RDMA_RESOLVE_ROUTE

Section: Librdmacm Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2007-10-31
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NAME

rdma_resolve_route - Resolve the route information needed to establish a connection.

SYNOPSIS

#include <rdma/rdma_cma.h>

int rdma_resolve_route (struct rdma_cm_id *id, int timeout_ms);

ARGUMENTS

id: RDMA identifier.
timeout_ms: Time to wait for resolution to complete.

DESCRIPTION

Resolves an RDMA route to the destination address in order to establish a connection. The destination address must have already been resolved by calling rdma_resolve_addr.

RETURN VALUE

Returns 0 on success, or -1 on error. If an error occurs, errno will be set to indicate the failure reason.

NOTES

This is called on the client side of a connection after calling rdma_resolve_addr, but before calling rdma_connect.

INFINIBAND SPECIFIC

This call obtains a path record that is used by the connection.