2 files changed, 20 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/vlib/buffer.h b/src/vlib/buffer.h
index 651e7f0dc8f..0d24779e52b 100644
--- a/src/vlib/buffer.h
+++ b/src/vlib/buffer.h
@@ -187,6 +187,12 @@ vlib_buffer_struct_is_sane (vlib_buffer_t * b)
   ASSERT (b->pre_data + VLIB_BUFFER_PRE_DATA_SIZE == b->data);
 }
 
+always_inline uword
+vlib_buffer_get_va (vlib_buffer_t * b)
+{
+  return pointer_to_uword (b->data);
+}
+
 /** \brief Get pointer to current data to process
 
     @param b - (vlib_buffer_t *) pointer to the buffer
@@ -201,6 +207,12 @@ vlib_buffer_get_current (vlib_buffer_t * b)
   return b->data + b->current_data;
 }
 
+always_inline uword
+vlib_buffer_get_current_va (vlib_buffer_t * b)
+{
+  return vlib_buffer_get_va (b) + b->current_data;
+}
+
 /** \brief Advance current data pointer by the supplied (signed!) amount
 
     @param b - (vlib_buffer_t *) pointer to the buffer
diff --git a/src/vlib/buffer_funcs.h b/src/vlib/buffer_funcs.h
index 438bf7e5ee4..1110c206e52 100644
--- a/src/vlib/buffer_funcs.h
+++ b/src/vlib/buffer_funcs.h
@@ -314,18 +314,21 @@ vlib_buffer_contents (vlib_main_t * vm, u32 buffer_index, u8 * contents)
   return content_len;
 }
 
-/* Return physical address of buffer->data start. */
-always_inline u64
-vlib_get_buffer_data_physical_address (vlib_main_t * vm, u32 buffer_index)
+always_inline uword
+vlib_buffer_get_pa (vlib_main_t * vm, vlib_buffer_t * b)
 {
   vlib_buffer_main_t *bm = &buffer_main;
-  vlib_buffer_t *b = vlib_get_buffer (vm, buffer_index);
   vlib_buffer_pool_t *pool = vec_elt_at_index (bm->buffer_pools,
 					       b->buffer_pool_index);
-
   return vlib_physmem_virtual_to_physical (vm, pool->physmem_region, b->data);
 }
 
+always_inline uword
+vlib_buffer_get_current_pa (vlib_main_t * vm, vlib_buffer_t * b)
+{
+  return vlib_buffer_get_pa (vm, b) + b->current_data;
+}
+
 /** \brief Prefetch buffer metadata by buffer index
     The first 64 bytes of buffer contains most header information