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

[Anoob Joseph <anoobj@marvell.com>]

> 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>