[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/4] examples/fips_validation: remove illegal usage of APIs

Akhil Goyal gakhil at marvell.com
Wed Aug 11 10:19:32 CEST 2021


> 
> From: Akhil Goyal
> > Some of the cryptodev APIs are not allowed to be used by application
> > directly. Hence removing the usage of 1. queue_pair_release: it is not
> > required, as configure
> >    of queue pair release the previous queue pairs and the
> >    dev is not directly exposed to application, hence cannot
> >    use its ops from app.
> > 2. rte_cryptodev_stop: it can be used directly without
> >    checking if the device is started or not.
> > 3. rte_cryptodev_pmd_destroy: application should use
> >    rte_cryptodev_close instead.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Akhil Goyal <gakhil at marvell.com>
> 
> Look's like it should be backported to stable releases with a Fixes reference.
> What do you think?
> 
> Besides,
> Acked-by: Matan Azrad <matan at nvidia.com>
> 
Yes, Agreed.
I wanted to get opinion from the Maintainer of fips app first if the changes are 
Correct or not.


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