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mlx5dv_vfio_get_events_fd - Get the file descriptor to manage driver events.

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  ARGUMENTS  RETURN VALUE  NOTES  SEE ALSO  AUTHOR 

NAME

mlx5dv_vfio_get_events_fd - Get the file descriptor to manage driver events.

SYNOPSIS

#include <infiniband/mlx5dv.h>


int mlx5dv_vfio_get_events_fd(struct ibv_context *ctx);

DESCRIPTION

Returns the file descriptor to be used for managing driver events.

ARGUMENTS

ctx

device context that was opened for VFIO by calling mlx5dv_get_vfio_device_list().

RETURN VALUE

Returns the internal matching file descriptor.

NOTES

Client code should poll the returned file descriptor and once there is some data to be managed immediately call mlx5dv_vfio_process_events().

SEE ALSO

ibv_open_device(3) ibv_free_device_list(3) mlx5dv_get_vfio_device_list(3)

AUTHOR

Yishai Hadas <[email protected]>


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se