diff --git a/config/common_base b/config/common_base
index 71a4fcb..aeee13e 100644
--- a/config/common_base
+++ b/config/common_base
@@ -584,9 +584,6 @@ CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_KNI=n
 CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD=n
 CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL=n
 CONFIG_RTE_KNI_PREEMPT_DEFAULT=y
-CONFIG_RTE_KNI_VHOST=n
-CONFIG_RTE_KNI_VHOST_MAX_CACHE_SIZE=1024
-CONFIG_RTE_KNI_VHOST_VNET_HDR_EN=n
 
 #
 # Compile the pdump library
diff --git a/devtools/test-build.sh b/devtools/test-build.sh
index 0f131fc..84d3165 100755
--- a/devtools/test-build.sh
+++ b/devtools/test-build.sh
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ config () # <directory> <target> <options>
 		sed -ri        's,(PMD_OPENSSL=)n,\1y,' $1/.config
 		test "$DPDK_DEP_SSL" != y || \
 		sed -ri            's,(PMD_QAT=)n,\1y,' $1/.config
-		sed -ri        's,(KNI_VHOST.*=)n,\1y,' $1/.config
 		sed -ri           's,(SCHED_.*=)n,\1y,' $1/.config
 		build_config_hook $1 $2 $3
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst
index 7f825cb..77f427e 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst
@@ -127,10 +127,6 @@ Programmer's Guide
 
 :numref:`figure_pkt_flow_kni` :ref:`figure_pkt_flow_kni`
 
-:numref:`figure_vhost_net_arch2` :ref:`figure_vhost_net_arch2`
-
-:numref:`figure_kni_traffic_flow` :ref:`figure_kni_traffic_flow`
-
 
 :numref:`figure_pkt_proc_pipeline_qos` :ref:`figure_pkt_proc_pipeline_qos`
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst
index 4f25595..6f7fd28 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/kernel_nic_interface.rst
@@ -168,116 +168,3 @@ The application handlers can be registered upon interface creation or explicitly
 This provides flexibility in multiprocess scenarios
 (where the KNI is created in the primary process but the callbacks are handled in the secondary one).
 The constraint is that a single process can register and handle the requests.
-
-.. _kni_vhost_backend-label:
-
-KNI Working as a Kernel vHost Backend
--------------------------------------
-
-vHost is a kernel module usually working as the backend of virtio (a para- virtualization driver framework)
-to accelerate the traffic from the guest to the host.
-The DPDK Kernel NIC interface provides the ability to hookup vHost traffic into userspace DPDK application.
-Together with the DPDK PMD virtio, it significantly improves the throughput between guest and host.
-In the scenario where DPDK is running as fast path in the host, kni-vhost is an efficient path for the traffic.
-
-Overview
-~~~~~~~~
-
-vHost-net has three kinds of real backend implementations. They are: 1) tap, 2) macvtap and 3) RAW socket.
-The main idea behind kni-vhost is making the KNI work as a RAW socket, attaching it as the backend instance of vHost-net.
-It is using the existing interface with vHost-net, so it does not require any kernel hacking,
-and is fully-compatible with the kernel vhost module.
-As vHost is still taking responsibility for communicating with the front-end virtio,
-it naturally supports both legacy virtio -net and the DPDK PMD virtio.
-There is a little penalty that comes from the non-polling mode of vhost.
-However, it scales throughput well when using KNI in multi-thread mode.
-
-.. _figure_vhost_net_arch2:
-
-.. figure:: img/vhost_net_arch.*
-
-   vHost-net Architecture Overview
-
-
-Packet Flow
-~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-There is only a minor difference from the original KNI traffic flows.
-On transmit side, vhost kthread calls the RAW socket's ops sendmsg and it puts the packets into the KNI transmit FIFO.
-On the receive side, the kni kthread gets packets from the KNI receive FIFO, puts them into the queue of the raw socket,
-and wakes up the task in vhost kthread to begin receiving.
-All the packet copying, irrespective of whether it is on the transmit or receive side,
-happens in the context of vhost kthread.
-Every vhost-net device is exposed to a front end virtio device in the guest.
-
-.. _figure_kni_traffic_flow:
-
-.. figure:: img/kni_traffic_flow.*
-
-   KNI Traffic Flow
-
-
-Sample Usage
-~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Before starting to use KNI as the backend of vhost, the CONFIG_RTE_KNI_VHOST configuration option must be turned on.
-Otherwise, by default, KNI will not enable its backend support capability.
-
-Of course, as a prerequisite, the vhost/vhost-net kernel CONFIG should be chosen before compiling the kernel.
-
-#.  Compile the DPDK and insert uio_pci_generic/igb_uio kernel modules as normal.
-
-#.  Insert the KNI kernel module:
-
-    .. code-block:: console
-
-        insmod ./rte_kni.ko
-
-    If using KNI in multi-thread mode, use the following command line:
-
-    .. code-block:: console
-
-        insmod ./rte_kni.ko kthread_mode=multiple
-
-#.  Running the KNI sample application:
-
-    .. code-block:: console
-
-        examples/kni/build/app/kni -c -0xf0 -n 4 -- -p 0x3 -P --config="(0,4,6),(1,5,7)"
-
-    This command runs the kni sample application with two physical ports.
-    Each port pins two forwarding cores (ingress/egress) in user space.
-
-#.  Assign a raw socket to vhost-net during qemu-kvm startup.
-    The DPDK does not provide a script to do this since it is easy for the user to customize.
-    The following shows the key steps to launch qemu-kvm with kni-vhost:
-
-    .. code-block:: bash
-
-        #!/bin/bash
-        echo 1 > /sys/class/net/vEth0/sock_en
-        fd=`cat /sys/class/net/vEth0/sock_fd`
-        qemu-kvm \
-        -name vm1 -cpu host -m 2048 -smp 1 -hda /opt/vm-fc16.img \
-        -netdev tap,fd=$fd,id=hostnet1,vhost=on \
-        -device virti-net-pci,netdev=hostnet1,id=net1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4
-
-It is simple to enable raw socket using sysfs sock_en and get raw socket fd using sock_fd under the KNI device node.
-
-Then, using the qemu-kvm command with the -netdev option to assign such raw socket fd as vhost's backend.
-
-.. note::
-
-    The key word tap must exist as qemu-kvm now only supports vhost with a tap backend, so here we cheat qemu-kvm by an existing fd.
-
-Compatibility Configure Option
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-There is a CONFIG_RTE_KNI_VHOST_VNET_HDR_EN configuration option in DPDK configuration file.
-By default, it set to n, which means do not turn on the virtio net header,
-which is used to support additional features (such as, csum offload, vlan offload, generic-segmentation and so on),
-since the kni-vhost does not yet support those features.
-
-Even if the option is turned on, kni-vhost will ignore the information that the header contains.
-When working with legacy virtio on the guest, it is better to turn off unsupported offload features using ethtool -K.
-Otherwise, there may be problems such as an incorrect L4 checksum error.
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 9d4dfcc..66ca596 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -113,12 +113,6 @@ Deprecation Notices
   has different feature set, meaning functions like ``rte_vhost_feature_disable``
   need be changed. Last, file rte_virtio_net.h will be renamed to rte_vhost.h.
 
-* kni: Remove :ref:`kni_vhost_backend-label` feature (KNI_VHOST) in 17.05 release.
-  :doc:`Vhost Library </prog_guide/vhost_lib>` is currently preferred method for
-  guest - host communication. Just for clarification, this is not to remove KNI
-  or VHOST feature, but KNI_VHOST which is a KNI feature enabled via a compile
-  time option, and disabled by default.
-
 * ABI changes are planned for 17.05 in the ``rte_cryptodev_ops`` structure.
   A pointer to a rte_cryptodev_config structure will be added to the
   function prototype ``cryptodev_configure_t``, as a new parameter.
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/Makefile b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/Makefile
index 3c22b63..7864a2a 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/Makefile
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ DEPDIRS-y += lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal
 #
 SRCS-y := kni_misc.c
 SRCS-y += kni_net.c
-SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_VHOST) += kni_vhost.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL) += kni_ethtool.c
 
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL) += ethtool/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_dev.h b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_dev.h
index 58cbadd..002e5fa 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_dev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_dev.h
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST
-#include <net/sock.h>
-#endif
-
 #include <exec-env/rte_kni_common.h>
 #define KNI_KTHREAD_RESCHEDULE_INTERVAL 5 /* us */
 
@@ -102,15 +98,6 @@ struct kni_dev {
 	/* synchro for request processing */
 	unsigned long synchro;
 
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST
-	struct kni_vhost_queue *vhost_queue;
-
-	volatile enum {
-		BE_STOP = 0x1,
-		BE_START = 0x2,
-		BE_FINISH = 0x4,
-	} vq_status;
-#endif
 	/* buffers */
 	void *pa[MBUF_BURST_SZ];
 	void *va[MBUF_BURST_SZ];
@@ -118,26 +105,6 @@ struct kni_dev {
 	void *alloc_va[MBUF_BURST_SZ];
 };
 
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST
-uint32_t
-kni_poll(struct file *file, struct socket *sock, poll_table * wait);
-int kni_chk_vhost_rx(struct kni_dev *kni);
-int kni_vhost_init(struct kni_dev *kni);
-int kni_vhost_backend_release(struct kni_dev *kni);
-
-struct kni_vhost_queue {
-	struct sock sk;
-	struct socket *sock;
-	int vnet_hdr_sz;
-	struct kni_dev *kni;
-	int sockfd;
-	uint32_t flags;
-	struct sk_buff *cache;
-	struct rte_kni_fifo *fifo;
-};
-
-#endif
-
 void kni_net_rx(struct kni_dev *kni);
 void kni_net_init(struct net_device *dev);
 void kni_net_config_lo_mode(char *lo_str);
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_fifo.h b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_fifo.h
index 025ec1c..14f4141 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_fifo.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_fifo.h
@@ -91,18 +91,4 @@ kni_fifo_free_count(struct rte_kni_fifo *fifo)
 	return (fifo->read - fifo->write - 1) & (fifo->len - 1);
 }
 
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST
-/**
- * Initializes the kni fifo structure
- */
-static inline void
-kni_fifo_init(struct rte_kni_fifo *fifo, uint32_t size)
-{
-	fifo->write = 0;
-	fifo->read = 0;
-	fifo->len = size;
-	fifo->elem_size = sizeof(void *);
-}
-#endif
-
 #endif /* _KNI_FIFO_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
index 33b61f2..f1f6bea 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
@@ -140,11 +140,7 @@ kni_thread_single(void *data)
 		down_read(&knet->kni_list_lock);
 		for (j = 0; j < KNI_RX_LOOP_NUM; j++) {
 			list_for_each_entry(dev, &knet->kni_list_head, list) {
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST
-				kni_chk_vhost_rx(dev);
-#else
 				kni_net_rx(dev);
-#endif
 				kni_net_poll_resp(dev);
 			}
 		}
@@ -167,11 +163,7 @@ kni_thread_multiple(void *param)
 
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
 		for (j = 0; j < KNI_RX_LOOP_NUM; j++) {
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST
-			kni_chk_vhost_rx(dev);
-#else
 			kni_net_rx(dev);
-#endif
 			kni_net_poll_resp(dev);
 		}
 #ifdef RTE_KNI_PREEMPT_DEFAULT
@@ -248,9 +240,6 @@ kni_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 			dev->pthread = NULL;
 		}
 
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST
-		kni_vhost_backend_release(dev);
-#endif
 		kni_dev_remove(dev);
 		list_del(&dev->list);
 	}
@@ -397,10 +386,6 @@ kni_ioctl_create(struct net *net, uint32_t ioctl_num,
 	kni->sync_va = dev_info.sync_va;
 	kni->sync_kva = phys_to_virt(dev_info.sync_phys);
 
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST
-	kni->vhost_queue = NULL;
-	kni->vq_status = BE_STOP;
-#endif
 	kni->mbuf_size = dev_info.mbuf_size;
 
 	pr_debug("tx_phys:      0x%016llx, tx_q addr:      0x%p\n",
@@ -490,10 +475,6 @@ kni_ioctl_create(struct net *net, uint32_t ioctl_num,
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST
-	kni_vhost_init(kni);
-#endif
-
 	ret = kni_run_thread(knet, kni, dev_info.force_bind);
 	if (ret != 0)
 		return ret;
@@ -537,9 +518,6 @@ kni_ioctl_release(struct net *net, uint32_t ioctl_num,
 			dev->pthread = NULL;
 		}
 
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST
-		kni_vhost_backend_release(dev);
-#endif
 		kni_dev_remove(dev);
 		list_del(&dev->list);
 		ret = 0;
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_net.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_net.c
index 4ac99cf..db9f489 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_net.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_net.c
@@ -198,18 +198,6 @@ kni_net_config(struct net_device *dev, struct ifmap *map)
 /*
  * Transmit a packet (called by the kernel)
  */
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST
-static int
-kni_net_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	struct kni_dev *kni = netdev_priv(dev);
-
-	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
-	kni->stats.tx_dropped++;
-
-	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-}
-#else
 static int
 kni_net_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
@@ -289,7 +277,6 @@ kni_net_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }
-#endif
 
 /*
  * RX: normal working mode
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_vhost.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_vhost.c
deleted file mode 100644
index f54c34b..0000000
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_vhost.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,842 +0,0 @@
-/*-
- * GPL LICENSE SUMMARY
- *
- *   Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
- *
- *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *   it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as
- *   published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- *   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- *   General Public License for more details.
- *
- *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- *   Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *   The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution
- *   in the file called LICENSE.GPL.
- *
- *   Contact Information:
- *   Intel Corporation
- */
-
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/net.h>
-#include <net/sock.h>
-#include <linux/virtio_net.h>
-#include <linux/wait.h>
-#include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <linux/nsproxy.h>
-#include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/if_tun.h>
-#include <linux/version.h>
-#include <linux/file.h>
-
-#include "compat.h"
-#include "kni_dev.h"
-#include "kni_fifo.h"
-
-#define RX_BURST_SZ 4
-
-#ifdef HAVE_STATIC_SOCK_MAP_FD
-static int kni_sock_map_fd(struct socket *sock)
-{
-	struct file *file;
-	int fd = get_unused_fd_flags(0);
-
-	if (fd < 0)
-		return fd;
-
-	file = sock_alloc_file(sock, 0, NULL);
-	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
-		put_unused_fd(fd);
-		return PTR_ERR(file);
-	}
-	fd_install(fd, file);
-	return fd;
-}
-#endif
-
-static struct proto kni_raw_proto = {
-	.name = "kni_vhost",
-	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
-	.obj_size = sizeof(struct kni_vhost_queue),
-};
-
-static inline int
-kni_vhost_net_tx(struct kni_dev *kni, struct msghdr *m,
-		 uint32_t offset, uint32_t len)
-{
-	struct rte_kni_mbuf *pkt_kva = NULL;
-	struct rte_kni_mbuf *pkt_va = NULL;
-	int ret;
-
-	pr_debug("tx offset=%d, len=%d, iovlen=%d\n",
-#ifdef HAVE_IOV_ITER_MSGHDR
-		   offset, len, (int)m->msg_iter.iov->iov_len);
-#else
-		   offset, len, (int)m->msg_iov->iov_len);
-#endif
-
-	/**
-	 * Check if it has at least one free entry in tx_q and
-	 * one entry in alloc_q.
-	 */
-	if (kni_fifo_free_count(kni->tx_q) == 0 ||
-	    kni_fifo_count(kni->alloc_q) == 0) {
-		/**
-		 * If no free entry in tx_q or no entry in alloc_q,
-		 * drops skb and goes out.
-		 */
-		goto drop;
-	}
-
-	/* dequeue a mbuf from alloc_q */
-	ret = kni_fifo_get(kni->alloc_q, (void **)&pkt_va, 1);
-	if (likely(ret == 1)) {
-		void *data_kva;
-
-		pkt_kva = (void *)pkt_va - kni->mbuf_va + kni->mbuf_kva;
-		data_kva = pkt_kva->buf_addr + pkt_kva->data_off
-			- kni->mbuf_va + kni->mbuf_kva;
-
-#ifdef HAVE_IOV_ITER_MSGHDR
-		copy_from_iter(data_kva, len, &m->msg_iter);
-#else
-		memcpy_fromiovecend(data_kva, m->msg_iov, offset, len);
-#endif
-
-		if (unlikely(len < ETH_ZLEN)) {
-			memset(data_kva + len, 0, ETH_ZLEN - len);
-			len = ETH_ZLEN;
-		}
-		pkt_kva->pkt_len = len;
-		pkt_kva->data_len = len;
-
-		/* enqueue mbuf into tx_q */
-		ret = kni_fifo_put(kni->tx_q, (void **)&pkt_va, 1);
-		if (unlikely(ret != 1)) {
-			/* Failing should not happen */
-			pr_err("Fail to enqueue mbuf into tx_q\n");
-			goto drop;
-		}
-	} else {
-		/* Failing should not happen */
-		pr_err("Fail to dequeue mbuf from alloc_q\n");
-		goto drop;
-	}
-
-	/* update statistics */
-	kni->stats.tx_bytes += len;
-	kni->stats.tx_packets++;
-
-	return 0;
-
-drop:
-	/* update statistics */
-	kni->stats.tx_dropped++;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline int
-kni_vhost_net_rx(struct kni_dev *kni, struct msghdr *m,
-		 uint32_t offset, uint32_t len)
-{
-	uint32_t pkt_len;
-	struct rte_kni_mbuf *kva;
-	struct rte_kni_mbuf *va;
-	void *data_kva;
-	struct sk_buff *skb;
-	struct kni_vhost_queue *q = kni->vhost_queue;
-
-	if (unlikely(q == NULL))
-		return 0;
-
-	/* ensure at least one entry in free_q */
-	if (unlikely(kni_fifo_free_count(kni->free_q) == 0))
-		return 0;
-
-	skb = skb_dequeue(&q->sk.sk_receive_queue);
-	if (unlikely(skb == NULL))
-		return 0;
-
-	kva = (struct rte_kni_mbuf *)skb->data;
-
-	/* free skb to cache */
-	skb->data = NULL;
-	if (unlikely(kni_fifo_put(q->fifo, (void **)&skb, 1) != 1))
-		/* Failing should not happen */
-		pr_err("Fail to enqueue entries into rx cache fifo\n");
-
-	pkt_len = kva->data_len;
-	if (unlikely(pkt_len > len))
-		goto drop;
-
-	pr_debug("rx offset=%d, len=%d, pkt_len=%d, iovlen=%d\n",
-#ifdef HAVE_IOV_ITER_MSGHDR
-		   offset, len, pkt_len, (int)m->msg_iter.iov->iov_len);
-#else
-		   offset, len, pkt_len, (int)m->msg_iov->iov_len);
-#endif
-
-	data_kva = kva->buf_addr + kva->data_off - kni->mbuf_va + kni->mbuf_kva;
-#ifdef HAVE_IOV_ITER_MSGHDR
-	if (unlikely(copy_to_iter(data_kva, pkt_len, &m->msg_iter)))
-#else
-	if (unlikely(memcpy_toiovecend(m->msg_iov, data_kva, offset, pkt_len)))
-#endif
-		goto drop;
-
-	/* Update statistics */
-	kni->stats.rx_bytes += pkt_len;
-	kni->stats.rx_packets++;
-
-	/* enqueue mbufs into free_q */
-	va = (void *)kva - kni->mbuf_kva + kni->mbuf_va;
-	if (unlikely(kni_fifo_put(kni->free_q, (void **)&va, 1) != 1))
-		/* Failing should not happen */
-		pr_err("Fail to enqueue entries into free_q\n");
-
-	pr_debug("receive done %d\n", pkt_len);
-
-	return pkt_len;
-
-drop:
-	/* Update drop statistics */
-	kni->stats.rx_dropped++;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static uint32_t
-kni_sock_poll(struct file *file, struct socket *sock, poll_table *wait)
-{
-	struct kni_vhost_queue *q =
-		container_of(sock->sk, struct kni_vhost_queue, sk);
-	struct kni_dev *kni;
-	uint32_t mask = 0;
-
-	if (unlikely(q == NULL || q->kni == NULL))
-		return POLLERR;
-
-	kni = q->kni;
-#ifdef HAVE_SOCKET_WQ
-	pr_debug("start kni_poll on group %d, wq 0x%16llx\n",
-		  kni->group_id, (uint64_t)sock->wq);
-	poll_wait(file, &sock->wq->wait, wait);
-#else
-	pr_debug("start kni_poll on group %d, wait at 0x%16llx\n",
-		  kni->group_id, (uint64_t)&sock->wait);
-	poll_wait(file, &sock->wait, wait);
-#endif
-
-	if (kni_fifo_count(kni->rx_q) > 0)
-		mask |= POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;
-
-	if (sock_writeable(&q->sk) ||
-#ifdef SOCKWQ_ASYNC_NOSPACE
-		(!test_and_set_bit(SOCKWQ_ASYNC_NOSPACE, &q->sock->flags) &&
-			sock_writeable(&q->sk)))
-#else
-		(!test_and_set_bit(SOCK_ASYNC_NOSPACE, &q->sock->flags) &&
-			sock_writeable(&q->sk)))
-#endif
-		mask |= POLLOUT | POLLWRNORM;
-
-	return mask;
-}
-
-static inline void
-kni_vhost_enqueue(struct kni_dev *kni, struct kni_vhost_queue *q,
-		  struct sk_buff *skb, struct rte_kni_mbuf *va)
-{
-	struct rte_kni_mbuf *kva;
-
-	kva = (void *)(va) - kni->mbuf_va + kni->mbuf_kva;
-	(skb)->data = (unsigned char *)kva;
-	(skb)->len = kva->data_len;
-	skb_queue_tail(&q->sk.sk_receive_queue, skb);
-}
-
-static inline void
-kni_vhost_enqueue_burst(struct kni_dev *kni, struct kni_vhost_queue *q,
-	  struct sk_buff **skb, struct rte_kni_mbuf **va)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < RX_BURST_SZ; skb++, va++, i++)
-		kni_vhost_enqueue(kni, q, *skb, *va);
-}
-
-int
-kni_chk_vhost_rx(struct kni_dev *kni)
-{
-	struct kni_vhost_queue *q = kni->vhost_queue;
-	uint32_t nb_in, nb_mbuf, nb_skb;
-	const uint32_t BURST_MASK = RX_BURST_SZ - 1;
-	uint32_t nb_burst, nb_backlog, i;
-	struct sk_buff *skb[RX_BURST_SZ];
-	struct rte_kni_mbuf *va[RX_BURST_SZ];
-
-	if (unlikely(BE_STOP & kni->vq_status)) {
-		kni->vq_status |= BE_FINISH;
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	if (unlikely(q == NULL))
-		return 0;
-
-	nb_skb = kni_fifo_count(q->fifo);
-	nb_mbuf = kni_fifo_count(kni->rx_q);
-
-	nb_in = min(nb_mbuf, nb_skb);
-	nb_in = min_t(uint32_t, nb_in, RX_BURST_SZ);
-	nb_burst   = (nb_in & ~BURST_MASK);
-	nb_backlog = (nb_in & BURST_MASK);
-
-	/* enqueue skb_queue per BURST_SIZE bulk */
-	if (nb_burst != 0) {
-		if (unlikely(kni_fifo_get(kni->rx_q, (void **)&va, RX_BURST_SZ)
-				!= RX_BURST_SZ))
-			goto except;
-
-		if (unlikely(kni_fifo_get(q->fifo, (void **)&skb, RX_BURST_SZ)
-				!= RX_BURST_SZ))
-			goto except;
-
-		kni_vhost_enqueue_burst(kni, q, skb, va);
-	}
-
-	/* all leftover, do one by one */
-	for (i = 0; i < nb_backlog; ++i) {
-		if (unlikely(kni_fifo_get(kni->rx_q, (void **)&va, 1) != 1))
-			goto except;
-
-		if (unlikely(kni_fifo_get(q->fifo, (void **)&skb, 1) != 1))
-			goto except;
-
-		kni_vhost_enqueue(kni, q, *skb, *va);
-	}
-
-	/* Ondemand wake up */
-	if ((nb_in == RX_BURST_SZ) || (nb_skb == 0) ||
-	    ((nb_mbuf < RX_BURST_SZ) && (nb_mbuf != 0))) {
-		wake_up_interruptible_poll(sk_sleep(&q->sk),
-				   POLLIN | POLLRDNORM | POLLRDBAND);
-		pr_debug("RX CHK KICK nb_mbuf %d, nb_skb %d, nb_in %d\n",
-			   nb_mbuf, nb_skb, nb_in);
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-
-except:
-	/* Failing should not happen */
-	pr_err("Fail to enqueue fifo, it shouldn't happen\n");
-	BUG_ON(1);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int
-#ifdef HAVE_KIOCB_MSG_PARAM
-kni_sock_sndmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
-	   struct msghdr *m, size_t total_len)
-#else
-kni_sock_sndmsg(struct socket *sock,
-	   struct msghdr *m, size_t total_len)
-#endif /* HAVE_KIOCB_MSG_PARAM */
-{
-	struct kni_vhost_queue *q =
-		container_of(sock->sk, struct kni_vhost_queue, sk);
-	int vnet_hdr_len = 0;
-	unsigned long len = total_len;
-
-	if (unlikely(q == NULL || q->kni == NULL))
-		return 0;
-
-	pr_debug("kni_sndmsg len %ld, flags 0x%08x, nb_iov %d\n",
-#ifdef HAVE_IOV_ITER_MSGHDR
-		   len, q->flags, (int)m->msg_iter.iov->iov_len);
-#else
-		   len, q->flags, (int)m->msg_iovlen);
-#endif
-
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST_VNET_HDR_EN
-	if (likely(q->flags & IFF_VNET_HDR)) {
-		vnet_hdr_len = q->vnet_hdr_sz;
-		if (unlikely(len < vnet_hdr_len))
-			return -EINVAL;
-		len -= vnet_hdr_len;
-	}
-#endif
-
-	if (unlikely(len < ETH_HLEN + q->vnet_hdr_sz))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	return kni_vhost_net_tx(q->kni, m, vnet_hdr_len, len);
-}
-
-static int
-#ifdef HAVE_KIOCB_MSG_PARAM
-kni_sock_rcvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
-	   struct msghdr *m, size_t len, int flags)
-#else
-kni_sock_rcvmsg(struct socket *sock,
-	   struct msghdr *m, size_t len, int flags)
-#endif /* HAVE_KIOCB_MSG_PARAM */
-{
-	int vnet_hdr_len = 0;
-	int pkt_len = 0;
-	struct kni_vhost_queue *q =
-		container_of(sock->sk, struct kni_vhost_queue, sk);
-	static struct virtio_net_hdr
-		__attribute__ ((unused)) vnet_hdr = {
-		.flags = 0,
-		.gso_type = VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_NONE
-	};
-
-	if (unlikely(q == NULL || q->kni == NULL))
-		return 0;
-
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST_VNET_HDR_EN
-	if (likely(q->flags & IFF_VNET_HDR)) {
-		vnet_hdr_len = q->vnet_hdr_sz;
-		len -= vnet_hdr_len;
-		if (len < 0)
-			return -EINVAL;
-	}
-#endif
-
-	pkt_len = kni_vhost_net_rx(q->kni, m, vnet_hdr_len, len);
-	if (unlikely(pkt_len == 0))
-		return 0;
-
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST_VNET_HDR_EN
-	/* no need to copy hdr when no pkt received */
-#ifdef HAVE_IOV_ITER_MSGHDR
-	if (unlikely(copy_to_iter((void *)&vnet_hdr, vnet_hdr_len,
-		&m->msg_iter)))
-#else
-	if (unlikely(memcpy_toiovecend(m->msg_iov,
-		(void *)&vnet_hdr, 0, vnet_hdr_len)))
-#endif /* HAVE_IOV_ITER_MSGHDR */
-		return -EFAULT;
-#endif /* RTE_KNI_VHOST_VNET_HDR_EN */
-	pr_debug("kni_rcvmsg expect_len %ld, flags 0x%08x, pkt_len %d\n",
-		   (unsigned long)len, q->flags, pkt_len);
-
-	return pkt_len + vnet_hdr_len;
-}
-
-/* dummy tap like ioctl */
-static int
-kni_sock_ioctl(struct socket *sock, uint32_t cmd, unsigned long arg)
-{
-	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
-	struct ifreq __user *ifr = argp;
-	uint32_t __user *up = argp;
-	struct kni_vhost_queue *q =
-		container_of(sock->sk, struct kni_vhost_queue, sk);
-	struct kni_dev *kni;
-	uint32_t u;
-	int __user *sp = argp;
-	int s;
-	int ret;
-
-	pr_debug("tap ioctl cmd 0x%08x\n", cmd);
-
-	switch (cmd) {
-	case TUNSETIFF:
-		pr_debug("TUNSETIFF\n");
-		/* ignore the name, just look at flags */
-		if (get_user(u, &ifr->ifr_flags))
-			return -EFAULT;
-
-		ret = 0;
-		if ((u & ~IFF_VNET_HDR) != (IFF_NO_PI | IFF_TAP))
-			ret = -EINVAL;
-		else
-			q->flags = u;
-
-		return ret;
-
-	case TUNGETIFF:
-		pr_debug("TUNGETIFF\n");
-		rcu_read_lock_bh();
-		kni = rcu_dereference_bh(q->kni);
-		if (kni)
-			dev_hold(kni->net_dev);
-		rcu_read_unlock_bh();
-
-		if (!kni)
-			return -ENOLINK;
-
-		ret = 0;
-		if (copy_to_user(&ifr->ifr_name, kni->net_dev->name, IFNAMSIZ)
-				|| put_user(q->flags, &ifr->ifr_flags))
-			ret = -EFAULT;
-		dev_put(kni->net_dev);
-		return ret;
-
-	case TUNGETFEATURES:
-		pr_debug("TUNGETFEATURES\n");
-		u = IFF_TAP | IFF_NO_PI;
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST_VNET_HDR_EN
-		u |= IFF_VNET_HDR;
-#endif
-		if (put_user(u, up))
-			return -EFAULT;
-		return 0;
-
-	case TUNSETSNDBUF:
-		pr_debug("TUNSETSNDBUF\n");
-		if (get_user(u, up))
-			return -EFAULT;
-
-		q->sk.sk_sndbuf = u;
-		return 0;
-
-	case TUNGETVNETHDRSZ:
-		s = q->vnet_hdr_sz;
-		if (put_user(s, sp))
-			return -EFAULT;
-		pr_debug("TUNGETVNETHDRSZ %d\n", s);
-		return 0;
-
-	case TUNSETVNETHDRSZ:
-		if (get_user(s, sp))
-			return -EFAULT;
-		if (s < (int)sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr))
-			return -EINVAL;
-
-		pr_debug("TUNSETVNETHDRSZ %d\n", s);
-		q->vnet_hdr_sz = s;
-		return 0;
-
-	case TUNSETOFFLOAD:
-		pr_debug("TUNSETOFFLOAD %lx\n", arg);
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST_VNET_HDR_EN
-		/* not support any offload yet */
-		if (!(q->flags & IFF_VNET_HDR))
-			return  -EINVAL;
-
-		return 0;
-#else
-		return -EINVAL;
-#endif
-
-	default:
-		pr_debug("NOT SUPPORT\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-}
-
-static int
-kni_sock_compat_ioctl(struct socket *sock, uint32_t cmd,
-		     unsigned long arg)
-{
-	/* 32 bits app on 64 bits OS to be supported later */
-	pr_debug("Not implemented.\n");
-
-	return -EINVAL;
-}
-
-#define KNI_VHOST_WAIT_WQ_SAFE()                        \
-do {							\
-	while ((BE_FINISH | BE_STOP) == kni->vq_status) \
-		msleep(1);				\
-} while (0)						\
-
-
-static int
-kni_sock_release(struct socket *sock)
-{
-	struct kni_vhost_queue *q =
-		container_of(sock->sk, struct kni_vhost_queue, sk);
-	struct kni_dev *kni;
-
-	if (q == NULL)
-		return 0;
-
-	kni = q->kni;
-	if (kni != NULL) {
-		kni->vq_status = BE_STOP;
-		KNI_VHOST_WAIT_WQ_SAFE();
-		kni->vhost_queue = NULL;
-		q->kni = NULL;
-	}
-
-	if (q->sockfd != -1)
-		q->sockfd = -1;
-
-	sk_set_socket(&q->sk, NULL);
-	sock->sk = NULL;
-
-	sock_put(&q->sk);
-
-	pr_debug("dummy sock release done\n");
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int
-kni_sock_getname(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr,
-		int *sockaddr_len, int peer)
-{
-	pr_debug("dummy sock getname\n");
-	((struct sockaddr_ll *)addr)->sll_family = AF_PACKET;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static const struct proto_ops kni_socket_ops = {
-	.getname = kni_sock_getname,
-	.sendmsg = kni_sock_sndmsg,
-	.recvmsg = kni_sock_rcvmsg,
-	.release = kni_sock_release,
-	.poll    = kni_sock_poll,
-	.ioctl   = kni_sock_ioctl,
-	.compat_ioctl = kni_sock_compat_ioctl,
-};
-
-static void
-kni_sk_write_space(struct sock *sk)
-{
-	wait_queue_head_t *wqueue;
-
-	if (!sock_writeable(sk) ||
-#ifdef SOCKWQ_ASYNC_NOSPACE
-	    !test_and_clear_bit(SOCKWQ_ASYNC_NOSPACE, &sk->sk_socket->flags))
-#else
-	    !test_and_clear_bit(SOCK_ASYNC_NOSPACE, &sk->sk_socket->flags))
-#endif
-		return;
-	wqueue = sk_sleep(sk);
-	if (wqueue && waitqueue_active(wqueue))
-		wake_up_interruptible_poll(
-			wqueue, POLLOUT | POLLWRNORM | POLLWRBAND);
-}
-
-static void
-kni_sk_destruct(struct sock *sk)
-{
-	struct kni_vhost_queue *q =
-		container_of(sk, struct kni_vhost_queue, sk);
-
-	if (!q)
-		return;
-
-	/* make sure there's no packet in buffer */
-	while (skb_dequeue(&sk->sk_receive_queue) != NULL)
-		;
-
-	mb();
-
-	if (q->fifo != NULL) {
-		kfree(q->fifo);
-		q->fifo = NULL;
-	}
-
-	if (q->cache != NULL) {
-		kfree(q->cache);
-		q->cache = NULL;
-	}
-}
-
-static int
-kni_vhost_backend_init(struct kni_dev *kni)
-{
-	struct kni_vhost_queue *q;
-	struct net *net = current->nsproxy->net_ns;
-	int err, i, sockfd;
-	struct rte_kni_fifo *fifo;
-	struct sk_buff *elem;
-
-	if (kni->vhost_queue != NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-#ifdef HAVE_SK_ALLOC_KERN_PARAM
-	q = (struct kni_vhost_queue *)sk_alloc(net, AF_UNSPEC, GFP_KERNEL,
-			&kni_raw_proto, 0);
-#else
-	q = (struct kni_vhost_queue *)sk_alloc(net, AF_UNSPEC, GFP_KERNEL,
-			&kni_raw_proto);
-#endif
-	if (!q)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	err = sock_create_lite(AF_UNSPEC, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_RAW, &q->sock);
-	if (err)
-		goto free_sk;
-
-	sockfd = kni_sock_map_fd(q->sock);
-	if (sockfd < 0) {
-		err = sockfd;
-		goto free_sock;
-	}
-
-	/* cache init */
-	q->cache = kzalloc(
-		RTE_KNI_VHOST_MAX_CACHE_SIZE * sizeof(struct sk_buff),
-		GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!q->cache)
-		goto free_fd;
-
-	fifo = kzalloc(RTE_KNI_VHOST_MAX_CACHE_SIZE * sizeof(void *)
-			+ sizeof(struct rte_kni_fifo), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!fifo)
-		goto free_cache;
-
-	kni_fifo_init(fifo, RTE_KNI_VHOST_MAX_CACHE_SIZE);
-
-	for (i = 0; i < RTE_KNI_VHOST_MAX_CACHE_SIZE; i++) {
-		elem = &q->cache[i];
-		kni_fifo_put(fifo, (void **)&elem, 1);
-	}
-	q->fifo = fifo;
-
-	/* store sockfd in vhost_queue */
-	q->sockfd = sockfd;
-
-	/* init socket */
-	q->sock->type = SOCK_RAW;
-	q->sock->state = SS_CONNECTED;
-	q->sock->ops = &kni_socket_ops;
-	sock_init_data(q->sock, &q->sk);
-
-	/* init sock data */
-	q->sk.sk_write_space = kni_sk_write_space;
-	q->sk.sk_destruct = kni_sk_destruct;
-	q->flags = IFF_NO_PI | IFF_TAP;
-	q->vnet_hdr_sz = sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr);
-#ifdef RTE_KNI_VHOST_VNET_HDR_EN
-	q->flags |= IFF_VNET_HDR;
-#endif
-
-	/* bind kni_dev with vhost_queue */
-	q->kni = kni;
-	kni->vhost_queue = q;
-
-	wmb();
-
-	kni->vq_status = BE_START;
-
-#ifdef HAVE_SOCKET_WQ
-	pr_debug("backend init sockfd=%d, sock->wq=0x%16llx,sk->sk_wq=0x%16llx",
-		  q->sockfd, (uint64_t)q->sock->wq,
-		  (uint64_t)q->sk.sk_wq);
-#else
-	pr_debug("backend init sockfd=%d, sock->wait at 0x%16llx,sk->sk_sleep=0x%16llx",
-		  q->sockfd, (uint64_t)&q->sock->wait,
-		  (uint64_t)q->sk.sk_sleep);
-#endif
-
-	return 0;
-
-free_cache:
-	kfree(q->cache);
-	q->cache = NULL;
-
-free_fd:
-	put_unused_fd(sockfd);
-
-free_sock:
-	q->kni = NULL;
-	kni->vhost_queue = NULL;
-	kni->vq_status |= BE_FINISH;
-	sock_release(q->sock);
-	q->sock->ops = NULL;
-	q->sock = NULL;
-
-free_sk:
-	sk_free((struct sock *)q);
-
-	return err;
-}
-
-/* kni vhost sock sysfs */
-static ssize_t
-show_sock_fd(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
-	     char *buf)
-{
-	struct net_device *net_dev = container_of(dev, struct net_device, dev);
-	struct kni_dev *kni = netdev_priv(net_dev);
-	int sockfd = -1;
-
-	if (kni->vhost_queue != NULL)
-		sockfd = kni->vhost_queue->sockfd;
-	return snprintf(buf, 10, "%d\n", sockfd);
-}
-
-static ssize_t
-show_sock_en(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
-	     char *buf)
-{
-	struct net_device *net_dev = container_of(dev, struct net_device, dev);
-	struct kni_dev *kni = netdev_priv(net_dev);
-
-	return snprintf(buf, 10, "%u\n", (kni->vhost_queue == NULL ? 0 : 1));
-}
-
-static ssize_t
-set_sock_en(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
-	      const char *buf, size_t count)
-{
-	struct net_device *net_dev = container_of(dev, struct net_device, dev);
-	struct kni_dev *kni = netdev_priv(net_dev);
-	unsigned long en;
-	int err = 0;
-
-	if (kstrtoul(buf, 0, &en) != 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (en)
-		err = kni_vhost_backend_init(kni);
-
-	return err ? err : count;
-}
-
-static DEVICE_ATTR(sock_fd, S_IRUGO | S_IRUSR, show_sock_fd, NULL);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(sock_en, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, show_sock_en, set_sock_en);
-static struct attribute *dev_attrs[] = {
-	&dev_attr_sock_fd.attr,
-	&dev_attr_sock_en.attr,
-	NULL,
-};
-
-static const struct attribute_group dev_attr_grp = {
-	.attrs = dev_attrs,
-};
-
-int
-kni_vhost_backend_release(struct kni_dev *kni)
-{
-	struct kni_vhost_queue *q = kni->vhost_queue;
-
-	if (q == NULL)
-		return 0;
-
-	/* dettach from kni */
-	q->kni = NULL;
-
-	pr_debug("release backend done\n");
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int
-kni_vhost_init(struct kni_dev *kni)
-{
-	struct net_device *dev = kni->net_dev;
-
-	if (sysfs_create_group(&dev->dev.kobj, &dev_attr_grp))
-		sysfs_remove_group(&dev->dev.kobj, &dev_attr_grp);
-
-	kni->vq_status = BE_STOP;
-
-	pr_debug("kni_vhost_init done\n");
-
-	return 0;
-}
