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.TH IBV_CREATE_AH 3 2006-10-31 libibverbs "Libibverbs Programmer's Manual"
.SH "NAME"
ibv_create_ah, ibv_destroy_ah \- create or destroy an address handle (AH)
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.nf
.B #include <infiniband/verbs.h>
.sp
.BI "struct ibv_ah *ibv_create_ah(struct ibv_pd " "*pd" ",
.BI "                             struct ibv_ah_attr " "*attr" ");
.sp
.BI "int ibv_destroy_ah(struct ibv_ah " "*ah" ");
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.B ibv_create_ah()
creates an address handle (AH) associated with the protection domain
.I pd\fR.
The argument
.I attr
is an ibv_ah_attr struct, as defined in <infiniband/verbs.h>.
.PP
.nf
struct ibv_ah_attr {
.in +8
struct ibv_global_route grh;            /* Global Routing Header (GRH) attributes */
uint16_t                dlid;           /* Destination LID */
uint8_t                 sl;             /* Service Level */
uint8_t                 src_path_bits;  /* Source path bits */
uint8_t                 static_rate;    /* Maximum static rate */
uint8_t                 is_global;      /* GRH attributes are valid */
uint8_t                 port_num;       /* Physical port number */
.in -8
};
.sp
.nf
struct ibv_global_route {
.in +8
union ibv_gid           dgid;           /* Destination GID or MGID */
uint32_t                flow_label;     /* Flow label */
uint8_t                 sgid_index;     /* Source GID index */
uint8_t                 hop_limit;      /* Hop limit */
uint8_t                 traffic_class;  /* Traffic class */
.in -8
};
.fi
.sp
.PP
.B ibv_destroy_ah()
destroys the AH
.I ah\fR.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.B ibv_create_ah()
returns a pointer to the created AH, or NULL if the request fails.
.PP
.B ibv_destroy_ah()
returns 0 on success, or the value of errno on failure (which indicates the failure reason).
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ibv_alloc_pd (3),
.BR ibv_init_ah_from_wc (3),
.BR ibv_create_ah_from_wc (3)
.SH "AUTHORS"
.TP
Dotan Barak <dotanb@mellanox.co.il>