[PATCH v2 1/6] eal: take experimental flag off of rte_memeq_timingsafe

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>]

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@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 4ca0a9ac77..ec227fd90d 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_07.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_07.rst
@@ -241,6 +241,10 @@ 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