diff --git a/lib/librte_acl/acl_run_avx2.h b/lib/librte_acl/acl_run_avx2.h
index 1688c505cb..b01a46a5ca 100644
--- a/lib/librte_acl/acl_run_avx2.h
+++ b/lib/librte_acl/acl_run_avx2.h
@@ -73,51 +73,19 @@ static const rte_ymm_t ymm_ones_16 = {
 	},
 };
 
-static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) ymm_t
-calc_addr_avx2(ymm_t index_mask, ymm_t next_input, ymm_t shuffle_input,
-	ymm_t ones_16, ymm_t tr_lo, ymm_t tr_hi)
-{
-	ymm_t in, node_type, r, t;
-	ymm_t dfa_msk, dfa_ofs, quad_ofs;
-	ymm_t addr;
-
-	const ymm_t range_base = _mm256_set_epi32(
-		0xffffff0c, 0xffffff08, 0xffffff04, 0xffffff00,
-		0xffffff0c, 0xffffff08, 0xffffff04, 0xffffff00);
-
-	t = _mm256_xor_si256(index_mask, index_mask);
-	in = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(next_input, shuffle_input);
-
-	/* Calc node type and node addr */
-	node_type = _mm256_andnot_si256(index_mask, tr_lo);
-	addr = _mm256_and_si256(index_mask, tr_lo);
-
-	/* DFA calculations. */
-
-	dfa_msk = _mm256_cmpeq_epi32(node_type, t);
-
-	r = _mm256_srli_epi32(in, 30);
-	r = _mm256_add_epi8(r, range_base);
-
-	t = _mm256_srli_epi32(in, 24);
-	r = _mm256_shuffle_epi8(tr_hi, r);
-
-	dfa_ofs = _mm256_sub_epi32(t, r);
-
-	/* QUAD/SINGLE caluclations. */
-
-	t = _mm256_cmpgt_epi8(in, tr_hi);
-	t = _mm256_sign_epi8(t, t);
-	t = _mm256_maddubs_epi16(t, t);
-	quad_ofs = _mm256_madd_epi16(t, ones_16);
-
-	/* blend DFA and QUAD/SINGLE. */
-	t = _mm256_blendv_epi8(quad_ofs, dfa_ofs, dfa_msk);
-
-	addr = _mm256_add_epi32(addr, t);
-	return addr;
-}
+static const rte_ymm_t ymm_range_base = {
+	.u32 = {
+		0xffffff00, 0xffffff04, 0xffffff08, 0xffffff0c,
+		0xffffff00, 0xffffff04, 0xffffff08, 0xffffff0c,
+	},
+};
 
+/*
+ * Process 8 transitions in parallel.
+ * tr_lo contains low 32 bits for 8 transition.
+ * tr_hi contains high 32 bits for 8 transition.
+ * next_input contains up to 4 input bytes for 8 flows.
+ */
 static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) ymm_t
 transition8(ymm_t next_input, const uint64_t *trans, ymm_t *tr_lo, ymm_t *tr_hi)
 {
@@ -126,8 +94,10 @@ transition8(ymm_t next_input, const uint64_t *trans, ymm_t *tr_lo, ymm_t *tr_hi)
 
 	tr = (const int32_t *)(uintptr_t)trans;
 
-	addr = calc_addr_avx2(ymm_index_mask.y, next_input, ymm_shuffle_input.y,
-		ymm_ones_16.y, *tr_lo, *tr_hi);
+	/* Calculate the address (array index) for all 8 transitions. */
+	ACL_TR_CALC_ADDR(mm256, 256, addr, ymm_index_mask.y, next_input,
+		ymm_shuffle_input.y, ymm_ones_16.y, ymm_range_base.y,
+		*tr_lo, *tr_hi);
 
 	/* load lower 32 bits of 8 transactions at once. */
 	*tr_lo = _mm256_i32gather_epi32(tr, addr, sizeof(trans[0]));
@@ -140,6 +110,11 @@ transition8(ymm_t next_input, const uint64_t *trans, ymm_t *tr_lo, ymm_t *tr_hi)
 	return next_input;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Process matches for  8 flows.
+ * tr_lo contains low 32 bits for 8 transition.
+ * tr_hi contains high 32 bits for 8 transition.
+ */
 static inline void
 acl_process_matches_avx2x8(const struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx,
 	struct parms *parms, struct acl_flow_data *flows, uint32_t slot,
@@ -155,6 +130,11 @@ acl_process_matches_avx2x8(const struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx,
 	l0 = _mm256_castsi256_si128(*tr_lo);
 
 	for (i = 0; i != RTE_DIM(tr) / 2; i++) {
+
+		/*
+		 * Extract low 32bits of each transition.
+		 * That's enough to process the match.
+		 */
 		tr[i] = (uint32_t)_mm_cvtsi128_si32(l0);
 		tr[i + 4] = (uint32_t)_mm_cvtsi128_si32(l1);
 
@@ -167,12 +147,14 @@ acl_process_matches_avx2x8(const struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx,
 			ctx, parms, flows, resolve_priority_sse);
 	}
 
+	/* Collect new transitions into 2 YMM registers. */
 	t0 = _mm256_set_epi64x(tr[5], tr[4], tr[1], tr[0]);
 	t1 = _mm256_set_epi64x(tr[7], tr[6], tr[3], tr[2]);
 
-	lo = (ymm_t)_mm256_shuffle_ps((__m256)t0, (__m256)t1, 0x88);
-	hi = (ymm_t)_mm256_shuffle_ps((__m256)t0, (__m256)t1, 0xdd);
+	/* For each transition: put low 32 into tr_lo and high 32 into tr_hi */
+	ACL_TR_HILO(mm256, __m256, t0, t1, lo, hi);
 
+	/* Keep transitions wth NOMATCH intact. */
 	*tr_lo = _mm256_blendv_epi8(*tr_lo, lo, matches);
 	*tr_hi = _mm256_blendv_epi8(*tr_hi, hi, matches);
 }
@@ -200,6 +182,9 @@ acl_match_check_avx2x8(const struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx, struct parms *parms,
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * Execute trie traversal for up to 16 flows in parallel.
+ */
 static inline int
 search_avx2x16(const struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx, const uint8_t **data,
 	uint32_t *results, uint32_t total_packets, uint32_t categories)
@@ -225,16 +210,14 @@ search_avx2x16(const struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx, const uint8_t **data,
 	t1 = _mm256_set_epi64x(index_array[7], index_array[6],
 		index_array[3], index_array[2]);
 
-	tr_lo[0] = (ymm_t)_mm256_shuffle_ps((__m256)t0, (__m256)t1, 0x88);
-	tr_hi[0] = (ymm_t)_mm256_shuffle_ps((__m256)t0, (__m256)t1, 0xdd);
+	ACL_TR_HILO(mm256, __m256, t0, t1, tr_lo[0], tr_hi[0]);
 
 	t0 = _mm256_set_epi64x(index_array[13], index_array[12],
 		index_array[9], index_array[8]);
 	t1 = _mm256_set_epi64x(index_array[15], index_array[14],
 		index_array[11], index_array[10]);
 
-	tr_lo[1] = (ymm_t)_mm256_shuffle_ps((__m256)t0, (__m256)t1, 0x88);
-	tr_hi[1] = (ymm_t)_mm256_shuffle_ps((__m256)t0, (__m256)t1, 0xdd);
+	ACL_TR_HILO(mm256, __m256, t0, t1, tr_lo[1], tr_hi[1]);
 
 	 /* Check for any matches. */
 	acl_match_check_avx2x8(ctx, parms, &flows, 0, &tr_lo[0], &tr_hi[0],
diff --git a/lib/librte_acl/acl_run_sse.h b/lib/librte_acl/acl_run_sse.h
index 4a174e9310..ad40a67451 100644
--- a/lib/librte_acl/acl_run_sse.h
+++ b/lib/librte_acl/acl_run_sse.h
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ static const rte_xmm_t xmm_index_mask = {
 	},
 };
 
+static const rte_xmm_t xmm_range_base = {
+	.u32 = {
+		0xffffff00, 0xffffff04, 0xffffff08, 0xffffff0c,
+	},
+};
+
 /*
  * Resolve priority for multiple results (sse version).
  * This consists comparing the priority of the current traversal with the
@@ -90,25 +96,28 @@ resolve_priority_sse(uint64_t transition, int n, const struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx,
 			(xmm_t *)(&parms[n].cmplt->priority[x]);
 
 		/* get results and priorities for completed trie */
-		results = MM_LOADU((const xmm_t *)&p[transition].results[x]);
-		priority = MM_LOADU((const xmm_t *)&p[transition].priority[x]);
+		results = _mm_loadu_si128(
+			(const xmm_t *)&p[transition].results[x]);
+		priority = _mm_loadu_si128(
+			(const xmm_t *)&p[transition].priority[x]);
 
 		/* if this is not the first completed trie */
 		if (parms[n].cmplt->count != ctx->num_tries) {
 
 			/* get running best results and their priorities */
-			results1 = MM_LOADU(saved_results);
-			priority1 = MM_LOADU(saved_priority);
+			results1 = _mm_loadu_si128(saved_results);
+			priority1 = _mm_loadu_si128(saved_priority);
 
 			/* select results that are highest priority */
-			selector = MM_CMPGT32(priority1, priority);
-			results = MM_BLENDV8(results, results1, selector);
-			priority = MM_BLENDV8(priority, priority1, selector);
+			selector = _mm_cmpgt_epi32(priority1, priority);
+			results = _mm_blendv_epi8(results, results1, selector);
+			priority = _mm_blendv_epi8(priority, priority1,
+				selector);
 		}
 
 		/* save running best results and their priorities */
-		MM_STOREU(saved_results, results);
-		MM_STOREU(saved_priority, priority);
+		_mm_storeu_si128(saved_results, results);
+		_mm_storeu_si128(saved_priority, priority);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -122,11 +131,11 @@ acl_process_matches(xmm_t *indices, int slot, const struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx,
 	uint64_t transition1, transition2;
 
 	/* extract transition from low 64 bits. */
-	transition1 = MM_CVT64(*indices);
+	transition1 = _mm_cvtsi128_si64(*indices);
 
 	/* extract transition from high 64 bits. */
-	*indices = MM_SHUFFLE32(*indices, SHUFFLE32_SWAP64);
-	transition2 = MM_CVT64(*indices);
+	*indices = _mm_shuffle_epi32(*indices, SHUFFLE32_SWAP64);
+	transition2 = _mm_cvtsi128_si64(*indices);
 
 	transition1 = acl_match_check(transition1, slot, ctx,
 		parms, flows, resolve_priority_sse);
@@ -134,7 +143,7 @@ acl_process_matches(xmm_t *indices, int slot, const struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx,
 		parms, flows, resolve_priority_sse);
 
 	/* update indices with new transitions. */
-	*indices = MM_SET64(transition2, transition1);
+	*indices = _mm_set_epi64x(transition2, transition1);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -148,98 +157,24 @@ acl_match_check_x4(int slot, const struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx, struct parms *parms,
 	xmm_t temp;
 
 	/* put low 32 bits of each transition into one register */
-	temp = (xmm_t)MM_SHUFFLEPS((__m128)*indices1, (__m128)*indices2,
+	temp = (xmm_t)_mm_shuffle_ps((__m128)*indices1, (__m128)*indices2,
 		0x88);
 	/* test for match node */
-	temp = MM_AND(match_mask, temp);
+	temp = _mm_and_si128(match_mask, temp);
 
-	while (!MM_TESTZ(temp, temp)) {
+	while (!_mm_testz_si128(temp, temp)) {
 		acl_process_matches(indices1, slot, ctx, parms, flows);
 		acl_process_matches(indices2, slot + 2, ctx, parms, flows);
 
-		temp = (xmm_t)MM_SHUFFLEPS((__m128)*indices1,
+		temp = (xmm_t)_mm_shuffle_ps((__m128)*indices1,
 					(__m128)*indices2,
 					0x88);
-		temp = MM_AND(match_mask, temp);
+		temp = _mm_and_si128(match_mask, temp);
 	}
 }
 
 /*
- * Calculate the address of the next transition for
- * all types of nodes. Note that only DFA nodes and range
- * nodes actually transition to another node. Match
- * nodes don't move.
- */
-static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) xmm_t
-calc_addr_sse(xmm_t index_mask, xmm_t next_input, xmm_t shuffle_input,
-	xmm_t ones_16, xmm_t tr_lo, xmm_t tr_hi)
-{
-	xmm_t addr, node_types;
-	xmm_t dfa_msk, dfa_ofs, quad_ofs;
-	xmm_t in, r, t;
-
-	const xmm_t range_base = _mm_set_epi32(0xffffff0c, 0xffffff08,
-		0xffffff04, 0xffffff00);
-
-	/*
-	 * Note that no transition is done for a match
-	 * node and therefore a stream freezes when
-	 * it reaches a match.
-	 */
-
-	t = MM_XOR(index_mask, index_mask);
-
-	/* shuffle input byte to all 4 positions of 32 bit value */
-	in = MM_SHUFFLE8(next_input, shuffle_input);
-
-	/* Calc node type and node addr */
-	node_types = MM_ANDNOT(index_mask, tr_lo);
-	addr = MM_AND(index_mask, tr_lo);
-
-	/*
-	 * Calc addr for DFAs - addr = dfa_index + input_byte
-	 */
-
-	/* mask for DFA type (0) nodes */
-	dfa_msk = MM_CMPEQ32(node_types, t);
-
-	r = _mm_srli_epi32(in, 30);
-	r = _mm_add_epi8(r, range_base);
-
-	t = _mm_srli_epi32(in, 24);
-	r = _mm_shuffle_epi8(tr_hi, r);
-
-	dfa_ofs = _mm_sub_epi32(t, r);
-
-	/*
-	 * Calculate number of range boundaries that are less than the
-	 * input value. Range boundaries for each node are in signed 8 bit,
-	 * ordered from -128 to 127 in the indices2 register.
-	 * This is effectively a popcnt of bytes that are greater than the
-	 * input byte.
-	 */
-
-	/* check ranges */
-	t = MM_CMPGT8(in, tr_hi);
-
-	/* convert -1 to 1 (bytes greater than input byte */
-	t = MM_SIGN8(t, t);
-
-	/* horizontal add pairs of bytes into words */
-	t = MM_MADD8(t, t);
-
-	/* horizontal add pairs of words into dwords */
-	quad_ofs = MM_MADD16(t, ones_16);
-
-	/* blend DFA and QUAD/SINGLE. */
-	t = _mm_blendv_epi8(quad_ofs, dfa_ofs, dfa_msk);
-
-	/* add index into node position */
-	return MM_ADD32(addr, t);
-}
-
-/*
- * Process 4 transitions (in 2 SIMD registers) in parallel
+ * Process 4 transitions (in 2 XMM registers) in parallel
  */
 static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) xmm_t
 transition4(xmm_t next_input, const uint64_t *trans,
@@ -249,39 +184,36 @@ transition4(xmm_t next_input, const uint64_t *trans,
 	uint64_t trans0, trans2;
 
 	/* Shuffle low 32 into tr_lo and high 32 into tr_hi */
-	tr_lo = (xmm_t)_mm_shuffle_ps((__m128)*indices1, (__m128)*indices2,
-		0x88);
-	tr_hi = (xmm_t)_mm_shuffle_ps((__m128)*indices1, (__m128)*indices2,
-		0xdd);
+	ACL_TR_HILO(mm, __m128, *indices1, *indices2, tr_lo, tr_hi);
 
 	 /* Calculate the address (array index) for all 4 transitions. */
-
-	addr = calc_addr_sse(xmm_index_mask.x, next_input, xmm_shuffle_input.x,
-		xmm_ones_16.x, tr_lo, tr_hi);
+	ACL_TR_CALC_ADDR(mm, 128, addr, xmm_index_mask.x, next_input,
+		xmm_shuffle_input.x, xmm_ones_16.x, xmm_range_base.x,
+		tr_lo, tr_hi);
 
 	 /* Gather 64 bit transitions and pack back into 2 registers. */
 
-	trans0 = trans[MM_CVT32(addr)];
+	trans0 = trans[_mm_cvtsi128_si32(addr)];
 
 	/* get slot 2 */
 
 	/* {x0, x1, x2, x3} -> {x2, x1, x2, x3} */
-	addr = MM_SHUFFLE32(addr, SHUFFLE32_SLOT2);
-	trans2 = trans[MM_CVT32(addr)];
+	addr = _mm_shuffle_epi32(addr, SHUFFLE32_SLOT2);
+	trans2 = trans[_mm_cvtsi128_si32(addr)];
 
 	/* get slot 1 */
 
 	/* {x2, x1, x2, x3} -> {x1, x1, x2, x3} */
-	addr = MM_SHUFFLE32(addr, SHUFFLE32_SLOT1);
-	*indices1 = MM_SET64(trans[MM_CVT32(addr)], trans0);
+	addr = _mm_shuffle_epi32(addr, SHUFFLE32_SLOT1);
+	*indices1 = _mm_set_epi64x(trans[_mm_cvtsi128_si32(addr)], trans0);
 
 	/* get slot 3 */
 
 	/* {x1, x1, x2, x3} -> {x3, x1, x2, x3} */
-	addr = MM_SHUFFLE32(addr, SHUFFLE32_SLOT3);
-	*indices2 = MM_SET64(trans[MM_CVT32(addr)], trans2);
+	addr = _mm_shuffle_epi32(addr, SHUFFLE32_SLOT3);
+	*indices2 = _mm_set_epi64x(trans[_mm_cvtsi128_si32(addr)], trans2);
 
-	return MM_SRL32(next_input, CHAR_BIT);
+	return _mm_srli_epi32(next_input, CHAR_BIT);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -314,11 +246,11 @@ search_sse_8(const struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx, const uint8_t **data,
 	 * indices4 contains index_array[6,7]
 	 */
 
-	indices1 = MM_LOADU((xmm_t *) &index_array[0]);
-	indices2 = MM_LOADU((xmm_t *) &index_array[2]);
+	indices1 = _mm_loadu_si128((xmm_t *) &index_array[0]);
+	indices2 = _mm_loadu_si128((xmm_t *) &index_array[2]);
 
-	indices3 = MM_LOADU((xmm_t *) &index_array[4]);
-	indices4 = MM_LOADU((xmm_t *) &index_array[6]);
+	indices3 = _mm_loadu_si128((xmm_t *) &index_array[4]);
+	indices4 = _mm_loadu_si128((xmm_t *) &index_array[6]);
 
 	 /* Check for any matches. */
 	acl_match_check_x4(0, ctx, parms, &flows,
@@ -332,14 +264,14 @@ search_sse_8(const struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx, const uint8_t **data,
 		input0 = _mm_cvtsi32_si128(GET_NEXT_4BYTES(parms, 0));
 		input1 = _mm_cvtsi32_si128(GET_NEXT_4BYTES(parms, 4));
 
-		input0 = MM_INSERT32(input0, GET_NEXT_4BYTES(parms, 1), 1);
-		input1 = MM_INSERT32(input1, GET_NEXT_4BYTES(parms, 5), 1);
+		input0 = _mm_insert_epi32(input0, GET_NEXT_4BYTES(parms, 1), 1);
+		input1 = _mm_insert_epi32(input1, GET_NEXT_4BYTES(parms, 5), 1);
 
-		input0 = MM_INSERT32(input0, GET_NEXT_4BYTES(parms, 2), 2);
-		input1 = MM_INSERT32(input1, GET_NEXT_4BYTES(parms, 6), 2);
+		input0 = _mm_insert_epi32(input0, GET_NEXT_4BYTES(parms, 2), 2);
+		input1 = _mm_insert_epi32(input1, GET_NEXT_4BYTES(parms, 6), 2);
 
-		input0 = MM_INSERT32(input0, GET_NEXT_4BYTES(parms, 3), 3);
-		input1 = MM_INSERT32(input1, GET_NEXT_4BYTES(parms, 7), 3);
+		input0 = _mm_insert_epi32(input0, GET_NEXT_4BYTES(parms, 3), 3);
+		input1 = _mm_insert_epi32(input1, GET_NEXT_4BYTES(parms, 7), 3);
 
 		 /* Process the 4 bytes of input on each stream. */
 
@@ -395,8 +327,8 @@ search_sse_4(const struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx, const uint8_t **data,
 		index_array[n] = acl_start_next_trie(&flows, parms, n, ctx);
 	}
 
-	indices1 = MM_LOADU((xmm_t *) &index_array[0]);
-	indices2 = MM_LOADU((xmm_t *) &index_array[2]);
+	indices1 = _mm_loadu_si128((xmm_t *) &index_array[0]);
+	indices2 = _mm_loadu_si128((xmm_t *) &index_array[2]);
 
 	/* Check for any matches. */
 	acl_match_check_x4(0, ctx, parms, &flows,
@@ -406,9 +338,9 @@ search_sse_4(const struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx, const uint8_t **data,
 
 		/* Gather 4 bytes of input data for each stream. */
 		input = _mm_cvtsi32_si128(GET_NEXT_4BYTES(parms, 0));
-		input = MM_INSERT32(input, GET_NEXT_4BYTES(parms, 1), 1);
-		input = MM_INSERT32(input, GET_NEXT_4BYTES(parms, 2), 2);
-		input = MM_INSERT32(input, GET_NEXT_4BYTES(parms, 3), 3);
+		input = _mm_insert_epi32(input, GET_NEXT_4BYTES(parms, 1), 1);
+		input = _mm_insert_epi32(input, GET_NEXT_4BYTES(parms, 2), 2);
+		input = _mm_insert_epi32(input, GET_NEXT_4BYTES(parms, 3), 3);
 
 		/* Process the 4 bytes of input on each stream. */
 		input = transition4(input, flows.trans, &indices1, &indices2);
diff --git a/lib/librte_acl/acl_vect.h b/lib/librte_acl/acl_vect.h
index d8136003f6..6cc1999738 100644
--- a/lib/librte_acl/acl_vect.h
+++ b/lib/librte_acl/acl_vect.h
@@ -44,86 +44,70 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#define	MM_ADD16(a, b)		_mm_add_epi16(a, b)
-#define	MM_ADD32(a, b)		_mm_add_epi32(a, b)
-#define	MM_ALIGNR8(a, b, c)	_mm_alignr_epi8(a, b, c)
-#define	MM_AND(a, b)		_mm_and_si128(a, b)
-#define MM_ANDNOT(a, b)		_mm_andnot_si128(a, b)
-#define MM_BLENDV8(a, b, c)	_mm_blendv_epi8(a, b, c)
-#define MM_CMPEQ16(a, b)	_mm_cmpeq_epi16(a, b)
-#define MM_CMPEQ32(a, b)	_mm_cmpeq_epi32(a, b)
-#define	MM_CMPEQ8(a, b)		_mm_cmpeq_epi8(a, b)
-#define MM_CMPGT32(a, b)	_mm_cmpgt_epi32(a, b)
-#define MM_CMPGT8(a, b)		_mm_cmpgt_epi8(a, b)
-#define MM_CVT(a)		_mm_cvtsi32_si128(a)
-#define	MM_CVT32(a)		_mm_cvtsi128_si32(a)
-#define MM_CVTU32(a)		_mm_cvtsi32_si128(a)
-#define	MM_INSERT16(a, c, b)	_mm_insert_epi16(a, c, b)
-#define	MM_INSERT32(a, c, b)	_mm_insert_epi32(a, c, b)
-#define	MM_LOAD(a)		_mm_load_si128(a)
-#define	MM_LOADH_PI(a, b)	_mm_loadh_pi(a, b)
-#define	MM_LOADU(a)		_mm_loadu_si128(a)
-#define	MM_MADD16(a, b)		_mm_madd_epi16(a, b)
-#define	MM_MADD8(a, b)		_mm_maddubs_epi16(a, b)
-#define	MM_MOVEMASK8(a)		_mm_movemask_epi8(a)
-#define MM_OR(a, b)		_mm_or_si128(a, b)
-#define	MM_SET1_16(a)		_mm_set1_epi16(a)
-#define	MM_SET1_32(a)		_mm_set1_epi32(a)
-#define	MM_SET1_64(a)		_mm_set1_epi64(a)
-#define	MM_SET1_8(a)		_mm_set1_epi8(a)
-#define	MM_SET32(a, b, c, d)	_mm_set_epi32(a, b, c, d)
-#define	MM_SHUFFLE32(a, b)	_mm_shuffle_epi32(a, b)
-#define	MM_SHUFFLE8(a, b)	_mm_shuffle_epi8(a, b)
-#define	MM_SHUFFLEPS(a, b, c)	_mm_shuffle_ps(a, b, c)
-#define	MM_SIGN8(a, b)		_mm_sign_epi8(a, b)
-#define	MM_SLL64(a, b)		_mm_sll_epi64(a, b)
-#define	MM_SRL128(a, b)		_mm_srli_si128(a, b)
-#define MM_SRL16(a, b)		_mm_srli_epi16(a, b)
-#define	MM_SRL32(a, b)		_mm_srli_epi32(a, b)
-#define	MM_STORE(a, b)		_mm_store_si128(a, b)
-#define	MM_STOREU(a, b)		_mm_storeu_si128(a, b)
-#define	MM_TESTZ(a, b)		_mm_testz_si128(a, b)
-#define	MM_XOR(a, b)		_mm_xor_si128(a, b)
-
-#define	MM_SET16(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h)	\
-	_mm_set_epi16(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h)
-
-#define	MM_SET8(c0, c1, c2, c3, c4, c5, c6, c7,	\
-		c8, c9, cA, cB, cC, cD, cE, cF)	\
-	_mm_set_epi8(c0, c1, c2, c3, c4, c5, c6, c7,	\
-		c8, c9, cA, cB, cC, cD, cE, cF)
-
-#ifdef RTE_ARCH_X86_64
-
-#define	MM_CVT64(a)		_mm_cvtsi128_si64(a)
-
-#else
-
-#define	MM_CVT64(a)	({ \
-	rte_xmm_t m;       \
-	m.m = (a);         \
-	(m.u64[0]);        \
-})
-
-#endif /*RTE_ARCH_X86_64 */
 
 /*
- * Prior to version 12.1 icc doesn't support _mm_set_epi64x.
+ * Takes 2 SIMD registers containing N transitions eachi (tr0, tr1).
+ * Shuffles it into different representation:
+ * lo - contains low 32 bits of given N transitions.
+ * hi - contains high 32 bits of given N transitions.
  */
-#if (defined(__ICC) && __ICC < 1210)
+#define	ACL_TR_HILO(P, TC, tr0, tr1, lo, hi)                        do { \
+	lo = (typeof(lo))_##P##_shuffle_ps((TC)(tr0), (TC)(tr1), 0x88);  \
+	hi = (typeof(hi))_##P##_shuffle_ps((TC)(tr0), (TC)(tr1), 0xdd);  \
+} while (0)
 
-#define	MM_SET64(a, b)	({ \
-	rte_xmm_t m;       \
-	m.u64[0] = b;      \
-	m.u64[1] = a;      \
-	(m.m);             \
-})
 
-#else
+/*
+ * Calculate the address of the next transition for
+ * all types of nodes. Note that only DFA nodes and range
+ * nodes actually transition to another node. Match
+ * nodes not supposed to be encountered here.
+ * For quad range nodes:
+ * Calculate number of range boundaries that are less than the
+ * input value. Range boundaries for each node are in signed 8 bit,
+ * ordered from -128 to 127.
+ * This is effectively a popcnt of bytes that are greater than the
+ * input byte.
+ * Single nodes are processed in the same ways as quad range nodes.
+*/
+#define ACL_TR_CALC_ADDR(P, S,					\
+	addr, index_mask, next_input, shuffle_input,		\
+	ones_16, range_base, tr_lo, tr_hi)               do {	\
+								\
+	typeof(addr) in, node_type, r, t;			\
+	typeof(addr) dfa_msk, dfa_ofs, quad_ofs;		\
+								\
+	t = _##P##_xor_si##S(index_mask, index_mask);		\
+	in = _##P##_shuffle_epi8(next_input, shuffle_input);	\
+								\
+	/* Calc node type and node addr */			\
+	node_type = _##P##_andnot_si##S(index_mask, tr_lo);	\
+	addr = _##P##_and_si##S(index_mask, tr_lo);		\
+								\
+	/* mask for DFA type(0) nodes */			\
+	dfa_msk = _##P##_cmpeq_epi32(node_type, t);		\
+								\
+	/* DFA calculations. */					\
+	r = _##P##_srli_epi32(in, 30);				\
+	r = _##P##_add_epi8(r, range_base);			\
+	t = _##P##_srli_epi32(in, 24);				\
+	r = _##P##_shuffle_epi8(tr_hi, r);			\
+								\
+	dfa_ofs = _##P##_sub_epi32(t, r);			\
+								\
+	/* QUAD/SINGLE caluclations. */				\
+	t = _##P##_cmpgt_epi8(in, tr_hi);			\
+	t = _##P##_sign_epi8(t, t);				\
+	t = _##P##_maddubs_epi16(t, t);				\
+	quad_ofs = _##P##_madd_epi16(t, ones_16);		\
+								\
+	/* blend DFA and QUAD/SINGLE. */			\
+	t = _##P##_blendv_epi8(quad_ofs, dfa_ofs, dfa_msk);	\
+								\
+	/* calculate address for next transitions. */		\
+	addr = _##P##_add_epi32(addr, t);			\
+} while (0)
 
-#define	MM_SET64(a, b)		_mm_set_epi64x(a, b)
-
-#endif /* (defined(__ICC) && __ICC < 1210) */
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common_vect.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common_vect.h
index 617470b89b..54ec70f506 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common_vect.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common_vect.h
@@ -109,6 +109,18 @@ typedef union rte_ymm {
 })
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Prior to version 12.1 icc doesn't support _mm_set_epi64x.
+ */
+#if (defined(__ICC) && __ICC < 1210)
+#define _mm_set_epi64x(a, b)  ({ \
+	rte_xmm_t m;             \
+	m.u64[0] = b;            \
+	m.u64[1] = a;            \
+	(m.x);                   \
+})
+#endif /* (defined(__ICC) && __ICC < 1210) */
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif