Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: security deprecation notice for session changes

[Mohammad Abdul Awal <mohammad.abdul.awal@intel.com>]

On 14/11/2018 11:23, Konstantin Ananyev wrote:
> Add 'uint64_t opaque_data' inside struct rte_security_session.
> That allows upper layer to easily associate some user defined
> data with the session.
> Proposed new layout for:
> struct rte_security_session {
> 	void *sess_private_data;
> 	/**< Private session material */
> +	uint64_t opaque_data;
> +	/**< Opaque user defined data */
> };
>
> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
> ---
>   doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> index 34b28234c..0cdc42842 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> @@ -55,3 +55,9 @@ Deprecation Notices
>     - ``rte_pdump_set_socket_dir`` will be removed;
>     - The parameter, ``path``, of ``rte_pdump_init`` will be removed;
>     - The enum ``rte_pdump_socktype`` will be removed.
> +
> +* security: ABI change:
> +
> +  New field ``uint64_t opaque_data`` is planned to add into
> +  ``rte_security_session`` structure. That would allow upper layer to easily
> +  associate/de-associate some user defined data with the security session.
Acked-by: Mohammad Abdul Awal <mohammad.abdul.awal@intel.com>