rvt_driver_mcast_init(9)

💖 NAME 💖

rvt_driver_mcast_init — init resources for multicast ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the rvt_driver_mcast_init(9) page from the Kernel API Manual 🫶 this is the little setup gremlin for multicast resources, and it's giving very "let me get the device ready" energy 💅

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

void rvt_driver_mcast_init (struct rvt_dev_info *rdi );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• rdi — the rvt dev struct, periodt 💖 that's the one thing you hand over, no cap.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so this is per device — it's for a device that registers with rdmavt 🌸 it handles the init-resources-for-multicast situation, and it's literally per device that registers with rdmavt, bestie ✨

no extra lore here — that's the whole vibe check 💀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/mcast.c — the source file, go peek 👀
• rvt_mcast_qp_alloc(9) — bestie reference 💖
• rvt_mcast_alloc(9) — another one 🎀
• rvt_mcast_find(9) — yup, this too ✨
• rvt_attach_mcast(9) — attached, obviously 🦋
• rvt_detach_mcast(9) — and the detach one 💅
• rvt_mcast_tree_empty(9) — tree check, iconic 🌈

mwah 💋 this cutie page came from source/version ./drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt, dated October 2026 — catch you in the kernel, bestie 🫶💜