freebsd-dev/contrib/ofed/librdmacm/man/rdma_post_readv.3
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.\" Licensed under the OpenIB.org BSD license (FreeBSD Variant) - See COPYING.md
.TH "RDMA_POST_READV" 3 "2010-07-19" "librdmacm" "Librdmacm Programmer's Manual" librdmacm
.SH NAME
rdma_post_readv \- post an RDMA read work request.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "#include <rdma/rdma_verbs.h>"
.P
.B "int" rdma_post_readv
.BI "(struct rdma_cm_id *" id ","
.BI "void *" context ","
.BI "struct ibv_sge *" sgl ","
.BI "int " nsge ","
.BI "int " flags ","
.BI "uint64_t " remote_addr ","
.BI "uint32_t " rkey ");"
.SH ARGUMENTS
.IP "id" 12
A reference to a communication identifier where the request
will be posted.
.IP "context" 12
User-defined context associated with the request.
.IP "sgl" 12
A scatter-gather list of the destination buffers of the read.
.IP "nsge" 12
The number of scatter-gather array entries.
.IP "flags" 12
Optional flags used to control the read operation.
.IP "remote_addr" 12
The address of the remote registered memory to read from.
.IP "rkey" 12
The registered memory key associated with the remote address.
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Posts a work request to the send queue of the queue pair associated
with the rdma_cm_id. The contents of the remote memory region will be
read into the local data buffers.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
Returns 0 on success, or -1 on error. If an error occurs, errno will be
set to indicate the failure reason.
.SH "NOTES"
For a list of supported flags, see ibv_post_send.
Both the remote and local data buffers must have been registered
before the read is issued, and the buffers must remain registered
until the read completes.
.P
Read operations may not be posted to an rdma_cm_id or the corresponding
queue pair until it has been connected.
.P
The user-defined context associated with the read request will be
returned to the user through the work completion wr_id, work request
identifier, field.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
rdma_cm(7), rdma_connect(3), rdma_accept(3),
ibv_post_send(3), rdma_post_read(3), rdma_reg_read(3), rdma_reg_msgs(3)