Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce changes in security session struct

[Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>]

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On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 5:36 AM Ananyev, Konstantin
<konstantin.ananyev@intel.com> wrote:
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>
> > The structure rte_security_session is not directly used
> > by the application. The application just need an opaque
> > pointer to attached to the mbuf or rte_crypto_op while
> > enqueue. Hence, it can be hidden inside the library
> > and would prevent unnecessary indirection to the priv
> > session data in fastpath.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Akhil Goyal <gakhil@marvell.com>
> > ---
> >  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 4 ++++
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > index c540c90f8e..8da1c2648c 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > @@ -159,3 +159,7 @@ Deprecation Notices
> >  * security: The functions ``rte_security_set_pkt_metadata`` and
> >    ``rte_security_get_userdata`` will be made inline functions and additional
> >    flags will be added in structure ``rte_security_ctx`` in DPDK 21.11.
> > +
> > +* security: Hide stucture ``rte_security_session`` and expose an opaque
> > +  pointer for the private data to the application which can be attached
> > +  to the packet while enqueuing.
> > --
>
> Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
Acked-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>

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> > 2.25.1
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