diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 4347555..0595239 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -496,6 +496,10 @@ F: drivers/raw/skeleton/
 F: app/test/test_rawdev.c
 F: doc/guides/prog_guide/rawdev.rst
 
+DMA device API - EXPERIMENTAL
+M: Chengwen Feng <fengchengwen@huawei.com>
+F: lib/dmadev/
+
 
 Memory Pool Drivers
 -------------------
diff --git a/config/rte_config.h b/config/rte_config.h
index 590903c..331a431 100644
--- a/config/rte_config.h
+++ b/config/rte_config.h
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@
 /* rawdev defines */
 #define RTE_RAWDEV_MAX_DEVS 64
 
+/* dmadev defines */
+#define RTE_DMADEV_MAX_DEVS 64
+
 /* ip_fragmentation defines */
 #define RTE_LIBRTE_IP_FRAG_MAX_FRAG 4
 #undef RTE_LIBRTE_IP_FRAG_TBL_STAT
diff --git a/lib/dmadev/meson.build b/lib/dmadev/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c918dae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/dmadev/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright(c) 2021 HiSilicon Limited.
+
+sources = files('rte_dmadev.c')
+headers = files('rte_dmadev.h', 'rte_dmadev_pmd.h')
+indirect_headers += files('rte_dmadev_core.h')
diff --git a/lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev.c b/lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a29abb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev.c
@@ -0,0 +1,560 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 HiSilicon Limited.
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 Intel Corporation.
+ */
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <rte_debug.h>
+#include <rte_dev.h>
+#include <rte_eal.h>
+#include <rte_errno.h>
+#include <rte_lcore.h>
+#include <rte_log.h>
+#include <rte_memory.h>
+#include <rte_memzone.h>
+#include <rte_malloc.h>
+#include <rte_string_fns.h>
+
+#include "rte_dmadev.h"
+#include "rte_dmadev_pmd.h"
+
+RTE_LOG_REGISTER(rte_dmadev_logtype, lib.dmadev, INFO);
+
+struct rte_dmadev rte_dmadevices[RTE_DMADEV_MAX_DEVS];
+
+static const char *MZ_RTE_DMADEV_DATA = "rte_dmadev_data";
+/* Shared memory between primary and secondary processes. */
+static struct {
+	struct rte_dmadev_data data[RTE_DMADEV_MAX_DEVS];
+} *dmadev_shared_data;
+
+static int
+dmadev_check_name(const char *name)
+{
+	size_t name_len;
+
+	if (name == NULL) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR, "Name can't be NULL\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	name_len = strnlen(name, RTE_DMADEV_NAME_MAX_LEN);
+	if (name_len == 0) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR, "Zero length DMA device name\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (name_len >= RTE_DMADEV_NAME_MAX_LEN) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR, "DMA device name is too long\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static uint16_t
+dmadev_find_free_dev(void)
+{
+	uint16_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < RTE_DMADEV_MAX_DEVS; i++) {
+		if (dmadev_shared_data->data[i].dev_name[0] == '\0') {
+			RTE_ASSERT(rte_dmadevices[i].attached == 0);
+			return i;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return RTE_DMADEV_MAX_DEVS;
+}
+
+static struct rte_dmadev*
+dmadev_allocated(const char *name)
+{
+	uint16_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < RTE_DMADEV_MAX_DEVS; i++) {
+		if ((rte_dmadevices[i].attached == 1) &&
+		    (!strcmp(name, rte_dmadevices[i].data->dev_name)))
+			return &rte_dmadevices[i];
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static int
+dmadev_shared_data_prepare(void)
+{
+	const struct rte_memzone *mz;
+
+	if (dmadev_shared_data == NULL) {
+		if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY) {
+			/* Allocate port data and ownership shared memory. */
+			mz = rte_memzone_reserve(MZ_RTE_DMADEV_DATA,
+					 sizeof(*dmadev_shared_data),
+					 rte_socket_id(), 0);
+		} else {
+			mz = rte_memzone_lookup(MZ_RTE_DMADEV_DATA);
+		}
+		if (mz == NULL)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		dmadev_shared_data = mz->addr;
+		if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY)
+			memset(dmadev_shared_data->data, 0,
+			       sizeof(dmadev_shared_data->data));
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct rte_dmadev *
+dmadev_allocate(const char *name)
+{
+	struct rte_dmadev *dev;
+	uint16_t dev_id;
+
+	dev = dmadev_allocated(name);
+	if (dev != NULL) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR, "DMA device already allocated\n");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	dev_id = dmadev_find_free_dev();
+	if (dev_id == RTE_DMADEV_MAX_DEVS) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR, "Reached maximum number of DMA devices\n");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (dmadev_shared_data_prepare() != 0) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR, "Cannot allocate DMA shared data\n");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	dev = &rte_dmadevices[dev_id];
+	dev->data = &dmadev_shared_data->data[dev_id];
+	dev->data->dev_id = dev_id;
+	strlcpy(dev->data->dev_name, name, sizeof(dev->data->dev_name));
+
+	return dev;
+}
+
+static struct rte_dmadev *
+dmadev_attach_secondary(const char *name)
+{
+	struct rte_dmadev *dev;
+	uint16_t i;
+
+	if (dmadev_shared_data_prepare() != 0) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR, "Cannot allocate DMA shared data\n");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < RTE_DMADEV_MAX_DEVS; i++) {
+		if (!strcmp(dmadev_shared_data->data[i].dev_name, name))
+			break;
+	}
+	if (i == RTE_DMADEV_MAX_DEVS) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR,
+			"Device %s is not driven by the primary process\n",
+			name);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	dev = &rte_dmadevices[i];
+	dev->data = &dmadev_shared_data->data[i];
+	RTE_ASSERT(dev->data->dev_id == i);
+
+	return dev;
+}
+
+struct rte_dmadev *
+rte_dmadev_pmd_allocate(const char *name)
+{
+	struct rte_dmadev *dev;
+
+	if (dmadev_check_name(name) != 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY)
+		dev = dmadev_allocate(name);
+	else
+		dev = dmadev_attach_secondary(name);
+
+	if (dev == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+	dev->attached = 1;
+
+	return dev;
+}
+
+int
+rte_dmadev_pmd_release(struct rte_dmadev *dev)
+{
+	if (dev == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (dev->attached == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY) {
+		rte_free(dev->data->dev_private);
+		memset(dev->data, 0, sizeof(struct rte_dmadev_data));
+	}
+
+	memset(dev, 0, sizeof(struct rte_dmadev));
+	dev->attached = 0;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+struct rte_dmadev *
+rte_dmadev_get_device_by_name(const char *name)
+{
+	if (dmadev_check_name(name) != 0)
+		return NULL;
+	return dmadev_allocated(name);
+}
+
+bool
+rte_dmadev_is_valid_dev(uint16_t dev_id)
+{
+	if (dev_id >= RTE_DMADEV_MAX_DEVS ||
+	    rte_dmadevices[dev_id].attached == 0)
+		return false;
+	return true;
+}
+
+uint16_t
+rte_dmadev_count(void)
+{
+	uint16_t count = 0;
+	uint16_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < RTE_DMADEV_MAX_DEVS; i++) {
+		if (rte_dmadevices[i].attached == 1)
+			count++;
+	}
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+int
+rte_dmadev_info_get(uint16_t dev_id, struct rte_dmadev_info *dev_info)
+{
+	struct rte_dmadev *dev;
+	int ret;
+
+	RTE_DMADEV_VALID_DEV_ID_OR_ERR_RET(dev_id, -EINVAL);
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(dev_info, -EINVAL);
+
+	dev = &rte_dmadevices[dev_id];
+
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*dev->dev_ops->dev_info_get, -ENOTSUP);
+	memset(dev_info, 0, sizeof(struct rte_dmadev_info));
+	ret = (*dev->dev_ops->dev_info_get)(dev, dev_info);
+	if (ret != 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	dev_info->device = dev->device;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+rte_dmadev_configure(uint16_t dev_id, const struct rte_dmadev_conf *dev_conf)
+{
+	struct rte_dmadev_info info;
+	struct rte_dmadev *dev;
+	int ret;
+
+	RTE_DMADEV_VALID_DEV_ID_OR_ERR_RET(dev_id, -EINVAL);
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(dev_conf, -EINVAL);
+	dev = &rte_dmadevices[dev_id];
+
+	ret = rte_dmadev_info_get(dev_id, &info);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR, "Device %u get device info fail\n", dev_id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (dev_conf->max_vchans > info.max_vchans) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR,
+			"Device %u configure too many vchans\n", dev_id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (dev_conf->enable_mt_vchan &&
+	    !(info.dev_capa & RTE_DMA_DEV_CAPA_MT_VCHAN)) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR,
+			"Device %u don't support MT-safe vchan\n", dev_id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (dev_conf->enable_mt_multi_vchan &&
+	    !(info.dev_capa & RTE_DMA_DEV_CAPA_MT_MULTI_VCHAN)) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR,
+			"Device %u don't support MT-safe multiple vchan\n",
+			dev_id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (dev->data->dev_started != 0) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR,
+			"Device %u must be stopped to allow configuration\n",
+			dev_id);
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*dev->dev_ops->dev_configure, -ENOTSUP);
+	ret = (*dev->dev_ops->dev_configure)(dev, dev_conf);
+	if (ret == 0)
+		memcpy(&dev->data->dev_conf, dev_conf, sizeof(*dev_conf));
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int
+rte_dmadev_start(uint16_t dev_id)
+{
+	struct rte_dmadev *dev;
+	int ret;
+
+	RTE_DMADEV_VALID_DEV_ID_OR_ERR_RET(dev_id, -EINVAL);
+	dev = &rte_dmadevices[dev_id];
+
+	if (dev->data->dev_started != 0) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR, "Device %u already started\n", dev_id);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (dev->dev_ops->dev_start == NULL)
+		goto mark_started;
+
+	ret = (*dev->dev_ops->dev_start)(dev);
+	if (ret != 0)
+		return ret;
+
+mark_started:
+	dev->data->dev_started = 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+rte_dmadev_stop(uint16_t dev_id)
+{
+	struct rte_dmadev *dev;
+	int ret;
+
+	RTE_DMADEV_VALID_DEV_ID_OR_ERR_RET(dev_id, -EINVAL);
+	dev = &rte_dmadevices[dev_id];
+
+	if (dev->data->dev_started == 0) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR, "Device %u already stopped\n", dev_id);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (dev->dev_ops->dev_stop == NULL)
+		goto mark_stopped;
+
+	ret = (*dev->dev_ops->dev_stop)(dev);
+	if (ret != 0)
+		return ret;
+
+mark_stopped:
+	dev->data->dev_started = 0;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+rte_dmadev_close(uint16_t dev_id)
+{
+	struct rte_dmadev *dev;
+
+	RTE_DMADEV_VALID_DEV_ID_OR_ERR_RET(dev_id, -EINVAL);
+	dev = &rte_dmadevices[dev_id];
+
+	/* Device must be stopped before it can be closed */
+	if (dev->data->dev_started == 1) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR,
+			"Device %u must be stopped before closing\n", dev_id);
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*dev->dev_ops->dev_close, -ENOTSUP);
+	return (*dev->dev_ops->dev_close)(dev);
+}
+
+int
+rte_dmadev_reset(uint16_t dev_id)
+{
+	struct rte_dmadev *dev;
+
+	RTE_DMADEV_VALID_DEV_ID_OR_ERR_RET(dev_id, -EINVAL);
+	dev = &rte_dmadevices[dev_id];
+
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*dev->dev_ops->dev_reset, -ENOTSUP);
+	/* Reset is not dependent on state of the device */
+	return (*dev->dev_ops->dev_reset)(dev);
+}
+
+int
+rte_dmadev_vchan_setup(uint16_t dev_id,
+		       const struct rte_dmadev_vchan_conf *conf)
+{
+	struct rte_dmadev_info info;
+	struct rte_dmadev *dev;
+	int ret;
+
+	RTE_DMADEV_VALID_DEV_ID_OR_ERR_RET(dev_id, -EINVAL);
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(conf, -EINVAL);
+
+	dev = &rte_dmadevices[dev_id];
+
+	ret = rte_dmadev_info_get(dev_id, &info);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR, "Device %u get device info fail\n", dev_id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (conf->direction == 0 ||
+	    conf->direction & ~RTE_DMA_TRANSFER_DIR_ALL) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR, "Device %u direction invalid!\n", dev_id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (conf->direction & RTE_DMA_MEM_TO_MEM &&
+	    !(info.dev_capa & RTE_DMA_DEV_CAPA_MEM_TO_MEM)) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR,
+			"Device %u don't support mem2mem transfer\n", dev_id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (conf->direction & RTE_DMA_MEM_TO_DEV &&
+	    !(info.dev_capa & RTE_DMA_DEV_CAPA_MEM_TO_DEV)) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR,
+			"Device %u don't support mem2dev transfer\n", dev_id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (conf->direction & RTE_DMA_DEV_TO_MEM &&
+	    !(info.dev_capa & RTE_DMA_DEV_CAPA_DEV_TO_MEM)) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR,
+			"Device %u don't support dev2mem transfer\n", dev_id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (conf->direction & RTE_DMA_DEV_TO_DEV &&
+	    !(info.dev_capa & RTE_DMA_DEV_CAPA_DEV_TO_DEV)) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR,
+			"Device %u don't support dev2dev transfer\n", dev_id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (conf->nb_desc < info.min_desc || conf->nb_desc > info.max_desc) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR,
+			"Device %u number of descriptors invalid\n", dev_id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*dev->dev_ops->vchan_setup, -ENOTSUP);
+	return (*dev->dev_ops->vchan_setup)(dev, conf);
+}
+
+int
+rte_dmadev_vchan_release(uint16_t dev_id, uint16_t vchan)
+{
+	struct rte_dmadev *dev;
+
+	RTE_DMADEV_VALID_DEV_ID_OR_ERR_RET(dev_id, -EINVAL);
+	dev = &rte_dmadevices[dev_id];
+
+	if (vchan >= dev->data->dev_conf.max_vchans) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR,
+			"Device %u vchan %u out of range\n", dev_id, vchan);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*dev->dev_ops->vchan_release, -ENOTSUP);
+	return (*dev->dev_ops->vchan_release)(dev, vchan);
+}
+
+int
+rte_dmadev_stats_get(uint16_t dev_id, int vchan, struct rte_dmadev_stats *stats)
+{
+	struct rte_dmadev *dev;
+
+	RTE_DMADEV_VALID_DEV_ID_OR_ERR_RET(dev_id, -EINVAL);
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(stats, -EINVAL);
+
+	dev = &rte_dmadevices[dev_id];
+
+	if (vchan < -1 || vchan >= dev->data->dev_conf.max_vchans) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR,
+			"Device %u vchan %u out of range\n", dev_id, vchan);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*dev->dev_ops->stats_get, -ENOTSUP);
+	return (*dev->dev_ops->stats_get)(dev, vchan, stats);
+}
+
+int
+rte_dmadev_stats_reset(uint16_t dev_id, int vchan)
+{
+	struct rte_dmadev *dev;
+
+	RTE_DMADEV_VALID_DEV_ID_OR_ERR_RET(dev_id, -EINVAL);
+	dev = &rte_dmadevices[dev_id];
+
+	if (vchan < -1 || vchan >= dev->data->dev_conf.max_vchans) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR,
+			"Device %u vchan %u out of range\n", dev_id, vchan);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*dev->dev_ops->stats_reset, -ENOTSUP);
+	return (*dev->dev_ops->stats_reset)(dev, vchan);
+}
+
+int
+rte_dmadev_dump(uint16_t dev_id, FILE *f)
+{
+	struct rte_dmadev_info info;
+	struct rte_dmadev *dev;
+	int ret;
+
+	RTE_DMADEV_VALID_DEV_ID_OR_ERR_RET(dev_id, -EINVAL);
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(f, -EINVAL);
+
+	ret = rte_dmadev_info_get(dev_id, &info);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR, "Device %u get device info fail\n", dev_id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	dev = &rte_dmadevices[dev_id];
+
+	fprintf(f, "DMA Dev %u, '%s' [%s]\n",
+		dev->data->dev_id,
+		dev->data->dev_name,
+		dev->data->dev_started ? "started" : "stopped");
+	fprintf(f, "  dev_capa: 0x%" PRIx64 "\n", info.dev_capa);
+	fprintf(f, "  max_vchans_supported: %u\n", info.max_vchans);
+	fprintf(f, "  max_vchans_configured: %u\n", info.nb_vchans);
+	fprintf(f, "  MT-safe-configured: vchans: %u multi-vchans: %u\n",
+		dev->data->dev_conf.enable_mt_vchan,
+		dev->data->dev_conf.enable_mt_multi_vchan);
+
+	if (dev->dev_ops->dev_dump != NULL)
+		return (*dev->dev_ops->dev_dump)(dev, f);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+rte_dmadev_selftest(uint16_t dev_id)
+{
+	struct rte_dmadev *dev;
+
+	RTE_DMADEV_VALID_DEV_ID_OR_ERR_RET(dev_id, -EINVAL);
+	dev = &rte_dmadevices[dev_id];
+
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*dev->dev_ops->dev_selftest, -ENOTSUP);
+	return (*dev->dev_ops->dev_selftest)(dev_id);
+}
diff --git a/lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev.h b/lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8779512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev.h
@@ -0,0 +1,1030 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 HiSilicon Limited.
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 Intel Corporation.
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 Marvell International Ltd.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RTE_DMADEV_H_
+#define _RTE_DMADEV_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file rte_dmadev.h
+ *
+ * RTE DMA (Direct Memory Access) device APIs.
+ *
+ * The DMA framework is built on the following model:
+ *
+ *     ---------------   ---------------       ---------------
+ *     | virtual DMA |   | virtual DMA |       | virtual DMA |
+ *     | channel     |   | channel     |       | channel     |
+ *     ---------------   ---------------       ---------------
+ *            |                |                      |
+ *            ------------------                      |
+ *                     |                              |
+ *               ------------                    ------------
+ *               |  dmadev  |                    |  dmadev  |
+ *               ------------                    ------------
+ *                     |                              |
+ *            ------------------               ------------------
+ *            | HW-DMA-channel |               | HW-DMA-channel |
+ *            ------------------               ------------------
+ *                     |                              |
+ *                     --------------------------------
+ *                                     |
+ *                           ---------------------
+ *                           | HW-DMA-Controller |
+ *                           ---------------------
+ *
+ * The DMA controller could have multilpe HW-DMA-channels (aka. HW-DMA-queues),
+ * each HW-DMA-channel should be represented by a dmadev.
+ *
+ * The dmadev could create multiple virtual DMA channel, each virtual DMA
+ * channel represents a different transfer context. The DMA operation request
+ * must be submitted to the virtual DMA channel.
+ * E.G. Application could create virtual DMA channel 0 for mem-to-mem transfer
+ *      scenario, and create virtual DMA channel 1 for mem-to-dev transfer
+ *      scenario.
+ *
+ * The dmadev are dynamically allocated by rte_dmadev_pmd_allocate() during the
+ * PCI/SoC device probing phase performed at EAL initialization time. And could
+ * be released by rte_dmadev_pmd_release() during the PCI/SoC device removing
+ * phase.
+ *
+ * We use 'uint16_t dev_id' as the device identifier of a dmadev, and
+ * 'uint16_t vchan' as the virtual DMA channel identifier in one dmadev.
+ *
+ * The functions exported by the dmadev API to setup a device designated by its
+ * device identifier must be invoked in the following order:
+ *     - rte_dmadev_configure()
+ *     - rte_dmadev_vchan_setup()
+ *     - rte_dmadev_start()
+ *
+ * Then, the application can invoke dataplane APIs to process jobs.
+ *
+ * If the application wants to change the configuration (i.e. call
+ * rte_dmadev_configure()), it must call rte_dmadev_stop() first to stop the
+ * device and then do the reconfiguration before calling rte_dmadev_start()
+ * again. The dataplane APIs should not be invoked when the device is stopped.
+ *
+ * Finally, an application can close a dmadev by invoking the
+ * rte_dmadev_close() function.
+ *
+ * The dataplane APIs include two parts:
+ *   a) The first part is the submission of operation requests:
+ *        - rte_dmadev_copy()
+ *        - rte_dmadev_copy_sg() - scatter-gather form of copy
+ *        - rte_dmadev_fill()
+ *        - rte_dmadev_fill_sg() - scatter-gather form of fill
+ *        - rte_dmadev_perform() - issue doorbell to hardware
+ *      These APIs could work with different virtual DMA channels which have
+ *      different contexts.
+ *      The first four APIs are used to submit the operation request to the
+ *      virtual DMA channel, if the submission is successful, a uint16_t
+ *      ring_idx is returned, otherwise a negative number is returned.
+ *   b) The second part is to obtain the result of requests:
+ *        - rte_dmadev_completed()
+ *            - return the number of operation requests completed successfully.
+ *        - rte_dmadev_completed_fails()
+ *            - return the number of operation requests failed to complete.
+ *
+ * About the ring_idx which rte_dmadev_copy/copy_sg/fill/fill_sg() returned,
+ * the rules are as follows:
+ *   a) ring_idx for each virtual DMA channel are independent.
+ *   b) For a virtual DMA channel, the ring_idx is monotonically incremented,
+ *      when it reach UINT16_MAX, it wraps back to zero.
+ *   c) The initial ring_idx of a virtual DMA channel is zero, after the device
+ *      is stopped or reset, the ring_idx needs to be reset to zero.
+ *   Example:
+ *      step-1: start one dmadev
+ *      step-2: enqueue a copy operation, the ring_idx return is 0
+ *      step-3: enqueue a copy operation again, the ring_idx return is 1
+ *      ...
+ *      step-101: stop the dmadev
+ *      step-102: start the dmadev
+ *      step-103: enqueue a copy operation, the cookie return is 0
+ *      ...
+ *      step-x+0: enqueue a fill operation, the ring_idx return is 65535
+ *      step-x+1: enqueue a copy operation, the ring_idx return is 0
+ *      ...
+ *
+ * By default, all the non-dataplane functions of the dmadev API exported by a
+ * PMD are lock-free functions which assume to not be invoked in parallel on
+ * different logical cores to work on the same target object.
+ *
+ * The dataplane functions of the dmadev API exported by a PMD can be MT-safe
+ * only when supported by the driver, generally, the driver will reports two
+ * capabilities:
+ *   a) Whether to support MT-safe for the submit/completion API of the same
+ *      virtual DMA channel.
+ *      E.G. one thread do submit operation, another thread do completion
+ *           operation.
+ *      If driver support it, then declare RTE_DMA_DEV_CAPA_MT_VCHAN.
+ *      If driver don't support it, it's up to the application to guarantee
+ *      MT-safe.
+ *   b) Whether to support MT-safe for different virtual DMA channels.
+ *      E.G. one thread do operation on virtual DMA channel 0, another thread
+ *           do operation on virtual DMA channel 1.
+ *      If driver support it, then declare RTE_DMA_DEV_CAPA_MT_MULTI_VCHAN.
+ *      If driver don't support it, it's up to the application to guarantee
+ *      MT-safe.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <rte_common.h>
+#include <rte_compat.h>
+#include <rte_errno.h>
+#include <rte_memory.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#define RTE_DMADEV_NAME_MAX_LEN	RTE_DEV_NAME_MAX_LEN
+
+extern int rte_dmadev_logtype;
+
+#define RTE_DMADEV_LOG(level, ...) \
+	rte_log(RTE_LOG_ ## level, rte_dmadev_logtype, "" __VA_ARGS__)
+
+/* Macros to check for valid port */
+#define RTE_DMADEV_VALID_DEV_ID_OR_ERR_RET(dev_id, retval) do { \
+	if (!rte_dmadev_is_valid_dev(dev_id)) { \
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR, "Invalid dev_id=%u\n", dev_id); \
+		return retval; \
+	} \
+} while (0)
+
+#define RTE_DMADEV_VALID_DEV_ID_OR_RET(dev_id) do { \
+	if (!rte_dmadev_is_valid_dev(dev_id)) { \
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR, "Invalid dev_id=%u\n", dev_id); \
+		return; \
+	} \
+} while (0)
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * Validate if the DMA device index is a valid attached DMA device.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   DMA device index.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - If the device index is valid (true) or not (false).
+ */
+__rte_internal
+bool
+rte_dmadev_is_valid_dev(uint16_t dev_id);
+
+/**
+ * rte_dma_sg - can hold scatter DMA operation request
+ */
+struct rte_dma_sg {
+	rte_iova_t src;
+	rte_iova_t dst;
+	uint32_t length;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Get the total number of DMA devices that have been successfully
+ * initialised.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   The total number of usable DMA devices.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+uint16_t
+rte_dmadev_count(void);
+
+/**
+ * The capabilities of a DMA device
+ */
+#define RTE_DMA_DEV_CAPA_MEM_TO_MEM	(1ull << 0)
+/**< DMA device support mem-to-mem transfer.
+ *
+ * @see struct rte_dmadev_info::dev_capa
+ */
+#define RTE_DMA_DEV_CAPA_MEM_TO_DEV	(1ull << 1)
+/**< DMA device support slave mode & mem-to-dev transfer.
+ *
+ * @see struct rte_dmadev_info::dev_capa
+ */
+#define RTE_DMA_DEV_CAPA_DEV_TO_MEM	(1ull << 2)
+/**< DMA device support slave mode & dev-to-mem transfer.
+ *
+ * @see struct rte_dmadev_info::dev_capa
+ */
+#define RTE_DMA_DEV_CAPA_DEV_TO_DEV	(1ull << 3)
+/**< DMA device support slave mode & dev-to-dev transfer.
+ *
+ * @see struct rte_dmadev_info::dev_capa
+ */
+#define RTE_DMA_DEV_CAPA_OPS_COPY	(1ull << 4)
+/**< DMA device support copy ops.
+ *
+ * @see struct rte_dmadev_info::dev_capa
+ */
+#define RTE_DMA_DEV_CAPA_OPS_FILL	(1ull << 5)
+/**< DMA device support fill ops.
+ *
+ * @see struct rte_dmadev_info::dev_capa
+ */
+#define RTE_DMA_DEV_CAPA_OPS_SG		(1ull << 6)
+/**< DMA device support scatter-list ops.
+ * If device support ops_copy and ops_sg, it means supporting copy_sg ops.
+ * If device support ops_fill and ops_sg, it means supporting fill_sg ops.
+ *
+ * @see struct rte_dmadev_info::dev_capa
+ */
+#define RTE_DMA_DEV_CAPA_FENCE		(1ull << 7)
+/**< DMA device support fence.
+ * If device support fence, then application could set a fence flags when
+ * enqueue operation by rte_dma_copy/copy_sg/fill/fill_sg.
+ * If a operation has a fence flags, it means the operation must be processed
+ * only after all previous operations are completed.
+ *
+ * @see struct rte_dmadev_info::dev_capa
+ */
+#define RTE_DMA_DEV_CAPA_SVA		(1ull << 8)
+/**< DMA device support SVA which could use VA as DMA address.
+ * If device support SVA then application could pass any VA address like memory
+ * from rte_malloc(), rte_memzone(), malloc, stack memory.
+ * If device don't support SVA, then application should pass IOVA address which
+ * from rte_malloc(), rte_memzone().
+ *
+ * @see struct rte_dmadev_info::dev_capa
+ */
+#define RTE_DMA_DEV_CAPA_MT_VCHAN	(1ull << 9)
+/**< DMA device support MT-safe of a virtual DMA channel.
+ *
+ * @see struct rte_dmadev_info::dev_capa
+ */
+#define RTE_DMA_DEV_CAPA_MT_MULTI_VCHAN	(1ull << 10)
+/**< DMA device support MT-safe of different virtual DMA channels.
+ *
+ * @see struct rte_dmadev_info::dev_capa
+ */
+
+/**
+ * A structure used to retrieve the contextual information of
+ * an DMA device
+ */
+struct rte_dmadev_info {
+	struct rte_device *device; /**< Generic Device information */
+	uint64_t dev_capa; /**< Device capabilities (RTE_DMA_DEV_CAPA_) */
+	/** Maximum number of virtual DMA channels supported */
+	uint16_t max_vchans;
+	/** Maximum allowed number of virtual DMA channel descriptors */
+	uint16_t max_desc;
+	/** Minimum allowed number of virtual DMA channel descriptors */
+	uint16_t min_desc;
+	uint16_t nb_vchans; /**< Number of virtual DMA channel configured */
+};
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Retrieve the contextual information of a DMA device.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ * @param[out] dev_info
+ *   A pointer to a structure of type *rte_dmadev_info* to be filled with the
+ *   contextual information of the device.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - =0: Success, driver updates the contextual information of the DMA device
+ *   - <0: Error code returned by the driver info get function.
+ *
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int
+rte_dmadev_info_get(uint16_t dev_id, struct rte_dmadev_info *dev_info);
+
+/**
+ * A structure used to configure a DMA device.
+ */
+struct rte_dmadev_conf {
+	/** Maximum number of virtual DMA channel to use.
+	 * This value cannot be greater than the field 'max_vchans' of struct
+	 * rte_dmadev_info which get from rte_dmadev_info_get().
+	 */
+	uint16_t max_vchans;
+	/** Enable bit for MT-safe of a virtual DMA channel.
+	 * This bit can be enabled only when the device supports
+	 * RTE_DMA_DEV_CAPA_MT_VCHAN.
+	 * @see RTE_DMA_DEV_CAPA_MT_VCHAN
+	 */
+	uint8_t enable_mt_vchan : 1;
+	/** Enable bit for MT-safe of different virtual DMA channels.
+	 * This bit can be enabled only when the device supports
+	 * RTE_DMA_DEV_CAPA_MT_MULTI_VCHAN.
+	 * @see RTE_DMA_DEV_CAPA_MT_MULTI_VCHAN
+	 */
+	uint8_t enable_mt_multi_vchan : 1;
+	uint64_t reserved[2]; /**< Reserved for future fields */
+};
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Configure a DMA device.
+ *
+ * This function must be invoked first before any other function in the
+ * API. This function can also be re-invoked when a device is in the
+ * stopped state.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device to configure.
+ * @param dev_conf
+ *   The DMA device configuration structure encapsulated into rte_dmadev_conf
+ *   object.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - =0: Success, device configured.
+ *   - <0: Error code returned by the driver configuration function.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int
+rte_dmadev_configure(uint16_t dev_id, const struct rte_dmadev_conf *dev_conf);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Start a DMA device.
+ *
+ * The device start step is the last one and consists of setting the DMA
+ * to start accepting jobs.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - =0: Success, device started.
+ *   - <0: Error code returned by the driver start function.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int
+rte_dmadev_start(uint16_t dev_id);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Stop a DMA device.
+ *
+ * The device can be restarted with a call to rte_dmadev_start()
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - =0: Success, device stopped.
+ *   - <0: Error code returned by the driver stop function.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int
+rte_dmadev_stop(uint16_t dev_id);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Close a DMA device.
+ *
+ * The device cannot be restarted after this call.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *  - =0: Successfully close device
+ *  - <0: Failure to close device
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int
+rte_dmadev_close(uint16_t dev_id);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Reset a DMA device.
+ *
+ * This is different from cycle of rte_dmadev_start->rte_dmadev_stop in the
+ * sense similar to hard or soft reset.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - =0: Successfully reset device.
+ *   - <0: Failure to reset device.
+ *   - (-ENOTSUP): If the device doesn't support this function.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int
+rte_dmadev_reset(uint16_t dev_id);
+
+/**
+ * DMA transfer direction defines.
+ */
+#define RTE_DMA_MEM_TO_MEM	(1ull << 0)
+/**< DMA transfer direction - from memory to memory.
+ *
+ * @see struct rte_dmadev_vchan_conf::direction
+ */
+#define RTE_DMA_MEM_TO_DEV	(1ull << 1)
+/**< DMA transfer direction - slave mode & from memory to device.
+ * In a typical scenario, ARM SoCs are installed on x86 servers as iNICs. In
+ * this case, the ARM SoCs works in slave mode, it could initiate a DMA move
+ * request from ARM memory to x86 host memory.
+ *
+ * @see struct rte_dmadev_vchan_conf::direction
+ */
+#define RTE_DMA_DEV_TO_MEM	(1ull << 2)
+/**< DMA transfer direction - slave mode & from device to memory.
+ * In a typical scenario, ARM SoCs are installed on x86 servers as iNICs. In
+ * this case, the ARM SoCs works in slave mode, it could initiate a DMA move
+ * request from x86 host memory to ARM memory.
+ *
+ * @see struct rte_dmadev_vchan_conf::direction
+ */
+#define RTE_DMA_DEV_TO_DEV	(1ull << 3)
+/**< DMA transfer direction - slave mode & from device to device.
+ * In a typical scenario, ARM SoCs are installed on x86 servers as iNICs. In
+ * this case, the ARM SoCs works in slave mode, it could initiate a DMA move
+ * request from x86 host memory to another x86 host memory.
+ *
+ * @see struct rte_dmadev_vchan_conf::direction
+ */
+#define RTE_DMA_TRANSFER_DIR_ALL	(RTE_DMA_MEM_TO_MEM | \
+					 RTE_DMA_MEM_TO_DEV | \
+					 RTE_DMA_DEV_TO_MEM | \
+					 RTE_DMA_DEV_TO_DEV)
+
+/**
+ * enum rte_dma_slave_port_type - slave mode type defines
+ */
+enum rte_dma_slave_port_type {
+	/** The slave port is PCIE. */
+	RTE_DMA_SLAVE_PORT_PCIE = 1,
+};
+
+/**
+ * A structure used to descript slave port parameters.
+ */
+struct rte_dma_slave_port_parameters {
+	enum rte_dma_slave_port_type port_type;
+	union {
+		/** For PCIE port */
+		struct {
+			/** The physical function number which to use */
+			uint64_t pf_number : 6;
+			/** Virtual function enable bit */
+			uint64_t vf_enable : 1;
+			/** The virtual function number which to use */
+			uint64_t vf_number : 8;
+			uint64_t pasid : 20;
+			/** The attributes filed in TLP packet */
+			uint64_t tlp_attr : 3;
+		};
+	};
+};
+
+/**
+ * A structure used to configure a virtual DMA channel.
+ */
+struct rte_dmadev_vchan_conf {
+	uint8_t direction; /**< Set of supported transfer directions */
+	/** Number of descriptor for the virtual DMA channel */
+	uint16_t nb_desc;
+	/** 1) Used to describes the dev parameter in the mem-to-dev/dev-to-mem
+	 * transfer scenario.
+	 * 2) Used to describes the src dev parameter in the dev-to-dev
+	 * transfer scenario.
+	 */
+	struct rte_dma_slave_port_parameters port;
+	/** Used to describes the dst dev parameters in the dev-to-dev
+	 * transfer scenario.
+	 */
+	struct rte_dma_slave_port_parameters peer_port;
+	uint64_t reserved[2]; /**< Reserved for future fields */
+};
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Allocate and set up a virtual DMA channel.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ * @param conf
+ *   The virtual DMA channel configuration structure encapsulated into
+ *   rte_dmadev_vchan_conf object.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - >=0: Allocate success, it is the virtual DMA channel id. This value must
+ *          be less than the field 'max_vchans' of struct rte_dmadev_conf
+	    which configured by rte_dmadev_configure().
+ *   - <0: Error code returned by the driver virtual channel setup function.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int
+rte_dmadev_vchan_setup(uint16_t dev_id,
+		       const struct rte_dmadev_vchan_conf *conf);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Release a virtual DMA channel.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ * @param vchan
+ *   The identifier of virtual DMA channel which return by vchan setup.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - =0: Successfully release the virtual DMA channel.
+ *   - <0: Error code returned by the driver virtual channel release function.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int
+rte_dmadev_vchan_release(uint16_t dev_id, uint16_t vchan);
+
+/**
+ * rte_dmadev_stats - running statistics.
+ */
+struct rte_dmadev_stats {
+	/** Count of operations which were successfully enqueued */
+	uint64_t enqueued_count;
+	/** Count of operations which were submitted to hardware */
+	uint64_t submitted_count;
+	/** Count of operations which failed to complete */
+	uint64_t completed_fail_count;
+	/** Count of operations which successfully complete */
+	uint64_t completed_count;
+	uint64_t reserved[4]; /**< Reserved for future fields */
+};
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Retrieve basic statistics of a or all virtual DMA channel(s).
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ * @param vchan
+ *   The identifier of virtual DMA channel, -1 means all channels.
+ * @param[out] stats
+ *   The basic statistics structure encapsulated into rte_dmadev_stats
+ *   object.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - =0: Successfully retrieve stats.
+ *   - <0: Failure to retrieve stats.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int
+rte_dmadev_stats_get(uint16_t dev_id, int vchan,
+		     struct rte_dmadev_stats *stats);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Reset basic statistics of a or all virtual DMA channel(s).
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ * @param vchan
+ *   The identifier of virtual DMA channel, -1 means all channels.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - =0: Successfully reset stats.
+ *   - <0: Failure to reset stats.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int
+rte_dmadev_stats_reset(uint16_t dev_id, int vchan);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Dump DMA device info.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ * @param f
+ *   The file to write the output to.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 on success. Non-zero otherwise.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int
+rte_dmadev_dump(uint16_t dev_id, FILE *f);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Trigger the dmadev self test.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - 0: Selftest successful.
+ *   - -ENOTSUP if the device doesn't support selftest
+ *   - other values < 0 on failure.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int
+rte_dmadev_selftest(uint16_t dev_id);
+
+#include "rte_dmadev_core.h"
+
+/**
+ *  DMA flags to augment operation preparation.
+ *  Used as the 'flags' parameter of rte_dmadev_copy/copy_sg/fill/fill_sg.
+ */
+#define RTE_DMA_FLAG_FENCE	(1ull << 0)
+/**< DMA fence flag
+ * It means the operation with this flag must be processed only after all
+ * previous operations are completed.
+ *
+ * @see rte_dmadev_copy()
+ * @see rte_dmadev_copy_sg()
+ * @see rte_dmadev_fill()
+ * @see rte_dmadev_fill_sg()
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Enqueue a copy operation onto the virtual DMA channel.
+ *
+ * This queues up a copy operation to be performed by hardware, but does not
+ * trigger hardware to begin that operation.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ * @param vchan
+ *   The identifier of virtual DMA channel.
+ * @param src
+ *   The address of the source buffer.
+ * @param dst
+ *   The address of the destination buffer.
+ * @param length
+ *   The length of the data to be copied.
+ * @param flags
+ *   An flags for this operation.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - 0..UINT16_MAX: index of enqueued copy job.
+ *   - <0: Error code returned by the driver copy function.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline int
+rte_dmadev_copy(uint16_t dev_id, uint16_t vchan, rte_iova_t src, rte_iova_t dst,
+		uint32_t length, uint64_t flags)
+{
+	struct rte_dmadev *dev = &rte_dmadevices[dev_id];
+#ifdef RTE_DMADEV_DEBUG
+	RTE_DMADEV_VALID_DEV_ID_OR_ERR_RET(dev_id, -EINVAL);
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*dev->copy, -ENOTSUP);
+	if (vchan >= dev->data->dev_conf.max_vchans) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR, "Invalid vchan %d\n", vchan);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+#endif
+	return (*dev->copy)(dev, vchan, src, dst, length, flags);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Enqueue a scatter list copy operation onto the virtual DMA channel.
+ *
+ * This queues up a scatter list copy operation to be performed by hardware,
+ * but does not trigger hardware to begin that operation.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ * @param vchan
+ *   The identifier of virtual DMA channel.
+ * @param sg
+ *   The pointer of scatterlist.
+ * @param sg_len
+ *   The number of scatterlist elements.
+ * @param flags
+ *   An flags for this operation.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - 0..UINT16_MAX: index of enqueued copy job.
+ *   - <0: Error code returned by the driver copy function.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline int
+rte_dmadev_copy_sg(uint16_t dev_id, uint16_t vchan, const struct rte_dma_sg *sg,
+		   uint32_t sg_len, uint64_t flags)
+{
+	struct rte_dmadev *dev = &rte_dmadevices[dev_id];
+#ifdef RTE_DMADEV_DEBUG
+	RTE_DMADEV_VALID_DEV_ID_OR_ERR_RET(dev_id, -EINVAL);
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(sg, -EINVAL);
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*dev->copy_sg, -ENOTSUP);
+	if (vchan >= dev->data->dev_conf.max_vchans) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR, "Invalid vchan %d\n", vchan);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+#endif
+	return (*dev->copy_sg)(dev, vchan, sg, sg_len, flags);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Enqueue a fill operation onto the virtual DMA channel.
+ *
+ * This queues up a fill operation to be performed by hardware, but does not
+ * trigger hardware to begin that operation.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ * @param vchan
+ *   The identifier of virtual DMA channel.
+ * @param pattern
+ *   The pattern to populate the destination buffer with.
+ * @param dst
+ *   The address of the destination buffer.
+ * @param length
+ *   The length of the destination buffer.
+ * @param flags
+ *   An flags for this operation.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - 0..UINT16_MAX: index of enqueued copy job.
+ *   - <0: Error code returned by the driver copy function.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline int
+rte_dmadev_fill(uint16_t dev_id, uint16_t vchan, uint64_t pattern,
+		rte_iova_t dst, uint32_t length, uint64_t flags)
+{
+	struct rte_dmadev *dev = &rte_dmadevices[dev_id];
+#ifdef RTE_DMADEV_DEBUG
+	RTE_DMADEV_VALID_DEV_ID_OR_ERR_RET(dev_id, -EINVAL);
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*dev->fill, -ENOTSUP);
+	if (vchan >= dev->data->dev_conf.max_vchans) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR, "Invalid vchan %d\n", vchan);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+#endif
+	return (*dev->fill)(dev, vchan, pattern, dst, length, flags);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Enqueue a scatter list fill operation onto the virtual DMA channel.
+ *
+ * This queues up a scatter list fill operation to be performed by hardware,
+ * but does not trigger hardware to begin that operation.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ * @param vchan
+ *   The identifier of virtual DMA channel.
+ * @param pattern
+ *   The pattern to populate the destination buffer with.
+ * @param sg
+ *   The pointer of scatterlist.
+ * @param sg_len
+ *   The number of scatterlist elements.
+ * @param flags
+ *   An flags for this operation.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - 0..UINT16_MAX: index of enqueued copy job.
+ *   - <0: Error code returned by the driver copy function.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline int
+rte_dmadev_fill_sg(uint16_t dev_id, uint16_t vchan, uint64_t pattern,
+		   const struct rte_dma_sg *sg, uint32_t sg_len,
+		   uint64_t flags)
+{
+	struct rte_dmadev *dev = &rte_dmadevices[dev_id];
+#ifdef RTE_DMADEV_DEBUG
+	RTE_DMADEV_VALID_DEV_ID_OR_ERR_RET(dev_id, -EINVAL);
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(sg, -ENOTSUP);
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*dev->fill, -ENOTSUP);
+	if (vchan >= dev->data->dev_conf.max_vchans) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR, "Invalid vchan %d\n", vchan);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+#endif
+	return (*dev->fill_sg)(dev, vchan, pattern, sg, sg_len, flags);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Trigger hardware to begin performing enqueued operations.
+ *
+ * This API is used to write the "doorbell" to the hardware to trigger it
+ * to begin the operations previously enqueued by rte_dmadev_copy/fill()
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ * @param vchan
+ *   The identifier of virtual DMA channel.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - =0: Successfully trigger hardware.
+ *   - <0: Failure to trigger hardware.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline int
+rte_dmadev_submit(uint16_t dev_id, uint16_t vchan)
+{
+	struct rte_dmadev *dev = &rte_dmadevices[dev_id];
+#ifdef RTE_DMADEV_DEBUG
+	RTE_DMADEV_VALID_DEV_ID_OR_ERR_RET(dev_id, -EINVAL);
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*dev->submit, -ENOTSUP);
+	if (vchan >= dev->data->dev_conf.max_vchans) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR, "Invalid vchan %d\n", vchan);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+#endif
+	return (*dev->submit)(dev, vchan);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Returns the number of operations that have been successfully completed.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ * @param vchan
+ *   The identifier of virtual DMA channel.
+ * @param nb_cpls
+ *   The maximum number of completed operations that can be processed.
+ * @param[out] last_idx
+ *   The last completed operation's index.
+ *   If not required, NULL can be passed in.
+ * @param[out] has_error
+ *   Indicates if there are transfer error.
+ *   If not required, NULL can be passed in.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   The number of operations that successfully completed.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline uint16_t
+rte_dmadev_completed(uint16_t dev_id, uint16_t vchan, const uint16_t nb_cpls,
+		     uint16_t *last_idx, bool *has_error)
+{
+	struct rte_dmadev *dev = &rte_dmadevices[dev_id];
+	uint16_t idx;
+	bool err;
+
+#ifdef RTE_DMADEV_DEBUG
+	RTE_DMADEV_VALID_DEV_ID_OR_ERR_RET(dev_id, -EINVAL);
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*dev->completed, -ENOTSUP);
+	if (vchan >= dev->data->dev_conf.max_vchans) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR, "Invalid vchan %d\n", vchan);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (nb_cpls == 0) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR, "Invalid nb_cpls\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+#endif
+
+	/* Ensure the pointer values are non-null to simplify drivers.
+	 * In most cases these should be compile time evaluated, since this is
+	 * an inline function.
+	 * - If NULL is explicitly passed as parameter, then compiler knows the
+	 *   value is NULL
+	 * - If address of local variable is passed as parameter, then compiler
+	 *   can know it's non-NULL.
+	 */
+	if (last_idx == NULL)
+		last_idx = &idx;
+	if (has_error == NULL)
+		has_error = &err;
+
+	*has_error = false;
+	return (*dev->completed)(dev, vchan, nb_cpls, last_idx, has_error);
+}
+
+/**
+ * DMA transfer status code defines
+ */
+enum rte_dma_status_code {
+	/** The operation completed successfully */
+	RTE_DMA_STATUS_SUCCESSFUL = 0,
+	/** The operation failed to complete due active drop
+	 * This is mainly used when processing dev_stop, allow outstanding
+	 * requests to be completed as much as possible.
+	 */
+	RTE_DMA_STATUS_ACTIVE_DROP,
+	/** The operation failed to complete due invalid source address */
+	RTE_DMA_STATUS_INVALID_SRC_ADDR,
+	/** The operation failed to complete due invalid destination address */
+	RTE_DMA_STATUS_INVALID_DST_ADDR,
+	/** The operation failed to complete due invalid length */
+	RTE_DMA_STATUS_INVALID_LENGTH,
+	/** The operation failed to complete due invalid opcode
+	 * The DMA descriptor could have multiple format, which are
+	 * distinguished by the opcode field.
+	 */
+	RTE_DMA_STATUS_INVALID_OPCODE,
+	/** The operation failed to complete due bus err */
+	RTE_DMA_STATUS_BUS_ERROR,
+	/** The operation failed to complete due data poison */
+	RTE_DMA_STATUS_DATA_POISION,
+	/** The operation failed to complete due descriptor read error */
+	RTE_DMA_STATUS_DESCRIPTOR_READ_ERROR,
+	/** The operation failed to complete due device link error
+	 * Used to indicates that the link error in the mem-to-dev/dev-to-mem/
+	 * dev-to-dev transfer scenario.
+	 */
+	RTE_DMA_STATUS_DEV_LINK_ERROR,
+	/** Driver specific status code offset
+	 * Start status code for the driver to define its own error code.
+	 */
+	RTE_DMA_STATUS_DRV_SPECIFIC_OFFSET = 0x10000,
+};
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Returns the number of operations that failed to complete.
+ * NOTE: This API was used when rte_dmadev_completed has_error was set.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ * @param vchan
+ *   The identifier of virtual DMA channel.
+ * @param nb_status
+ *   Indicates the size of status array.
+ * @param[out] status
+ *   The error code of operations that failed to complete.
+ *   Some standard error code are described in 'enum rte_dma_status_code'
+ *   @see rte_dma_status_code
+ * @param[out] last_idx
+ *   The last failed completed operation's index.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   The number of operations that failed to complete.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+static inline uint16_t
+rte_dmadev_completed_fails(uint16_t dev_id, uint16_t vchan,
+			   const uint16_t nb_status, uint32_t *status,
+			   uint16_t *last_idx)
+{
+	struct rte_dmadev *dev = &rte_dmadevices[dev_id];
+#ifdef RTE_DMADEV_DEBUG
+	RTE_DMADEV_VALID_DEV_ID_OR_ERR_RET(dev_id, -EINVAL);
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(status, -EINVAL);
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(last_idx, -EINVAL);
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*dev->completed_fails, -ENOTSUP);
+	if (vchan >= dev->data->dev_conf.max_vchans) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR, "Invalid vchan %d\n", vchan);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (nb_status == 0) {
+		RTE_DMADEV_LOG(ERR, "Invalid nb_status\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+#endif
+	return (*dev->completed_fails)(dev, vchan, nb_status, status, last_idx);
+}
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _RTE_DMADEV_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev_core.h b/lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev_core.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..410faf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev_core.h
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 HiSilicon Limited.
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 Intel Corporation.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RTE_DMADEV_CORE_H_
+#define _RTE_DMADEV_CORE_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ *
+ * RTE DMA Device internal header.
+ *
+ * This header contains internal data types, that are used by the DMA devices
+ * in order to expose their ops to the class.
+ *
+ * Applications should not use these API directly.
+ *
+ */
+
+struct rte_dmadev;
+
+/** @internal Used to get device information of a device. */
+typedef int (*dmadev_info_get_t)(struct rte_dmadev *dev,
+				 struct rte_dmadev_info *dev_info);
+
+/** @internal Used to configure a device. */
+typedef int (*dmadev_configure_t)(struct rte_dmadev *dev,
+				  const struct rte_dmadev_conf *dev_conf);
+
+/** @internal Used to start a configured device. */
+typedef int (*dmadev_start_t)(struct rte_dmadev *dev);
+
+/** @internal Used to stop a configured device. */
+typedef int (*dmadev_stop_t)(struct rte_dmadev *dev);
+
+/** @internal Used to close a configured device. */
+typedef int (*dmadev_close_t)(struct rte_dmadev *dev);
+
+/** @internal Used to reset a configured device. */
+typedef int (*dmadev_reset_t)(struct rte_dmadev *dev);
+
+/** @internal Used to allocate and set up a virtual DMA channel. */
+typedef int (*dmadev_vchan_setup_t)(struct rte_dmadev *dev,
+				    const struct rte_dmadev_vchan_conf *conf);
+
+/** @internal Used to release a virtual DMA channel. */
+typedef int (*dmadev_vchan_release_t)(struct rte_dmadev *dev, uint16_t vchan);
+
+/** @internal Used to retrieve basic statistics. */
+typedef int (*dmadev_stats_get_t)(struct rte_dmadev *dev, int vchan,
+				  struct rte_dmadev_stats *stats);
+
+/** @internal Used to reset basic statistics. */
+typedef int (*dmadev_stats_reset_t)(struct rte_dmadev *dev, int vchan);
+
+/** @internal Used to dump internal information. */
+typedef int (*dmadev_dump_t)(struct rte_dmadev *dev, FILE *f);
+
+/** @internal Used to start dmadev selftest. */
+typedef int (*dmadev_selftest_t)(uint16_t dev_id);
+
+/** @internal Used to enqueue a copy operation. */
+typedef int (*dmadev_copy_t)(struct rte_dmadev *dev, uint16_t vchan,
+			     rte_iova_t src, rte_iova_t dst,
+			     uint32_t length, uint64_t flags);
+
+/** @internal Used to enqueue a scatter list copy operation. */
+typedef int (*dmadev_copy_sg_t)(struct rte_dmadev *dev, uint16_t vchan,
+				const struct rte_dma_sg *sg,
+				uint32_t sg_len, uint64_t flags);
+
+/** @internal Used to enqueue a fill operation. */
+typedef int (*dmadev_fill_t)(struct rte_dmadev *dev, uint16_t vchan,
+			     uint64_t pattern, rte_iova_t dst,
+			     uint32_t length, uint64_t flags);
+
+/** @internal Used to enqueue a scatter list fill operation. */
+typedef int (*dmadev_fill_sg_t)(struct rte_dmadev *dev, uint16_t vchan,
+			uint64_t pattern, const struct rte_dma_sg *sg,
+			uint32_t sg_len, uint64_t flags);
+
+/** @internal Used to trigger hardware to begin working. */
+typedef int (*dmadev_submit_t)(struct rte_dmadev *dev, uint16_t vchan);
+
+/** @internal Used to return number of successful completed operations. */
+typedef uint16_t (*dmadev_completed_t)(struct rte_dmadev *dev, uint16_t vchan,
+				       const uint16_t nb_cpls,
+				       uint16_t *last_idx, bool *has_error);
+
+/** @internal Used to return number of failed completed operations. */
+typedef uint16_t (*dmadev_completed_fails_t)(struct rte_dmadev *dev,
+			uint16_t vchan, const uint16_t nb_status,
+			uint32_t *status, uint16_t *last_idx);
+
+/**
+ * DMA device operations function pointer table
+ */
+struct rte_dmadev_ops {
+	dmadev_info_get_t dev_info_get;
+	dmadev_configure_t dev_configure;
+	dmadev_start_t dev_start;
+	dmadev_stop_t dev_stop;
+	dmadev_close_t dev_close;
+	dmadev_reset_t dev_reset;
+	dmadev_vchan_setup_t vchan_setup;
+	dmadev_vchan_release_t vchan_release;
+	dmadev_stats_get_t stats_get;
+	dmadev_stats_reset_t stats_reset;
+	dmadev_dump_t dev_dump;
+	dmadev_selftest_t dev_selftest;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * The data part, with no function pointers, associated with each DMA device.
+ *
+ * This structure is safe to place in shared memory to be common among different
+ * processes in a multi-process configuration.
+ */
+struct rte_dmadev_data {
+	uint16_t dev_id; /**< Device [external] identifier. */
+	char dev_name[RTE_DMADEV_NAME_MAX_LEN]; /**< Unique identifier name */
+	void *dev_private; /**< PMD-specific private data. */
+	struct rte_dmadev_conf dev_conf; /**< DMA device configuration. */
+	uint8_t dev_started : 1; /**< Device state: STARTED(1)/STOPPED(0). */
+	uint64_t reserved[4]; /**< Reserved for future fields */
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * The generic data structure associated with each DMA device.
+ *
+ * The dataplane APIs are located at the beginning of the structure, along
+ * with the pointer to where all the data elements for the particular device
+ * are stored in shared memory. This split scheme allows the function pointer
+ * and driver data to be per-process, while the actual configuration data for
+ * the device is shared.
+ */
+struct rte_dmadev {
+	dmadev_copy_t copy;
+	dmadev_copy_sg_t copy_sg;
+	dmadev_fill_t fill;
+	dmadev_fill_sg_t fill_sg;
+	dmadev_submit_t submit;
+	dmadev_completed_t completed;
+	dmadev_completed_fails_t completed_fails;
+	const struct rte_dmadev_ops *dev_ops; /**< Functions exported by PMD. */
+	/** Flag indicating the device is attached: ATTACHED(1)/DETACHED(0). */
+	uint8_t attached : 1;
+	/** Device info which supplied during device initialization. */
+	struct rte_device *device;
+	struct rte_dmadev_data *data; /**< Pointer to device data. */
+	uint64_t reserved[4]; /**< Reserved for future fields */
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
+
+extern struct rte_dmadev rte_dmadevices[];
+
+#endif /* _RTE_DMADEV_CORE_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev_pmd.h b/lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev_pmd.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45141f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/dmadev/rte_dmadev_pmd.h
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 HiSilicon Limited.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RTE_DMADEV_PMD_H_
+#define _RTE_DMADEV_PMD_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ *
+ * RTE DMA Device PMD APIs
+ *
+ * Driver facing APIs for a DMA device. These are not to be called directly by
+ * any application.
+ */
+
+#include "rte_dmadev.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * Allocates a new dmadev slot for an DMA device and returns the pointer
+ * to that slot for the driver to use.
+ *
+ * @param name
+ *   DMA device name.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   A pointer to the DMA device slot case of success,
+ *   NULL otherwise.
+ */
+__rte_internal
+struct rte_dmadev *
+rte_dmadev_pmd_allocate(const char *name);
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * Release the specified dmadev.
+ *
+ * @param dev
+ *   Device to be released.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - 0 on success, negative on error
+ */
+__rte_internal
+int
+rte_dmadev_pmd_release(struct rte_dmadev *dev);
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * Return the DMA device based on the device name.
+ *
+ * @param name
+ *   DMA device name.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   A pointer to the DMA device slot case of success,
+ *   NULL otherwise.
+ */
+__rte_internal
+struct rte_dmadev *
+rte_dmadev_get_device_by_name(const char *name);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _RTE_DMADEV_PMD_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/dmadev/version.map b/lib/dmadev/version.map
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f099e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/dmadev/version.map
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+EXPERIMENTAL {
+	global:
+
+	rte_dmadev_count;
+	rte_dmadev_info_get;
+	rte_dmadev_configure;
+	rte_dmadev_start;
+	rte_dmadev_stop;
+	rte_dmadev_close;
+	rte_dmadev_reset;
+	rte_dmadev_vchan_setup;
+	rte_dmadev_vchan_release;
+	rte_dmadev_stats_get;
+	rte_dmadev_stats_reset;
+	rte_dmadev_dump;
+	rte_dmadev_selftest;
+	rte_dmadev_copy;
+	rte_dmadev_copy_sg;
+	rte_dmadev_fill;
+	rte_dmadev_fill_sg;
+	rte_dmadev_submit;
+	rte_dmadev_completed;
+	rte_dmadev_completed_fails;
+
+	local: *;
+};
+
+INTERNAL {
+        global:
+
+	rte_dmadevices;
+	rte_dmadev_pmd_allocate;
+	rte_dmadev_pmd_release;
+	rte_dmadev_get_device_by_name;
+
+	local:
+
+	rte_dmadev_is_valid_dev;
+};
+
diff --git a/lib/meson.build b/lib/meson.build
index 1673ca4..68d239f 100644
--- a/lib/meson.build
+++ b/lib/meson.build
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ libraries = [
         'bpf',
         'graph',
         'node',
+        'dmadev',
 ]
 
 if is_windows
