[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] cryptodev: make xform key pointer constant

[Thomas Monjalon]

25/06/2019 14:46, Akhil Goyal:
> 
> > 
> > This patch changes the key pointer data types in cipher, auth,
> > and aead xforms from "uint8_t *" to "const uint8_t *" for a
> > more intuitive and safe sessionn creation.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Fan Zhang <roy.fan.zhang at intel.com>
> > Acked-by: Arek Kusztal <arkadiuszx.kusztal at intel.com>
> > Acked-by: Akhil Goyal <akhil.goyal at nxp.com>
> > ---
> > v4:
> > - Removed deprecation notice and updated release note.
> > - Updated ABI version.
> > 
> > v3:
> > - rebased on top of latest dpdk-next-crypto
> > 
> > v2:
> > - fixed a missed memory free for ixgbe ipsec
> 
> Applied to dpdk-next-crypto
> The changes related to update for ABI version were incomplete in this patch, so they were dropped. Another patch from Anoob was also updating the ABI version, so not required in this patch.


I think this patch is not complete, because there is a compilation issue
with mvsam PMD when compiling arm64-thunderx-linux-gcc:

	drivers/crypto/mvsam/rte_mrvl_pmd.c:260:35: error:
	assignment discards 'const' qualifier from pointer target type