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ibv_alloc_pd (3)

Name

ibv_alloc_pd - allocate or deallocate a protection domain (PDs)

Synopsis

#include <infiniband/verbs.h>

struct ibv_pd *ibv_alloc_pd(struct ibv_context *context);

int ibv_dealloc_pd(struct ibv_pd *pd);

Description

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NAME
       ibv_alloc_pd,  ibv_dealloc_pd  -  allocate  or  deallocate a protection
       domain (PDs)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <infiniband/verbs.h>

       struct ibv_pd *ibv_alloc_pd(struct ibv_context *context);

       int ibv_dealloc_pd(struct ibv_pd *pd);

DESCRIPTION
       ibv_alloc_pd() allocates a PD for the RDMA device context context.

       ibv_dealloc_pd() deallocates the PD pd.

RETURN VALUE
       ibv_alloc_pd() returns a pointer to the allocated PD, or  NULL  if  the
       request fails.

       ibv_dealloc_pd() returns 0 on success, or the value of errno on failure
       (which indicates the failure reason).


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+-----------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |   ATTRIBUTE VALUE     |
       +---------------+-----------------------+
       |Availability   | network/open-fabrics  |
       +---------------+-----------------------+
       |Stability      | Pass-through volatile |
       +---------------+-----------------------+

NOTES
       ibv_dealloc_pd() may fail if any other  resource  is  still  associated
       with the PD being freed.

       Source  code  for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This     software     was    built    from    source    available    at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.   The  original   community
       source   was   downloaded   from    ['https://www.openfabrics.org/down-
       loads/ibutils/ibutils-1.5.7-0.2.gbd7e502.tar.gz', 'https://www.openfab-
       rics.org/downloads/libibverbs/libibverbs-1.1.8.tar.gz',
       'https://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/libmlx4/libmlx4-1.0.6.tar.gz',
       'https://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/libsdp/lib-
       sdp-1.1.108-0.15.gd7fdb72.tar.gz',   'https://www.openfabrics.org/down-
       loads/management/infiniband-diags-1.6.5.tar.gz',  'https://www.openfab-
       rics.org/downloads/management/libibmad-1.3.12.tar.gz',
       'https://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/management/libibu-
       mad-1.3.10.2.tar.gz',    'https://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/manage-
       ment/opensm-3.3.19.tar.gz',          'https://www.openfabrics.org/down-
       loads/perftest/perftest-1.3.0-0.42.gf350d3d.tar.gz', 'https://www.open-
       fabrics.org/downloads/qperf/qperf-0.4.9.tar.gz',  'https://www.openfab-
       rics.org/downloads/rdmacm/librdmacm-1.0.21.tar.gz',  'https://www.open-
       fabrics.org/downloads/rds-tools/rds-tools-2.0.4.tar.gz'].

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at http://www.openfabrics.org/.

SEE ALSO
       ibv_reg_mr(3), ibv_create_srq(3),  ibv_create_qp(3),  ibv_create_ah(3),
       ibv_create_ah_from_wc(3)

AUTHORS
       Dotan Barak <dotanba@gmail.com>




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