NAME

       ibv_alloc_pd, ibv_dealloc_pd - allocate or deallocate a protection domain (PDs)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <infiniband/verbs.h>

       struct ibv_pd *ibv_alloc_pd(struct ibv_context *context);

       int ibv_dealloc_pd(struct ibv_pd *pd);

DESCRIPTION

       ibv_alloc_pd() allocates a PD for the RDMA device context context.

       ibv_dealloc_pd() deallocates the PD pd.

RETURN VALUE

       ibv_alloc_pd() returns a pointer to the allocated PD, or NULL if the request fails.

       ibv_dealloc_pd()  returns  0 on success, or the value of errno on failure (which indicates
       the failure reason).

NOTES

       ibv_dealloc_pd() may fail if any other resource is still  associated  with  the  PD  being
       freed.

SEE ALSO

       ibv_reg_mr(3),        ibv_create_srq(3),        ibv_create_qp(3),        ibv_create_ah(3),
       ibv_create_ah_from_wc(3)

AUTHORS

       Dotan Barak <dotanba@gmail.com>