- MADs are received using read(). The buffer passed to read() must be
- large enough to hold at least one struct ib_user_mad. For example:
-
- struct ib_user_mad mad;
- ret = read(fd, &mad, sizeof mad);
- if (ret != sizeof mad)
+ MADs are received using read(). The receive side now supports
+ RMPP. The buffer passed to read() must be at least one
+ struct ib_user_mad + 256 bytes. For example:
+
+ If the buffer passed is not large enough to hold the received
+ MAD (RMPP), the errno is set to ENOSPC and the length of the
+ buffer needed is set in mad.length.
+
+ Example for normal MAD (non RMPP) reads:
+ struct ib_user_mad *mad;
+ mad = malloc(sizeof *mad + 256);
+ ret = read(fd, mad, sizeof *mad + 256);
+ if (ret != sizeof mad + 256) {
+ perror("read");
+ free(mad);
+ }
+
+ Example for RMPP reads:
+ struct ib_user_mad *mad;
+ mad = malloc(sizeof *mad + 256);
+ ret = read(fd, mad, sizeof *mad + 256);
+ if (ret == -ENOSPC)) {
+ length = mad.length;
+ free(mad);
+ mad = malloc(sizeof *mad + length);
+ ret = read(fd, mad, sizeof *mad + length);
+ }
+ if (ret < 0) {