Functions rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_start/stop
are not really used in any of the crypto drivers
(they all just return 0 or -ENOTSUP).
Therefore, this API can be deprecated from 18.02
and removed in 18.05.
Signed-off-by: Pablo de Lara <pablo.de.lara.gua...@intel.com>
Acked-by: Akhil Goyal <akhil.go...@nxp.com>
---
doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 5 +++++
lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index bd4200bba..805fb885e 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -69,3 +69,8 @@ Deprecation Notices
``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_dettach_sym_session()`` will be deprecated from
18.02 and removed in 18.05, as there are no drivers doing anything useful
with them.
+
+* cryptodev: Functions ``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_start()`` and
+ ``rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_stop()`` will be deprecated from 18.02
+ and removed in 18.05, as there are no drivers doing anything useful
+ with them.
diff --git a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h
b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h
index 4597f864d..712342c72 100644
--- a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_setup(uint8_t dev_id, uint16_t
queue_pair_id,
struct rte_mempool *session_pool);
/**
+ * @deprecated
* Start a specified queue pair of a device. It is used
* when deferred_start flag of the specified queue is true.
*
@@ -619,6 +620,7 @@ extern int
rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_start(uint8_t dev_id, uint16_t queue_pair_id);
/**
+ * @deprecated
* Stop specified queue pair of a device
*
* @param dev_id The identifier of the device
--
2.14.3
