rdma_bind_addr(9)

💖 rdma_bind_addr(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this is rdma_bind_addr(9) and honestly? she's a little icon. sit down, grab a boba, we're learning RDMA together 🧋🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

rdma_bind_addr — bind an RDMA identifier to a source address, and to the RDMA device that goes with it, if you need one. no cap, that's the whole vibe 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int rdma_bind_addr (struct rdma_cm_id *id , struct sockaddr *addr );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• id — the RDMA identifier. your main character struct, literally 🎀
• addr — local address info. wildcard values are permitted, so you don't have to be super specific if you don't wanna 🐚

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so the way that this works is: it associates a source address with the RDMA identifier before you call rdma_listen. key timing detail, don't skip it bestie ⏰✨

and like — if you hand it a specific local address? the RDMA identifier gets bound to a local RDMA device too. it's giving "matching you with your people" 🔥

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group 🫶 — kernel file ./include/rdma/rdma_cm.h plus:

• rdma_create_id(9)
• rdma_destroy_id(9)
• rdma_restrict_node_type(9)
• rdma_resolve_addr(9)
• rdma_resolve_route(9)
• rdma_resolve_ib_service(9)
• rdma_create_qp(9)
• rdma_destroy_qp(9)
• rdma_init_qp_attr(9)
• rdma_listen(9)
• rdma_notify(9)
• rdma_reject(9)
• rdma_disconnect(9)
• rdma_join_multicast(9)
• rdma_leave_multicast(9)
• rdma_set_service_type(9)
• rdma_set_reuseaddr(9)
• rdma_set_afonly(9)
• rdma_reject_msg(9)
• rdma_consumer_reject_data(9)
• rdma_read_gids(9)

like, that's the entire group chat. go say hi 👋💖

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mwah 💋 that's the page!! this slay lives in ./include/rdma and it's stamped October 2026 — so yeah, mark your calendar, scream about it, periodt. 🌟🎀🦋