[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce security API changes for Inline IPsec
Thomas Monjalon
thomas at monjalon.net
Sat Jul 31 00:16:12 CEST 2021
27/07/2021 19:36, Nithin Dabilpuram:
> Announce changes to make rte_security_set_pkt_metadata() and
> rte_security_get_userdata() inline instead of C functions and
> also addition of another field in structure rte_security_ctx for
> holding flags.
I guess there is a performance reason but the motivation
is not explained. Also it is going in the opposite direction
of what is discussed in the Technical Board meetings:
we should avoid and reduce the number of inline functions
to reduce the ABI surface.
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