> -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:dev-boun...@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Pablo de Lara > Sent: Thursday, August 3, 2017 2:03 AM > To: tho...@monjalon.net; jerin.ja...@caviumnetworks.com; > akhil.go...@nxp.com; hemant.agra...@nxp.com; Trahe, Fiona > <fiona.tr...@intel.com>; Jain, Deepak K <deepak.k.j...@intel.com>; > Griffin, John <john.grif...@intel.com>; Doherty, Declan > <declan.dohe...@intel.com> > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; De Lara Guarch, Pablo <pablo.de.lara.gua...@intel.com> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [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. > > Signed-off-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.gua...@intel.com>
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnam...@intel.com>
