Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce restructuring of crypto session structs

[Jerin Jacob <jerinjacobk@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 9:51 AM Anoob Joseph <anoobj@marvell.com> wrote:
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> > Subject: [PATCH] doc: announce restructuring of crypto session structs
> >
> > The structures rte_cryptodev_sym_session and rte_cryptodev_asym_session are
> > not used by the application directly. The application just need an opaque pointer
> > which it can attach to rte_crypto_op while enqueue.
> > Hence, these structures can be internal to library hidden from the user.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Akhil Goyal <gakhil@marvell.com>
> > ---
> >  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > index f81bd87f10..7140e345b6 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> > @@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ Deprecation Notices
> >  * cryptodev: The APIs for interfacing between library and PMD will be marked
> >    as internal APIs in DPDK 21.11.
> >
> > +* cryptodev: Hide structures ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session`` and
> > +  ``rte_cryptodev_asym_session`` to remove unnecessary indirection
> > +between
> > +  session and the private data of session. An opaque pointer can be
> > +exposed
> > +  directly to application which can be attached to the ``rte_crypto_op``.
> > +
> >  * 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.
> > --
>
> Acked-by: Anoob Joseph <anoobj@marvell.com>

Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>


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