[PATCH 1/5] eal: take experimental flag off of rte_memeq_timingsafe
Stephen Hemminger
stephen at networkplumber.org
Thu Jun 25 17:56:34 CEST 2026
This function is needed in other places, and don't want to
have to propagate allow_experimental_api into those drivers.
It is stable enough and inline so no ABI exposure.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
---
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_07.rst | 4 ++++
lib/eal/include/rte_memory.h | 4 ----
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_07.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_07.rst
index 0b1cac3e0d..a9ca81905c 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_07.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_07.rst
@@ -218,6 +218,10 @@ API Changes
- ``rte_pmd_mlx5_enable_steering``
- ``rte_pmd_mlx5_disable_steering``
+* **eal: promoted timing-safe memory comparison from experimental to stable.**
+
+ The inline function ``rte_memeq_timingsafe()`` is no longer marked experimental.
+
ABI Changes
-----------
diff --git a/lib/eal/include/rte_memory.h b/lib/eal/include/rte_memory.h
index b6e97ad695..940770f1eb 100644
--- a/lib/eal/include/rte_memory.h
+++ b/lib/eal/include/rte_memory.h
@@ -747,9 +747,6 @@ void
rte_memzero_explicit(void *dst, size_t sz);
/**
- * @warning
- * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
- *
* Timing-safe memory equality comparison.
*
* This function compares two memory regions in constant time,
@@ -770,7 +767,6 @@ rte_memzero_explicit(void *dst, size_t sz);
* @return
* true if the memory regions are identical, false if they differ.
*/
-__rte_experimental
static inline bool
rte_memeq_timingsafe(const void *a, const void *b, size_t n)
{
--
2.53.0
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