[EXT] Re: [PATCH v2 8/8] crypto/ipsec_mb: set and use session ID

[Fangming Fang]

> From: Akhil Goyal <gakhil at marvell.com>
> > 16/05/2023 17:24, Ciara Power:
> > > From: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com>
> > >
> > > When creating a session, get the session ID that defines the fixed
> > > session parameters and store it in the private data.
> > > When retrieving IMB_JOB's, if their internal session ID matches the
> > > one in the private session data, these fixed session parameters do
> > > not need to be filled again.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.guarch at intel.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Ciara Power <ciara.power at intel.com>
> > [...]
> > > +#if IMB_VERSION(1, 3, 0) < IMB_VERSION_NUM
> > > + sess->session_id = imb_set_session(mb_mgr, &sess->template_job);
> > > +#endif
> >
> > For info, this does not compile with
> > https://git.gitlab.arm.com/arm-reference-solutions/ipsec-mb
> > because Arm did not merge Intel's code correctly, and
> > imb_set_session() is missing while version is 1.4.0-dev.
> >
> > Anyway I hate this situation having 2 repos for the same thing.
> > Please merge Arm code in the original repository from Intel.
> >
> Is it possible to make Arm repo as main repo and modify DPDK documentation,
> if Intel not agreeing to include Arm code?
> Currently the Arm repo use case is broken.
> If it is not resolved soon, we can submit a patch to revert the patch which is
> breaking compilation. This need to be fixed by RC2.

It would be better if the original repo can merge Arm changes. We will keep regular sync with original repo in the current situation, the next sync will be carried out earlier in Q3.
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