[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce API change in crypto driver allocation

[Jain, Deepak K]

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> From: De Lara Guarch, Pablo
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> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; De Lara Guarch, Pablo <pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] doc: announce API change in crypto driver allocation
> 
> rte_cryptodev_allocate_driver() function gets one parameter (rte_driver), as
> the cryptodev_driver structure is allocated inside the function with
> rte_malloc.
> 
> This function is called from a constructor function, when crypto PMDs are
> registered.
> If malloc fails, there is no way to recover from it, so it is better to allocate this
> structure statically, in each PMD.
> 
> Therefore, it is required to add an extra parameter in this function, to also
> get a pointer to this structure.
> 
>    - ``rte_cryptodev_create_vdev``
> +
> +* cryptodev: the following function will have an extra parameter,
> +passing a
> +  statically allocated crypto driver structure, instead of calling
> +malloc,
> +  in 17.11:
> +
> +  - ``rte_cryptodev_allocate_driver``
> --
> 2.9.4
Acked-by: Deepak Kumar Jain <Deepak.k.jain at intel.com>