> -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pablo de Lara > Sent: Thursday, August 3, 2017 2:03 AM > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; Trahe, Fiona > <[email protected]>; Jain, Deepak K <[email protected]>; > Griffin, John <[email protected]>; Doherty, Declan > <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected]; De Lara Guarch, Pablo <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]>
Acked-by: John McNamara <[email protected]>
