Hi Jay Wang,

Thank you so much, I will give a try with the patch and let you know
the result.

Thanks,
Nousi

On Thu, 20 Nov 2025 at 03:15, Jay Wang <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Nousi,
>
>
>
> I can confirm that I was able to reproduce your issue in my local test
> environment(*Ampere Altra Max 96 Cores* with *the Intel E810-C 2x ports
> NIC*).
>
> The issue also persists in the latest VPP codebase, so I spent some time
> investigating it.
>
> From what I observed, commit[1] appears to be the root cause. This commit
> introduces NEON intrinsics to add support for the IAVF Rx vector path on
> Arm platforms in DPDK.
>
> I don’t want to bother you with the implementation details of the Rx
> vector function[2]. But in short, the issue occurs because the function
> writes the *pkt_len* field to the wrong location in the *rte_mbuf* when
> copying from the hardware descriptor.
>
> I’ve created a quick workaround for VPP 25.02(see attached patch) and
> tested it with 64B/1024B packets. It seems to work fine. Please give it a
> try and let me know if it resolves the issue on your side.
>
>
>
> VPP 25.02 works fine on X86 systems because it uses a different Rx vector
> code path.
>
> Interestingly, I observed a similar packet length issue when testing the
> X86 counterpart of Rx vector code path[3].
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jay Wang
>
>
>
> [1] https://gerrit.fd.io/r/c/vpp/+/37017
>
> [2]
> https://github.com/DPDK/dpdk/blob/main/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_rxtx_vec_neon.c#L144
>
> [3]
> https://github.com/DPDK/dpdk/blob/main/drivers/net/intel/iavf/iavf_rxtx_vec_sse.c#L391
>
> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *nousi
> via lists.fd.io
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 11, 2025 2:22 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [vpp-dev] [VPP 25.02 | ARM64 | E810-C | IAVF] Packets showing
> length 65535 in DPDK input node (works fine on VPP 22.02)
>
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I’m seeing a packet length issue after upgrading to *VPP 25.02* on *ARM64
> (Ampere® Altra® Q64-30 @ 3.0GHz)* with an *Intel E810-C (4x ports)* NIC
> using the *IAVF driver*.
>
> All packets received in the *dpdk-input node* show a *length of 65535
> bytes*, which is clearly incorrect. This is visible in both *trace* and *
> pcap* captures.
>
> Here’s what I’ve observed so far:
>
>    - The issue only appears with *VPP 25.02* on *ARM64*.
>    - The *same platform (hardware + NIC)* works perfectly with *VPP 22.02*
>    — packet lengths are reported correctly.
>    - On *X86 *systems, *VPP 25.02* also works fine (no packet length
>    issue).
>    - So it seems specific to *VPP 25.02 + ARM64 + IAVF driver*
>    combination.
>
> *Setup details:*
>
>    - *CPU:* Ampere® Altra® Q64-30 (ARM64)
>    - *NIC:* Intel E810-C (4 ports)
>    - *Driver:* IAVF (DPDK)
>    - *VPP version:* 25.02
>    - *Symptom:* All packets show length = 65535 in dpdk-input node
>
> Has anyone else seen this behavior or is aware of any related changes in *
> VPP 25.02* or the * IAVF/DPDK layer* for ARM64?
> Would appreciate any pointers, patches, or debug hints — especially if
> someone has tested E810/IAVF on ARM with newer VPP versions.
>
> Thanks a lot in advance!
>
> *Nousi.*
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