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mlx5dv_open_device(3) Library Functions Manual mlx5dv_open_device(3)

NAME

mlx5dv_open_device - Open an RDMA device context for the mlx5 provider

SYNOPSIS

#include <infiniband/mlx5dv.h>
struct ibv_context *
mlx5dv_open_device(struct ibv_device *device, struct mlx5dv_context_attr *attr);
    

DESCRIPTION

Open an RDMA device context with specific mlx5 provider attributes.

ARGUMENTS

RDMA device to open.

attr

mlx5dv_context_attr

struct mlx5dv_context_attr {

uint32_t flags;
uint64_t comp_mask;
struct ibv_fd_arr *fds; };

A bitwise OR of the various values described below.
*MLX5DV_CONTEXT_FLAGS_DEVX*:
Allocate a DEVX context

Bitmask specifying what fields in the structure are valid
*MLX5DV_CONTEXT_ATTR_MASK_FD_ARRAY*:
Valid value in *fds*

Used to pass a file descriptor array.

ibv_fd_arr

struct ibv_fd_arr {

int *arr;
uint32_t count; };

Pointer to the file descriptor array.

Number of elements in the array.

RETURN VALUE

Returns a pointer to the allocated device context, or NULL if the request fails.

SEE ALSO

ibv_open_device(3)

AUTHOR

Yishai Hadas yishaih@mellanox.com