@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ static int opt_ifindex;
 static int opt_queue;
 static int opt_poll;
 static int opt_interval = 1;
+static u32 opt_umem_flags;
+static int opt_unaligned_chunks;
 static u32 opt_xdp_bind_flags;
 static int opt_xsk_frame_size = XSK_UMEM__DEFAULT_FRAME_SIZE;
 static __u32 prog_id;

@@ -282,7 +284,9 @@ static struct xsk_umem_info *xsk_configure_umem(void *buffer, u64 size)
 		.comp_size = XSK_RING_CONS__DEFAULT_NUM_DESCS,
 		.frame_size = opt_xsk_frame_size,
 		.frame_headroom = XSK_UMEM__DEFAULT_FRAME_HEADROOM,
+		.flags = opt_umem_flags
 	};
+
 	int ret;
 
 	umem = calloc(1, sizeof(*umem));

@@ -291,6 +295,7 @@ static struct xsk_umem_info *xsk_configure_umem(void *buffer, u64 size)
 
 	ret = xsk_umem__create(&umem->umem, buffer, size, &umem->fq, &umem->cq,
 			       &cfg);
+
 	if (ret)
 		exit_with_error(-ret);
 

@@ -352,6 +357,7 @@ static struct option long_options[] = {
 	{"zero-copy", no_argument, 0, 'z'},
 	{"copy", no_argument, 0, 'c'},
 	{"frame-size", required_argument, 0, 'f'},
+	{"unaligned", no_argument, 0, 'u'},
 	{0, 0, 0, 0}
 };
 

@@ -372,6 +378,7 @@ static void usage(const char *prog)
 		"  -z, --zero-copy      Force zero-copy mode.\n"
 		"  -c, --copy           Force copy mode.\n"
 		"  -f, --frame-size=n   Set the frame size (must be a power of two, default is %d).\n"
+		"  -u, --unaligned	Enable unaligned chunk placement\n"
 		"\n";
 	fprintf(stderr, str, prog, XSK_UMEM__DEFAULT_FRAME_SIZE);
 	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);

@@ -384,7 +391,7 @@ static void parse_command_line(int argc, char **argv)
 	opterr = 0;
 
 	for (;;) {
-		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "Frtli:q:psSNn:czf:", long_options,
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "Frtli:q:psSNn:czf:u", long_options,
 				&option_index);
 		if (c == -1)
 			break;

@@ -424,12 +431,17 @@ static void parse_command_line(int argc, char **argv)
 		case 'c':
 			opt_xdp_bind_flags |= XDP_COPY;
 			break;
+		case 'u':
+			opt_umem_flags |= XDP_UMEM_UNALIGNED_CHUNKS;
+			opt_unaligned_chunks = 1;
+			break;
 		case 'F':
 			opt_xdp_flags &= ~XDP_FLAGS_UPDATE_IF_NOEXIST;
 			break;
 		case 'f':
 			opt_xsk_frame_size = atoi(optarg);
 			break;
+
 		default:
 			usage(basename(argv[0]));
 		}

@@ -442,7 +454,8 @@ static void parse_command_line(int argc, char **argv)
 		usage(basename(argv[0]));
 	}
 
-	if (opt_xsk_frame_size & (opt_xsk_frame_size - 1)) {
+	if ((opt_xsk_frame_size & (opt_xsk_frame_size - 1)) &&
+			!opt_unaligned_chunks) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "--frame-size=%d is not a power of two\n",
 			opt_xsk_frame_size);
 		usage(basename(argv[0]));