rvt_mcast_find(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so welcome to the rvt_mcast_find(9) manual page, bestie 💅 — this function is literally here to search the global table for the given multicast GID/LID. that's the whole vibe. no cap. ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct rvt_mcast * rvt_mcast_find (struct rvt_ibport *ibp , union ib_gid
*mgid , u16 lid );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ibp — the IB port structure 🫶
• mgid — the multicast GID to search for 🔍
• lid — the multicast LID portion of the multicast address (host order) 📌

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💀 NOTE 💀

okay so important rules, bestie, write these on your hand:

• It is valid to have 1 MLID with multiple MGIDs.
• It is not valid to have 1 MGID with multiple MLIDs.

that's the whole note. iykyk. 😭✨

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

the caller is responsible for decrementing the reference count if found. like, yes, that's on you, bestie — don't forget. 💅

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

NULL if not found. that's it. that's the return. 💀

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• Kernel file ./drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/mcast.c
• rvt_driver_mcast_init(9)
• rvt_mcast_qp_alloc(9)
• rvt_mcast_alloc(9)
• rvt_attach_mcast(9)
• rvt_detach_mcast(9)
• rvt_mcast_tree_empty(9)

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and this iconic little page is brought to you by source/version ./drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt, dated October 2026, for rvt_mcast_find(9) — bye bestie, slay your multicast searches 💖🎀✨