[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] lib/crypto: clarify when it's ok to clear private session data

[Fiona Trahe]

Signed-off-by: Fiona Trahe <fiona.trahe at intel.com>
---
 lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h
index 2fb6563..eb6c66f 100644
--- a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h
@@ -952,7 +952,9 @@ struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session *
 
 /**
  * Frees private data for the device id, based on its device type,
- * returning it to its mempool.
+ * returning it to its mempool. It is the application's responsibility
+ * to ensure that private session data is not cleared while there are
+ * still in-flight operations using it.
  *
  * @param   dev_id   ID of device that uses the session.
  * @param   sess     Session containing the reference to the private data
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