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fi_tagged(3)			   @VERSION@			  fi_tagged(3)

NAME
       fi_tagged - Tagged data transfer	operations

       fi_trecv	/ fi_trecvv / fi_trecvmsg
	      Post a buffer to receive an incoming message

       fi_tsend	/ fi_tsendv / fi_tsendmsg / fi_tinject / fi_tsenddata
	      Initiate an operation to send a message

SYNOPSIS
	      #include <rdma/fi_tagged.h>

	      ssize_t fi_trecv(struct fid_ep *ep, void *buf, size_t len, void *desc,
		  fi_addr_t src_addr, uint64_t tag, uint64_t ignore, void *context);

	      ssize_t fi_trecvv(struct fid_ep *ep, const struct	iovec *iov, void **desc,
		  size_t count,	fi_addr_t src_addr, uint64_t tag, uint64_t ignore,
		  void *context);

	      ssize_t fi_trecvmsg(struct fid_ep	*ep, const struct fi_msg_tagged	*msg,
		  uint64_t flags);

	      ssize_t fi_tsend(struct fid_ep *ep, const	void *buf, size_t len,
		  void *desc, fi_addr_t	dest_addr, uint64_t tag, void *context);

	      ssize_t fi_tsendv(struct fid_ep *ep, const struct	iovec *iov,
		  void **desc, size_t count, fi_addr_t dest_addr, uint64_t tag,
		  void *context);

	      ssize_t fi_tsendmsg(struct fid_ep	*ep, const struct fi_msg_tagged	*msg,
		  uint64_t flags);

	      ssize_t fi_tinject(struct	fid_ep *ep, const void *buf, size_t len,
		  fi_addr_t dest_addr, uint64_t	tag);

	      ssize_t fi_tsenddata(struct fid_ep *ep, const void *buf, size_t len,
		  void *desc, uint64_t data, fi_addr_t dest_addr, uint64_t tag,
		  void *context);

	      ssize_t fi_tinjectdata(struct fid_ep *ep,	const void *buf, size_t	len,
		  uint64_t data, fi_addr_t dest_addr, uint64_t tag);

ARGUMENTS
       fid    Fabric endpoint on which to initiate tagged communication	opera-
	      tion.

       buf    Data buffer to send or receive.

       len    Length of	data buffer to send or receive.

       iov    Vectored data buffer.

       count  Count of vectored	data entries.

       tag    Tag associated with the message.

       ignore Mask of bits to ignore applied to	the  tag  for  receive	opera-
	      tions.

       desc   Memory   descriptor   associated	with  the  data	 buffer.   See
	      fi_mr(3).

       data   Remote CQ	data to	transfer with the sent data.

       dest_addr
	      Destination address for connectionless transfers.	  Ignored  for
	      connected	endpoints.

       src_addr
	      Source  address  to  receive  from for connectionless transfers.
	      Applies only to connectionless  endpoints	 with  the  FI_DIRECT-
	      ED_RECV capability enabled, otherwise this field is ignored.  If
	      set to FI_ADDR_UNSPEC, any source	address	may match.

       msg    Message descriptor for send and receive operations.

       flags  Additional flags to apply	for the	send or	receive	operation.

       context
	      User specified pointer to	associate with	the  operation.	  This
	      parameter	 is  ignored if	the operation will not generate	a suc-
	      cessful completion, unless an op flag specifies the context  pa-
	      rameter be used for required input.

DESCRIPTION
       Tagged  messages	 are  data transfers which carry a key or tag with the
       message buffer.	The tag	is used	at the receiving endpoint to match the
       incoming	 message  with	a  corresponding receive buffer.  Message tags
       match when the receive buffer tag is the	same as	the  send  buffer  tag
       with the	ignored	bits masked out.  This can be stated as:

	      send_tag & ~ignore == recv_tag & ~ignore

       In general, message tags	are checked against receive buffers in the or-
       der in which messages have been posted to the endpoint.	See the	order-
       ing discussion below for	more details.

       The send	functions -- fi_tsend, fi_tsendv, fi_tsendmsg, fi_tinject, and
       fi_tsenddata -- are used	to transmit a tagged message from one endpoint
       to  another  endpoint.	The main difference between send functions are
       the number and type of parameters that they accept  as  input.	Other-
       wise, they perform the same general function.

       The receive functions --	fi_trecv, fi_trecvv, fi_recvmsg	-- post	a data
       buffer to an endpoint to	receive	inbound	tagged messages.   Similar  to
       the  send operations, receive operations	operate	asynchronously.	 Users
       should not touch	the posted data	buffer(s) until	the receive  operation
       has  completed.	 Posted	 receive buffers are matched with inbound send
       messages	based on the tags associated with the send  and	 receive  buf-
       fers.

       An  endpoint must be enabled before an application can post send	or re-
       ceive operations	to it.	For connected endpoints, receive  buffers  may
       be  posted  prior  to  connect  or accept being called on the endpoint.
       This ensures that buffers are available to receive incoming data	 imme-
       diately after the connection has	been established.

       Completed  message  operations  are reported to the user	through	one or
       more event collectors associated	with the endpoint.  Users provide con-
       text  which  are	associated with	each operation,	and is returned	to the
       user as part of the event completion.  See fi_cq	for  completion	 event
       details.

   fi_tsend
       The  call  fi_tsend  transfers the data contained in the	user-specified
       data buffer to a	remote endpoint, with message boundaries  being	 main-
       tained.	 The  local endpoint must be connected to a remote endpoint or
       destination before fi_tsend is called.  Unless the  endpoint  has  been
       configured  differently,	 the data buffer passed	into fi_tsend must not
       be touched by the application until the fi_tsend	call  completes	 asyn-
       chronously.

   fi_tsendv
       The  fi_tsendv call adds	support	for a scatter-gather list to fi_tsend.
       The fi_sendv transfers the set of data buffers referenced  by  the  iov
       parameter to a remote endpoint as a single message.

   fi_tsendmsg
       The  fi_tsendmsg	 call  supports	data transfers over both connected and
       unconnected endpoints, with the ability to control the  send  operation
       per  call  through  the use of flags.  The fi_tsendmsg function takes a
       struct fi_msg_tagged as input.

	      struct fi_msg_tagged {
		  const	struct iovec *msg_iov; /* scatter-gather array */
		  void		     *desc;    /* data descriptor */
		  size_t	     iov_count;/* # elements in	msg_iov	*/
		  fi_addr_t	     addr;    /* optional endpoint address */
		  uint64_t	     tag;      /* tag associated with message */
		  uint64_t	     ignore;   /* mask applied to tag for receives */
		  void		     *context; /* user-defined context */
		  uint64_t	     data;     /* optional immediate data */
	      };

   fi_tinject
       The tagged inject call is an optimized version of  fi_tsend.   It  pro-
       vides similar completion	semantics as fi_inject fi_msg(3).

   fi_tsenddata
       The  tagged  send  data call is similar to fi_tsend, but	allows for the
       sending of remote CQ data (see FI_REMOTE_CQ_DATA	flag) as part  of  the
       transfer.

   fi_tinjectdata
       The  tagged  inject  data call is similar to fi_tinject,	but allows for
       the sending of remote CQ	data (see FI_REMOTE_CQ_DATA flag) as  part  of
       the transfer.

   fi_trecv
       The  fi_trecv call posts	a data buffer to the receive queue of the cor-
       responding endpoint.  Posted receives are  searched  in	the  order  in
       which they were posted in order to match	sends.	Message	boundaries are
       maintained.  The	order in which the receives complete is	 dependent  on
       the endpoint type and protocol.

   fi_trecvv
       The  fi_trecvv call adds	support	for a scatter-gather list to fi_trecv.
       The fi_trecvv posts the set of data buffers referenced by the  iov  pa-
       rameter to a receive incoming data.

   fi_trecvmsg
       The  fi_trecvmsg	 call supports posting buffers over both connected and
       unconnected endpoints, with the ability to control the  receive	opera-
       tion per	call through the use of	flags.	The fi_trecvmsg	function takes
       a struct	fi_msg_tagged as input.

FLAGS
       The fi_trecvmsg and fi_tsendmsg calls allow the user to	specify	 flags
       which  can  change the default message handling of the endpoint.	 Flags
       specified with fi_trecvmsg / fi_tsendmsg	override most flags previously
       configured  with	 the  endpoint,	 except	where noted (see fi_endpoint).
       The  following  list  of	 flags	are  usable  with  fi_trecvmsg	and/or
       fi_tsendmsg.

       FI_REMOTE_CQ_DATA
	      Applies  to fi_tsendmsg and fi_tsenddata.	 Indicates that	remote
	      CQ data is available and should be sent as part of the  request.
	      See fi_getinfo for additional details on FI_REMOTE_CQ_DATA.

       FI_COMPLETION
	      Indicates	 that  a  completion entry should be generated for the
	      specified	operation.  The	endpoint must be bound to a completion
	      queue with FI_SELECTIVE_COMPLETION that corresponds to the spec-
	      ified operation, or this flag is ignored.

       FI_MORE
	      Indicates	that the user has additional requests that will	 imme-
	      diately  be  posted after	the current call returns.  Use of this
	      flag may improve performance by enabling the provider  to	 opti-
	      mize its access to the fabric hardware.

       FI_INJECT
	      Applies to fi_tsendmsg.  Indicates that the outbound data	buffer
	      should be	returned to user immediately after the send  call  re-
	      turns,  even  if	the operation is handled asynchronously.  This
	      may require that the underlying provider implementation copy the
	      data  into a local buffer	and transfer out of that buffer.  This
	      flag can only be used with messages smaller than inject_size.

       FI_INJECT_COMPLETE
	      Applies to fi_tsendmsg.  Indicates that a	completion  should  be
	      generated	when the source	buffer(s) may be reused.

       FI_TRANSMIT_COMPLETE
	      Applies  to fi_tsendmsg.	Indicates that a completion should not
	      be generated until the operation has been	successfully transmit-
	      ted and is no longer being tracked by the	provider.

       FI_MATCH_COMPLETE
	      Applies  to  fi_tsendmsg.	 Indicates that	a completion should be
	      generated	only after the message has either been matched with  a
	      tagged buffer or was discarded by	the target application.

       FI_FENCE
	      Applies  to  transmits.  Indicates that the requested operation,
	      also known as the	fenced operation, and any operation posted af-
	      ter the fenced operation will be deferred	until all previous op-
	      erations targeting the same peer endpoint	have completed.	 Oper-
	      ations  posted after the fencing will see	and/or replace the re-
	      sults of any operations initiated	prior to the fenced operation.

       The ordering of operations starting at the posting of the fenced	opera-
       tion  (inclusive)  to the posting of a subsequent fenced	operation (ex-
       clusive)	is controlled by the endpoint's	ordering semantics.

       The following flags may be used with fi_trecvmsg.

       FI_PEEK
	      The peek flag may	be used	to see if a specified message has  ar-
	      rived.   A  peek	request	is often useful	on endpoints that have
	      provider	allocated  buffering  enabled  (see   fi_rx_attr   to-
	      tal_buffered_recv).   Unlike  standard receive operations, a re-
	      ceive operation with the FI_PEEK flag set	does not remain	queued
	      with  the	 provider  after the peek completes successfully.  The
	      peek operation operates asynchronously, and the results  of  the
	      peek  operation are available in the completion queue associated
	      with the endpoint.  If no	message	is  found  matching  the  tags
	      specified	in the peek request, then a completion queue error en-
	      try with err field set to	FI_ENOMSG will be available.

       If a peek request locates a matching message, the operation  will  com-
       plete  successfully.   The  returned  completion	data will indicate the
       meta-data associated with the message, such as the message length, com-
       pletion	flags,	available  CQ data, tag, and source address.  The data
       available is subject to	the  completion	 entry	format	(e.g.	struct
       fi_cq_tagged_entry).

       An  application	may supply a buffer if it desires to receive data as a
       part of the peek	operation.  In order to	receive	data as	a part of  the
       peek operation, the buf and len fields must be available	in the CQ for-
       mat.  In	particular, FI_CQ_FORMAT_CONTEXT and  FI_CQ_FORMAT_MSG	cannot
       be  used	 if  peek operations desire to obtain a	copy of	the data.  The
       returned	data is	limited	to the size of the input buffer(s) or the mes-
       sage  size,  if	smaller.  A provider indicates if data is available by
       setting the buf field of	the CQ entry to	the user's first input buffer.
       If buf is NULL, no data was available to	return.	 A provider may	return
       NULL even if the	peek operation completes successfully.	Note that  the
       CQ  entry  len field will reference the size of the message, not	neces-
       sarily the size of the returned data.

       FI_CLAIM
	      If this flag is used in conjunction with FI_PEEK,	 it  indicates
	      if  the peek request completes successfully -- indicating	that a
	      matching message was located -- the message is claimed by	 call-
	      er.   Claimed messages can only be retrieved using a subsequent,
	      paired receive operation with the	FI_CLAIM flag set.  A  receive
	      operation	 with  the  FI_CLAIM  flag set,	but FI_PEEK not	set is
	      used to retrieve a previously claimed message.

       In order	to use the FI_CLAIM flag, an application must supply a	struct
       fi_context  structure  as  the  context for the receive operation, or a
       struct fi_recv_context in the case  of  buffered	 receives.   The  same
       fi_context  structure  used for an FI_PEEK + FI_CLAIM operation must be
       used by the paired FI_CLAIM request.

       This flag also applies to endpoints configured for FI_BUFFERED_RECV  or
       FI_VARIABLE_MSG.	  When	set,  it  is used to retrieve a	tagged message
       that was	buffered by the	provider.  See Buffered	Tagged	Receives  sec-
       tion for	details.

       FI_DISCARD
	      This  flag  may  be  used	 in conjunction	with either FI_PEEK or
	      FI_CLAIM.	 If this flag is used in conjunction with FI_PEEK,  it
	      indicates	if the peek request completes successfully -- indicat-
	      ing that a matching message was located -- the message  is  dis-
	      carded  by the provider, as the data is not needed by the	appli-
	      cation.  This flag may also be used in conjunction with FI_CLAIM
	      in  order	 to  discard  a	 message  previously  claimed using an
	      FI_PEEK +	FI_CLAIM request.

       This flag also applies to endpoints configured for FI_BUFFERED_RECV  or
       FI_VARIABLE_MSG.	  When set, it indicates that the provider should free
       a buffered messages.  See Buffered Tagged Receives section for details.

       If this flag is set, the	input buffer(s)	and length parameters are  ig-
       nored.

Buffered Tagged	Receives
       See  fi_msg(3)  for an introduction to buffered receives.  The handling
       of buffered receives differs between fi_msg operations  and  fi_tagged.
       Although	 the  provider is responsible for allocating and managing net-
       work buffers, the application is	responsible for	identifying  the  tags
       that  will  be  used  to	match incoming messages.  The provider handles
       matching	incoming receives to the application specified tags.

       When FI_BUFFERED_RECV is	enabled, the application posts the  tags  that
       will  be	 used  for matching purposes.  Tags are	posted using fi_trecv,
       fi_trecvv, and fi_trecvmsg; however, parameters related	to  the	 input
       buffers	are  ignored (e.g.  buf, len, iov, desc).  When	a provider re-
       ceives a	message	for which there	is a matching tag, it  will  write  an
       entry to	the completion queue associated	with the receiving endpoint.

       For  discussion purposes, the completion	queue is assumed to be config-
       ured for	FI_CQ_FORMAT_TAGGED.  The op_context field  will  point	 to  a
       struct fi_recv_context.

	      struct fi_recv_context {
		  struct fid_ep	*ep;
		  void *context;
	      };

       The 'ep'	field will be NULL.  The 'context' field will match the	appli-
       cation context specified	when posting the tag.  Other fields are	set as
       defined in fi_msg(3).

       After  being notified that a buffered receive has arrived, applications
       must either claim or discard the	message	as described in	fi_msg(3).

Variable Length	Tagged Messages
       Variable	length messages	are defined in	fi_msg(3).   The  requirements
       for  handling variable length tagged messages is	identical to those de-
       fined above for buffered	tagged receives.

RETURN VALUE
       The tagged send and receive calls return	0 on  success.	 On  error,  a
       negative	 value corresponding to	fabric errno  is returned.  Fabric er-
       rno values are defined in fi_errno.h.

ERRORS
       -FI_EAGAIN
	      See fi_msg(3) for	a detailed description of handling FI_EAGAIN.

       -FI_EINVAL
	      Indicates	that an	invalid	argument was supplied by the user.

       -FI_EOTHER
	      Indicates	that an	unspecified error occurred.

SEE ALSO
       fi_getinfo(3), fi_endpoint(3), fi_domain(3), fi_cq(3)

AUTHORS
       OpenFabrics.

Libfabric Programmer's Manual	  2020-04-14			  fi_tagged(3)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | ARGUMENTS | DESCRIPTION | FLAGS | Buffered Tagged Receives | Variable Length Tagged Messages | RETURN VALUE | ERRORS | SEE ALSO | AUTHORS

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