__ib_alloc_cq_any(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ NAME ✨

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for __ib_alloc_cq_any(9), bestie β€” this one is all about how to allocate a completion queue πŸ’…


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct ib_cq * __ib_alloc_cq_any (struct ib_device *dev , void *private
       , int nr_cqe , enum ib_poll_context poll_ctx , const char *caller );

πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • dev β€” the device to allocate the CQ for 🫢
  • private β€” driver private data, accessible from cq->cq_context ✨
  • nr_cqe β€” number of CQEs to allocate πŸ”’
  • poll_ctx β€” context to poll the CQ from πŸ‘€
  • caller β€” module owner name 🏷️

πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

so the whole vibe here is: attempt to spread ULP Completion Queues over each device's interrupt vectors 🌈 and honestly? it's giving "let's distribute the CQ love across those vectors" πŸ’–

the mechanism is a simple best-effort one β€” no cap, that's literally what the page says, and that's the whole description, bestie 🧚


πŸ’– SEE ALSO πŸ’–


okay that's the whole page, bestie 🫢 source/version ./drivers/infiniband/core, dated October 2026, page __ib_alloc_cq_any(9) β€” mwah πŸ’‹βœ¨

πŸ“¦ where this page comes from