: %zu, allowed: %zu\n",
+			"bytes required: %zu, allowed: %zu",
 			ctx->name, total_size, max_size);
 		return -ERANGE;
 	}
@@ -480,8 +482,8 @@ rte_acl_gen(struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx, struct rte_acl_trie *trie,
 	mem = rte_zmalloc_socket(ctx->name, total_size, RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE,
 			ctx->socket_id);
 	if (mem == NULL) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, ACL,
-			"allocation of %zu bytes on socket %d for %s failed\n",
+		ACL_LOG(ERR,
+			"allocation of %zu bytes on socket %d for %s failed",
 			total_size, ctx->socket_id, ctx->name);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
diff --git a/lib/acl/acl_log.h b/lib/acl/acl_log.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4d5adf965cd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/acl/acl_log.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#ifndef	_ACL_LOG_H_
+#define	_ACL_LOG_H_
+
+extern int acl_logtype;
+#define ACL_LOG(level, fmt, args...)			\
+	rte_log(RTE_LOG_ ## level, acl_logtype,	\
+		"%s(): " fmt "\n", __func__, ##args)
+
+#endif /* _ACL_LOG_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/acl/rte_acl.c b/lib/acl/rte_acl.c
index a61c3ba188da..5c8a9cd2f693 100644
--- a/lib/acl/rte_acl.c
+++ b/lib/acl/rte_acl.c
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
 #include <rte_string_fns.h>
 #include <rte_acl.h>
 #include <rte_tailq.h>
+#include <rte_log.h>
 
 #include "acl.h"
+#include "acl_log.h"
 
 TAILQ_HEAD(rte_acl_list, rte_tailq_entry);
 
@@ -400,15 +402,15 @@ rte_acl_create(const struct rte_acl_param *param)
 		te = rte_zmalloc("ACL_TAILQ_ENTRY", sizeof(*te), 0);
 
 		if (te == NULL) {
-			RTE_LOG(ERR, ACL, "Cannot allocate tailq entry!\n");
+			ACL_LOG(ERR, "Cannot allocate tailq entry!");
 			goto exit;
 		}
 
 		ctx = rte_zmalloc_socket(name, sz, RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, param->socket_id);
 
 		if (ctx == NULL) {
-			RTE_LOG(ERR, ACL,
-				"allocation of %zu bytes on socket %d for %s failed\n",
+			ACL_LOG(ERR,
+				"allocation of %zu bytes on socket %d for %s failed",
 				sz, param->socket_id, name);
 			rte_free(te);
 			goto exit;
@@ -474,8 +476,8 @@ rte_acl_add_rules(struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx, const struct rte_acl_rule *rules,
 			((uintptr_t)rules + i * ctx->rule_sz);
 		rc = acl_check_rule(&rv->data);
 		if (rc != 0) {
-			RTE_LOG(ERR, ACL, "%s(%s): rule #%u is invalid\n",
-				__func__, ctx->name, i + 1);
+			ACL_LOG(ERR, "%s: rule #%u is invalid",
+				ctx->name, i + 1);
 			return rc;
 		}
 	}
@@ -544,3 +546,5 @@ rte_acl_list_dump(void)
 	}
 	rte_mcfg_tailq_read_unlock();
 }
+
+RTE_LOG_REGISTER_DEFAULT(acl_logtype, INFO);
diff --git a/lib/acl/tb_mem.c b/lib/acl/tb_mem.c
index f14d7b4fa26e..74a12159b868 100644
--- a/lib/acl/tb_mem.c
+++ b/lib/acl/tb_mem.c
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
  */
 
 #include "tb_mem.h"
+#include "acl_log.h"
+
+#include <rte_log.h>
 
 /*
  *  Memory management routines for temporary memory.
@@ -25,8 +28,9 @@ tb_pool(struct tb_mem_pool *pool, size_t sz)
 	size = sz + pool->alignment - 1;
 	block = calloc(1, size + sizeof(*pool->block));
 	if (block == NULL) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, MALLOC, "%s(%zu)\n failed, currently allocated "
-			"by pool: %zu bytes\n", __func__, sz, pool->alloc);
+		ACL_LOG(ERR,
+			"allocation size %zu failed, currently allocated by pool: %zu bytes\n",
+			sz, pool->alloc);
 		siglongjmp(pool->fail, -ENOMEM);
 		return NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/lib/eal/common/eal_common_log.c b/lib/eal/common/eal_common_log.c
index 128bfabd94e1..871f2c38298c 100644
--- a/lib/eal/common/eal_common_log.c
+++ b/lib/eal/common/eal_common_log.c
@@ -349,14 +349,12 @@ struct logtype {
 
 static const struct logtype logtype_strings[] = {
 	{RTE_LOGTYPE_EAL,        "lib.eal"},
-	{RTE_LOGTYPE_MALLOC,     "lib.malloc"},
 	{RTE_LOGTYPE_RING,       "lib.ring"},
 	{RTE_LOGTYPE_MEMPOOL,    "lib.mempool"},
 	{RTE_LOGTYPE_PMD,        "pmd"},
 	{RTE_LOGTYPE_HASH,       "lib.hash"},
 	{RTE_LOGTYPE_LPM,        "lib.lpm"},
 	{RTE_LOGTYPE_KNI,        "lib.kni"},
-	{RTE_LOGTYPE_ACL,        "lib.acl"},
 	{RTE_LOGTYPE_POWER,      "lib.power"},
 	{RTE_LOGTYPE_METER,      "lib.meter"},
 	{RTE_LOGTYPE_SCHED,      "lib.sched"},
diff --git a/lib/eal/include/rte_log.h b/lib/eal/include/rte_log.h
index 1f259b2abc5a..d707098b6359 100644
--- a/lib/eal/include/rte_log.h
+++ b/lib/eal/include/rte_log.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 /* SDK log type */
 #define RTE_LOGTYPE_EAL        0 /**< Log related to eal. */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_MALLOC     1 /**< Log related to malloc. */
+				 /* was RTE_LOGTYPE_MALLOC */
 #define RTE_LOGTYPE_RING       2 /**< Log related to ring. */
 #define RTE_LOGTYPE_MEMPOOL    3 /**< Log related to mempool. */
 				 /* was RTE_LOGTYPE_TIMER */
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define RTE_LOGTYPE_HASH       6 /**< Log related to hash table. */
 #define RTE_LOGTYPE_LPM        7 /**< Log related to LPM. */
 #define RTE_LOGTYPE_KNI        8 /**< Log related to KNI. */
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_ACL        9 /**< Log related to ACL. */
+				 /* was RTE_LOGTYPE_ACL */
 #define RTE_LOGTYPE_POWER     10 /**< Log related to power. */
 #define RTE_LOGTYPE_METER     11 /**< Log related to QoS meter. */
 #define RTE_LOGTYPE_SCHED     12 /**< Log related to QoS port scheduler. */
