RDMA_GETADDRINFO(3)

NAME
rdma_getaddrinfo - Provides transport independent address translation.

SYNOPSIS
#include <rdma/rdma_cma.h>

int rdma_getaddrinfo (const char *node, const char *service, const struct rdma_addrinfo *hints, struct rdma_addrinfo **res);

ARGUMENTS

node
    Optional, name, dotted-decimal IPv4, or IPv6 hex address to resolve.

service
    Service name or port number of address.

hints
    Reference to an rdma_addrinfo structure containing hints about the type of service the caller supports.

res A pointer to a linked list of rdma_addrinfo structures containing response information.

DESCRIPTION
Resolves the destination node and service address and returns information needed to establish communication. Provides the RDMA functional equivalent to getaddrinfo.

RETURN VALUE
Returns 0 on success, or -1 on error (errno will be set to indicate the failure reason), or one of the following nonzero error codes:

EAI_ADDRFAMILY
    The specified network host does not have any network addresses in the requested address family.

EAI_AGAIN
    The name server returned a temporary failure indication. Try again later.

EAI_BADFLAGS
    hints.ai_flags contains invalid flags.

EAI_FAIL
    The name server returned a permanent failure indication.

EAI_FAMILY
    The requested address family is not supported.

EAI_MEMORY
    Out of memory.

EAI_NODATA
    The specified network host exists, but does not have any network addresses defined.

EAI_NONAME
    The node or service is not known; or both node and service are NULL.

EAI_SERVICE
    The requested service is not available for the requested QP type. It may be available through another QP type.

EAI_QPTYPE
    The requested socket type is not supported. This could occur, for example, if hints.ai_qptype and hints.ai_port_space are inconsistent (e.g., IBV_QPT_UD and RDMA_PS_TCP, respectively).

EAI_SYSTEM
    Other system error, check errno for details. The gai_strerror() function translates these error codes to a human readable string, suitable for error reporting.

NOTES
Either node, service, or hints must be provided. If hints are provided, the operation will be controlled by hints.ai_flags. If RAI_PASSIVE is specified, the call will resolve address information for use on the passive side of a connection. If node is provided, rdma_getaddrinfo will attempt to resolve the RDMA address, route, and connection data to the given node. The hints parameter, if provided, may be used to control the resulting output as indicated below. If node is not given, rdma_getaddrinfo will attempt to resolve the RDMA addressing information based on the hints.ai_src_addr, hints.ai_dst_addr, or hints.ai_route.

rdma_addrinfo

ai_flags
    Hint flags that control the operation. Supported flags are:

RAI_PASSIVE
    Indicates that the results will be used on the passive/listening side of a connection.

RAI_NUMERICHOST
    If specified, then the node parameter, if provided, must be a numerical network address. This flag suppresses any lengthy address resolution.

RAI_NOROUTE
    If set, this flag suppresses any lengthy route resolution.

RAI_FAMILY
    If set, the ai_family setting should be used as an input hint for interpretting the node parameter.

ai_family
    Address family for the source and destination address. Supported families are: AF_INET, AF_INET6, and AF_IB.

ai_qp_type
    Indicates the type of RDMA QP used for communication. Supported types are: IBV_QPT_UD (unreliable datagram) and IBV_QPT_RC (reliable connected).

ai_port_space
    RDMA port space in use. Supported values are: RDMA_PS_UDP, RDMA_PS_TCP, and RDMA_PS_IB.

ai_src_len
    The length of the source address referenced by ai_src_addr. This will be 0 if an appropriate source address could not be discovered for a given destination.

ai_dst_len
    The length of the destination address referenced by ai_dst_addr. This will be 0 if the RAI_PASSIVE flag was specified as part of the hints.

ai_src_addr
    If provided, the address for the local RDMA device.

ai_dst_addr
    If provided, the address for the destination RDMA device.

ai_src_canonname
    The canonical for the source.

ai_dst_canonname
    The canonical for the destination.

ai_route_len
    Size of the routing information buffer referenced by ai_route. This will be 0 if the underlying transport does not require routing data, or none could be resolved.

ai_route
    Routing information for RDMA transports that require routing data as part of connection establishment. The format of the routing data depends on the underlying transport. If Infiniband transports are used, ai_route will reference an array of struct ibv_path_data on output, if routing data is available. Routing paths may be restricted by setting desired routing data fields on input to rdma_getaddrinfo. For Infiniband, hints.ai_route may reference an array of struct ibv_path_record or struct ibv_path_data on input.

ai_connect_len
    Size of connection information referenced by ai_connect. This will be 0 if the underlying transport does not require additional connection information.

ai_connect
    Data exchanged as part of the connection establishment process. If provided, ai_connect data must be transferred as private data, with any user supplied private data following it.

ai_next
    Pointer to the next rdma_addrinfo structure in the list. Will be NULL if no more structures exist.

SEE ALSO
rdma_create_id(3), rdma_resolve_route(3), rdma_connect(3), rdma_create_qp(3), rdma_bind_addr(3), rdma_create_ep(3)