librdmacm/man/rdma_reg_write.3

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.TH "RDMA_REG_WRITE" 3 "2010-07-19" "librdmacm" "Librdmacm Programmer's Manual" librdmacm
.SH NAME
rdma_reg_write \- register data buffer(s) for remote RDMA write access.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "#include <rdma/rdma_verbs.h>"
.P
.B "struct ibv_mr *" rdma_reg_write
.BI "(struct rdma_cm_id *" id ","
.BI "void *" addr ","
.BI "size_t " length ");"
.SH ARGUMENTS
.IP "id" 12
A reference to a communication identifier where the message buffer(s)
will be used.
.IP "addr" 12
The address of the memory buffer(s) to register.
.IP "length" 12
The total length of the memory to register.
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Registers a memory buffer that will be accessed by a remote RDMA write
operation.  Memory buffers registered using rdma_reg_write may be
targeted in an RDMA write request, allowing the buffer to be
specified on the remote side of an RDMA connection as the remote_addr
of rdma_post_write, or similar call.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
Returns a reference to the registered memory region on success, or NULL on
error.  If an error occurs, errno will be set to indicate the failure reason.
.SH "NOTES"
rdma_reg_write is used to register a data buffer that will be the
target of an RDMA write operation on a queue pair associated with
an rdma_cm_id.  The memory buffer is registered with the proteection
domain associated with the idenfier.  The start of the data buffer
is specified through the addr parameter, and the total size of the buffer 
is given by length.
.P
All data buffers should be registered before being posted as a work request.
Users must deregister all registered memory by calling rdma_dereg_mr.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
rdma_cm(7), rdma_create_id(3), rdma_create_ep(3),
rdma_reg_msgs(3), rdma_reg_read(3),
ibv_reg_mr(3), ibv_dereg_mr(3), rdma_post_write(3)