> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Clarify the corner case with incompressible data whereby the output can
> > actually be greater than the uncompressed data.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Fiona Trahe <fiona.tr...@intel.com>
> > ---
> > lib/librte_compressdev/rte_comp.h | 6 ++++++
> > 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_comp.h
> > b/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_comp.h
> > index b7474c4..95306c5 100644
> > --- a/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_comp.h
> > +++ b/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_comp.h
> > @@ -323,6 +323,12 @@ struct rte_comp_op {
> > * If the output data is expected to be bigger than this a chain of
> > * mbufs can be passed to the PMD if the PMD's capabilities indicate
> > * it supports this.
> > + *
> > + * @note, if incompressible data is passed to an engine for
> > compression
> > + * using RTE_COMP_ALGO_DEFLATE, it's possible for the output data
> > + * to be larger than the uncompressed data, due to the inclusion
> > + * of the DEFLATE header blocks. The size of m_dst should
> > accommodate
> > + * this, else OUT_OF_SPACE errors can be expected in this case.
> > */
> >
> > struct {
> > --
> > 1.7.0.7
> Acked-by: Shally Verma <shal...@marvell.com>
Applied to dpdk-next-crypto
Thanks.
