+ * - -EINVAL if input parameters are invalid.
+ * - -ENOTSUP if crypto device does not support the crypto transform or
+ * does not support symmetric operations.
+ * - -ENOMEM if the private session could not be allocated.
+ */
+int
+rte_cryptodev_sym_session_init(uint8_t dev_id,
+ struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session *sess,
+ struct rte_crypto_sym_xform *xforms,
+ struct rte_mempool *mempool);
+
+/**
+ * Initialize asymmetric session on a device with specific asymmetric xform
+ *
+ * @param dev_id ID of device that we want the session to be used on
+ * @param sess Session to be set up on a device
+ * @param xforms Asymmetric crypto transform operations to apply on flow
+ * processed with this session
+ * @param mempool Mempool to be used for internal allocation.
+ *
+ * @return
+ * - On success, zero.
+ * - -EINVAL if input parameters are invalid.
+ * - -ENOTSUP if crypto device does not support the crypto transform.
+ * - -ENOMEM if the private session could not be allocated.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int
+rte_cryptodev_asym_session_init(uint8_t dev_id,
+ struct rte_cryptodev_asym_session *sess,
+ struct rte_crypto_asym_xform *xforms,
+ struct rte_mempool *mempool);
+
+/**
+ * Frees private data for the device id, based on its device type,
+ * returning it to its mempool. It is the application's responsibility
+ * to ensure that private session data is not cleared while there are
+ * still in-flight operations using it.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id ID of device that uses the session.
+ * @param sess Session containing the reference to the private data
+ *
+ * @return
+ * - 0 if successful.
+ * - -EINVAL if device is invalid or session is NULL.
+ * - -ENOTSUP if crypto device does not support symmetric operations.
+ */
+int
+rte_cryptodev_sym_session_clear(uint8_t dev_id,
+ struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session *sess);
+
+/**
+ * Frees resources held by asymmetric session during rte_cryptodev_session_init
+ *
+ * @param dev_id ID of device that uses the asymmetric session.
+ * @param sess Asymmetric session setup on device using
+ * rte_cryptodev_session_init
+ * @return
+ * - 0 if successful.
+ * - -EINVAL if device is invalid or session is NULL.