ib_free_recv_mad(9)

💅 ib_free_recv_mad(9) 💅

okay so this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and it’s a tiny icon of a routine: it returns the data buffers used to receive a MAD. literally the cleanup bestie of the MAD world. 💖

✨ NAME ✨

ib_free_recv_mad — returns data buffers used to receive a MAD. that’s the whole assignment, bestie. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ib_free_recv_mad (struct ib_mad_recv_wc *mad_recv_wc );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• mad_recv_wc — work completion information for a received MAD. it’s the work-completion info for that MAD, and you’re handing it back. 🧾✨

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

if your client receives MADs through ib_mad_recv_handler, you must call this routine to return the work completion buffers to the access layer. no cap, it’s required cleanup — don’t leave the access layer hanging, bestie. 💅

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./include/rdma/ib_mad.h, plus the whole function group chat:

• ib_get_cpi_resp_time(9)
• ib_get_cpi_capmask2(9)
• ib_set_cpi_capmask2(9)
• opa_get_cpi_capmask2(9)
• ib_response_mad(9)
• ib_get_rmpp_resptime(9)
• ib_get_rmpp_flags(9)
• ib_set_rmpp_resptime(9)
• ib_set_rmpp_flags(9)
• ib_register_mad_agent(9)
• ib_unregister_mad_agent(9)
• ib_post_send_mad(9)
• ib_modify_mad(9)
• ib_cancel_mad(9)
• ib_create_send_mad(9)
• ib_is_mad_class_rmpp(9)
• ib_get_mad_data_offset(9)
• ib_get_rmpp_segment(9)
• ib_free_send_mad(9)
• ib_mad_kernel_rmpp_agent(9)

made with 💖 from the ./include/rdma source, dated October 2026, for ib_free_recv_mad(9). go return those buffers and slay, periodt. 🎀✨