From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Konstantin Ananyev Subject: [PATCH] doc: security deprecation notice for session changes Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 11:23:31 +0000 Message-ID: <1542194611-5773-1-git-send-email-konstantin.ananyev@intel.com> Cc: akhil.goyal@nxp.com, declan.doherty@intel.com, Konstantin Ananyev To: dev@dpdk.org Return-path: Received: from mga03.intel.com (mga03.intel.com [134.134.136.65]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 146685398 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 12:23:43 +0100 (CET) List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Add 'uint64_t opaque_data' inside struct rte_security_session. That allows upper layer to easily associate some user defined data with the session. Proposed new layout for: struct rte_security_session { void *sess_private_data; /**< Private session material */ + uint64_t opaque_data; + /**< Opaque user defined data */ }; Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ananyev --- doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index 34b28234c..0cdc42842 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -55,3 +55,9 @@ Deprecation Notices - ``rte_pdump_set_socket_dir`` will be removed; - The parameter, ``path``, of ``rte_pdump_init`` will be removed; - The enum ``rte_pdump_socktype`` will be removed. + +* security: ABI change: + + New field ``uint64_t opaque_data`` is planned to add into + ``rte_security_session`` structure. That would allow upper layer to easily + associate/de-associate some user defined data with the security session. -- 2.17.1