[EXT] [PATCH] app/testeventdev: add cipher alg option for cryptodev

[Jerin Jacob]

On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 10:06 PM Akhil Goyal <gakhil at marvell.com> wrote:
>
> > Testeventdev crypto adapter symmetric tests are only attempting
> > NULL cipher algorithm. This limits crypto adapter usage with only
> > PMDs that can support NULL cipher algorithm. Also, since NULL cipher
> > algorithm doesn't perform any crypto operation, the performance numbers
> > reported may not reflect the actual crypto capabilities of the device.
> > Extend the application to support non-NULL cipher algorithms.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Aakash Sasidharan <asasidharan at marvell.com>
> Acked-by: Akhil Goyal <gakhil at marvell.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net-eventdev/for-main with following changes. Thanks

1) Changed subject as "app/testeventdev: support cipher alg options
for cryptodev"
2) Updated the doc as

diff --git a/doc/guides/tools/testeventdev.rst
b/doc/guides/tools/testeventdev.rst
index 33cbe04d70..fc36bfb30c 100644
--- a/doc/guides/tools/testeventdev.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/tools/testeventdev.rst
@@ -162,6 +162,18 @@ The following are the application command-line options:
         Set crypto operation type. Use 0 for symmetric crypto ops (default)
         and 1 for asymmetric crypto ops.

+* ``--crypto_cipher_alg``
+
+        Cipher algorithm to be used. Default algorithm is NULL.
+
+* ``--crypto_cipher_key``
+
+        Key for the cipher algorithm selected.
+
+* ``--crypto_cipher_iv_sz``
+
+        IV size for the cipher algorithm
+
 * ``--mbuf_sz``

        Set packet mbuf size. Can be used to configure Jumbo Frames. Only
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