RE: [PATCH v2] doc: announce rte_ipsec API changes

[Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@huawei.com>]

Hi,

> In case of event mode operations where event device can help in atomic
> sequence number increment across cores, sequence number need to be
> provided by the application instead of being updated in rte_ipsec or the
> PMD. To support this, a new flag ``RTE_IPSEC_SAFLAG_SQN_ASSIGN_DISABLE``
> will be added to disable sequence number update inside IPsec library and
> the API rte_ipsec_pkt_crypto_prepare will be extended to include ``sqn``
> as an additional parameter to specify sequence number to be used for
> IPsec from the application.

Could you probably elaborate a bit more:
Why such change is necessary for event-dev mode, what exactly will
be affected in librte_ipsec (would it be for outbound mode, or both),
etc.
 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aakash Sasidharan <asasidharan@marvell.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 6948641ff6..bc1d93cca7 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -133,6 +133,13 @@ Deprecation Notices
>    Since these functions are not called directly by the application,
>    the API remains unaffected.
> 
> +* ipsec: The rte_ipsec library is updated to support sequence number provided
> +  by application. A new flag ``RTE_IPSEC_SAFLAG_SQN_ASSIGN_DISABLE`` is introduced
> +  to disable sequence number assignment in lib IPsec.
> +  The API rte_ipsec_pkt_crypto_prepare is extended to include ``sqn`` as an
> +  additional parameter allowing application to specify the sequence number to be
> +  used for the IPsec operation.
> +
>  * pipeline: The pipeline library legacy API (functions rte_pipeline_*)
>    will be deprecated and subsequently removed in DPDK 24.11 release.
>    Before this, the new pipeline library API (functions rte_swx_pipeline_*)
> --
> 2.25.1