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| .TH IBV_ALLOC_PD 3 2006-10-31 libibverbs "Libibverbs Programmer's Manual" |
| .SH "NAME" |
| ibv_alloc_pd, ibv_dealloc_pd \- allocate or deallocate a protection domain (PDs) |
| .SH "SYNOPSIS" |
| .nf |
| .B #include <infiniband/verbs.h> |
| .sp |
| .BI "struct ibv_pd *ibv_alloc_pd(struct ibv_context " "*context" ); |
| .sp |
| .BI "int ibv_dealloc_pd(struct ibv_pd " "*pd" ); |
| .fi |
| .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
| .B ibv_alloc_pd() |
| allocates a PD for the RDMA device context |
| .I context\fR. |
| .PP |
| .B ibv_dealloc_pd() |
| deallocates the PD |
| .I pd\fR. |
| .SH "RETURN VALUE" |
| .B ibv_alloc_pd() |
| returns a pointer to the allocated PD, or NULL if the request fails. |
| .PP |
| .B ibv_dealloc_pd() |
| returns 0 on success, or the value of errno on failure (which indicates the failure reason). |
| .SH "NOTES" |
| .B ibv_dealloc_pd() |
| may fail if any other resource is still associated with the PD being |
| freed. |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .BR ibv_reg_mr (3), |
| .BR ibv_create_srq (3), |
| .BR ibv_create_qp (3), |
| .BR ibv_create_ah (3), |
| .BR ibv_create_ah_from_wc (3) |
| .SH "AUTHORS" |
| .TP |
| Dotan Barak <dotanba@gmail.com> |
