match_ctxt(9)

💅 match_ctxt(9) — like, the match context era

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's a lil hfi1 function and honestly she's short but she matters, yk? let's get into it 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

match_ctxt — match context 💫 (yes that's literally it, she's a "does this context match" girlie and she's serving)

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int match_ctxt (struct hfi1_filedata *fd , const struct hfi1_user_info *uinfo , struct hfi1_ctxtdata *uctxt );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• fd — a valid filedata pointer 🫶 like, it's gotta be valid, that's the vibe check
• uinfo — the user info you're comparing the base context against 🌈
• uctxt — the context you're comparing uinfo to 💜 (they're being matched, it's giving set-up-for-a-meet-cute)

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so what she does: she takes the given context and the given information and compares them, to see if that context can be used for a sub context 🧚✨ that's it, that's the whole plot. short and iconic, no cap.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• the Kernel file ./drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c
• complete_subctxt(9)
• find_sub_ctxt(9)
• user_exp_rcv_setup(9)
• user_exp_rcv_clear(9)
• user_exp_rcv_invalid(9)
• manage_rcvq(9)
• ctxt_reset(9)

like, go read those too, they're all in the same friend group fr fr 🫶

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and that's the whole page bestie, she ate and left no crumbs 💅 sign-off time: this lil gem lives over in ./drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1 and the date on it is October 2026 🌸 slay, go match some contexts ✨🎀