[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] crypto/qat: fix missing release note for dual thread feature

Arek Kusztal arkadiuszx.kusztal at intel.com
Fri Jan 31 08:28:47 CET 2020


This commit fixes missing release notes for dual thread feature.

Fixes: 026f21c0b951 ("common/qat: support dual threads for enqueue/dequeue")

Signed-off-by: Arek Kusztal <arkadiuszx.kusztal at intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.rst | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.rst
index 661969c..b45d9a5 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_02.rst
@@ -166,6 +166,13 @@ New Features
   armv8 crypto library is not used anymore. Library name is changed
   from armv8_crypto to AArch64crypto.
 
+* **Queue-pairs are now thread-safe on Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) PMD.**
+
+  Queue-pairs are thread-safe on Intel CPUs but Queues are not (that is, within
+  a single queue-pair all enqueues to the TX queue must be done from one thread and all
+  dequeues from the RX queue must be done from one thread, but enqueues and dequeues
+  may be done in different threads.).
+
 Removed Items
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-- 
2.1.0



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