Add support for recvmmsg when using epoll transport (#9509)

Motivation:

When using datagram sockets which need to handle a lot of packets it makes sense to use recvmmsg to be able to read multiple datagram packets with one syscall.

Modifications:

- Add support for recvmmsg on linux
- Add new EpollChannelOption.MAX_DATAGRAM_PACKET_SIZE
- Add tests

Result:

Fixes https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/8446.

transport-native-epoll/src/main/c/netty_epoll_native.c

@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ static jint netty_epoll_native_sendmmsg0(JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz, jint fd, jbo
         msg[i].msg_hdr.msg_namelen = addrSize;
 
         msg[i].msg_hdr.msg_iov = (struct iovec*) (intptr_t) (*env)->GetLongField(env, packet, packetMemoryAddressFieldId);
-        msg[i].msg_hdr.msg_iovlen = (*env)->GetIntField(env, packet, packetCountFieldId);;
+        msg[i].msg_hdr.msg_iovlen = (*env)->GetIntField(env, packet, packetCountFieldId);
     }
 
     ssize_t res;
@@ -321,6 +321,61 @@ static jint netty_epoll_native_sendmmsg0(JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz, jint fd, jbo
     return (jint) res;
 }
 
+static jint netty_epoll_native_recvmmsg0(JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz, jint fd, jboolean ipv6, jobjectArray packets, jint offset, jint len) {
+    struct mmsghdr msg[len];
+    memset(msg, 0, sizeof(msg));
+    struct sockaddr_storage addr[len];
+    int addrSize = sizeof(addr);
+    memset(addr, 0, addrSize);
+
+    int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+        jobject packet = (*env)->GetObjectArrayElement(env, packets, i + offset);
+        msg[i].msg_hdr.msg_iov = (struct iovec*) (intptr_t) (*env)->GetLongField(env, packet, packetMemoryAddressFieldId);
+        msg[i].msg_hdr.msg_iovlen = (*env)->GetIntField(env, packet, packetCountFieldId);
+
+        msg[i].msg_hdr.msg_name = addr + i;
+        msg[i].msg_hdr.msg_namelen = (socklen_t) addrSize;
+    }
+
+    ssize_t res;
+    int err;
+    do {
+       res = recvmmsg(fd, msg, len, 0, NULL);
+       // keep on reading if it was interrupted
+    } while (res == -1 && ((err = errno) == EINTR));
+
+    if (res < 0) {
+        return -err;
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < res; i++) {
+        jobject packet = (*env)->GetObjectArrayElement(env, packets, i + offset);
+        jbyteArray address = (jbyteArray) (*env)->GetObjectField(env, packet, packetAddrFieldId);
+
+        (*env)->SetIntField(env, packet, packetCountFieldId, msg[i].msg_len);
+
+        struct sockaddr_storage* addr = (struct sockaddr_storage*) msg[i].msg_hdr.msg_name;
+
+        if (addr->ss_family == AF_INET) {
+            struct sockaddr_in* ipaddr = (struct sockaddr_in*) addr;
+
+            (*env)->SetByteArrayRegion(env, address, 0, 4, (jbyte*) &ipaddr->sin_addr.s_addr);
+            (*env)->SetIntField(env, packet, packetScopeIdFieldId, 0);
+            (*env)->SetIntField(env, packet, packetPortFieldId, ntohs(ipaddr->sin_port));
+        } else {
+              struct sockaddr_in6* ip6addr = (struct sockaddr_in6*) addr;
+
+              (*env)->SetByteArrayRegion(env, address, 0, 16, (jbyte*) &ip6addr->sin6_addr.s6_addr);
+              (*env)->SetIntField(env, packet, packetScopeIdFieldId, ip6addr->sin6_scope_id);
+              (*env)->SetIntField(env, packet, packetPortFieldId, ntohs(ip6addr->sin6_port));
+        }
+    }
+
+    return (jint) res;
+}
+
 static jstring netty_epoll_native_kernelVersion(JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz) {
     struct utsname name;
 
@@ -443,18 +498,26 @@ static const JNINativeMethod fixed_method_table[] = {
 static const jint fixed_method_table_size = sizeof(fixed_method_table) / sizeof(fixed_method_table[0]);
 
 static jint dynamicMethodsTableSize() {
-    return fixed_method_table_size + 1; // 1 is for the dynamic method signatures.
+    return fixed_method_table_size + 2; // 2 is for the dynamic method signatures.
 }
 
 static JNINativeMethod* createDynamicMethodsTable(const char* packagePrefix) {
     JNINativeMethod* dynamicMethods = malloc(sizeof(JNINativeMethod) * dynamicMethodsTableSize());
     memcpy(dynamicMethods, fixed_method_table, sizeof(fixed_method_table));
+
     char* dynamicTypeName = netty_unix_util_prepend(packagePrefix, "io/netty/channel/epoll/NativeDatagramPacketArray$NativeDatagramPacket;II)I");
     JNINativeMethod* dynamicMethod = &dynamicMethods[fixed_method_table_size];
     dynamicMethod->name = "sendmmsg0";
     dynamicMethod->signature = netty_unix_util_prepend("(IZ[L", dynamicTypeName);
     dynamicMethod->fnPtr = (void *) netty_epoll_native_sendmmsg0;
     free(dynamicTypeName);
+
+    dynamicTypeName = netty_unix_util_prepend(packagePrefix, "io/netty/channel/epoll/NativeDatagramPacketArray$NativeDatagramPacket;II)I");
+    dynamicMethod = &dynamicMethods[fixed_method_table_size + 1];
+    dynamicMethod->name = "recvmmsg0";
+    dynamicMethod->signature = netty_unix_util_prepend("(IZ[L", dynamicTypeName);
+    dynamicMethod->fnPtr = (void *) netty_epoll_native_recvmmsg0;
+    free(dynamicTypeName);
     return dynamicMethods;
 }
 

transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollChannelOption.java

@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ public final class EpollChannelOption<T> extends UnixChannelOption<T> {
 
     public static final ChannelOption<Map<InetAddress, byte[]>> TCP_MD5SIG = valueOf("TCP_MD5SIG");
 
+    public static final ChannelOption<Integer> MAX_DATAGRAM_PAYLOAD_SIZE = valueOf("MAX_DATAGRAM_PAYLOAD_SIZE");
+
     @SuppressWarnings({ "unused", "deprecation" })
     private EpollChannelOption() {
     }

transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollDatagramChannel.java

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package io.netty.channel.epoll;
 
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufAllocator;
+import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
 import io.netty.channel.AddressedEnvelope;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelMetadata;
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ import io.netty.channel.unix.Errors;
 import io.netty.channel.unix.IovArray;
 import io.netty.channel.unix.Socket;
 import io.netty.channel.unix.UnixChannelUtil;
+import io.netty.util.ReferenceCountUtil;
+import io.netty.util.internal.RecyclableArrayList;
 import io.netty.util.internal.StringUtil;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -293,7 +296,7 @@ public final class EpollDatagramChannel extends AbstractEpollChannel implements
             try {
                 // Check if sendmmsg(...) is supported which is only the case for GLIBC 2.14+
                 if (Native.IS_SUPPORTING_SENDMMSG && in.size() > 1) {
-                    NativeDatagramPacketArray array = registration().cleanDatagramPacketArray();
+                    NativeDatagramPacketArray array = cleanDatagramPacketArray();
                     in.forEachFlushedMessage(array);
                     int cnt = array.count();
 
@@ -372,7 +375,7 @@ public final class EpollDatagramChannel extends AbstractEpollChannel implements
             }
         } else if (data.nioBufferCount() > 1) {
             IovArray array = registration().cleanIovArray();
-            array.add(data);
+            array.add(data, data.readerIndex(), data.readableBytes());
             int cnt = array.count();
             assert cnt != 0;
 
@@ -472,73 +475,31 @@ public final class EpollDatagramChannel extends AbstractEpollChannel implements
 
             Throwable exception = null;
             try {
-                ByteBuf byteBuf = null;
                 try {
                     boolean connected = isConnected();
                     do {
-                        byteBuf = allocHandle.allocate(allocator);
-                        allocHandle.attemptedBytesRead(byteBuf.writableBytes());
-
-                        final DatagramPacket packet;
+                        ByteBuf byteBuf = allocHandle.allocate(allocator);
+                        final boolean read;
                         if (connected) {
-                            try {
-                                allocHandle.lastBytesRead(doReadBytes(byteBuf));
-                            } catch (Errors.NativeIoException e) {
-                                // We need to correctly translate connect errors to match NIO behaviour.
-                                if (e.expectedErr() == Errors.ERROR_ECONNREFUSED_NEGATIVE) {
-                                    PortUnreachableException error = new PortUnreachableException(e.getMessage());
-                                    error.initCause(e);
-                                    throw error;
-                                }
-                                throw e;
-                            }
-                            if (allocHandle.lastBytesRead() <= 0) {
-                                // nothing was read, release the buffer.
-                                byteBuf.release();
-                                byteBuf = null;
-                                break;
-                            }
-                            packet = new DatagramPacket(
-                                    byteBuf, (InetSocketAddress) localAddress(), (InetSocketAddress) remoteAddress());
+                            read = connectedRead(allocHandle, byteBuf);
                         } else {
-                            final DatagramSocketAddress remoteAddress;
-                            if (byteBuf.hasMemoryAddress()) {
-                                // has a memory address so use optimized call
-                                remoteAddress = socket.recvFromAddress(byteBuf.memoryAddress(), byteBuf.writerIndex(),
-                                        byteBuf.capacity());
+                            int datagramSize = config().getMaxDatagramPayloadSize();
+                            int numDatagram = datagramSize == 0 ? 1 : byteBuf.writableBytes() / datagramSize;
+
+                            if (numDatagram <= 1) {
+                                read = read(allocHandle, byteBuf, datagramSize);
                             } else {
-                                ByteBuffer nioData = byteBuf.internalNioBuffer(
-                                        byteBuf.writerIndex(), byteBuf.writableBytes());
-                                remoteAddress = socket.recvFrom(nioData, nioData.position(), nioData.limit());
+                                // Try to use scattering reads via recvmmsg(...) syscall.
+                                read = scatteringRead(allocHandle, byteBuf, datagramSize, numDatagram);
                             }
-
-                            if (remoteAddress == null) {
-                                allocHandle.lastBytesRead(-1);
-                                byteBuf.release();
-                                byteBuf = null;
-                                break;
-                            }
-                            InetSocketAddress localAddress = remoteAddress.localAddress();
-                            if (localAddress == null) {
-                                localAddress = (InetSocketAddress) localAddress();
-                            }
-                            allocHandle.lastBytesRead(remoteAddress.receivedAmount());
-                            byteBuf.writerIndex(byteBuf.writerIndex() + allocHandle.lastBytesRead());
-
-                            packet = new DatagramPacket(byteBuf, localAddress, remoteAddress);
                         }
-
-                        allocHandle.incMessagesRead(1);
-
-                        readPending = false;
-                        pipeline.fireChannelRead(packet);
-
-                        byteBuf = null;
+                        if (read) {
+                            readPending = false;
+                        } else {
+                            break;
+                        }
                     } while (allocHandle.continueReading());
                 } catch (Throwable t) {
-                    if (byteBuf != null) {
-                        byteBuf.release();
-                    }
                     exception = t;
                 }
 
@@ -554,4 +515,146 @@ public final class EpollDatagramChannel extends AbstractEpollChannel implements
             }
         }
     }
+
+    private boolean connectedRead(EpollRecvByteAllocatorHandle allocHandle, ByteBuf byteBuf)
+            throws Exception {
+        try {
+            allocHandle.attemptedBytesRead(byteBuf.writableBytes());
+
+            try {
+                allocHandle.lastBytesRead(doReadBytes(byteBuf));
+            } catch (Errors.NativeIoException e) {
+                // We need to correctly translate connect errors to match NIO behaviour.
+                if (e.expectedErr() == Errors.ERROR_ECONNREFUSED_NEGATIVE) {
+                    PortUnreachableException error = new PortUnreachableException(e.getMessage());
+                    error.initCause(e);
+                    throw error;
+                }
+                throw e;
+            }
+            if (allocHandle.lastBytesRead() <= 0) {
+                // nothing was read, release the buffer.
+                return false;
+            }
+            DatagramPacket packet = new DatagramPacket(byteBuf, localAddress(), remoteAddress());
+            allocHandle.incMessagesRead(1);
+
+            pipeline().fireChannelRead(packet);
+            byteBuf = null;
+            return true;
+        } finally {
+            if (byteBuf != null) {
+                byteBuf.release();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private boolean scatteringRead(EpollRecvByteAllocatorHandle allocHandle,
+            ByteBuf byteBuf, int datagramSize, int numDatagram) throws IOException {
+        RecyclableArrayList bufferPackets = null;
+        try {
+            int offset = byteBuf.writerIndex();
+            NativeDatagramPacketArray array = cleanDatagramPacketArray();
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < numDatagram;  i++, offset += datagramSize) {
+                if (!array.addWritable(byteBuf, offset, datagramSize)) {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            allocHandle.attemptedBytesRead(offset - byteBuf.writerIndex());
+
+            NativeDatagramPacketArray.NativeDatagramPacket[] packets = array.packets();
+            int received = socket.recvmmsg(packets, 0, array.count());
+            if (received == 0) {
+                allocHandle.lastBytesRead(-1);
+                return false;
+            }
+            int bytesReceived = received * datagramSize;
+            byteBuf.writerIndex(bytesReceived);
+            InetSocketAddress local = localAddress();
+            if (received == 1) {
+                // Single packet fast-path
+                DatagramPacket packet = packets[0].newDatagramPacket(byteBuf, local);
+                allocHandle.lastBytesRead(datagramSize);
+                allocHandle.incMessagesRead(1);
+                pipeline().fireChannelRead(packet);
+                byteBuf = null;
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            // Its important that we process all received data out of the NativeDatagramPacketArray
+            // before we call fireChannelRead(...). This is because the user may call flush()
+            // in a channelRead(...) method and so may re-use the NativeDatagramPacketArray again.
+            bufferPackets = RecyclableArrayList.newInstance();
+            for (int i = 0; i < received; i++) {
+                DatagramPacket packet = packets[i].newDatagramPacket(byteBuf.readRetainedSlice(datagramSize), local);
+                bufferPackets.add(packet);
+            }
+
+            allocHandle.lastBytesRead(bytesReceived);
+            allocHandle.incMessagesRead(received);
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < received; i++) {
+                pipeline().fireChannelRead(bufferPackets.set(i, Unpooled.EMPTY_BUFFER));
+            }
+            bufferPackets.recycle();
+            bufferPackets = null;
+            return true;
+        } finally {
+            if (byteBuf != null) {
+                byteBuf.release();
+            }
+            if (bufferPackets != null) {
+                for (int i = 0; i < bufferPackets.size(); i++) {
+                    ReferenceCountUtil.release(bufferPackets.get(i));
+                }
+                bufferPackets.recycle();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private boolean read(EpollRecvByteAllocatorHandle allocHandle, ByteBuf byteBuf, int maxDatagramPacketSize)
+            throws IOException {
+        try {
+            int writable = maxDatagramPacketSize != 0 ? Math.min(byteBuf.writableBytes(), maxDatagramPacketSize)
+                    : byteBuf.writableBytes();
+            allocHandle.attemptedBytesRead(writable);
+            int writerIndex = byteBuf.writerIndex();
+            final DatagramSocketAddress remoteAddress;
+            if (byteBuf.hasMemoryAddress()) {
+                // has a memory address so use optimized call
+                remoteAddress = socket.recvFromAddress(
+                        byteBuf.memoryAddress(), writerIndex, writerIndex + writable);
+            } else {
+                ByteBuffer nioData = byteBuf.internalNioBuffer(writerIndex, writable);
+                remoteAddress = socket.recvFrom(nioData, nioData.position(), nioData.limit());
+            }
+
+            if (remoteAddress == null) {
+                allocHandle.lastBytesRead(-1);
+                return false;
+            }
+            InetSocketAddress localAddress = remoteAddress.localAddress();
+            if (localAddress == null) {
+                localAddress = localAddress();
+            }
+            allocHandle.lastBytesRead(maxDatagramPacketSize <= 0 ?
+                    remoteAddress.receivedAmount() : writable);
+            byteBuf.writerIndex(byteBuf.writerIndex() + allocHandle.lastBytesRead());
+            allocHandle.incMessagesRead(1);
+
+            pipeline().fireChannelRead(new DatagramPacket(byteBuf, localAddress, remoteAddress));
+            byteBuf = null;
+            return true;
+        } finally {
+            if (byteBuf != null) {
+                byteBuf.release();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private NativeDatagramPacketArray cleanDatagramPacketArray() {
+        return registration().cleanDatagramPacketArray();
+    }
 }

transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollDatagramChannelConfig.java

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package io.netty.channel.epoll;
 
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufAllocator;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelException;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ import io.netty.channel.MessageSizeEstimator;
 import io.netty.channel.RecvByteBufAllocator;
 import io.netty.channel.WriteBufferWaterMark;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.DatagramChannelConfig;
+import io.netty.util.internal.ObjectUtil;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 public final class EpollDatagramChannelConfig extends EpollChannelConfig implements DatagramChannelConfig {
     private static final RecvByteBufAllocator DEFAULT_RCVBUF_ALLOCATOR = new FixedRecvByteBufAllocator(2048);
     private boolean activeOnOpen;
+    private volatile int maxDatagramSize;
 
     EpollDatagramChannelConfig(EpollDatagramChannel channel) {
         super(channel);
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ public final class EpollDatagramChannelConfig extends EpollChannelConfig impleme
                 ChannelOption.IP_MULTICAST_ADDR, ChannelOption.IP_MULTICAST_IF, ChannelOption.IP_MULTICAST_TTL,
                 ChannelOption.IP_TOS, ChannelOption.DATAGRAM_CHANNEL_ACTIVE_ON_REGISTRATION,
                 EpollChannelOption.SO_REUSEPORT, EpollChannelOption.IP_FREEBIND, EpollChannelOption.IP_TRANSPARENT,
-                EpollChannelOption.IP_RECVORIGDSTADDR);
+                EpollChannelOption.IP_RECVORIGDSTADDR, EpollChannelOption.MAX_DATAGRAM_PAYLOAD_SIZE);
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "deprecation" })
@@ -96,6 +99,9 @@ public final class EpollDatagramChannelConfig extends EpollChannelConfig impleme
         if (option == EpollChannelOption.IP_RECVORIGDSTADDR) {
             return (T) Boolean.valueOf(isIpRecvOrigDestAddr());
         }
+        if (option == EpollChannelOption.MAX_DATAGRAM_PAYLOAD_SIZE) {
+            return (T) Integer.valueOf(getMaxDatagramPayloadSize());
+        }
         return super.getOption(option);
     }
 
@@ -132,6 +138,8 @@ public final class EpollDatagramChannelConfig extends EpollChannelConfig impleme
             setIpTransparent((Boolean) value);
         } else if (option == EpollChannelOption.IP_RECVORIGDSTADDR) {
             setIpRecvOrigDestAddr((Boolean) value);
+        } else if (option == EpollChannelOption.MAX_DATAGRAM_PAYLOAD_SIZE) {
+            setMaxDatagramPayloadSize((Integer) value);
         } else {
             return super.setOption(option, value);
         }
@@ -499,4 +507,23 @@ public final class EpollDatagramChannelConfig extends EpollChannelConfig impleme
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set the maximum {@link io.netty.channel.socket.DatagramPacket} size. This will be used to determine if
+     * {@code recvmmsg} should be used when reading from the underlying socket. When {@code recvmmsg} is used
+     * we may be able to read multiple {@link io.netty.channel.socket.DatagramPacket}s with one syscall and so
+     * greatly improve the performance. This number will be used to slice {@link ByteBuf}s returned by the used
+     * {@link RecvByteBufAllocator}. You can use {@code 0} to disable the usage of recvmmsg, any other bigger value
+     * will enable it.
+     */
+    public EpollDatagramChannelConfig setMaxDatagramPayloadSize(int maxDatagramSize) {
+        this.maxDatagramSize = ObjectUtil.checkPositiveOrZero(maxDatagramSize, "maxDatagramSize");
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the maximum {@link io.netty.channel.socket.DatagramPacket} size.
+     */
+    public int getMaxDatagramPayloadSize() {
+        return maxDatagramSize;
+    }
 }

transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/LinuxSocket.java

@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ final class LinuxSocket extends Socket {
         return Native.sendmmsg(intValue(), ipv6, msgs, offset, len);
     }
 
+    int recvmmsg(NativeDatagramPacketArray.NativeDatagramPacket[] msgs,
+                 int offset, int len) throws IOException {
+        return Native.recvmmsg(intValue(), ipv6, msgs, offset, len);
+    }
+
     void setTimeToLive(int ttl) throws IOException {
         setTimeToLive(intValue(), ttl);
     }

transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/Native.java

@@ -170,6 +170,18 @@ public final class Native {
     private static native int sendmmsg0(
             int fd, boolean ipv6, NativeDatagramPacketArray.NativeDatagramPacket[] msgs, int offset, int len);
 
+    static int recvmmsg(int fd, boolean ipv6, NativeDatagramPacketArray.NativeDatagramPacket[] msgs,
+                        int offset, int len) throws IOException {
+        int res = recvmmsg0(fd, ipv6, msgs, offset, len);
+        if (res >= 0) {
+            return res;
+        }
+        return ioResult("recvmmsg", res);
+    }
+
+    private static native int recvmmsg0(
+            int fd, boolean ipv6, NativeDatagramPacketArray.NativeDatagramPacket[] msgs, int offset, int len);
+
     // epoll_event related
     public static native int sizeofEpollEvent();
     public static native int offsetofEpollData();

transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/NativeDatagramPacketArray.java

@@ -19,12 +19,15 @@ import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelOutboundBuffer;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.DatagramPacket;
 import io.netty.channel.unix.IovArray;
+import io.netty.channel.unix.Limits;
+
 import java.net.Inet6Address;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 
 import static io.netty.channel.unix.Limits.UIO_MAX_IOV;
-import static io.netty.channel.unix.NativeInetAddress.ipv4MappedIpv6Address;
+import static io.netty.channel.unix.NativeInetAddress.copyIpv4MappedIpv6Address;
 
 /**
  * Support <a href="http://linux.die.net/man/2/sendmmsg">sendmmsg(...)</a> on linux with GLIBC 2.14+
@@ -45,29 +48,30 @@ final class NativeDatagramPacketArray implements ChannelOutboundBuffer.MessagePr
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Try to add the given {@link DatagramPacket}. Returns {@code true} on success,
-     * {@code false} otherwise.
-     */
-    boolean add(DatagramPacket packet) {
+    private boolean addReadable(DatagramPacket packet) {
+        ByteBuf buf = packet.content();
+        return add0(buf, buf.readerIndex(), buf.readableBytes(), packet.recipient());
+    }
+
+    boolean addWritable(ByteBuf buf, int index, int len) {
+        return add0(buf, index, len, null);
+    }
+
+    private boolean add0(ByteBuf buf, int index, int len, InetSocketAddress recipient) {
         if (count == packets.length) {
-            // We already filled up to UIO_MAX_IOV messages. This is the max allowed per sendmmsg(...) call, we will
-            // try again later.
+            // We already filled up to UIO_MAX_IOV messages. This is the max allowed per
+            // recvmmsg(...) / sendmmsg(...) call, we will try again later.
             return false;
         }
-        ByteBuf content = packet.content();
-        int len = content.readableBytes();
         if (len == 0) {
             return true;
         }
-        NativeDatagramPacket p = packets[count];
-        InetSocketAddress recipient = packet.recipient();
-
         int offset = iovArray.count();
-        if (!iovArray.add(content)) {
+        if (offset == Limits.IOV_MAX || !iovArray.add(buf, index, len)) {
             // Not enough space to hold the whole content, we will try again later.
             return false;
         }
+        NativeDatagramPacket p = packets[count];
         p.init(iovArray.memoryAddress(offset), iovArray.count() - offset, recipient);
 
         count++;
@@ -76,7 +80,7 @@ final class NativeDatagramPacketArray implements ChannelOutboundBuffer.MessagePr
 
     @Override
     public boolean processMessage(Object msg) {
-        return msg instanceof DatagramPacket && add((DatagramPacket) msg);
+        return msg instanceof DatagramPacket && addReadable((DatagramPacket) msg);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -112,7 +116,8 @@ final class NativeDatagramPacketArray implements ChannelOutboundBuffer.MessagePr
         private long memoryAddress;
         private int count;
 
-        private byte[] addr;
+        private final byte[] addr = new byte[16];
+        private int addrLen;
         private int scopeId;
         private int port;
 
@@ -120,15 +125,33 @@ final class NativeDatagramPacketArray implements ChannelOutboundBuffer.MessagePr
             this.memoryAddress = memoryAddress;
             this.count = count;
 
-            InetAddress address = recipient.getAddress();
-            if (address instanceof Inet6Address) {
-                addr = address.getAddress();
-                scopeId = ((Inet6Address) address).getScopeId();
+            if (recipient == null) {
+                this.scopeId = 0;
+                this.port = 0;
+                this.addrLen = 0;
             } else {
-                addr = ipv4MappedIpv6Address(address.getAddress());
-                scopeId = 0;
+                InetAddress address = recipient.getAddress();
+                if (address instanceof Inet6Address) {
+                    System.arraycopy(address.getAddress(), 0, addr, 0, addr.length);
+                    scopeId = ((Inet6Address) address).getScopeId();
+                } else {
+                    copyIpv4MappedIpv6Address(address.getAddress(), addr);
+                    scopeId = 0;
+                }
+                addrLen = addr.length;
+                port = recipient.getPort();
             }
-            port = recipient.getPort();
+        }
+
+        DatagramPacket newDatagramPacket(ByteBuf buffer, InetSocketAddress localAddress) throws UnknownHostException {
+            final InetAddress address;
+            if (scopeId != 0) {
+                address = Inet6Address.getByAddress(null, addr, scopeId);
+            } else {
+                address = InetAddress.getByAddress(addr);
+            }
+            return new DatagramPacket(buffer.writerIndex(count),
+                    localAddress, new InetSocketAddress(address, port));
         }
     }
 }

transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollDatagramScatteringReadTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2019 The Netty Project
+ *
+ * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+ * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package io.netty.channel.epoll;
+
+import io.netty.bootstrap.Bootstrap;
+import io.netty.channel.AdaptiveRecvByteBufAllocator;
+import io.netty.channel.Channel;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption;
+import io.netty.channel.SimpleChannelInboundHandler;
+import io.netty.channel.socket.DatagramPacket;
+import io.netty.testsuite.transport.TestsuitePermutation;
+import io.netty.testsuite.transport.socket.AbstractDatagramTest;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+public class EpollDatagramScatteringReadTest extends AbstractDatagramTest  {
+
+    @Override
+    protected List<TestsuitePermutation.BootstrapComboFactory<Bootstrap, Bootstrap>> newFactories() {
+        return EpollSocketTestPermutation.INSTANCE.epollOnlyDatagram(internetProtocolFamily());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testScatteringReadPartial() throws Throwable {
+        run();
+    }
+
+    public void testScatteringReadPartial(Bootstrap sb, Bootstrap cb) throws Throwable {
+        testScatteringRead(sb, cb, true);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testScatteringRead() throws Throwable {
+        run();
+    }
+
+    public void testScatteringRead(Bootstrap sb, Bootstrap cb) throws Throwable {
+        testScatteringRead(sb, cb, false);
+    }
+
+    private void testScatteringRead(Bootstrap sb, Bootstrap cb, boolean partial) throws Throwable {
+        int packetSize = 512;
+        int numPackets = 4;
+        sb.option(ChannelOption.RCVBUF_ALLOCATOR, new AdaptiveRecvByteBufAllocator(
+                packetSize, packetSize * (partial ? numPackets / 2 : numPackets), 64 * 1024));
+        sb.option(EpollChannelOption.MAX_DATAGRAM_PAYLOAD_SIZE, packetSize);
+
+        Channel sc = null;
+        Channel cc = null;
+
+        try {
+            cb.handler(new SimpleChannelInboundHandler<Object>() {
+                @Override
+                public void channelRead0(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msgs) throws Exception {
+                    // Nothing will be sent.
+                }
+            });
+            final AtomicReference<Throwable> errorRef = new AtomicReference<Throwable>();
+            final byte[] bytes = new byte[packetSize];
+            ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextBytes(bytes);
+
+            final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(numPackets);
+            sb.handler(new SimpleChannelInboundHandler<DatagramPacket>() {
+                private int counter;
+                @Override
+                public void channelReadComplete(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) {
+                    assertTrue(counter > 1);
+                    counter = 0;
+                    ctx.read();
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                protected void channelRead0(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, DatagramPacket msg) {
+                    assertEquals(bytes.length, msg.content().readableBytes());
+                    byte[] receivedBytes = new byte[bytes.length];
+                    msg.content().readBytes(receivedBytes);
+                    assertArrayEquals(bytes, receivedBytes);
+
+                    counter++;
+                    latch.countDown();
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public void exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Throwable cause)  {
+                    errorRef.compareAndSet(null, cause);
+                }
+            });
+
+            sb.option(ChannelOption.AUTO_READ, false);
+            sc = sb.bind(newSocketAddress()).sync().channel();
+            cc = cb.bind(newSocketAddress()).sync().channel();
+
+            InetSocketAddress addr = (InetSocketAddress) sc.localAddress();
+
+            List<ChannelFuture> futures = new ArrayList<ChannelFuture>(numPackets);
+            for (int i = 0; i < numPackets; i++) {
+                futures.add(cc.write(new DatagramPacket(cc.alloc().directBuffer().writeBytes(bytes), addr)));
+            }
+
+            cc.flush();
+
+            for (ChannelFuture f: futures) {
+                f.sync();
+            }
+
+            // Enable autoread now which also triggers a read, this should cause scattering reads (recvmmsg) to happen.
+            sc.config().setAutoRead(true);
+
+            if (!latch.await(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) {
+                Throwable error = errorRef.get();
+                if (error != null) {
+                    throw error;
+                }
+                fail("Timeout while waiting for packets");
+            }
+        } finally {
+            if (cc != null) {
+                cc.close().syncUninterruptibly();
+            }
+            if (sc != null) {
+                sc.close().syncUninterruptibly();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}

transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollSocketTestPermutation.java

@@ -130,6 +130,26 @@ class EpollSocketTestPermutation extends SocketTestPermutation {
         return combo(bfs, bfs);
     }
 
+    List<TestsuitePermutation.BootstrapComboFactory<Bootstrap, Bootstrap>> epollOnlyDatagram(
+            final InternetProtocolFamily family) {
+        return combo(Collections.singletonList(datagramBootstrapFactory(family)),
+                Collections.singletonList(datagramBootstrapFactory(family)));
+    }
+
+    private BootstrapFactory<Bootstrap> datagramBootstrapFactory(final InternetProtocolFamily family) {
+        return () -> new Bootstrap().group(EPOLL_WORKER_GROUP).channelFactory(new ChannelFactory<Channel>() {
+            @Override
+            public Channel newChannel(EventLoop eventLoop) {
+                return new EpollDatagramChannel(eventLoop, family);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public String toString() {
+                return InternetProtocolFamily.class.getSimpleName() + ".class";
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
     public List<TestsuitePermutation.BootstrapComboFactory<ServerBootstrap, Bootstrap>> domainSocket() {
 
         List<TestsuitePermutation.BootstrapComboFactory<ServerBootstrap, Bootstrap>> list =

transport-native-kqueue/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/kqueue/KQueueDatagramChannel.java

@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ public final class KQueueDatagramChannel extends AbstractKQueueChannel implement
             }
         } else if (data.nioBufferCount() > 1) {
             IovArray array = registration().cleanArray();
-            array.add(data);
+            array.add(data, data.readerIndex(), data.readableBytes());
             int cnt = array.count();
             assert cnt != 0;
 

transport-native-unix-common/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/unix/IovArray.java

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 package io.netty.channel.unix;
 
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
-import io.netty.buffer.CompositeByteBuf;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelOutboundBuffer.MessageProcessor;
 import io.netty.util.internal.PlatformDependent;
 
@@ -78,33 +77,33 @@ public final class IovArray implements MessageProcessor {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Add a {@link ByteBuf} to this {@link IovArray}.
-     * @param buf The {@link ByteBuf} to add.
-     * @return {@code true} if the entire {@link ByteBuf} has been added to this {@link IovArray}. Note in the event
-     * that {@link ByteBuf} is a {@link CompositeByteBuf} {@code false} may be returned even if some of the components
-     * have been added.
+     * @deprecated Use {@link #add(ByteBuf, int, int)}
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public boolean add(ByteBuf buf) {
+        return add(buf, buf.readerIndex(), buf.readableBytes());
+    }
+
+    public boolean add(ByteBuf buf, int offset, int len) {
         if (count == IOV_MAX) {
             // No more room!
             return false;
         } else if (buf.nioBufferCount() == 1) {
-            final int len = buf.readableBytes();
             if (len == 0) {
                 return true;
             }
             if (buf.hasMemoryAddress()) {
-                return add(buf.memoryAddress(), buf.readerIndex(), len);
+                return add(buf.memoryAddress() + offset, len);
             } else {
-                ByteBuffer nioBuffer = buf.internalNioBuffer(buf.readerIndex(), len);
-                return add(Buffer.memoryAddress(nioBuffer), nioBuffer.position(), len);
+                ByteBuffer nioBuffer = buf.internalNioBuffer(offset, len);
+                return add(Buffer.memoryAddress(nioBuffer) + nioBuffer.position(), len);
             }
         } else {
-            ByteBuffer[] buffers = buf.nioBuffers();
+            ByteBuffer[] buffers = buf.nioBuffers(offset, len);
             for (ByteBuffer nioBuffer : buffers) {
-                final int len = nioBuffer.remaining();
-                if (len != 0 &&
-                    (!add(Buffer.memoryAddress(nioBuffer), nioBuffer.position(), len) || count == IOV_MAX)) {
+                final int remaining = nioBuffer.remaining();
+                if (remaining != 0 &&
+                        (!add(Buffer.memoryAddress(nioBuffer) + nioBuffer.position(), remaining) || count == IOV_MAX)) {
                     return false;
                 }
             }
@@ -112,7 +111,7 @@ public final class IovArray implements MessageProcessor {
         }
     }
 
-    private boolean add(long addr, int offset, int len) {
+    private boolean add(long addr, int len) {
         assert addr != 0;
 
         // If there is at least 1 entry then we enforce the maximum bytes. We want to accept at least one entry so we
@@ -135,19 +134,19 @@ public final class IovArray implements MessageProcessor {
         if (ADDRESS_SIZE == 8) {
             // 64bit
             if (PlatformDependent.hasUnsafe()) {
-                PlatformDependent.putLong(baseOffset + memoryAddress, addr + offset);
+                PlatformDependent.putLong(baseOffset + memoryAddress, addr);
                 PlatformDependent.putLong(lengthOffset + memoryAddress, len);
             } else {
-                memory.putLong(baseOffset, addr + offset);
+                memory.putLong(baseOffset, addr);
                 memory.putLong(lengthOffset, len);
             }
         } else {
             assert ADDRESS_SIZE == 4;
             if (PlatformDependent.hasUnsafe()) {
-                PlatformDependent.putInt(baseOffset + memoryAddress, (int) addr + offset);
+                PlatformDependent.putInt(baseOffset + memoryAddress, (int) addr);
                 PlatformDependent.putInt(lengthOffset + memoryAddress, len);
             } else {
-                memory.putInt(baseOffset, (int) addr + offset);
+                memory.putInt(baseOffset, (int) addr);
                 memory.putInt(lengthOffset, len);
             }
         }
@@ -169,22 +168,22 @@ public final class IovArray implements MessageProcessor {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Set the maximum amount of bytes that can be added to this {@link IovArray} via {@link #add(ByteBuf)}.
+     * Set the maximum amount of bytes that can be added to this {@link IovArray} via {@link #add(ByteBuf, int, int)}
      * <p>
      * This will not impact the existing state of the {@link IovArray}, and only applies to subsequent calls to
      * {@link #add(ByteBuf)}.
      * <p>
      * In order to ensure some progress is made at least one {@link ByteBuf} will be accepted even if it's size exceeds
      * this value.
-     * @param maxBytes the maximum amount of bytes that can be added to this {@link IovArray} via {@link #add(ByteBuf)}.
+     * @param maxBytes the maximum amount of bytes that can be added to this {@link IovArray}.
      */
     public void maxBytes(long maxBytes) {
         this.maxBytes = min(SSIZE_MAX, checkPositive(maxBytes, "maxBytes"));
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the maximum amount of bytes that can be added to this {@link IovArray} via {@link #add(ByteBuf)}.
-     * @return the maximum amount of bytes that can be added to this {@link IovArray} via {@link #add(ByteBuf)}.
+     * Get the maximum amount of bytes that can be added to this {@link IovArray}.
+     * @return the maximum amount of bytes that can be added to this {@link IovArray}.
      */
     public long maxBytes() {
         return maxBytes;
@@ -206,7 +205,11 @@ public final class IovArray implements MessageProcessor {
 
     @Override
     public boolean processMessage(Object msg) throws Exception {
-        return msg instanceof ByteBuf && add((ByteBuf) msg);
+        if (msg instanceof ByteBuf) {
+            ByteBuf buffer = (ByteBuf) msg;
+            return add(buffer, buffer.readerIndex(), buffer.readableBytes());
+        }
+        return false;
     }
 
     private static int idx(int index) {

transport-native-unix-common/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/unix/NativeInetAddress.java

@@ -58,11 +58,15 @@ public final class NativeInetAddress {
 
     public static byte[] ipv4MappedIpv6Address(byte[] ipv4) {
         byte[] address = new byte[16];
-        System.arraycopy(IPV4_MAPPED_IPV6_PREFIX, 0, address, 0, IPV4_MAPPED_IPV6_PREFIX.length);
-        System.arraycopy(ipv4, 0, address, 12, ipv4.length);
+        copyIpv4MappedIpv6Address(ipv4, address);
         return address;
     }
 
+    public static void copyIpv4MappedIpv6Address(byte[] ipv4, byte[] ipv6) {
+        System.arraycopy(IPV4_MAPPED_IPV6_PREFIX, 0, ipv6, 0, IPV4_MAPPED_IPV6_PREFIX.length);
+        System.arraycopy(ipv4, 0, ipv6, 12, ipv4.length);
+    }
+
     public static InetSocketAddress address(byte[] addr, int offset, int len) {
         // The last 4 bytes are always the port
         final int port = decodeInt(addr, offset + len - 4);