diff --git a/src/vlib/drop.c b/src/vlib/drop.c
index 3971123..d025f49 100644
--- a/src/vlib/drop.c
+++ b/src/vlib/drop.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <vlib/vlib.h>
+#include <vppinfra/vector/count_equal.h>
 
 typedef enum
 {
diff --git a/src/vnet/interface_output.c b/src/vnet/interface_output.c
index 723a322..5b43f7e 100644
--- a/src/vnet/interface_output.c
+++ b/src/vnet/interface_output.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include <vnet/interface_output.h>
 #include <vppinfra/vector/mask_compare.h>
 #include <vppinfra/vector/compress.h>
+#include <vppinfra/vector/count_equal.h>
 
 typedef struct
 {
diff --git a/src/vnet/l2/l2_output.c b/src/vnet/l2/l2_output.c
index ba40de3..74ca868 100644
--- a/src/vnet/l2/l2_output.c
+++ b/src/vnet/l2/l2_output.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <vppinfra/error.h>
 #include <vppinfra/hash.h>
+#include <vppinfra/vector/count_equal.h>
 #include <vnet/l2/feat_bitmap.h>
 #include <vnet/l2/l2_output.h>
 
diff --git a/src/vppinfra/CMakeLists.txt b/src/vppinfra/CMakeLists.txt
index 1114092..58ec32f 100644
--- a/src/vppinfra/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/vppinfra/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -192,9 +192,10 @@
   vector_altivec.h
   vector_avx2.h
   vector_avx512.h
-  vector/mask_compare.h
-  vector/compress.h
   vector/array_mask.h
+  vector/compress.h
+  vector/count_equal.h
+  vector/mask_compare.h
   vector.h
   vector_neon.h
   vector_sse42.h
diff --git a/src/vppinfra/string.h b/src/vppinfra/string.h
index b0eb29f..7f9211b 100644
--- a/src/vppinfra/string.h
+++ b/src/vppinfra/string.h
@@ -483,239 +483,6 @@
     ptr++[0] = val;
 }
 
-static_always_inline uword
-clib_count_equal_u64 (u64 * data, uword max_count)
-{
-  uword count;
-  u64 first;
-
-  if (max_count <= 1)
-    return max_count;
-  if (data[0] != data[1])
-    return 1;
-
-  count = 0;
-  first = data[0];
-
-#if defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC256)
-  u64x4 splat = u64x4_splat (first);
-  while (count + 3 < max_count)
-    {
-      u64 bmp;
-      bmp = u8x32_msb_mask ((u8x32) (u64x4_load_unaligned (data) == splat));
-      if (bmp != 0xffffffff)
-	{
-	  count += count_trailing_zeros (~bmp) / 8;
-	  return count;
-	}
-
-      data += 4;
-      count += 4;
-    }
-#else
-  count += 2;
-  data += 2;
-  while (count + 3 < max_count &&
-	 ((data[0] ^ first) | (data[1] ^ first) |
-	  (data[2] ^ first) | (data[3] ^ first)) == 0)
-    {
-      data += 4;
-      count += 4;
-    }
-#endif
-  while (count < max_count && (data[0] == first))
-    {
-      data += 1;
-      count += 1;
-    }
-  return count;
-}
-
-static_always_inline uword
-clib_count_equal_u32 (u32 * data, uword max_count)
-{
-  uword count;
-  u32 first;
-
-  if (max_count <= 1)
-    return max_count;
-  if (data[0] != data[1])
-    return 1;
-
-  count = 0;
-  first = data[0];
-
-#if defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC256)
-  u32x8 splat = u32x8_splat (first);
-  while (count + 7 < max_count)
-    {
-      u64 bmp;
-      bmp = u8x32_msb_mask ((u8x32) (u32x8_load_unaligned (data) == splat));
-      if (bmp != 0xffffffff)
-	{
-	  count += count_trailing_zeros (~bmp) / 4;
-	  return count;
-	}
-
-      data += 8;
-      count += 8;
-    }
-#elif defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC128) && defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC128_MSB_MASK)
-  u32x4 splat = u32x4_splat (first);
-  while (count + 3 < max_count)
-    {
-      u64 bmp;
-      bmp = u8x16_msb_mask ((u8x16) (u32x4_load_unaligned (data) == splat));
-      if (bmp != 0xffff)
-	{
-	  count += count_trailing_zeros (~bmp) / 4;
-	  return count;
-	}
-
-      data += 4;
-      count += 4;
-    }
-#else
-  count += 2;
-  data += 2;
-  while (count + 3 < max_count &&
-	 ((data[0] ^ first) | (data[1] ^ first) |
-	  (data[2] ^ first) | (data[3] ^ first)) == 0)
-    {
-      data += 4;
-      count += 4;
-    }
-#endif
-  while (count < max_count && (data[0] == first))
-    {
-      data += 1;
-      count += 1;
-    }
-  return count;
-}
-
-static_always_inline uword
-clib_count_equal_u16 (u16 * data, uword max_count)
-{
-  uword count;
-  u16 first;
-
-  if (max_count <= 1)
-    return max_count;
-  if (data[0] != data[1])
-    return 1;
-
-  count = 0;
-  first = data[0];
-
-#if defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC256)
-  u16x16 splat = u16x16_splat (first);
-  while (count + 15 < max_count)
-    {
-      u64 bmp;
-      bmp = u8x32_msb_mask ((u8x32) (u16x16_load_unaligned (data) == splat));
-      if (bmp != 0xffffffff)
-	{
-	  count += count_trailing_zeros (~bmp) / 2;
-	  return count;
-	}
-
-      data += 16;
-      count += 16;
-    }
-#elif defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC128) && defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC128_MSB_MASK)
-  u16x8 splat = u16x8_splat (first);
-  while (count + 7 < max_count)
-    {
-      u64 bmp;
-      bmp = u8x16_msb_mask ((u8x16) (u16x8_load_unaligned (data) == splat));
-      if (bmp != 0xffff)
-	{
-	  count += count_trailing_zeros (~bmp) / 2;
-	  return count;
-	}
-
-      data += 8;
-      count += 8;
-    }
-#else
-  count += 2;
-  data += 2;
-  while (count + 3 < max_count &&
-	 ((data[0] ^ first) | (data[1] ^ first) |
-	  (data[2] ^ first) | (data[3] ^ first)) == 0)
-    {
-      data += 4;
-      count += 4;
-    }
-#endif
-  while (count < max_count && (data[0] == first))
-    {
-      data += 1;
-      count += 1;
-    }
-  return count;
-}
-
-static_always_inline uword
-clib_count_equal_u8 (u8 * data, uword max_count)
-{
-  uword count;
-  u8 first;
-
-  if (max_count <= 1)
-    return max_count;
-  if (data[0] != data[1])
-    return 1;
-
-  count = 0;
-  first = data[0];
-
-#if defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC256)
-  u8x32 splat = u8x32_splat (first);
-  while (count + 31 < max_count)
-    {
-      u64 bmp;
-      bmp = u8x32_msb_mask ((u8x32) (u8x32_load_unaligned (data) == splat));
-      if (bmp != 0xffffffff)
-	return max_count;
-
-      data += 32;
-      count += 32;
-    }
-#elif defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC128) && defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC128_MSB_MASK)
-  u8x16 splat = u8x16_splat (first);
-  while (count + 15 < max_count)
-    {
-      u64 bmp;
-      bmp = u8x16_msb_mask ((u8x16) (u8x16_load_unaligned (data) == splat));
-      if (bmp != 0xffff)
-	{
-	  count += count_trailing_zeros (~bmp);
-	  return count;
-	}
-
-      data += 16;
-      count += 16;
-    }
-#else
-  count += 2;
-  data += 2;
-  while (count + 3 < max_count &&
-	 ((data[0] ^ first) | (data[1] ^ first) |
-	  (data[2] ^ first) | (data[3] ^ first)) == 0)
-    {
-      data += 4;
-      count += 4;
-    }
-#endif
-  while (count < max_count && (data[0] == first))
-    {
-      data += 1;
-      count += 1;
-    }
-  return count;
-}
 
 /*
  * This macro is to provide smooth mapping from memcmp to memcmp_s.
diff --git a/src/vppinfra/vector/count_equal.h b/src/vppinfra/vector/count_equal.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98770cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vppinfra/vector/count_equal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,238 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 Cisco Systems, Inc.
+ */
+
+#ifndef included_vector_count_equal_h
+#define included_vector_count_equal_h
+#include <vppinfra/clib.h>
+
+static_always_inline uword
+clib_count_equal_u64 (u64 *data, uword max_count)
+{
+  uword count;
+  u64 first;
+
+  if (max_count <= 1)
+    return max_count;
+  if (data[0] != data[1])
+    return 1;
+
+  count = 0;
+  first = data[0];
+
+#if defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC256)
+  u64x4 splat = u64x4_splat (first);
+  while (count + 3 < max_count)
+    {
+      u64 bmp;
+      bmp = u8x32_msb_mask ((u8x32) (u64x4_load_unaligned (data) == splat));
+      if (bmp != 0xffffffff)
+	{
+	  count += count_trailing_zeros (~bmp) / 8;
+	  return count;
+	}
+
+      data += 4;
+      count += 4;
+    }
+#else
+  count += 2;
+  data += 2;
+  while (count + 3 < max_count && ((data[0] ^ first) | (data[1] ^ first) |
+				   (data[2] ^ first) | (data[3] ^ first)) == 0)
+    {
+      data += 4;
+      count += 4;
+    }
+#endif
+  while (count < max_count && (data[0] == first))
+    {
+      data += 1;
+      count += 1;
+    }
+  return count;
+}
+
+static_always_inline uword
+clib_count_equal_u32 (u32 *data, uword max_count)
+{
+  uword count;
+  u32 first;
+
+  if (max_count <= 1)
+    return max_count;
+  if (data[0] != data[1])
+    return 1;
+
+  count = 0;
+  first = data[0];
+
+#if defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC256)
+  u32x8 splat = u32x8_splat (first);
+  while (count + 7 < max_count)
+    {
+      u64 bmp;
+      bmp = u8x32_msb_mask ((u8x32) (u32x8_load_unaligned (data) == splat));
+      if (bmp != 0xffffffff)
+	{
+	  count += count_trailing_zeros (~bmp) / 4;
+	  return count;
+	}
+
+      data += 8;
+      count += 8;
+    }
+#elif defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC128) && defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC128_MSB_MASK)
+  u32x4 splat = u32x4_splat (first);
+  while (count + 3 < max_count)
+    {
+      u64 bmp;
+      bmp = u8x16_msb_mask ((u8x16) (u32x4_load_unaligned (data) == splat));
+      if (bmp != 0xffff)
+	{
+	  count += count_trailing_zeros (~bmp) / 4;
+	  return count;
+	}
+
+      data += 4;
+      count += 4;
+    }
+#else
+  count += 2;
+  data += 2;
+  while (count + 3 < max_count && ((data[0] ^ first) | (data[1] ^ first) |
+				   (data[2] ^ first) | (data[3] ^ first)) == 0)
+    {
+      data += 4;
+      count += 4;
+    }
+#endif
+  while (count < max_count && (data[0] == first))
+    {
+      data += 1;
+      count += 1;
+    }
+  return count;
+}
+
+static_always_inline uword
+clib_count_equal_u16 (u16 *data, uword max_count)
+{
+  uword count;
+  u16 first;
+
+  if (max_count <= 1)
+    return max_count;
+  if (data[0] != data[1])
+    return 1;
+
+  count = 0;
+  first = data[0];
+
+#if defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC256)
+  u16x16 splat = u16x16_splat (first);
+  while (count + 15 < max_count)
+    {
+      u64 bmp;
+      bmp = u8x32_msb_mask ((u8x32) (u16x16_load_unaligned (data) == splat));
+      if (bmp != 0xffffffff)
+	{
+	  count += count_trailing_zeros (~bmp) / 2;
+	  return count;
+	}
+
+      data += 16;
+      count += 16;
+    }
+#elif defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC128) && defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC128_MSB_MASK)
+  u16x8 splat = u16x8_splat (first);
+  while (count + 7 < max_count)
+    {
+      u64 bmp;
+      bmp = u8x16_msb_mask ((u8x16) (u16x8_load_unaligned (data) == splat));
+      if (bmp != 0xffff)
+	{
+	  count += count_trailing_zeros (~bmp) / 2;
+	  return count;
+	}
+
+      data += 8;
+      count += 8;
+    }
+#else
+  count += 2;
+  data += 2;
+  while (count + 3 < max_count && ((data[0] ^ first) | (data[1] ^ first) |
+				   (data[2] ^ first) | (data[3] ^ first)) == 0)
+    {
+      data += 4;
+      count += 4;
+    }
+#endif
+  while (count < max_count && (data[0] == first))
+    {
+      data += 1;
+      count += 1;
+    }
+  return count;
+}
+
+static_always_inline uword
+clib_count_equal_u8 (u8 *data, uword max_count)
+{
+  uword count;
+  u8 first;
+
+  if (max_count <= 1)
+    return max_count;
+  if (data[0] != data[1])
+    return 1;
+
+  count = 0;
+  first = data[0];
+
+#if defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC256)
+  u8x32 splat = u8x32_splat (first);
+  while (count + 31 < max_count)
+    {
+      u64 bmp;
+      bmp = u8x32_msb_mask ((u8x32) (u8x32_load_unaligned (data) == splat));
+      if (bmp != 0xffffffff)
+	return max_count;
+
+      data += 32;
+      count += 32;
+    }
+#elif defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC128) && defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC128_MSB_MASK)
+  u8x16 splat = u8x16_splat (first);
+  while (count + 15 < max_count)
+    {
+      u64 bmp;
+      bmp = u8x16_msb_mask ((u8x16) (u8x16_load_unaligned (data) == splat));
+      if (bmp != 0xffff)
+	{
+	  count += count_trailing_zeros (~bmp);
+	  return count;
+	}
+
+      data += 16;
+      count += 16;
+    }
+#else
+  count += 2;
+  data += 2;
+  while (count + 3 < max_count && ((data[0] ^ first) | (data[1] ^ first) |
+				   (data[2] ^ first) | (data[3] ^ first)) == 0)
+    {
+      data += 4;
+      count += 4;
+    }
+#endif
+  while (count < max_count && (data[0] == first))
+    {
+      data += 1;
+      count += 1;
+    }
+  return count;
+}
+#endif