[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] cryptodev: mark experimental state
Thomas Monjalon
thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Wed Nov 25 18:38:55 CET 2015
The crypto API is in an early state.
It requires more discussions and experiments to declare it stable,
as discussed in http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2015-November/028634.html
A documentation section will be required in the guides.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com>
---
MAINTAINERS | 2 +-
config/common_bsdapp | 1 +
config/common_linuxapp | 1 +
doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst | 1 +
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_2.rst | 10 ++++++++++
lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h | 3 +++
6 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 7f3d967..460245b 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ M: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com>
F: lib/librte_ether/
F: scripts/test-null.sh
-Crypto API
+Crypto API - EXPERIMENTAL
M: Declan Doherty <declan.doherty at intel.com>
F: lib/librte_cryptodev/
F: app/test/test_cryptodev*
diff --git a/config/common_bsdapp b/config/common_bsdapp
index 56020b6..3286481 100644
--- a/config/common_bsdapp
+++ b/config/common_bsdapp
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ CONFIG_RTE_PMD_PACKET_PREFETCH=y
#
# Compile generic crypto device library
+# EXPERIMENTAL: API may change without prior notice
#
CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CRYPTODEV=y
CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CRYPTODEV_DEBUG=n
diff --git a/config/common_linuxapp b/config/common_linuxapp
index eaad8d6..2866986 100644
--- a/config/common_linuxapp
+++ b/config/common_linuxapp
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ CONFIG_RTE_PMD_PACKET_PREFETCH=y
#
# Compile generic crypto device library
+# EXPERIMENTAL: API may change without prior notice
#
CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CRYPTODEV=y
CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CRYPTODEV_DEBUG=n
diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst
index 8a739dd..653c7d0 100644
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/versioning.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ General Guidelines
------------------
#. Whenever possible, ABI should be preserved
+#. The libraries marked in experimental state may change without constraint.
#. The addition of symbols is generally not problematic
#. The modification of symbols can generally be managed with versioning
#. The removal of symbols generally is an ABI break and requires bumping of the
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_2.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_2.rst
index 8c77768..d0a9955 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_2.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_2.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ New Features
* **Added keepalive support to EAL and example application.**
+* **Added experimental cryptodev API**
+
+ The cryptographic processing of packet is provided as a preview
+ with two drivers for:
+
+ * Intel QuickAssist devices
+ * Intel AES-NI multi-buffer library
+
+ Due to its experimental state, the API may change without prior notice.
+
* **Added ethdev API to support IEEE1588.**
Added functions to read, write and adjust system time in the NIC.
diff --git a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h
index 04bade7..aa9f785 100644
--- a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
*
* Defines RTE Crypto Device APIs for the provisioning of cipher and
* authentication operations.
+ *
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice
*/
#ifdef __cplusplus
--
2.5.2
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