diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_crypto.c b/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_crypto.c
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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2017-2018 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+#include <rte_malloc.h>
+#include <rte_jhash.h>
+#include <rte_mbuf.h>
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST_DEBUG
+#include <rte_hexdump.h>
+#endif
+#include "vhost.h"
+#include "vhost_user.h"
+#include "rte_vhost_crypto.h"
+
+#define NB_MEMPOOL_OBJS			(1024)
+#define NB_CRYPTO_DESCRIPTORS		(1024)
+#define NB_CACHE_OBJS			(128)
+
+#define SESSION_MAP_ENTRIES		(1024) /**< Max nb sessions per vdev */
+#define MAX_KEY_SIZE			(32)
+#define VHOST_CRYPTO_MAX_IV_LEN		(16)
+#define MAX_COUNT_DOWN_TIMES		(100)
+
+#define INHDR_LEN		(sizeof(struct virtio_crypto_inhdr))
+#define IV_OFFSET		(sizeof(struct rte_crypto_op) + \
+				sizeof(struct rte_crypto_sym_op))
+
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST_DEBUG
+#define VC_LOG_ERR(fmt, args...)				\
+	RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1, "[%s] %s() line %u: " fmt "\n",	\
+		"Vhost-Crypto",	__func__, __LINE__, ## args)
+#define VC_LOG_INFO(fmt, args...)				\
+	RTE_LOG(INFO, USER1, "[%s] %s() line %u: " fmt "\n",	\
+		"Vhost-Crypto",	__func__, __LINE__, ## args)
+
+#define VC_LOG_DBG(fmt, args...)				\
+	RTE_LOG(DEBUG, USER1, "[%s] %s() line %u: " fmt "\n",	\
+		"Vhost-Crypto",	__func__, __LINE__, ## args)
+#else
+#define VC_LOG_ERR(fmt, args...)				\
+	RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1, "[VHOST-Crypto]: " fmt "\n", ## args)
+#define VC_LOG_INFO(fmt, args...)				\
+	RTE_LOG(INFO, USER1, "[VHOST-Crypto]: " fmt "\n", ## args)
+#define VC_LOG_DBG(fmt, args...)
+#endif
+
+#define VIRTIO_CRYPTO_FEATURES ((1 << VIRTIO_F_NOTIFY_ON_EMPTY) |	\
+		(1 << VIRTIO_RING_F_INDIRECT_DESC) |			\
+		(1 << VIRTIO_RING_F_EVENT_IDX) |			\
+		(1 << VIRTIO_CRYPTO_SERVICE_CIPHER) |			\
+		(1 << VIRTIO_CRYPTO_SERVICE_HASH) |			\
+		(1 << VIRTIO_CRYPTO_SERVICE_MAC) |			\
+		(1 << VIRTIO_CRYPTO_SERVICE_AEAD) |			\
+		(1 << VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ))
+
+
+#define GPA_TO_VVA(t, m, a)	((t)(uintptr_t)rte_vhost_gpa_to_vva(m, a))
+
+/* Macro to get the buffer at the end of rte_crypto_op */
+#define REQ_OP_OFFSET		(IV_OFFSET + VHOST_CRYPTO_MAX_IV_LEN)
+
+/**
+ * 1-to-1 mapping between RTE_CRYPTO_*ALGO* and VIRTIO_CRYPTO_*ALGO*, for
+ * algorithms not supported by RTE_CRYPTODEV, the -VIRTIO_CRYPTO_NOTSUPP is
+ * returned.
+ */
+static int cipher_algo_transform[] = {
+		RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_NULL,
+		RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_ARC4,
+		RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_ECB,
+		RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC,
+		RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CTR,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_NOTSUPP, /* VIRTIO_CRYPTO_CIPHER_DES_ECB */
+		RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_DES_CBC,
+		RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_ECB,
+		RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CBC,
+		RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CTR,
+		RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_KASUMI_F8,
+		RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_SNOW3G_UEA2,
+		RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_F8,
+		RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_XTS,
+		RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_ZUC_EEA3
+};
+
+/**
+ * VIRTIO_CRYTPO_AUTH_* indexes are not sequential, the gaps are filled with
+ * -VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG errors.
+ */
+static int auth_algo_transform[] = {
+		RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_NULL,
+		RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_MD5_HMAC,
+		RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC,
+		RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA224_HMAC,
+		RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA256_HMAC,
+		RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA384_HMAC,
+		RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA512_HMAC,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_NOTSUPP, /* VIRTIO_CRYPTO_MAC_CMAC_3DES */
+		RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_CMAC,
+		RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_KASUMI_F9,
+		RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SNOW3G_UIA2,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG,
+		RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GMAC,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_NOTSUPP, /* VIRTIO_CRYPTO_MAC_GMAC_TWOFISH */
+		RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_CBC_MAC,
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_NOTSUPP, /* VIRTIO_CRYPTO_MAC_CBCMAC_KASUMI_F9 */
+		RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_XCBC_MAC
+};
+
+static int cipher_op_transform[] = {
+		-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG, /* meaningless */
+		RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT,
+		RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_DECRYPT
+};
+
+static int iv_lens[] = {
+		-1, /* Invalid input */
+		0, /* RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_NULL */
+		8, /* RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CBC */
+		8, /* RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CTR */
+		8, /* RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_ECB */
+		16, /* RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC */
+		/* TODO: add common algos */
+};
+
+/**
+ * vhost_crypto struct is used to maintain a number of virtio_cryptos and
+ * one DPDK crypto device that deals with all crypto workloads. It is declared
+ * here and defined in vhost_crypto.c
+ */
+struct vhost_crypto {
+	/** Used to lookup DPDK Cryptodev Session based on VIRTIO crypto
+	 *  session ID.
+	 */
+	struct rte_hash *session_map;
+	struct rte_mempool *mbuf_pool;
+	struct rte_mempool *sess_pool;
+
+	/** DPDK cryptodev ID */
+	uint8_t cid;
+	uint16_t nb_qps;
+
+	uint64_t last_session_id;
+
+	uint64_t cache_session_id;
+	struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session *cache_session;
+	/** socket id for the device */
+	int socket_id;
+
+	struct virtio_net *dev;
+
+	uint8_t option;
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
+
+struct vhost_crypto_data_req {
+	struct vring_desc *head;
+	struct rte_vhost_memory *mem;
+	struct virtio_crypto_inhdr *inhdr;
+
+	uint16_t desc_idx;
+	uint32_t len;
+	struct vhost_virtqueue *vq;
+
+	uint8_t zero_copy;
+
+	int vid;
+
+	struct vring_desc *wb_desc;
+	uint16_t wb_len;
+};
+
+static int
+transform_cipher_param(struct rte_crypto_sym_xform *xform,
+		VhostUserCryptoSessionParam *param)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = cipher_algo_transform[param->cipher_algo];
+	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+		return ret;
+
+	xform->type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_CIPHER;
+	xform->cipher.algo = ret;
+	xform->cipher.key.length = param->cipher_key_len;
+	if (xform->cipher.key.length > 0)
+		xform->cipher.key.data = param->cipher_key_buf;
+	ret = cipher_op_transform[param->dir];
+	if (unlikely(ret < 0)) {
+		VC_LOG_DBG("Bad operation type");
+		return ret;
+	}
+	xform->cipher.op = ret;
+	ret = iv_lens[xform->cipher.algo];
+	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+		return ret;
+	xform->cipher.iv.length = ret;
+	xform->cipher.iv.offset = IV_OFFSET;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+transform_chain_param(struct rte_crypto_sym_xform *xforms,
+		VhostUserCryptoSessionParam *param)
+{
+	struct rte_crypto_sym_xform *xform_cipher, *xform_auth;
+	int ret;
+
+	switch (param->chaining_dir) {
+	case VIRTIO_CRYPTO_SYM_ALG_CHAIN_ORDER_HASH_THEN_CIPHER:
+		xform_auth = xforms;
+		xform_cipher = xforms->next;
+		xform_cipher->cipher.op = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_DECRYPT;
+		xform_auth->auth.op = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_VERIFY;
+		break;
+	case VIRTIO_CRYPTO_SYM_ALG_CHAIN_ORDER_CIPHER_THEN_HASH:
+		xform_cipher = xforms;
+		xform_auth = xforms->next;
+		xform_cipher->cipher.op = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT;
+		xform_auth->auth.op = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_GENERATE;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -VIRTIO_CRYPTO_BADMSG;
+	}
+
+	/* cipher */
+	ret = cipher_algo_transform[param->cipher_algo];
+	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+		return ret;
+	xform_cipher->type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_CIPHER;
+	xform_cipher->cipher.algo = ret;
+	xform_cipher->cipher.key.length = param->cipher_key_len;
+	xform_cipher->cipher.key.data = param->cipher_key_buf;
+	ret = iv_lens[xform_cipher->cipher.algo];
+	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+		return ret;
+	xform_cipher->cipher.iv.length = ret;
+	xform_cipher->cipher.iv.offset = IV_OFFSET;
+
+	/* auth */
+	xform_auth->type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AUTH;
+	ret = auth_algo_transform[param->hash_algo];
+	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+		return ret;
+	xform_auth->auth.algo = ret;
+	xform_auth->auth.digest_length = param->digest_len;
+	xform_auth->auth.key.length = param->auth_key_len;
+	xform_auth->auth.key.data = param->auth_key_buf;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+vhost_crypto_create_sess(struct vhost_crypto *vcrypto,
+		VhostUserCryptoSessionParam *sess_param)
+{
+	struct rte_crypto_sym_xform xform1 = {0}, xform2 = {0};
+	struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session *session;
+	int ret;
+
+	switch (sess_param->op_type) {
+	case VIRTIO_CRYPTO_SYM_OP_NONE:
+	case VIRTIO_CRYPTO_SYM_OP_CIPHER:
+		ret = transform_cipher_param(&xform1, sess_param);
+		if (unlikely(ret)) {
+			VC_LOG_ERR("Error transform session msg (%i)", ret);
+			sess_param->session_id = ret;
+			return;
+		}
+		break;
+	case VIRTIO_CRYPTO_SYM_OP_ALGORITHM_CHAINING:
+		if (unlikely(sess_param->hash_mode !=
+				VIRTIO_CRYPTO_SYM_HASH_MODE_AUTH)) {
+			sess_param->session_id = -VIRTIO_CRYPTO_NOTSUPP;
+			VC_LOG_ERR("Error transform session message (%i)",
+					-VIRTIO_CRYPTO_NOTSUPP);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		xform1.next = &xform2;
+
+		ret = transform_chain_param(&xform1, sess_param);
+		if (unlikely(ret)) {
+			VC_LOG_ERR("Error transform session message (%i)", ret);
+			sess_param->session_id = ret;
+			return;
+		}
+
+		break;
+	default:
+		VC_LOG_ERR("Algorithm not yet supported");
+		sess_param->session_id = -VIRTIO_CRYPTO_NOTSUPP;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	session = rte_cryptodev_sym_session_create(vcrypto->sess_pool);
+	if (!session) {
+		VC_LOG_ERR("Failed to create session");
+		sess_param->session_id = -VIRTIO_CRYPTO_ERR;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (rte_cryptodev_sym_session_init(vcrypto->cid, session, &xform1,
+			vcrypto->sess_pool) < 0) {
+		VC_LOG_ERR("Failed to initialize session");
+		sess_param->session_id = -VIRTIO_CRYPTO_ERR;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* insert hash to map */
+	if (rte_hash_add_key_data(vcrypto->session_map,
+			&vcrypto->last_session_id, session) < 0) {
+		VC_LOG_ERR("Failed to insert session to hash table");
+
+		if (rte_cryptodev_sym_session_clear(vcrypto->cid, session) < 0)
+			VC_LOG_ERR("Failed to clear session");
+		else {
+			if (rte_cryptodev_sym_session_free(session) < 0)
+				VC_LOG_ERR("Failed to free session");
+		}
+		sess_param->session_id = -VIRTIO_CRYPTO_ERR;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	VC_LOG_DBG("Session (key %lu, session %p) created.",
+			vcrypto->last_session_id, session);
+
+	sess_param->session_id = vcrypto->last_session_id;
+	vcrypto->last_session_id++;
+}
+
+static int
+vhost_crypto_close_sess(struct vhost_crypto *vcrypto, uint64_t session_id)
+{
+	struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session *session;
+	uint64_t sess_id = session_id;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = rte_hash_lookup_data(vcrypto->session_map, &sess_id,
+			(void **)&session);
+
+	if (unlikely(ret < 0)) {
+		VC_LOG_ERR("Failed to delete session (key %lu).", session_id);
+		return -VIRTIO_CRYPTO_INVSESS;
+	}
+
+	if (rte_cryptodev_sym_session_clear(vcrypto->cid, session) < 0) {
+		VC_LOG_DBG("Failed to delete session");
+		return -VIRTIO_CRYPTO_ERR;
+	}
+
+	if (rte_cryptodev_sym_session_free(session) < 0) {
+		VC_LOG_DBG("Failed to delete session");
+		return -VIRTIO_CRYPTO_ERR;
+	}
+
+	if (rte_hash_del_key(vcrypto->session_map, &sess_id) < 0) {
+		VC_LOG_DBG("Failed to delete session from hash table.");
+		return -VIRTIO_CRYPTO_ERR;
+	}
+
+	VC_LOG_DBG("Session (key %lu, session %p) deleted.", sess_id,
+			session);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+vhost_crypto_msg_post_handler(int vid, void *msg, uint32_t *require_reply)
+{
+	struct virtio_net *dev = get_device(vid);
+	struct vhost_crypto *vcrypto;
+	VhostUserMsg *vmsg = msg;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (dev == NULL || require_reply == NULL) {
+		VC_LOG_ERR("Invalid vid %i", vid);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	vcrypto = dev->extern_data;
+	if (vcrypto == NULL) {
+		VC_LOG_ERR("Cannot find required data, is it initialized?");
+		return -ENOENT;
+	}
+
+	*require_reply = 0;
+
+	if (vmsg->request.master == VHOST_USER_CRYPTO_CREATE_SESS) {
+		vhost_crypto_create_sess(vcrypto,
+				&vmsg->payload.crypto_session);
+		*require_reply = 1;
+	} else if (vmsg->request.master == VHOST_USER_CRYPTO_CLOSE_SESS)
+		ret = vhost_crypto_close_sess(vcrypto, vmsg->payload.u64);
+	else
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+
+	return ret;
+}
