interface: fix offload flag check
[vpp.git] / src / vnet / interface_output.c
index 73c7a31..c4a4b0f 100644 (file)
  */
 
 #include <vnet/vnet.h>
-#include <vnet/gso/gso.h>
 #include <vnet/ip/icmp46_packet.h>
+#include <vnet/ethernet/packet.h>
+#include <vnet/ip/format.h>
 #include <vnet/ip/ip4.h>
 #include <vnet/ip/ip6.h>
 #include <vnet/udp/udp_packet.h>
 #include <vnet/feature/feature.h>
-#include <vnet/classify/trace_classify.h>
+#include <vnet/classify/pcap_classify.h>
+#include <vnet/interface_output.h>
+#include <vppinfra/vector/mask_compare.h>
+#include <vppinfra/vector/compress.h>
 
 typedef struct
 {
@@ -89,6 +93,7 @@ format_vnet_interface_output_trace (u8 * s, va_list * va)
     }
   return s;
 }
+#endif /* CLIB_MARCH_VARIANT */
 
 static void
 vnet_interface_output_trace (vlib_main_t * vm,
@@ -160,389 +165,355 @@ vnet_interface_output_trace (vlib_main_t * vm,
 }
 
 static_always_inline void
-calc_checksums (vlib_main_t * vm, vlib_buffer_t * b)
+vnet_interface_output_handle_offload (vlib_main_t *vm, vlib_buffer_t *b)
 {
-  tcp_header_t *th;
-  udp_header_t *uh;
-  gso_header_offset_t gho = { 0 };
-
-  int is_ip4 = (b->flags & VNET_BUFFER_F_IS_IP4) != 0;
-  int is_ip6 = (b->flags & VNET_BUFFER_F_IS_IP6) != 0;
-
-  ASSERT (!(is_ip4 && is_ip6));
-
-  gho = vnet_gso_header_offset_parser (b, is_ip6);
-  th = (tcp_header_t *) (vlib_buffer_get_current (b) + gho.l4_hdr_offset);
-  uh = (udp_header_t *) (vlib_buffer_get_current (b) + gho.l4_hdr_offset);
-
-  if (is_ip4)
-    {
-      ip4_header_t *ip4;
-
-      ip4 =
-       (ip4_header_t *) (vlib_buffer_get_current (b) + gho.l3_hdr_offset);
-      if (b->flags & VNET_BUFFER_F_OFFLOAD_IP_CKSUM)
-       ip4->checksum = ip4_header_checksum (ip4);
-      if (b->flags & VNET_BUFFER_F_OFFLOAD_TCP_CKSUM)
-       {
-         th->checksum = 0;
-         th->checksum = ip4_tcp_udp_compute_checksum (vm, b, ip4);
-       }
-      else if (b->flags & VNET_BUFFER_F_OFFLOAD_UDP_CKSUM)
-       uh->checksum = ip4_tcp_udp_compute_checksum (vm, b, ip4);
-    }
-  else if (is_ip6)
-    {
-      int bogus;
-      ip6_header_t *ip6;
-
-      ip6 =
-       (ip6_header_t *) (vlib_buffer_get_current (b) + gho.l3_hdr_offset);
-      if (b->flags & VNET_BUFFER_F_OFFLOAD_TCP_CKSUM)
-       {
-         th->checksum = 0;
-         th->checksum =
-           ip6_tcp_udp_icmp_compute_checksum (vm, b, ip6, &bogus);
-       }
-      else if (b->flags & VNET_BUFFER_F_OFFLOAD_UDP_CKSUM)
-       {
-         uh->checksum = 0;
-         uh->checksum =
-           ip6_tcp_udp_icmp_compute_checksum (vm, b, ip6, &bogus);
-       }
-    }
-  b->flags &= ~VNET_BUFFER_F_OFFLOAD_TCP_CKSUM;
-  b->flags &= ~VNET_BUFFER_F_OFFLOAD_UDP_CKSUM;
-  b->flags &= ~VNET_BUFFER_F_OFFLOAD_IP_CKSUM;
+  vnet_calc_checksums_inline (vm, b, b->flags & VNET_BUFFER_F_IS_IP4,
+                             b->flags & VNET_BUFFER_F_IS_IP6);
 }
 
 static_always_inline uword
-vnet_interface_output_node_inline (vlib_main_t * vm,
-                                  vlib_node_runtime_t * node,
-                                  vlib_frame_t * frame,
-                                  vnet_main_t * vnm,
-                                  vnet_hw_interface_t * hi,
-                                  int do_tx_offloads)
+vnet_interface_output_node_inline (vlib_main_t *vm, u32 sw_if_index,
+                                  vlib_combined_counter_main_t *ccm,
+                                  vlib_buffer_t **b, u32 config_index, u8 arc,
+                                  u32 n_left, int do_tx_offloads,
+                                  int arc_or_subif)
 {
-  vnet_interface_output_runtime_t *rt = (void *) node->runtime_data;
-  vnet_sw_interface_t *si;
-  u32 n_left_to_tx, *from, *from_end, *to_tx;
-  u32 n_bytes, n_buffers, n_packets;
-  u32 n_bytes_b0, n_bytes_b1, n_bytes_b2, n_bytes_b3;
-  u32 thread_index = vm->thread_index;
-  vnet_interface_main_t *im = &vnm->interface_main;
-  u32 next_index = VNET_INTERFACE_OUTPUT_NEXT_TX;
-  u32 current_config_index = ~0;
-  u8 arc = im->output_feature_arc_index;
-  vlib_buffer_t *bufs[VLIB_FRAME_SIZE], **b = bufs;
-
-  n_buffers = frame->n_vectors;
-
-  if (node->flags & VLIB_NODE_FLAG_TRACE)
-    vnet_interface_output_trace (vm, node, frame, n_buffers);
+  u32 n_bytes = 0;
+  u32 n_bytes0, n_bytes1, n_bytes2, n_bytes3;
+  u32 ti = vm->thread_index;
 
-  from = vlib_frame_vector_args (frame);
-  vlib_get_buffers (vm, from, b, n_buffers);
-
-  if (rt->is_deleted)
-    return vlib_error_drop_buffers (vm, node, from,
-                                   /* buffer stride */ 1,
-                                   n_buffers,
-                                   VNET_INTERFACE_OUTPUT_NEXT_DROP,
-                                   node->node_index,
-                                   VNET_INTERFACE_OUTPUT_ERROR_INTERFACE_DELETED);
-
-  si = vnet_get_sw_interface (vnm, rt->sw_if_index);
-  hi = vnet_get_sup_hw_interface (vnm, rt->sw_if_index);
-  if (!(si->flags & VNET_SW_INTERFACE_FLAG_ADMIN_UP) ||
-      !(hi->flags & VNET_HW_INTERFACE_FLAG_LINK_UP))
+  while (n_left >= 8)
     {
-      vlib_simple_counter_main_t *cm;
+      u32 or_flags;
 
-      cm = vec_elt_at_index (vnm->interface_main.sw_if_counters,
-                            VNET_INTERFACE_COUNTER_TX_ERROR);
-      vlib_increment_simple_counter (cm, thread_index,
-                                    rt->sw_if_index, n_buffers);
-
-      return vlib_error_drop_buffers (vm, node, from,
-                                     /* buffer stride */ 1,
-                                     n_buffers,
-                                     VNET_INTERFACE_OUTPUT_NEXT_DROP,
-                                     node->node_index,
-                                     VNET_INTERFACE_OUTPUT_ERROR_INTERFACE_DOWN);
-    }
-
-  from_end = from + n_buffers;
-
-  /* Total byte count of all buffers. */
-  n_bytes = 0;
-  n_packets = 0;
-
-  /* interface-output feature arc handling */
-  if (PREDICT_FALSE (vnet_have_features (arc, rt->sw_if_index)))
-    {
-      vnet_feature_config_main_t *fcm;
-      fcm = vnet_feature_get_config_main (arc);
-      current_config_index = vnet_get_feature_config_index (arc,
-                                                           rt->sw_if_index);
-      vnet_get_config_data (&fcm->config_main, &current_config_index,
-                           &next_index, 0);
-    }
-
-  while (from < from_end)
-    {
-      /* Get new next frame since previous incomplete frame may have less
-         than VNET_FRAME_SIZE vectors in it. */
-      vlib_get_new_next_frame (vm, node, next_index, to_tx, n_left_to_tx);
-
-      while (from + 8 <= from_end && n_left_to_tx >= 4)
+      /* Prefetch next iteration. */
+      vlib_prefetch_buffer_header (b[4], LOAD);
+      vlib_prefetch_buffer_header (b[5], LOAD);
+      vlib_prefetch_buffer_header (b[6], LOAD);
+      vlib_prefetch_buffer_header (b[7], LOAD);
+
+      if (do_tx_offloads)
+       or_flags = b[0]->flags | b[1]->flags | b[2]->flags | b[3]->flags;
+
+      /* Be grumpy about zero length buffers for benefit of
+        driver tx function. */
+      ASSERT (b[0]->current_length > 0);
+      ASSERT (b[1]->current_length > 0);
+      ASSERT (b[2]->current_length > 0);
+      ASSERT (b[3]->current_length > 0);
+
+      n_bytes += n_bytes0 = vlib_buffer_length_in_chain (vm, b[0]);
+      n_bytes += n_bytes1 = vlib_buffer_length_in_chain (vm, b[1]);
+      n_bytes += n_bytes2 = vlib_buffer_length_in_chain (vm, b[2]);
+      n_bytes += n_bytes3 = vlib_buffer_length_in_chain (vm, b[3]);
+
+      if (arc_or_subif)
        {
-         u32 bi0, bi1, bi2, bi3;
          u32 tx_swif0, tx_swif1, tx_swif2, tx_swif3;
-         u32 or_flags;
-
-         /* Prefetch next iteration. */
-         vlib_prefetch_buffer_header (b[4], LOAD);
-         vlib_prefetch_buffer_header (b[5], LOAD);
-         vlib_prefetch_buffer_header (b[6], LOAD);
-         vlib_prefetch_buffer_header (b[7], LOAD);
-
-         bi0 = from[0];
-         bi1 = from[1];
-         bi2 = from[2];
-         bi3 = from[3];
-         to_tx[0] = bi0;
-         to_tx[1] = bi1;
-         to_tx[2] = bi2;
-         to_tx[3] = bi3;
-
-         or_flags = b[0]->flags | b[1]->flags | b[2]->flags | b[3]->flags;
-
-         from += 4;
-         to_tx += 4;
-         n_left_to_tx -= 4;
-
-         /* Be grumpy about zero length buffers for benefit of
-            driver tx function. */
-         ASSERT (b[0]->current_length > 0);
-         ASSERT (b[1]->current_length > 0);
-         ASSERT (b[2]->current_length > 0);
-         ASSERT (b[3]->current_length > 0);
-
-         n_bytes_b0 = vlib_buffer_length_in_chain (vm, b[0]);
-         n_bytes_b1 = vlib_buffer_length_in_chain (vm, b[1]);
-         n_bytes_b2 = vlib_buffer_length_in_chain (vm, b[2]);
-         n_bytes_b3 = vlib_buffer_length_in_chain (vm, b[3]);
          tx_swif0 = vnet_buffer (b[0])->sw_if_index[VLIB_TX];
          tx_swif1 = vnet_buffer (b[1])->sw_if_index[VLIB_TX];
          tx_swif2 = vnet_buffer (b[2])->sw_if_index[VLIB_TX];
          tx_swif3 = vnet_buffer (b[3])->sw_if_index[VLIB_TX];
 
-         n_bytes += n_bytes_b0 + n_bytes_b1;
-         n_bytes += n_bytes_b2 + n_bytes_b3;
-         n_packets += 4;
-
-         if (PREDICT_FALSE (current_config_index != ~0))
-           {
-             vnet_buffer (b[0])->feature_arc_index = arc;
-             vnet_buffer (b[1])->feature_arc_index = arc;
-             vnet_buffer (b[2])->feature_arc_index = arc;
-             vnet_buffer (b[3])->feature_arc_index = arc;
-             b[0]->current_config_index = current_config_index;
-             b[1]->current_config_index = current_config_index;
-             b[2]->current_config_index = current_config_index;
-             b[3]->current_config_index = current_config_index;
-           }
-
          /* update vlan subif tx counts, if required */
-         if (PREDICT_FALSE (tx_swif0 != rt->sw_if_index))
-           {
-             vlib_increment_combined_counter (im->combined_sw_if_counters +
-                                              VNET_INTERFACE_COUNTER_TX,
-                                              thread_index, tx_swif0, 1,
-                                              n_bytes_b0);
-           }
+         if (PREDICT_FALSE (tx_swif0 != sw_if_index))
+           vlib_increment_combined_counter (ccm, ti, tx_swif0, 1, n_bytes0);
 
-         if (PREDICT_FALSE (tx_swif1 != rt->sw_if_index))
-           {
+         if (PREDICT_FALSE (tx_swif1 != sw_if_index))
+           vlib_increment_combined_counter (ccm, ti, tx_swif1, 1, n_bytes1);
 
-             vlib_increment_combined_counter (im->combined_sw_if_counters +
-                                              VNET_INTERFACE_COUNTER_TX,
-                                              thread_index, tx_swif1, 1,
-                                              n_bytes_b1);
-           }
+         if (PREDICT_FALSE (tx_swif2 != sw_if_index))
+           vlib_increment_combined_counter (ccm, ti, tx_swif2, 1, n_bytes2);
 
-         if (PREDICT_FALSE (tx_swif2 != rt->sw_if_index))
-           {
+         if (PREDICT_FALSE (tx_swif3 != sw_if_index))
+           vlib_increment_combined_counter (ccm, ti, tx_swif3, 1, n_bytes3);
 
-             vlib_increment_combined_counter (im->combined_sw_if_counters +
-                                              VNET_INTERFACE_COUNTER_TX,
-                                              thread_index, tx_swif2, 1,
-                                              n_bytes_b2);
-           }
-         if (PREDICT_FALSE (tx_swif3 != rt->sw_if_index))
+         if (PREDICT_FALSE (config_index != ~0))
            {
-
-             vlib_increment_combined_counter (im->combined_sw_if_counters +
-                                              VNET_INTERFACE_COUNTER_TX,
-                                              thread_index, tx_swif3, 1,
-                                              n_bytes_b3);
-           }
-
-         if (do_tx_offloads)
-           {
-             if (or_flags &
-                 (VNET_BUFFER_F_OFFLOAD_TCP_CKSUM |
-                  VNET_BUFFER_F_OFFLOAD_UDP_CKSUM |
-                  VNET_BUFFER_F_OFFLOAD_IP_CKSUM))
-               {
-                 calc_checksums (vm, b[0]);
-                 calc_checksums (vm, b[1]);
-                 calc_checksums (vm, b[2]);
-                 calc_checksums (vm, b[3]);
-               }
+             vnet_buffer (b[0])->feature_arc_index = arc;
+             b[0]->current_config_index = config_index;
+             vnet_buffer (b[1])->feature_arc_index = arc;
+             b[1]->current_config_index = config_index;
+             vnet_buffer (b[2])->feature_arc_index = arc;
+             b[2]->current_config_index = config_index;
+             vnet_buffer (b[3])->feature_arc_index = arc;
+             b[3]->current_config_index = config_index;
            }
-         b += 4;
-
        }
 
-      while (from + 1 <= from_end && n_left_to_tx >= 1)
+      if (do_tx_offloads && (or_flags & VNET_BUFFER_F_OFFLOAD))
        {
-         u32 bi0;
-         u32 tx_swif0;
+         vnet_interface_output_handle_offload (vm, b[0]);
+         vnet_interface_output_handle_offload (vm, b[1]);
+         vnet_interface_output_handle_offload (vm, b[2]);
+         vnet_interface_output_handle_offload (vm, b[3]);
+       }
 
-         bi0 = from[0];
-         to_tx[0] = bi0;
-         from += 1;
-         to_tx += 1;
-         n_left_to_tx -= 1;
+      n_left -= 4;
+      b += 4;
+    }
 
-         /* Be grumpy about zero length buffers for benefit of
-            driver tx function. */
-         ASSERT (b[0]->current_length > 0);
+  while (n_left)
+    {
+      /* Be grumpy about zero length buffers for benefit of
+        driver tx function. */
+      ASSERT (b[0]->current_length > 0);
 
-         n_bytes_b0 = vlib_buffer_length_in_chain (vm, b[0]);
-         tx_swif0 = vnet_buffer (b[0])->sw_if_index[VLIB_TX];
-         n_bytes += n_bytes_b0;
-         n_packets += 1;
+      n_bytes += n_bytes0 = vlib_buffer_length_in_chain (vm, b[0]);
 
-         if (PREDICT_FALSE (current_config_index != ~0))
-           {
-             vnet_buffer (b[0])->feature_arc_index = arc;
-             b[0]->current_config_index = current_config_index;
-           }
+      if (arc_or_subif)
+       {
+         u32 tx_swif0 = vnet_buffer (b[0])->sw_if_index[VLIB_TX];
 
-         if (PREDICT_FALSE (tx_swif0 != rt->sw_if_index))
+         if (PREDICT_FALSE (config_index != ~0))
            {
-
-             vlib_increment_combined_counter (im->combined_sw_if_counters +
-                                              VNET_INTERFACE_COUNTER_TX,
-                                              thread_index, tx_swif0, 1,
-                                              n_bytes_b0);
+             vnet_buffer (b[0])->feature_arc_index = arc;
+             b[0]->current_config_index = config_index;
            }
 
-         if (do_tx_offloads)
-           {
-             if (b[0]->flags &
-                 (VNET_BUFFER_F_OFFLOAD_TCP_CKSUM |
-                  VNET_BUFFER_F_OFFLOAD_UDP_CKSUM |
-                  VNET_BUFFER_F_OFFLOAD_IP_CKSUM))
-               calc_checksums (vm, b[0]);
-           }
-         b += 1;
+         if (PREDICT_FALSE (tx_swif0 != sw_if_index))
+           vlib_increment_combined_counter (ccm, ti, tx_swif0, 1, n_bytes0);
        }
 
-      vlib_put_next_frame (vm, node, next_index, n_left_to_tx);
+      if (do_tx_offloads)
+       vnet_interface_output_handle_offload (vm, b[0]);
+
+      n_left -= 1;
+      b += 1;
     }
 
-  /* Update main interface stats. */
-  vlib_increment_combined_counter (im->combined_sw_if_counters
-                                  + VNET_INTERFACE_COUNTER_TX,
-                                  thread_index,
-                                  rt->sw_if_index, n_packets, n_bytes);
-  return n_buffers;
+  return n_bytes;
 }
-#endif /* CLIB_MARCH_VARIANT */
 
-static_always_inline void vnet_interface_pcap_tx_trace
-  (vlib_main_t * vm, vlib_node_runtime_t * node, vlib_frame_t * frame,
-   int sw_if_index_from_buffer)
+static_always_inline void
+vnet_interface_pcap_tx_trace (vlib_main_t *vm, vlib_node_runtime_t *node,
+                             vlib_frame_t *frame, int in_interface_ouput)
 {
+  vnet_main_t *vnm = vnet_get_main ();
   u32 n_left_from, *from;
-  u32 sw_if_index;
-  vnet_pcap_t *pp = &vlib_global_main.pcap;
+  u32 sw_if_index = ~0, hw_if_index = ~0;
+  vnet_pcap_t *pp = &vnm->pcap;
 
   if (PREDICT_TRUE (pp->pcap_tx_enable == 0))
     return;
 
-  if (sw_if_index_from_buffer == 0)
+  if (in_interface_ouput)
+    {
+      /* interface-output is called right before interface-output-template.
+       * We only want to capture packets here if there is a per-interface
+       * filter, in case it matches the sub-interface sw_if_index.
+       * If there is no per-interface filter configured, let the
+       * interface-output-template node deal with it */
+      if (pp->pcap_sw_if_index == 0)
+       return;
+    }
+  else
     {
       vnet_interface_output_runtime_t *rt = (void *) node->runtime_data;
       sw_if_index = rt->sw_if_index;
     }
-  else
-    sw_if_index = ~0;
 
   n_left_from = frame->n_vectors;
   from = vlib_frame_vector_args (frame);
 
   while (n_left_from > 0)
     {
-      int classify_filter_result;
       u32 bi0 = from[0];
       vlib_buffer_t *b0 = vlib_get_buffer (vm, bi0);
       from++;
       n_left_from--;
 
-      if (pp->filter_classify_table_index != ~0)
+      if (in_interface_ouput)
        {
-         classify_filter_result =
-           vnet_is_packet_traced_inline
-           (b0, pp->filter_classify_table_index, 0 /* full classify */ );
-         if (classify_filter_result)
-           pcap_add_buffer (&pp->pcap_main, vm, bi0, pp->max_bytes_per_pkt);
-         continue;
+         const u32 sii = vnet_buffer (b0)->sw_if_index[VLIB_TX];
+         if (PREDICT_FALSE (sii != sw_if_index))
+           {
+             const vnet_hw_interface_t *hi =
+               vnet_get_sup_hw_interface (vnm, sii);
+             hw_if_index = hi->sw_if_index;
+             sw_if_index = sii;
+           }
+         if (hw_if_index == sw_if_index)
+           continue; /* defer to interface-output-template */
        }
 
-      if (sw_if_index_from_buffer)
-       sw_if_index = vnet_buffer (b0)->sw_if_index[VLIB_TX];
+      if (vnet_is_packet_pcaped (pp, b0, sw_if_index))
+       pcap_add_buffer (&pp->pcap_main, vm, bi0, pp->max_bytes_per_pkt);
+    }
+}
 
-      if (pp->pcap_sw_if_index == 0 || pp->pcap_sw_if_index == sw_if_index)
+static_always_inline void
+store_tx_frame_scalar_data (vnet_hw_if_output_node_runtime_t *r,
+                           vnet_hw_if_tx_frame_t *tf)
+{
+  if (r)
+    clib_memcpy_fast (tf, &r->frame, sizeof (vnet_hw_if_tx_frame_t));
+}
+
+static_always_inline void
+enqueu_to_tx_node (vlib_main_t *vm, vlib_node_runtime_t *node,
+                  vnet_hw_interface_t *hi, u32 *from, u32 n_vectors)
+{
+  u32 next_index = VNET_INTERFACE_OUTPUT_NEXT_TX;
+  vnet_hw_if_output_node_runtime_t *r = 0;
+  u32 n_free, n_copy, *to;
+  vnet_hw_if_tx_frame_t *tf;
+  vlib_frame_t *f;
+
+  ASSERT (n_vectors <= VLIB_FRAME_SIZE);
+
+  if (hi->output_node_thread_runtimes)
+    r = vec_elt_at_index (hi->output_node_thread_runtimes, vm->thread_index);
+
+  f = vlib_get_next_frame_internal (vm, node, next_index, 0);
+  tf = vlib_frame_scalar_args (f);
+
+  if (f->n_vectors > 0 && (r == 0 || tf->queue_id == r->frame.queue_id))
+    {
+      /* append current next frame */
+      n_free = VLIB_FRAME_SIZE - f->n_vectors;
+      n_copy = clib_min (n_vectors, n_free);
+      n_vectors -= n_copy;
+      to = vlib_frame_vector_args (f);
+      to += f->n_vectors;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      if (f->n_vectors > 0)
        {
-         vnet_main_t *vnm = vnet_get_main ();
-         vnet_hw_interface_t *hi =
-           vnet_get_sup_hw_interface (vnm, sw_if_index);
-         /* Capture pkt if not filtered, or if filter hits */
-         if (hi->trace_classify_table_index == ~0 ||
-             vnet_is_packet_traced_inline
-             (b0, hi->trace_classify_table_index, 0 /* full classify */ ))
-           pcap_add_buffer (&pp->pcap_main, vm, bi0, pp->max_bytes_per_pkt);
+         /* current frame doesn't fit - grab empty one */
+         f = vlib_get_next_frame_internal (vm, node, next_index, 1);
+         tf = vlib_frame_scalar_args (f);
        }
+
+      /* empty frame - store scalar data */
+      store_tx_frame_scalar_data (r, tf);
+      to = vlib_frame_vector_args (f);
+      n_free = VLIB_FRAME_SIZE;
+      n_copy = n_vectors;
+      n_vectors = 0;
     }
-}
 
-#ifndef CLIB_MARCH_VARIANT
+  vlib_buffer_copy_indices (to, from, n_copy);
+  vlib_put_next_frame (vm, node, next_index, n_free - n_copy);
+
+  if (n_vectors == 0)
+    return;
 
-uword
-vnet_interface_output_node (vlib_main_t * vm, vlib_node_runtime_t * node,
-                           vlib_frame_t * frame)
+  /* we have more indices to store, take empty frame */
+  from += n_copy;
+  f = vlib_get_next_frame_internal (vm, node, next_index, 1);
+  store_tx_frame_scalar_data (r, vlib_frame_scalar_args (f));
+  vlib_buffer_copy_indices (vlib_frame_vector_args (f), from, n_vectors);
+  vlib_put_next_frame (vm, node, next_index, VLIB_FRAME_SIZE - n_vectors);
+}
+
+VLIB_NODE_FN (vnet_interface_output_node)
+(vlib_main_t *vm, vlib_node_runtime_t *node, vlib_frame_t *frame)
 {
   vnet_main_t *vnm = vnet_get_main ();
+  vnet_interface_main_t *im = &vnm->interface_main;
+  vlib_combined_counter_main_t *ccm;
   vnet_hw_interface_t *hi;
+  vnet_sw_interface_t *si;
   vnet_interface_output_runtime_t *rt = (void *) node->runtime_data;
-  hi = vnet_get_sup_hw_interface (vnm, rt->sw_if_index);
+  vlib_buffer_t *bufs[VLIB_FRAME_SIZE];
+  u32 n_bytes, n_buffers = frame->n_vectors;
+  u32 config_index = ~0;
+  u32 sw_if_index = rt->sw_if_index;
+  u32 next_index = VNET_INTERFACE_OUTPUT_NEXT_TX;
+  u32 ti = vm->thread_index;
+  u8 arc = im->output_feature_arc_index;
+  int arc_or_subif = 0;
+  int do_tx_offloads = 0;
+  u32 *from;
+
+  if (node->flags & VLIB_NODE_FLAG_TRACE)
+    vnet_interface_output_trace (vm, node, frame, n_buffers);
 
-  vnet_interface_pcap_tx_trace (vm, node, frame,
-                               0 /* sw_if_index_from_buffer */ );
+  from = vlib_frame_vector_args (frame);
+
+  if (rt->is_deleted)
+    return vlib_error_drop_buffers (
+      vm, node, from,
+      /* buffer stride */ 1, n_buffers, VNET_INTERFACE_OUTPUT_NEXT_DROP,
+      node->node_index, VNET_INTERFACE_OUTPUT_ERROR_INTERFACE_DELETED);
+
+  vnet_interface_pcap_tx_trace (vm, node, frame, 0 /* in_interface_ouput */);
+
+  vlib_get_buffers (vm, from, bufs, n_buffers);
 
-  if (hi->flags & VNET_HW_INTERFACE_FLAG_SUPPORTS_TX_L4_CKSUM_OFFLOAD)
-    return vnet_interface_output_node_inline (vm, node, frame, vnm, hi,
-                                             /* do_tx_offloads */ 0);
+  si = vnet_get_sw_interface (vnm, sw_if_index);
+  hi = vnet_get_sup_hw_interface (vnm, sw_if_index);
+
+  if (!(si->flags & VNET_SW_INTERFACE_FLAG_ADMIN_UP) ||
+      !(hi->flags & VNET_HW_INTERFACE_FLAG_LINK_UP))
+    {
+      vlib_simple_counter_main_t *cm;
+
+      cm = vec_elt_at_index (vnm->interface_main.sw_if_counters,
+                            VNET_INTERFACE_COUNTER_TX_ERROR);
+      vlib_increment_simple_counter (cm, ti, sw_if_index, n_buffers);
+
+      return vlib_error_drop_buffers (
+       vm, node, from,
+       /* buffer stride */ 1, n_buffers, VNET_INTERFACE_OUTPUT_NEXT_DROP,
+       node->node_index, VNET_INTERFACE_OUTPUT_ERROR_INTERFACE_DOWN);
+    }
+
+  /* interface-output feature arc handling */
+  if (PREDICT_FALSE (vnet_have_features (arc, sw_if_index)))
+    {
+      vnet_feature_config_main_t *fcm;
+      fcm = vnet_feature_get_config_main (arc);
+      config_index = vnet_get_feature_config_index (arc, sw_if_index);
+      vnet_get_config_data (&fcm->config_main, &config_index, &next_index, 0);
+      arc_or_subif = 1;
+    }
+  else if (hash_elts (hi->sub_interface_sw_if_index_by_id))
+    arc_or_subif = 1;
+
+  ccm = im->combined_sw_if_counters + VNET_INTERFACE_COUNTER_TX;
+
+  /* if not all three flags IP4_,TCP_,UDP_CKSUM set, do compute them
+   * here before sending to the interface */
+  if ((hi->caps & VNET_HW_INTERFACE_CAP_SUPPORTS_TX_CKSUM) !=
+      VNET_HW_INTERFACE_CAP_SUPPORTS_TX_CKSUM)
+    do_tx_offloads = 1;
+
+  if (do_tx_offloads == 0 && arc_or_subif == 0)
+    n_bytes = vnet_interface_output_node_inline (
+      vm, sw_if_index, ccm, bufs, config_index, arc, n_buffers, 0, 0);
+  else if (do_tx_offloads == 0 && arc_or_subif == 1)
+    n_bytes = vnet_interface_output_node_inline (
+      vm, sw_if_index, ccm, bufs, config_index, arc, n_buffers, 0, 1);
+  else if (do_tx_offloads == 1 && arc_or_subif == 0)
+    n_bytes = vnet_interface_output_node_inline (
+      vm, sw_if_index, ccm, bufs, config_index, arc, n_buffers, 1, 0);
+  else
+    n_bytes = vnet_interface_output_node_inline (
+      vm, sw_if_index, ccm, bufs, config_index, arc, n_buffers, 1, 1);
+
+  from = vlib_frame_vector_args (frame);
+  if (PREDICT_TRUE (next_index == VNET_INTERFACE_OUTPUT_NEXT_TX))
+    {
+      enqueu_to_tx_node (vm, node, hi, from, frame->n_vectors);
+    }
   else
-    return vnet_interface_output_node_inline (vm, node, frame, vnm, hi,
-                                             /* do_tx_offloads */ 1);
+    {
+      vlib_buffer_enqueue_to_single_next (vm, node, from, next_index,
+                                         frame->n_vectors);
+    }
+
+  /* Update main interface stats. */
+  vlib_increment_combined_counter (ccm, ti, sw_if_index, n_buffers, n_bytes);
+  return n_buffers;
 }
-#endif /* CLIB_MARCH_VARIANT */
+
+VLIB_REGISTER_NODE (vnet_interface_output_node) = {
+  .name = "interface-output-template",
+  .vector_size = sizeof (u32),
+};
 
 /* Use buffer's sw_if_index[VNET_TX] to choose output interface. */
 VLIB_NODE_FN (vnet_per_buffer_interface_output_node) (vlib_main_t * vm,
@@ -554,8 +525,7 @@ VLIB_NODE_FN (vnet_per_buffer_interface_output_node) (vlib_main_t * vm,
   u32 n_left_to_next, *from, *to_next;
   u32 n_left_from, next_index;
 
-  vnet_interface_pcap_tx_trace (vm, node, frame,
-                               1 /* sw_if_index_from_buffer */ );
+  vnet_interface_pcap_tx_trace (vm, node, frame, 1 /* in_interface_ouput */);
 
   n_left_from = frame->n_vectors;
 
@@ -640,9 +610,13 @@ VLIB_NODE_FN (vnet_per_buffer_interface_output_node) (vlib_main_t * vm,
 typedef struct vnet_error_trace_t_
 {
   u32 sw_if_index;
+  i8 details_valid;
+  u8 is_ip6;
+  u8 pad[2];
+  u16 mactype;
+  ip46_address_t src, dst;
 } vnet_error_trace_t;
 
-
 static u8 *
 format_vnet_error_trace (u8 * s, va_list * va)
 {
@@ -650,9 +624,29 @@ format_vnet_error_trace (u8 * s, va_list * va)
   CLIB_UNUSED (vlib_node_t * node) = va_arg (*va, vlib_node_t *);
   vnet_error_trace_t *t = va_arg (*va, vnet_error_trace_t *);
 
-  s = format (s, "rx:%U", format_vnet_sw_if_index_name,
-             vnet_get_main (), t->sw_if_index);
-
+  /* Normal, non-catchup trace */
+  if (t->details_valid == 0)
+    {
+      s = format (s, "rx:%U", format_vnet_sw_if_index_name,
+                 vnet_get_main (), t->sw_if_index);
+    }
+  else if (t->details_valid == 1)
+    {
+      /* The trace capture code didn't understant the mactype */
+      s = format (s, "mactype 0x%4x (not decoded)", t->mactype);
+    }
+  else if (t->details_valid == 2)
+    {
+      /* Dump the src/dst addresses */
+      if (t->is_ip6 == 0)
+       s = format (s, "IP4: %U -> %U",
+                   format_ip4_address, &t->src.ip4,
+                   format_ip4_address, &t->dst.ip4);
+      else
+       s = format (s, "IP6: %U -> %U",
+                   format_ip6_address, &t->src.ip6,
+                   format_ip6_address, &t->dst.ip6);
+    }
   return s;
 }
 
@@ -683,13 +677,17 @@ interface_trace_buffers (vlib_main_t * vm,
 
       if (b0->flags & VLIB_BUFFER_IS_TRACED)
        {
-         t0 = vlib_add_trace (vm, node, b0, sizeof (t0[0]));
+         t0 = vlib_add_trace (vm, node, b0,
+                              STRUCT_OFFSET_OF (vnet_error_trace_t, pad));
          t0->sw_if_index = vnet_buffer (b0)->sw_if_index[VLIB_RX];
+         t0->details_valid = 0;
        }
       if (b1->flags & VLIB_BUFFER_IS_TRACED)
        {
-         t1 = vlib_add_trace (vm, node, b1, sizeof (t1[0]));
+         t1 = vlib_add_trace (vm, node, b1,
+                              STRUCT_OFFSET_OF (vnet_error_trace_t, pad));
          t1->sw_if_index = vnet_buffer (b1)->sw_if_index[VLIB_RX];
+         t1->details_valid = 0;
        }
       buffers += 2;
       n_left -= 2;
@@ -707,8 +705,10 @@ interface_trace_buffers (vlib_main_t * vm,
 
       if (b0->flags & VLIB_BUFFER_IS_TRACED)
        {
-         t0 = vlib_add_trace (vm, node, b0, sizeof (t0[0]));
+         t0 = vlib_add_trace (vm, node, b0,
+                              STRUCT_OFFSET_OF (vnet_error_trace_t, pad));
          t0->sw_if_index = vnet_buffer (b0)->sw_if_index[VLIB_RX];
+         t0->details_valid = 0;
        }
       buffers += 1;
       n_left -= 1;
@@ -722,6 +722,56 @@ typedef enum
   VNET_ERROR_N_DISPOSITION,
 } vnet_error_disposition_t;
 
+static void
+drop_catchup_trace (vlib_main_t * vm,
+                   vlib_node_runtime_t * node, vlib_buffer_t * b)
+{
+  /* Can we safely rewind the buffer? If not, fagedaboudit */
+  if (b->flags & VNET_BUFFER_F_L2_HDR_OFFSET_VALID)
+    {
+      vnet_error_trace_t *t;
+      ip4_header_t *ip4;
+      ip6_header_t *ip6;
+      ethernet_header_t *eh;
+      i16 delta;
+
+      t = vlib_add_trace (vm, node, b, sizeof (*t));
+      delta = vnet_buffer (b)->l2_hdr_offset - b->current_data;
+      vlib_buffer_advance (b, delta);
+
+      eh = vlib_buffer_get_current (b);
+      /* Save mactype */
+      t->mactype = clib_net_to_host_u16 (eh->type);
+      t->details_valid = 1;
+      switch (t->mactype)
+       {
+       case ETHERNET_TYPE_IP4:
+         ip4 = (void *) (eh + 1);
+         t->details_valid = 2;
+         t->is_ip6 = 0;
+         t->src.ip4.as_u32 = ip4->src_address.as_u32;
+         t->dst.ip4.as_u32 = ip4->dst_address.as_u32;
+         break;
+
+       case ETHERNET_TYPE_IP6:
+         ip6 = (void *) (eh + 1);
+         t->details_valid = 2;
+         t->is_ip6 = 1;
+         clib_memcpy_fast (t->src.as_u8, ip6->src_address.as_u8,
+                           sizeof (ip6_address_t));
+         clib_memcpy_fast (t->dst.as_u8, ip6->dst_address.as_u8,
+                           sizeof (ip6_address_t));
+         break;
+
+       default:
+         /* Dunno, do nothing, leave details_valid alone */
+         break;
+       }
+      /* Restore current data (probably unnecessary) */
+      vlib_buffer_advance (b, -delta);
+    }
+}
+
 static_always_inline uword
 interface_drop_punt (vlib_main_t * vm,
                     vlib_node_runtime_t * node,
@@ -733,6 +783,7 @@ interface_drop_punt (vlib_main_t * vm,
   u32 sw_if_indices[VLIB_FRAME_SIZE];
   vlib_simple_counter_main_t *cm;
   u16 nexts[VLIB_FRAME_SIZE];
+  u32 n_trace;
   vnet_main_t *vnm;
 
   vnm = vnet_get_main ();
@@ -744,6 +795,41 @@ interface_drop_punt (vlib_main_t * vm,
 
   vlib_get_buffers (vm, from, bufs, n_left);
 
+  /* "trace add error-drop NNN?" */
+  if (PREDICT_FALSE ((n_trace = vlib_get_trace_count (vm, node))))
+    {
+      /* If pkts aren't otherwise traced... */
+      if ((node->flags & VLIB_NODE_FLAG_TRACE) == 0)
+       {
+         /* Trace them from here */
+         node->flags |= VLIB_NODE_FLAG_TRACE;
+         while (n_trace && n_left)
+           {
+             if (PREDICT_TRUE
+                 (vlib_trace_buffer (vm, node, 0 /* next_index */ , b[0],
+                                     0 /* follow chain */ )))
+               {
+                 /*
+                  * Here we have a wireshark dissector problem.
+                  * Packets may be well-formed, or not. We
+                  * must not blow chunks in any case.
+                  *
+                  * Try to produce trace records which will help
+                  * folks understand what's going on.
+                  */
+                 drop_catchup_trace (vm, node, b[0]);
+                 n_trace--;
+               }
+             n_left--;
+             b++;
+           }
+       }
+
+      vlib_set_trace_count (vm, node, n_trace);
+      b = bufs;
+      n_left = frame->n_vectors;
+    }
+
   if (node->flags & VLIB_NODE_FLAG_TRACE)
     interface_trace_buffers (vm, node, frame);
 
@@ -826,8 +912,6 @@ pcap_drop_trace (vlib_main_t * vm,
   i16 save_current_data;
   u16 save_current_length;
   vlib_error_main_t *em = &vm->error_main;
-  int do_trace = 0;
-
 
   from = vlib_frame_vector_args (f);
 
@@ -849,97 +933,86 @@ pcap_drop_trace (vlib_main_t * vm,
          && hash_get (im->pcap_drop_filter_hash, b0->error))
        continue;
 
-      do_trace = (pp->pcap_sw_if_index == 0) ||
-       pp->pcap_sw_if_index == vnet_buffer (b0)->sw_if_index[VLIB_RX];
+      if (!vnet_is_packet_pcaped (pp, b0, ~0))
+       continue; /* not matching, skip */
 
-      if (PREDICT_FALSE
-         (do_trace == 0 && pp->filter_classify_table_index != ~0))
+      /* Trace all drops, or drops received on a specific interface */
+      save_current_data = b0->current_data;
+      save_current_length = b0->current_length;
+
+      /*
+       * Typically, we'll need to rewind the buffer
+       * if l2_hdr_offset is valid, make sure to rewind to the start of
+       * the L2 header. This may not be the buffer start in case we pop-ed
+       * vlan tags.
+       * Otherwise, rewind to buffer start and hope for the best.
+       */
+      if (b0->flags & VNET_BUFFER_F_L2_HDR_OFFSET_VALID)
        {
-         do_trace = vnet_is_packet_traced_inline
-           (b0, pp->filter_classify_table_index, 0 /* full classify */ );
+         if (b0->current_data > vnet_buffer (b0)->l2_hdr_offset)
+           vlib_buffer_advance (b0, vnet_buffer (b0)->l2_hdr_offset -
+                                      b0->current_data);
        }
-
-      /* Trace all drops, or drops received on a specific interface */
-      if (do_trace)
+      else if (b0->current_data > 0)
        {
-         save_current_data = b0->current_data;
-         save_current_length = b0->current_length;
-
-         /*
-          * Typically, we'll need to rewind the buffer
-          * if l2_hdr_offset is valid, make sure to rewind to the start of
-          * the L2 header. This may not be the buffer start in case we pop-ed
-          * vlan tags.
-          * Otherwise, rewind to buffer start and hope for the best.
-          */
-         if (b0->flags & VNET_BUFFER_F_L2_HDR_OFFSET_VALID)
-           {
-             if (b0->current_data > vnet_buffer (b0)->l2_hdr_offset)
-               vlib_buffer_advance (b0,
-                                    vnet_buffer (b0)->l2_hdr_offset -
-                                    b0->current_data);
-           }
-         else if (b0->current_data > 0)
-           vlib_buffer_advance (b0, (word) - b0->current_data);
+         vlib_buffer_advance (b0, (word) -b0->current_data);
+       }
 
+      {
+       vlib_buffer_t *last = b0;
+       u32 error_node_index;
+       int drop_string_len;
+       vlib_node_t *n;
+       /* Length of the error string */
+       int error_string_len =
+         clib_strnlen (em->counters_heap[b0->error].name, 128);
+
+       /* Dig up the drop node */
+       error_node_index = vm->node_main.node_by_error[b0->error];
+       n = vlib_get_node (vm, error_node_index);
+
+       /* Length of full drop string, w/ "nodename: " prepended */
+       drop_string_len = error_string_len + vec_len (n->name) + 2;
+
+       /* Find the last buffer in the chain */
+       while (last->flags & VLIB_BUFFER_NEXT_PRESENT)
+         last = vlib_get_buffer (vm, last->next_buffer);
+
+       /*
+        * Append <nodename>: <error-string> to the capture,
+        * only if we can do that without allocating a new buffer.
+        */
+       if (PREDICT_TRUE ((last->current_data + last->current_length) <
+                         (VLIB_BUFFER_DEFAULT_DATA_SIZE - drop_string_len)))
          {
-           vlib_buffer_t *last = b0;
-           u32 error_node_index;
-           int drop_string_len;
-           vlib_node_t *n;
-           /* Length of the error string */
-           int error_string_len =
-             clib_strnlen (em->error_strings_heap[b0->error], 128);
-
-           /* Dig up the drop node */
-           error_node_index = vm->node_main.node_by_error[b0->error];
-           n = vlib_get_node (vm, error_node_index);
-
-           /* Length of full drop string, w/ "nodename: " prepended */
-           drop_string_len = error_string_len + vec_len (n->name) + 2;
-
-           /* Find the last buffer in the chain */
-           while (last->flags & VLIB_BUFFER_NEXT_PRESENT)
-             last = vlib_get_buffer (vm, last->next_buffer);
-
-           /*
-            * Append <nodename>: <error-string> to the capture,
-            * only if we can do that without allocating a new buffer.
-            */
-           if (PREDICT_TRUE ((last->current_data + last->current_length)
-                             < (VLIB_BUFFER_DEFAULT_DATA_SIZE
-                                - drop_string_len)))
-             {
-               clib_memcpy_fast (last->data + last->current_data +
-                                 last->current_length, n->name,
-                                 vec_len (n->name));
-               clib_memcpy_fast (last->data + last->current_data +
-                                 last->current_length + vec_len (n->name),
-                                 ": ", 2);
-               clib_memcpy_fast (last->data + last->current_data +
-                                 last->current_length + vec_len (n->name) +
-                                 2, em->error_strings_heap[b0->error],
-                                 error_string_len);
-               last->current_length += drop_string_len;
-               b0->flags &= ~(VLIB_BUFFER_TOTAL_LENGTH_VALID);
-               pcap_add_buffer (&pp->pcap_main, vm, bi0,
-                                pp->max_bytes_per_pkt);
-               last->current_length -= drop_string_len;
-               b0->current_data = save_current_data;
-               b0->current_length = save_current_length;
-               continue;
-             }
+           clib_memcpy_fast (last->data + last->current_data +
+                               last->current_length,
+                             n->name, vec_len (n->name));
+           clib_memcpy_fast (last->data + last->current_data +
+                               last->current_length + vec_len (n->name),
+                             ": ", 2);
+           clib_memcpy_fast (last->data + last->current_data +
+                               last->current_length + vec_len (n->name) + 2,
+                             em->counters_heap[b0->error].name,
+                             error_string_len);
+           last->current_length += drop_string_len;
+           b0->flags &= ~(VLIB_BUFFER_TOTAL_LENGTH_VALID);
+           pcap_add_buffer (&pp->pcap_main, vm, bi0, pp->max_bytes_per_pkt);
+           last->current_length -= drop_string_len;
+           b0->current_data = save_current_data;
+           b0->current_length = save_current_length;
+           continue;
          }
+      }
 
-         /*
-          * Didn't have space in the last buffer, here's the dropped
-          * packet as-is
-          */
-         pcap_add_buffer (&pp->pcap_main, vm, bi0, pp->max_bytes_per_pkt);
+      /*
+       * Didn't have space in the last buffer, here's the dropped
+       * packet as-is
+       */
+      pcap_add_buffer (&pp->pcap_main, vm, bi0, pp->max_bytes_per_pkt);
 
-         b0->current_data = save_current_data;
-         b0->current_length = save_current_length;
-       }
+      b0->current_data = save_current_data;
+      b0->current_length = save_current_length;
     }
 }
 
@@ -963,8 +1036,9 @@ VLIB_NODE_FN (interface_drop) (vlib_main_t * vm,
                               vlib_node_runtime_t * node,
                               vlib_frame_t * frame)
 {
+  vnet_main_t *vnm = vnet_get_main ();
   vnet_interface_main_t *im = &vnet_get_main ()->interface_main;
-  vnet_pcap_t *pp = &vlib_global_main.pcap;
+  vnet_pcap_t *pp = &vnm->pcap;
 
   if (PREDICT_FALSE (pp->pcap_drop_enable))
     pcap_drop_trace (vm, im, pp, frame);
@@ -984,6 +1058,7 @@ VLIB_REGISTER_NODE (interface_drop) = {
   .name = "error-drop",
   .vector_size = sizeof (u32),
   .format_trace = format_vnet_error_trace,
+  .flags = VLIB_NODE_FLAG_TRACE_SUPPORTED,
   .n_next_nodes = 1,
   .next_nodes = {
     [0] = "drop",
@@ -996,6 +1071,7 @@ VLIB_REGISTER_NODE (interface_punt) = {
   .name = "error-punt",
   .vector_size = sizeof (u32),
   .format_trace = format_vnet_error_trace,
+  .flags = VLIB_NODE_FLAG_TRACE_SUPPORTED,
   .n_next_nodes = 1,
   .next_nodes = {
     [0] = "punt",
@@ -1003,63 +1079,149 @@ VLIB_REGISTER_NODE (interface_punt) = {
 };
 /* *INDENT-ON* */
 
-/* *INDENT-OFF* */
 VLIB_REGISTER_NODE (vnet_per_buffer_interface_output_node) = {
   .name = "interface-output",
   .vector_size = sizeof (u32),
 };
-/* *INDENT-ON* */
 
-static uword
-interface_tx_node_fn (vlib_main_t * vm, vlib_node_runtime_t * node,
-                     vlib_frame_t * from_frame)
+VLIB_NODE_FN (vnet_interface_output_arc_end_node)
+(vlib_main_t *vm, vlib_node_runtime_t *node, vlib_frame_t *frame)
 {
   vnet_main_t *vnm = vnet_get_main ();
-  u32 last_sw_if_index = ~0;
-  vlib_frame_t *to_frame = 0;
-  vnet_hw_interface_t *hw = 0;
-  u32 *from, *to_next = 0;
-  u32 n_left_from;
-
-  from = vlib_frame_vector_args (from_frame);
-  n_left_from = from_frame->n_vectors;
-  while (n_left_from > 0)
+  vnet_interface_main_t *im = &vnm->interface_main;
+  vnet_hw_if_output_node_runtime_t *r = 0;
+  vnet_hw_interface_t *hi;
+  vnet_hw_if_tx_frame_t *tf;
+  vlib_buffer_t *bufs[VLIB_FRAME_SIZE], **b = bufs;
+  u32 sw_if_indices[VLIB_FRAME_SIZE], *sw_if_index = sw_if_indices;
+  u64 used_elts[VLIB_FRAME_SIZE / 64] = {};
+  u64 mask[VLIB_FRAME_SIZE / 64] = {};
+  u32 *tmp, *from, n_left, n_free, n_comp, *to, swif, off;
+  u16 next_index;
+  vlib_frame_t *f;
+
+  from = vlib_frame_vector_args (frame);
+  n_left = frame->n_vectors;
+  vlib_get_buffers (vm, from, bufs, n_left);
+
+  while (n_left >= 8)
     {
-      u32 bi0;
-      vlib_buffer_t *b0;
-      u32 sw_if_index0;
+      vlib_prefetch_buffer_header (b[4], LOAD);
+      vlib_prefetch_buffer_header (b[5], LOAD);
+      vlib_prefetch_buffer_header (b[6], LOAD);
+      vlib_prefetch_buffer_header (b[7], LOAD);
+      sw_if_index[0] = vnet_buffer (b[0])->sw_if_index[VLIB_TX];
+      sw_if_index[1] = vnet_buffer (b[1])->sw_if_index[VLIB_TX];
+      sw_if_index[2] = vnet_buffer (b[2])->sw_if_index[VLIB_TX];
+      sw_if_index[3] = vnet_buffer (b[3])->sw_if_index[VLIB_TX];
 
-      bi0 = from[0];
-      from++;
-      n_left_from--;
-      b0 = vlib_get_buffer (vm, bi0);
-      sw_if_index0 = vnet_buffer (b0)->sw_if_index[VLIB_TX];
+      b += 4;
+      sw_if_index += 4;
+      n_left -= 4;
+    }
 
-      if (PREDICT_FALSE ((last_sw_if_index != sw_if_index0) || to_frame == 0))
+  while (n_left)
+    {
+      sw_if_index[0] = vnet_buffer (b[0])->sw_if_index[VLIB_TX];
+      b++;
+      sw_if_index++;
+      n_left--;
+    }
+
+  n_left = frame->n_vectors;
+  swif = sw_if_indices[0];
+  off = 0;
+
+  /* a bit ugly but it allows us to reuse stack space for temporary store
+   * which may also improve memory latency */
+  tmp = (u32 *) bufs;
+
+more:
+  next_index = vec_elt (im->if_out_arc_end_next_index_by_sw_if_index, swif);
+  hi = vnet_get_sup_hw_interface (vnm, swif);
+  if (hi->output_node_thread_runtimes)
+    r = vec_elt_at_index (hi->output_node_thread_runtimes, vm->thread_index);
+  f = vlib_get_next_frame_internal (vm, node, next_index, 0);
+  tf = vlib_frame_scalar_args (f);
+
+  if (f->n_vectors > 0 && (r == 0 || r->frame.queue_id == tf->queue_id))
+    {
+      /* append frame */
+      n_free = VLIB_FRAME_SIZE - f->n_vectors;
+      if (n_free >= f->n_vectors)
+       to = (u32 *) vlib_frame_vector_args (f) + f->n_vectors;
+      else
+       to = tmp;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      if (f->n_vectors > 0)
        {
-         if (to_frame)
-           {
-             hw = vnet_get_sup_hw_interface (vnm, last_sw_if_index);
-             vlib_put_frame_to_node (vm, hw->tx_node_index, to_frame);
-           }
-         last_sw_if_index = sw_if_index0;
-         hw = vnet_get_sup_hw_interface (vnm, sw_if_index0);
-         to_frame = vlib_get_frame_to_node (vm, hw->tx_node_index);
-         to_next = vlib_frame_vector_args (to_frame);
+         /* current frame doesn't fit - grab empty one */
+         f = vlib_get_next_frame_internal (vm, node, next_index, 1);
+         tf = vlib_frame_scalar_args (f);
        }
 
-      to_next[0] = bi0;
-      to_next++;
-      to_frame->n_vectors++;
+      /* empty frame - store scalar data */
+      store_tx_frame_scalar_data (r, tf);
+      n_free = VLIB_FRAME_SIZE;
+      to = vlib_frame_vector_args (f);
     }
-  vlib_put_frame_to_node (vm, hw->tx_node_index, to_frame);
-  return from_frame->n_vectors;
+
+  /* compare and compress based on comparison mask */
+  clib_mask_compare_u32 (swif, sw_if_indices, mask, frame->n_vectors);
+  n_comp = clib_compress_u32 (to, from, mask, frame->n_vectors);
+
+  if (tmp != to)
+    {
+      /* indices already written to frame, just close it */
+      vlib_put_next_frame (vm, node, next_index, n_free - n_comp);
+    }
+  else if (n_free >= n_comp)
+    {
+      /* enough space in the existing frame */
+      to = (u32 *) vlib_frame_vector_args (f) + f->n_vectors;
+      vlib_buffer_copy_indices (to, tmp, n_comp);
+      vlib_put_next_frame (vm, node, next_index, n_free - n_comp);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      /* full frame */
+      to = (u32 *) vlib_frame_vector_args (f) + f->n_vectors;
+      vlib_buffer_copy_indices (to, tmp, n_free);
+      vlib_put_next_frame (vm, node, next_index, 0);
+
+      /* second frame */
+      u32 n_frame2 = n_comp - n_free;
+      f = vlib_get_next_frame_internal (vm, node, next_index, 1);
+      to = vlib_frame_vector_args (f);
+      vlib_buffer_copy_indices (to, tmp + n_free, n_frame2);
+      tf = vlib_frame_scalar_args (f);
+      store_tx_frame_scalar_data (r, tf);
+      vlib_put_next_frame (vm, node, next_index, VLIB_FRAME_SIZE - n_frame2);
+    }
+
+  n_left -= n_comp;
+  if (n_left)
+    {
+      /* store comparison mask so we can find next unused element */
+      for (int i = 0; i < ARRAY_LEN (used_elts); i++)
+       used_elts[i] |= mask[i];
+
+      /* fine first unused sw_if_index by scanning trough used_elts bitmap */
+      while (PREDICT_FALSE (used_elts[off] == ~0))
+       off++;
+
+      swif =
+       sw_if_indices[(off << 6) + count_trailing_zeros (~used_elts[off])];
+      goto more;
+    }
+
+  return frame->n_vectors;
 }
 
-/* *INDENT-OFF* */
-VLIB_REGISTER_NODE (interface_tx) = {
-  .function = interface_tx_node_fn,
-  .name = "interface-tx",
+VLIB_REGISTER_NODE (vnet_interface_output_arc_end_node) = {
+  .name = "interface-output-arc-end",
   .vector_size = sizeof (u32),
   .n_next_nodes = 1,
   .next_nodes = {
@@ -1067,32 +1229,30 @@ VLIB_REGISTER_NODE (interface_tx) = {
   },
 };
 
-VNET_FEATURE_ARC_INIT (interface_output, static) =
-{
-  .arc_name  = "interface-output",
+VNET_FEATURE_ARC_INIT (interface_output, static) = {
+  .arc_name = "interface-output",
   .start_nodes = VNET_FEATURES (0),
-  .last_in_arc = "interface-tx",
+  .last_in_arc = "interface-output-arc-end",
   .arc_index_ptr = &vnet_main.interface_main.output_feature_arc_index,
 };
 
 VNET_FEATURE_INIT (span_tx, static) = {
   .arc_name = "interface-output",
   .node_name = "span-output",
-  .runs_before = VNET_FEATURES ("interface-tx"),
+  .runs_before = VNET_FEATURES ("interface-output-arc-end"),
 };
 
 VNET_FEATURE_INIT (ipsec_if_tx, static) = {
   .arc_name = "interface-output",
   .node_name = "ipsec-if-output",
-  .runs_before = VNET_FEATURES ("interface-tx"),
+  .runs_before = VNET_FEATURES ("interface-output-arc-end"),
 };
 
-VNET_FEATURE_INIT (interface_tx, static) = {
+VNET_FEATURE_INIT (interface_output_arc_end, static) = {
   .arc_name = "interface-output",
-  .node_name = "interface-tx",
+  .node_name = "interface-output-arc-end",
   .runs_before = 0,
 };
-/* *INDENT-ON* */
 
 #ifndef CLIB_MARCH_VARIANT
 clib_error_t *