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.TH UMAD_POLL 3  "October 23, 2007" "OpenIB" "OpenIB Programmer\'s Manual"
.SH "NAME"
umad_poll \- poll umad
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.nf
.B #include <infiniband/umad.h>
.sp
.BI "int umad_poll(int " "portid" ", int " "timeout_ms");
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.B umad_poll()
waits up to
.I timeout_ms\fR
milliseconds for a packet to be received from the port specified by
.I portid\fR.
Once a packet is ready to be read, the function
returns 0. After that the packet can be read using
.B umad_recv().
Otherwise, \-ETIMEDOUT is returned. Note that successfully polling a port
does not guarantee that the subsequent
.B umad_recv()
will be non blocking when several threads are using
the same port. Instead, use a
.I timeout_ms\fR
parameter of zero to
.B umad_recv()
to ensure a non-blocking read.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.B umad_poll()
returns 0 on success, and a negative value on error as follows:
 -EINVAL    invalid port handle or agentid
 -ETIMEDOUT poll operation timed out
 -EIO       poll operation failed
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR umad_recv (3)
.SH "AUTHOR"
.TP
Hal Rosenstock <halr@voltaire.com>