[dpdk-dev] [RFC] cryptodev: Change burst APIs to crypto operation oriented

[Olivier MATZ]

Hi Declan,

On 01/12/2016 07:11 PM, Declan Doherty wrote:
> In this rfc I'm looking to get some feedback on a proposal to change the
> cryptodev burst API from the current implementation of accepting burst
> of rte_mbuf's to a burst API based on rte_crypto_op's.
> 
> -static inline uint16_t
> -rte_cryptodev_dequeue_burst(uint8_t dev_id, uint16_t qp_id,
> -               struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
> +static inline uint16_t
> +rte_cryptodev_dequeue_op_burst(uint8_t dev_id, uint16_t qp_id,
> +               struct rte_crypto_op **ops, uint16_t nb_ops)
> 
> 
> -static inline uint16_t
> -rte_cryptodev_dequeue_burst(uint8_t dev_id, uint16_t qp_id,
> -               struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
> + static inline uint16_t
> +rte_cryptodev_dequeue_op_burst(uint8_t dev_id, uint16_t qp_id,
> +               struct rte_crypto_op **ops, uint16_t nb_ops)
> 
> 
> [...]
> 
> Regarding the rte_mbuf_offload library I think that it should be removed
> and that we can look adding a more general solution for managing
> external metadata to the rte_mbuf library when that functionality is
> required.

This looks fine to me.

Thanks,
Olivier