diff --git a/examples/common/altivec/port_group.h b/examples/common/altivec/port_group.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d96d14ca94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/common/altivec/port_group.h
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2016 Intel Corporation.
+ * Copyright(c) 2017 IBM Corporation.
+ * Copyright(C) 2022 Marvell.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _PORT_GROUP_H_
+#define _PORT_GROUP_H_
+
+#include "pkt_group.h"
+
+/*
+ * Group consecutive packets with the same destination port in bursts of 4.
+ * Suppose we have array of destination ports:
+ * dst_port[] = {a, b, c, d,, e, ... }
+ * dp1 should contain: <a, b, c, d>, dp2: <b, c, d, e>.
+ * We doing 4 comparisons at once and the result is 4 bit mask.
+ * This mask is used as an index into prebuild array of pnum values.
+ */
+static inline uint16_t *
+port_groupx4(uint16_t pn[FWDSTEP + 1], uint16_t *lp,
+	     __vector unsigned short dp1,
+	     __vector unsigned short dp2)
+{
+	union {
+		uint16_t u16[FWDSTEP + 1];
+		uint64_t u64;
+	} *pnum = (void *)pn;
+
+	int32_t v;
+
+	v = vec_any_eq(dp1, dp2);
+
+
+	/* update last port counter. */
+	lp[0] += gptbl[v].lpv;
+
+	/* if dest port value has changed. */
+	if (v != GRPMSK) {
+		pnum->u64 = gptbl[v].pnum;
+		pnum->u16[FWDSTEP] = 1;
+		lp = pnum->u16 + gptbl[v].idx;
+	}
+
+	return lp;
+}
+
+#endif /* _PORT_GROUP_H_ */
diff --git a/examples/common/neon/port_group.h b/examples/common/neon/port_group.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82c6ed6d73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/common/neon/port_group.h
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2016-2018 Intel Corporation.
+ * Copyright(c) 2017-2018 Linaro Limited.
+ * Copyright(C) 2022 Marvell.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _PORT_GROUP_H_
+#define _PORT_GROUP_H_
+
+#include "pkt_group.h"
+
+/*
+ * Group consecutive packets with the same destination port in bursts of 4.
+ * Suppose we have array of destination ports:
+ * dst_port[] = {a, b, c, d,, e, ... }
+ * dp1 should contain: <a, b, c, d>, dp2: <b, c, d, e>.
+ * We doing 4 comparisons at once and the result is 4 bit mask.
+ * This mask is used as an index into prebuild array of pnum values.
+ */
+static inline uint16_t *
+port_groupx4(uint16_t pn[FWDSTEP + 1], uint16_t *lp, uint16x8_t dp1,
+		  uint16x8_t dp2)
+{
+	union {
+		uint16_t u16[FWDSTEP + 1];
+		uint64_t u64;
+	} *pnum = (void *)pn;
+
+	uint16x8_t mask = {1, 2, 4, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0};
+	int32_t v;
+
+	dp1 = vceqq_u16(dp1, dp2);
+	dp1 = vandq_u16(dp1, mask);
+	v = vaddvq_u16(dp1);
+
+	/* update last port counter. */
+	lp[0] += gptbl[v].lpv;
+	rte_compiler_barrier();
+
+	/* if dest port value has changed. */
+	if (v != GRPMSK) {
+		pnum->u64 = gptbl[v].pnum;
+		pnum->u16[FWDSTEP] = 1;
+		lp = pnum->u16 + gptbl[v].idx;
+	}
+
+	return lp;
+}
+
+#endif /* _PORT_GROUP_H_ */
diff --git a/examples/common/pkt_group.h b/examples/common/pkt_group.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b26d9380f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/common/pkt_group.h
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2016-2018 Intel Corporation.
+ * Copyright(c) 2017-2018 Linaro Limited.
+ * Copyright(C) 2022 Marvell.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _PKT_GROUP_H_
+#define _PKT_GROUP_H_
+
+#define FWDSTEP	4
+
+/*
+ * Group consecutive packets with the same destination port into one burst.
+ * To avoid extra latency this is done together with some other packet
+ * processing, but after we made a final decision about packet's destination.
+ * To do this we maintain:
+ * pnum - array of number of consecutive packets with the same dest port for
+ * each packet in the input burst.
+ * lp - pointer to the last updated element in the pnum.
+ * dlp - dest port value lp corresponds to.
+ */
+
+#define	GRPSZ	(1 << FWDSTEP)
+#define	GRPMSK	(GRPSZ - 1)
+
+#define GROUP_PORT_STEP(dlp, dcp, lp, pn, idx)	do { \
+	if (likely((dlp) == (dcp)[(idx)])) {         \
+		(lp)[0]++;                           \
+	} else {                                     \
+		(dlp) = (dcp)[idx];                  \
+		(lp) = (pn) + (idx);                 \
+		(lp)[0] = 1;                         \
+	}                                            \
+} while (0)
+
+static const struct {
+	uint64_t pnum; /* prebuild 4 values for pnum[]. */
+	int32_t  idx;  /* index for new last updated elemnet. */
+	uint16_t lpv;  /* add value to the last updated element. */
+} gptbl[GRPSZ] = {
+	{
+		/* 0: a != b, b != c, c != d, d != e */
+		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0001000100010001),
+		.idx = 4,
+		.lpv = 0,
+	},
+	{
+		/* 1: a == b, b != c, c != d, d != e */
+		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0001000100010002),
+		.idx = 4,
+		.lpv = 1,
+	},
+	{
+		/* 2: a != b, b == c, c != d, d != e */
+		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0001000100020001),
+		.idx = 4,
+		.lpv = 0,
+	},
+	{
+		/* 3: a == b, b == c, c != d, d != e */
+		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0001000100020003),
+		.idx = 4,
+		.lpv = 2,
+	},
+	{
+		/* 4: a != b, b != c, c == d, d != e */
+		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0001000200010001),
+		.idx = 4,
+		.lpv = 0,
+	},
+	{
+		/* 5: a == b, b != c, c == d, d != e */
+		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0001000200010002),
+		.idx = 4,
+		.lpv = 1,
+	},
+	{
+		/* 6: a != b, b == c, c == d, d != e */
+		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0001000200030001),
+		.idx = 4,
+		.lpv = 0,
+	},
+	{
+		/* 7: a == b, b == c, c == d, d != e */
+		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0001000200030004),
+		.idx = 4,
+		.lpv = 3,
+	},
+	{
+		/* 8: a != b, b != c, c != d, d == e */
+		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0002000100010001),
+		.idx = 3,
+		.lpv = 0,
+	},
+	{
+		/* 9: a == b, b != c, c != d, d == e */
+		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0002000100010002),
+		.idx = 3,
+		.lpv = 1,
+	},
+	{
+		/* 0xa: a != b, b == c, c != d, d == e */
+		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0002000100020001),
+		.idx = 3,
+		.lpv = 0,
+	},
+	{
+		/* 0xb: a == b, b == c, c != d, d == e */
+		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0002000100020003),
+		.idx = 3,
+		.lpv = 2,
+	},
+	{
+		/* 0xc: a != b, b != c, c == d, d == e */
+		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0002000300010001),
+		.idx = 2,
+		.lpv = 0,
+	},
+	{
+		/* 0xd: a == b, b != c, c == d, d == e */
+		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0002000300010002),
+		.idx = 2,
+		.lpv = 1,
+	},
+	{
+		/* 0xe: a != b, b == c, c == d, d == e */
+		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0002000300040001),
+		.idx = 1,
+		.lpv = 0,
+	},
+	{
+		/* 0xf: a == b, b == c, c == d, d == e */
+		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0002000300040005),
+		.idx = 0,
+		.lpv = 4,
+	},
+};
+
+#endif /* _PKT_GROUP_H_ */
diff --git a/examples/common/sse/port_group.h b/examples/common/sse/port_group.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ec09f8e4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/common/sse/port_group.h
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2016 Intel Corporation.
+ * Copyright(C) 2022 Marvell.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _PORT_GROUP_H_
+#define _PORT_GROUP_H_
+
+#include "pkt_group.h"
+
+/*
+ * Group consecutive packets with the same destination port in bursts of 4.
+ * Suppose we have array of destination ports:
+ * dst_port[] = {a, b, c, d,, e, ... }
+ * dp1 should contain: <a, b, c, d>, dp2: <b, c, d, e>.
+ * We doing 4 comparisons at once and the result is 4 bit mask.
+ * This mask is used as an index into prebuild array of pnum values.
+ */
+static inline uint16_t *
+port_groupx4(uint16_t pn[FWDSTEP + 1], uint16_t *lp, __m128i dp1,
+		 __m128i dp2)
+{
+	union {
+		uint16_t u16[FWDSTEP + 1];
+		uint64_t u64;
+	} *pnum = (void *)pn;
+
+	int32_t v;
+
+	dp1 = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(dp1, dp2);
+	dp1 = _mm_unpacklo_epi16(dp1, dp1);
+	v = _mm_movemask_ps((__m128)dp1);
+
+	/* update last port counter. */
+	lp[0] += gptbl[v].lpv;
+
+	/* if dest port value has changed. */
+	if (v != GRPMSK) {
+		pnum->u64 = gptbl[v].pnum;
+		pnum->u16[FWDSTEP] = 1;
+		lp = pnum->u16 + gptbl[v].idx;
+	}
+
+	return lp;
+}
+
+#endif /* _PORT_GROUP_H_ */
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd/Makefile b/examples/l3fwd/Makefile
index 8efe6378e2..8dbe85c2e6 100644
--- a/examples/l3fwd/Makefile
+++ b/examples/l3fwd/Makefile
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ shared: build/$(APP)-shared
 static: build/$(APP)-static
 	ln -sf $(APP)-static build/$(APP)

+INCLUDES =-I../common
 PC_FILE := $(shell $(PKGCONF) --path libdpdk 2>/dev/null)
 CFLAGS += -O3 $(shell $(PKGCONF) --cflags libdpdk)
 # Added for 'rte_eth_link_to_str()'
@@ -38,10 +39,10 @@ endif
 endif

 build/$(APP)-shared: $(SRCS-y) Makefile $(PC_FILE) | build
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(SRCS-y) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SHARED)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(SRCS-y) $(INCLUDES) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SHARED)

 build/$(APP)-static: $(SRCS-y) Makefile $(PC_FILE) | build
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(SRCS-y) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_STATIC)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(SRCS-y) $(INCLUDES) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_STATIC)

 build:
 	@mkdir -p $@
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd.h b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd.h
index 8a52c90755..40b5f32a9e 100644
--- a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd.h
+++ b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd.h
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@
 /* Used to mark destination port as 'invalid'. */
 #define	BAD_PORT ((uint16_t)-1)

-#define FWDSTEP	4
-
 /* replace first 12B of the ethernet header. */
 #define	MASK_ETH 0x3f

diff --git a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_altivec.h b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_altivec.h
index 88fb41843b..87018f5dbe 100644
--- a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_altivec.h
+++ b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_altivec.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #define _L3FWD_ALTIVEC_H_

 #include "l3fwd.h"
+#include "altivec/port_group.h"
 #include "l3fwd_common.h"

 /*
@@ -82,42 +83,6 @@ processx4_step3(struct rte_mbuf *pkt[FWDSTEP], uint16_t dst_port[FWDSTEP])
 			&dst_port[3], pkt[3]->packet_type);
 }

-/*
- * Group consecutive packets with the same destination port in bursts of 4.
- * Suppose we have array of destination ports:
- * dst_port[] = {a, b, c, d,, e, ... }
- * dp1 should contain: <a, b, c, d>, dp2: <b, c, d, e>.
- * We doing 4 comparisons at once and the result is 4 bit mask.
- * This mask is used as an index into prebuild array of pnum values.
- */
-static inline uint16_t *
-port_groupx4(uint16_t pn[FWDSTEP + 1], uint16_t *lp,
-		__vector unsigned short dp1,
-		__vector unsigned short dp2)
-{
-	union {
-		uint16_t u16[FWDSTEP + 1];
-		uint64_t u64;
-	} *pnum = (void *)pn;
-
-	int32_t v;
-
-	v = vec_any_eq(dp1, dp2);
-
-
-	/* update last port counter. */
-	lp[0] += gptbl[v].lpv;
-
-	/* if dest port value has changed. */
-	if (v != GRPMSK) {
-		pnum->u64 = gptbl[v].pnum;
-		pnum->u16[FWDSTEP] = 1;
-		lp = pnum->u16 + gptbl[v].idx;
-	}
-
-	return lp;
-}
-
 /**
  * Process one packet:
  * Update source and destination MAC addresses in the ethernet header.
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_common.h b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_common.h
index 8e4c27218f..224b1c08e8 100644
--- a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_common.h
+++ b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_common.h
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #ifndef _L3FWD_COMMON_H_
 #define _L3FWD_COMMON_H_

+#include "pkt_group.h"
+
 #ifdef DO_RFC_1812_CHECKS

 #define	IPV4_MIN_VER_IHL	0x45
@@ -50,133 +52,6 @@ rfc1812_process(struct rte_ipv4_hdr *ipv4_hdr, uint16_t *dp, uint32_t ptype)
 #define	rfc1812_process(mb, dp, ptype)	do { } while (0)
 #endif /* DO_RFC_1812_CHECKS */

-/*
- * We group consecutive packets with the same destination port into one burst.
- * To avoid extra latency this is done together with some other packet
- * processing, but after we made a final decision about packet's destination.
- * To do this we maintain:
- * pnum - array of number of consecutive packets with the same dest port for
- * each packet in the input burst.
- * lp - pointer to the last updated element in the pnum.
- * dlp - dest port value lp corresponds to.
- */
-
-#define	GRPSZ	(1 << FWDSTEP)
-#define	GRPMSK	(GRPSZ - 1)
-
-#define GROUP_PORT_STEP(dlp, dcp, lp, pn, idx)	do { \
-	if (likely((dlp) == (dcp)[(idx)])) {             \
-		(lp)[0]++;                                   \
-	} else {                                         \
-		(dlp) = (dcp)[idx];                          \
-		(lp) = (pn) + (idx);                         \
-		(lp)[0] = 1;                                 \
-	}                                                \
-} while (0)
-
-static const struct {
-	uint64_t pnum; /* prebuild 4 values for pnum[]. */
-	int32_t  idx;  /* index for new last updated element. */
-	uint16_t lpv;  /* add value to the last updated element. */
-} gptbl[GRPSZ] = {
-	{
-		/* 0: a != b, b != c, c != d, d != e */
-		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0001000100010001),
-		.idx = 4,
-		.lpv = 0,
-	},
-	{
-		/* 1: a == b, b != c, c != d, d != e */
-		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0001000100010002),
-		.idx = 4,
-		.lpv = 1,
-	},
-	{
-		/* 2: a != b, b == c, c != d, d != e */
-		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0001000100020001),
-		.idx = 4,
-		.lpv = 0,
-	},
-	{
-		/* 3: a == b, b == c, c != d, d != e */
-		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0001000100020003),
-		.idx = 4,
-		.lpv = 2,
-	},
-	{
-		/* 4: a != b, b != c, c == d, d != e */
-		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0001000200010001),
-		.idx = 4,
-		.lpv = 0,
-	},
-	{
-		/* 5: a == b, b != c, c == d, d != e */
-		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0001000200010002),
-		.idx = 4,
-		.lpv = 1,
-	},
-	{
-		/* 6: a != b, b == c, c == d, d != e */
-		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0001000200030001),
-		.idx = 4,
-		.lpv = 0,
-	},
-	{
-		/* 7: a == b, b == c, c == d, d != e */
-		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0001000200030004),
-		.idx = 4,
-		.lpv = 3,
-	},
-	{
-		/* 8: a != b, b != c, c != d, d == e */
-		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0002000100010001),
-		.idx = 3,
-		.lpv = 0,
-	},
-	{
-		/* 9: a == b, b != c, c != d, d == e */
-		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0002000100010002),
-		.idx = 3,
-		.lpv = 1,
-	},
-	{
-		/* 0xa: a != b, b == c, c != d, d == e */
-		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0002000100020001),
-		.idx = 3,
-		.lpv = 0,
-	},
-	{
-		/* 0xb: a == b, b == c, c != d, d == e */
-		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0002000100020003),
-		.idx = 3,
-		.lpv = 2,
-	},
-	{
-		/* 0xc: a != b, b != c, c == d, d == e */
-		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0002000300010001),
-		.idx = 2,
-		.lpv = 0,
-	},
-	{
-		/* 0xd: a == b, b != c, c == d, d == e */
-		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0002000300010002),
-		.idx = 2,
-		.lpv = 1,
-	},
-	{
-		/* 0xe: a != b, b == c, c == d, d == e */
-		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0002000300040001),
-		.idx = 1,
-		.lpv = 0,
-	},
-	{
-		/* 0xf: a == b, b == c, c == d, d == e */
-		.pnum = UINT64_C(0x0002000300040005),
-		.idx = 0,
-		.lpv = 4,
-	},
-};
-
 static __rte_always_inline void
 send_packetsx4(struct lcore_conf *qconf, uint16_t port, struct rte_mbuf *m[],
 		uint32_t num)
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_neon.h b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_neon.h
index e3d33a5229..ce515e0bc4 100644
--- a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_neon.h
+++ b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_neon.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #define _L3FWD_NEON_H_

 #include "l3fwd.h"
+#include "neon/port_group.h"
 #include "l3fwd_common.h"

 /*
@@ -62,44 +63,6 @@ processx4_step3(struct rte_mbuf *pkt[FWDSTEP], uint16_t dst_port[FWDSTEP])
 			&dst_port[3], pkt[3]->packet_type);
 }

-/*
- * Group consecutive packets with the same destination port in bursts of 4.
- * Suppose we have array of destination ports:
- * dst_port[] = {a, b, c, d,, e, ... }
- * dp1 should contain: <a, b, c, d>, dp2: <b, c, d, e>.
- * We doing 4 comparisons at once and the result is 4 bit mask.
- * This mask is used as an index into prebuild array of pnum values.
- */
-static inline uint16_t *
-port_groupx4(uint16_t pn[FWDSTEP + 1], uint16_t *lp, uint16x8_t dp1,
-	     uint16x8_t dp2)
-{
-	union {
-		uint16_t u16[FWDSTEP + 1];
-		uint64_t u64;
-	} *pnum = (void *)pn;
-
-	int32_t v;
-	uint16x8_t mask = {1, 2, 4, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0};
-
-	dp1 = vceqq_u16(dp1, dp2);
-	dp1 = vandq_u16(dp1, mask);
-	v = vaddvq_u16(dp1);
-
-	/* update last port counter. */
-	lp[0] += gptbl[v].lpv;
-	rte_compiler_barrier();
-
-	/* if dest port value has changed. */
-	if (v != GRPMSK) {
-		pnum->u64 = gptbl[v].pnum;
-		pnum->u16[FWDSTEP] = 1;
-		lp = pnum->u16 + gptbl[v].idx;
-	}
-
-	return lp;
-}
-
 /**
  * Process one packet:
  * Update source and destination MAC addresses in the ethernet header.
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_sse.h b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_sse.h
index d5a717e18c..0f0d0323a2 100644
--- a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_sse.h
+++ b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_sse.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #define _L3FWD_SSE_H_

 #include "l3fwd.h"
+#include "sse/port_group.h"
 #include "l3fwd_common.h"

 /*
@@ -62,41 +63,6 @@ processx4_step3(struct rte_mbuf *pkt[FWDSTEP], uint16_t dst_port[FWDSTEP])
 			&dst_port[3], pkt[3]->packet_type);
 }

-/*
- * Group consecutive packets with the same destination port in bursts of 4.
- * Suppose we have array of destination ports:
- * dst_port[] = {a, b, c, d,, e, ... }
- * dp1 should contain: <a, b, c, d>, dp2: <b, c, d, e>.
- * We doing 4 comparisons at once and the result is 4 bit mask.
- * This mask is used as an index into prebuild array of pnum values.
- */
-static inline uint16_t *
-port_groupx4(uint16_t pn[FWDSTEP + 1], uint16_t *lp, __m128i dp1, __m128i dp2)
-{
-	union {
-		uint16_t u16[FWDSTEP + 1];
-		uint64_t u64;
-	} *pnum = (void *)pn;
-
-	int32_t v;
-
-	dp1 = _mm_cmpeq_epi16(dp1, dp2);
-	dp1 = _mm_unpacklo_epi16(dp1, dp1);
-	v = _mm_movemask_ps((__m128)dp1);
-
-	/* update last port counter. */
-	lp[0] += gptbl[v].lpv;
-
-	/* if dest port value has changed. */
-	if (v != GRPMSK) {
-		pnum->u64 = gptbl[v].pnum;
-		pnum->u16[FWDSTEP] = 1;
-		lp = pnum->u16 + gptbl[v].idx;
-	}
-
-	return lp;
-}
-
 /**
  * Process one packet:
  * Update source and destination MAC addresses in the ethernet header.
diff --git a/examples/meson.build b/examples/meson.build
index 78de0e1f37..81e93799f2 100644
--- a/examples/meson.build
+++ b/examples/meson.build
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ foreach example: examples
     ldflags = default_ldflags

     ext_deps = []
-    includes = [include_directories(example)]
+    includes = [include_directories(example, 'common')]
     deps = ['eal', 'mempool', 'net', 'mbuf', 'ethdev', 'cmdline']
     subdir(example)

