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IBV_IS_...TIALIZED(3) Libibverbs Programmer’s ManualIBV_IS_...TIALIZED(3)ibv_is_fork_initialized - check if fork support (ibv_fork_init) is enabled
#include <infiniband/verbs.h> enum ibv_fork_status { IBV_FORK_DISABLED, IBV_FORK_ENABLED, IBV_FORK_UNNEEDED, }; enum ibv_fork_status ibv_is_fork_initialized(void);ibv_is_fork_initialized()checks whether libibverbsfork()support was enabled through theibv_fork_init()verb.
ibv_is_fork_initialized()returns IBV_FORK_DISABLED if fork support is disabled, or IBV_FORK_ENABLED if enabled. IBV_FORK_UNNEEDED return value indicates that the kernel copies DMA pages on fork, hence a call toibv_fork_init()is unneeded.
The IBV_FORK_UNNEEDED return value takes precedence over IBV_FORK_DISABLED and IBV_FORK_ENABLED. If the kernel supports copy-on-fork for DMA pages then IBV_FORK_UNNEEDED will be returned regardless of whetheribv_fork_init()was called or not.
fork(2),ibv_fork_init(3)
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