NAME

       ibv_import_device - import a device from a given command FD

SYNOPSIS

              #include <infiniband/verbs.h>

              struct ibv_context *ibv_import_device(int cmd_fd);

DESCRIPTION

       ibv_import_device()  returns  an  ibv_context  pointer  that  is associated with the given
       cmd_fd.

       The cmd_fd is obtained from the ibv_context cmd_fd member, which  must  be  dup’d  (eg  by
       dup(), SCM_RIGHTS, etc) before being passed to ibv_import_device().

       Once  the ibv_context usage has been ended ibv_close_device() should be called.  This call
       may cleanup whatever is needed/opposite of the import including closing the command FD.

RETURN VALUE

       ibv_import_device() returns a pointer to the  allocated  RDMA  context,  or  NULL  if  the
       request fails.

SEE ALSO

       ibv_open_device(3), ibv_close_device(3),

AUTHOR

       Yishai Hadas <yishaih@mellanox.com>