+/** \brief Translate array of buffer pointers into buffer indices with offset
+
+ @param vm - (vlib_main_t *) vlib main data structure pointer
+ @param b - (void **) array of buffer pointers
+ @param bi - (u32 *) array to store buffer indices
+ @param count - (uword) number of elements
+ @param offset - (i32) offset applied to each pointer
+*/
+static_always_inline void
+vlib_get_buffer_indices_with_offset (vlib_main_t * vm, void **b, u32 * bi,
+ uword count, i32 offset)
+{
+#ifdef CLIB_HAVE_VEC256
+ u32x8 mask = { 0, 2, 4, 6, 1, 3, 5, 7 };
+ u64x4 off4 = u64x4_splat (buffer_main.buffer_mem_start - offset);
+
+ while (count >= 8)
+ {
+ /* load 4 pointers into 256-bit register */
+ u64x4 v0 = u64x4_load_unaligned (b);
+ u64x4 v1 = u64x4_load_unaligned (b + 4);
+ u32x8 v2, v3;
+
+ v0 -= off4;
+ v1 -= off4;
+
+ v0 >>= CLIB_LOG2_CACHE_LINE_BYTES;
+ v1 >>= CLIB_LOG2_CACHE_LINE_BYTES;
+
+ /* permute 256-bit register so lower u32s of each buffer index are
+ * placed into lower 128-bits */
+ v2 = u32x8_permute ((u32x8) v0, mask);
+ v3 = u32x8_permute ((u32x8) v1, mask);
+
+ /* extract lower 128-bits and save them to the array of buffer indices */
+ u32x4_store_unaligned (u32x8_extract_lo (v2), bi);
+ u32x4_store_unaligned (u32x8_extract_lo (v3), bi + 4);
+ bi += 8;
+ b += 8;
+ count -= 8;
+ }
+#endif
+ while (count >= 4)
+ {
+ /* equivalent non-nector implementation */
+ bi[0] = vlib_get_buffer_index (vm, ((u8 *) b[0]) + offset);
+ bi[1] = vlib_get_buffer_index (vm, ((u8 *) b[1]) + offset);
+ bi[2] = vlib_get_buffer_index (vm, ((u8 *) b[2]) + offset);
+ bi[3] = vlib_get_buffer_index (vm, ((u8 *) b[3]) + offset);
+ bi += 4;
+ b += 4;
+ count -= 4;
+ }
+ while (count)
+ {
+ bi[0] = vlib_get_buffer_index (vm, ((u8 *) b[0]) + offset);
+ bi += 1;
+ b += 1;
+ count -= 1;
+ }
+}
+
+/** \brief Translate array of buffer pointers into buffer indices
+
+ @param vm - (vlib_main_t *) vlib main data structure pointer
+ @param b - (vlib_buffer_t **) array of buffer pointers
+ @param bi - (u32 *) array to store buffer indices
+ @param count - (uword) number of elements
+*/
+static_always_inline void
+vlib_get_buffer_indices (vlib_main_t * vm, vlib_buffer_t ** b, u32 * bi,
+ uword count)
+{
+ vlib_get_buffer_indices_with_offset (vm, (void **) b, bi, count, 0);
+}
+