[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 08/25] common/mlx5: glue null memory region allocation

[Matan Azrad <matan@mellanox.com>]

Add support for rdma-core API to allocate NULL MR.

When the device HW get a NULL MR address, it will do nothing with the
address, no read and no write.

Signed-off-by: Matan Azrad <matan@mellanox.com>
Acked-by: Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@mellanox.com>
---
 drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_glue.c | 13 +++++++++++++
 drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_glue.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_glue.c b/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_glue.c
index d5bc84e..e75e6bc 100644
--- a/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_glue.c
+++ b/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_glue.c
@@ -226,6 +226,18 @@
 	return ibv_reg_mr(pd, addr, length, access);
 }
 
+static struct ibv_mr *
+mlx5_glue_alloc_null_mr(struct ibv_pd *pd)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_IBV_DEVX_OBJ
+	return ibv_alloc_null_mr(pd);
+#else
+	(void)pd;
+	errno = ENOTSUP;
+	return NULL;
+#endif
+}
+
 static int
 mlx5_glue_dereg_mr(struct ibv_mr *mr)
 {
@@ -1070,6 +1082,7 @@
 	.destroy_qp = mlx5_glue_destroy_qp,
 	.modify_qp = mlx5_glue_modify_qp,
 	.reg_mr = mlx5_glue_reg_mr,
+	.alloc_null_mr = mlx5_glue_alloc_null_mr,
 	.dereg_mr = mlx5_glue_dereg_mr,
 	.create_counter_set = mlx5_glue_create_counter_set,
 	.destroy_counter_set = mlx5_glue_destroy_counter_set,
diff --git a/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_glue.h b/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_glue.h
index f4c3180..33afaf4 100644
--- a/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_glue.h
+++ b/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_glue.h
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ struct mlx5_glue {
 			 int attr_mask);
 	struct ibv_mr *(*reg_mr)(struct ibv_pd *pd, void *addr,
 				 size_t length, int access);
+	struct ibv_mr *(*alloc_null_mr)(struct ibv_pd *pd);
 	int (*dereg_mr)(struct ibv_mr *mr);
 	struct ibv_counter_set *(*create_counter_set)
 		(struct ibv_context *context,
-- 
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