[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: announce move of aes gmac algorithm to aead

[Thomas Monjalon]

05/08/2020 17:15, Arek Kusztal:
> This patch announces removal of RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GMAC
> from rte_crypto_auth_algorithm and addition of RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_GMAC
> to rte_crypto_aead_algorithm.
> AES-GMAC is variation of AES-GCM algorithm with the difference that
> it does not perform encryption. As a matter of fact internally
> there is no difference between GMAC and GCM except for the way how
> data is passed.
> Moving GMAC to AEAD can simplify way of implementing this alogrithm
> for example in IPsec (RFC4543).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arek Kusztal <arkadiuszx.kusztal at intel.com>
> ---
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
> +* cryptodev: ``RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GMAC`` will no longer be included in
> +  ``enum rte_crypto_auth_algorithm``. It will be included in
> +  ``enum rte_crypto_aead_algorithm`` as ``RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_GMAC``.

I wonder whether this move shows a problem in classification
of the crypto algorithms.
Anyway this proposal didn't meet its audience.
Because of the lack of ack (3 required), it cannot be accepted.