as deprecated in DPDK 20.11, along with the associated macros ``ETH_MIRROR_*``.
This API will be fully removed in DPDK 21.11.
+* ethdev: Announce moving from dedicated modify function for each field,
+ to using the general ``rte_flow_modify_field`` action.
+
+* ethdev: The struct ``rte_flow_action_modify_data`` will be modified
+ to support modifying fields larger than 64 bits.
+ In addition, documentation will be updated to clarify byte order.
+
* ethdev: Attribute ``shared`` of the ``struct rte_flow_action_count``
is deprecated and will be removed in DPDK 21.11. Shared counters should
be managed using shared actions API (``rte_flow_shared_action_create`` etc).
+* ethdev: Definition of the flow API action ``RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_PORT_ID``
+ is ambiguous and needs clarification.
+ Structure ``rte_flow_action_port_id`` will be extended to specify
+ traffic direction to the represented entity or ethdev port itself
+ in DPDK 21.11.
+
+* ethdev: Flow API documentation is unclear if ethdev port used to create
+ a flow rule adds any implicit match criteria in the case of transfer rules.
+ The semantics will be clarified in DPDK 21.11 and it will require fixes in
+ drivers and applications which interpret it in a different way.
+
* ethdev: The flow API matching pattern structures, ``struct rte_flow_item_*``,
should start with relevant protocol header.
Some matching pattern structures implements this by duplicating protocol header
data length so that driver/HW can write expanded size data after encryption.
This change is targeted for DPDK 21.11.
-* cryptodev: The interface between library and drivers will be marked
- as internal in DPDK 21.11.
+* cryptodev: Hide structures ``rte_cryptodev_sym_session`` and
+ ``rte_cryptodev_asym_session`` to remove unnecessary indirection between
+ session and the private data of session. An opaque pointer can be exposed
+ directly to application which can be attached to the ``rte_crypto_op``.
* security: Hide structure ``rte_security_session`` and expose an opaque
pointer for the private data to the application which can be attached
to the packet while enqueuing.
-* security: The IPsec configuration structure
- ``struct rte_security_ipsec_xform`` will be updated with new members to allow
- SA lifetime configuration. A new structure would be introduced to replace the
- current member, ``esn_soft_limit``.
+* security: The structure ``rte_security_ipsec_xform`` will be extended with
+ multiple fields: source and destination port of UDP encapsulation,
+ IPsec payload MSS (Maximum Segment Size), and ESN (Extended Sequence Number).
* security: The IPsec SA config options ``struct rte_security_ipsec_sa_options``
will be updated with new fields to support new features like IPsec inner
- checksum, tunnel header verification, TSO in case of protocol offload.
+ checksum, TSO in case of protocol offload.
+
+* ipsec: The structure ``rte_ipsec_sa_prm`` will be extended with a new field
+ ``hdr_l3_len`` to configure tunnel L3 header length.
* eventdev: The file ``rte_eventdev_pmd.h`` will be renamed to ``eventdev_driver.h``
to make the driver interface as internal and the structures ``rte_eventdev_data``,
* cmdline: ``cmdline`` structure will be made opaque to hide platform-specific
content. On Linux and FreeBSD, supported prior to DPDK 20.11,
original structure will be kept until DPDK 21.11.
-
-* security: The functions ``rte_security_set_pkt_metadata`` and
- ``rte_security_get_userdata`` will be made inline functions and additional
- flags will be added in structure ``rte_security_ctx`` in DPDK 21.11.
-
-* cryptodev: The structure ``rte_crypto_op`` would be updated to reduce
- reserved bytes to 2 (from 3), and use 1 byte to indicate warnings and other
- information from the crypto/security operation. This field will be used to
- communicate events such as soft expiry with IPsec in lookaside mode.