[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] cryptodev: deprecate rte_cryptodev_create_vdev()

[Jan Blunck <jblunck@infradead.org>]

This function is an alias for rte_vdev_init() which is scheduled to move
out of the rte_eal library. Lets deprecate this function to be able to
remove it from the cryptodev library in 17.11.

Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@infradead.org>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++
 lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 257dcba32..3c687b1b8 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -64,3 +64,8 @@ Deprecation Notices
   be removed in 17.11:
 
   - ``rte_eal_parse_devargs_str``, replaced by ``rte_eal_devargs_parse``
+
+* cryptodev: the following function is deprecated starting from 17.08 and will
+  be removed in 17.11:
+
+  - ``rte_cryptodev_create_vdev``
diff --git a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h
index 2048d6e29..39253a8e2 100644
--- a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h
@@ -435,6 +435,8 @@ struct rte_cryptodev_stats {
 /**< Max length of name of crypto PMD */
 
 /**
+ * @deprecated
+ *
  * Create a virtual crypto device
  *
  * @param	name	Cryptodev PMD name of device to be created.
@@ -445,6 +447,7 @@ struct rte_cryptodev_stats {
  *   which will be between 0 and rte_cryptodev_count().
  * - In the case of a failure, returns -1.
  */
+__rte_deprecated
 extern int
 rte_cryptodev_create_vdev(const char *name, const char *args);
 
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2.13.2