NAME

fi_poll - Polling and wait set operations

fi_poll_open / fi_close

Open/close a polling set

fi_poll_add / fi_poll_del

Add/remove a completion queue or counter to/from a poll set.

fi_poll

Poll for progress and events across multiple completion queues and counters.

fi_wait_open / fi_close

Open/close a wait set

fi_wait

Waits for one or more wait objects in a set to be signaled.

SYNOPSIS

#include <rdma/fi_domain.h>

int fi_poll_open(struct fid_domain *domain, struct fi_poll_attr *attr,
    struct fid_poll **pollset);

int fi_close(struct fid *pollset);

int fi_poll_add(struct fid_poll *pollset, struct fid *event_fid,
    uint64_t flags);

int fi_poll_del(struct fid_poll *pollset, struct fid *event_fid,
    uint64_t flags);

int fi_poll(struct fid_poll *pollset, void **context, int count);

int fi_wait_open(struct fid_fabric *fabric, struct fi_wait_attr *attr,
    struct fid_wait **waitset);

int fi_close(struct fid *waitset);

int fi_wait(struct fid_wait *waitset, int timeout);

ARGUMENTS

fabric

Fabric provider

domain

Resource domain

pollset

Event poll set

waitset

Wait object set

attr

Poll or wait set attributes

context

On success, an array of user context values associated with completion queues or counters.

count

Number of entries in context array.

timeout

Time to wait for a signal, in milliseconds.

DESCRIPTION

fi_poll_open

fi_poll_open creates a new polling set. A poll set enables an optimized method for progressing asynchronous operations across multiple completion queues and counters and checking for their completions.

A poll set is defined with the following attributes.

struct fi_poll_attr {
	uint64_t             flags;     /* operation flags */
};

flags

Flags that set the default operation of the poll set. The use of this field is reserved and must be set to 0 by the caller.

fi_close

The fi_close call releases all resources associated with a poll set. The poll set must not be associated with any other resources prior to being closed, otherwise the call will return -FI_EBUSY.

fi_poll_add

Associates a completion queue or counter with a poll set.

fi_poll_del

Removes an completion queue or counter from a poll set.

fi_poll

Progresses all completion queues and counters associated with a poll set and checks for events. If events have occurred, contexts associated with the completion queues and/or counters are returned. Completion queues will return their context if they are not empty. The context associated with a counter will be returned if the counter’s success value or error value have changed since the last time fi_poll was called. The number of contexts is limited to the size of the context array, indicated by the count parameter.

fi_wait_open

fi_wait_open allocates a new wait set. A wait set enables an optimized method of waiting for events across multiple completion queues and counters. Where possible, a wait set uses a single underlying wait object that is signaled when a specified condition occurs on an associated completion queue or counter.

The properties and behavior of a wait set are defined by struct fi_wait_attr.

struct fi_wait_attr {
	enum fi_wait_obj     wait_obj;  /* requested wait object */
	uint64_t             flags;     /* operation flags */
};

wait_obj

Wait sets are associated with specific wait object(s). Wait objects allow applications to block until the wait object is signaled, indicating that an event is available to be read. The following values may be used to specify the type of wait object associated with a wait set: FI_WAIT_UNSPEC, FI_WAIT_FD, and FI_WAIT_MUTEX_COND.

• FI_WAIT_UNSPEC

  Specifies that the user will only wait on the wait set using fabric interface calls, such as fi_wait. In this case, the underlying provider may select the most appropriate or highest performing wait object available, including custom wait mechanisms. Applications that select FI_WAIT_UNSPEC are not guaranteed to retrieve the underlying wait object.

• FI_WAIT_FD

  Indicates that the wait set should use a file descriptor as its wait mechanism. A file descriptor wait object must be usable in select, poll, and epoll routines. However, a provider may signal an FD wait object by marking it as readable, writable, or with an error.

• FI_WAIT_MUTEX_COND

  Specifies that the wait set should use a pthread mutex and cond variable as a wait object.

flags

Flags that set the default operation of the wait set. The use of this field is reserved and must be set to 0 by the caller.

fi_close

The fi_close call releases all resources associated with a wait set. The wait set must not be bound to any other opened resources prior to being closed, otherwise the call will return -FI_EBUSY.

fi_wait

Waits on a wait set until one or more of its underlying wait objects is signaled.

RETURN VALUES

Returns 0 on success. On error, a negative value corresponding to fabric errno is returned.

Fabric errno values are defined in rdma/fi_errno.h.

fi_poll

On success, if events are available, returns the number of entries written to the context array.

NOTES

SEE ALSO

fi_getinfo(3), fi_domain(3), fi_cntr(3), fi_eq(3)