mlx5dv_vfio_process_events - process vfio driver events

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  ARGUMENTS  RETURN VALUE  NOTES  SEE ALSO  AUTHOR 

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NAME

mlx5dv_vfio_process_events - process vfio driver events

SYNOPSIS

#include <infiniband/mlx5dv.h>


int mlx5dv_vfio_process_events(struct ibv_context *ctx);

DESCRIPTION

This API should run from application thread and maintain device events. The application is responsible to get the events FD by calling mlx5dv_vfio_get_events_fd() and once the FD is pollable call the API to let driver process its internal events.

ARGUMENTS

ctx

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

RETURN VALUE

Returns 0 upon success or errno value in case a failure has occurred.

NOTES

Application can use this API also to periodically check the device health state even if no events exist.

SEE ALSO

ibv_open_device(3) ibv_free_device_list(3) mlx5dv_get_vfio_device_list(3) mlx5dv_vfio_get_events_fd(3)

AUTHOR

Yishai Hadas <[email protected]>

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