> In mca_btl_tcp_alloc (openmpi-trunk/ompi/mca/btl/tcp/btl_tcp.c:188) the
> first segment is initialized to point to "frag + 1".
> I don't get it... how/when is this location allocated? Isn't it just
> after the mca_btl_tcp_frag_t structure ends?
Alex,
The frag allocation macros take the fragments from the free lists.
The free lists are created in function mca_btl_tcp_component_init().
As you will see there fragment size is mca_btl_tcp_frag_t + some_size.
frag + 1 , means skip the frag structure and jump to payload.
Bahazlaha ;-)
Pasha.
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
> mca_btl_base_descriptor_t* mca_btl_tcp_alloc(
> struct mca_btl_base_module_t* btl,
> struct mca_btl_base_endpoint_t* endpoint,
> uint8_t order,
> size_t size,
> uint32_t flags)
> {
> mca_btl_tcp_frag_t* frag = NULL;
> int rc;
>
> if(size <= btl->btl_eager_limit) {
> MCA_BTL_TCP_FRAG_ALLOC_EAGER(frag, rc);
> } else if (size <= btl->btl_max_send_size) {
> MCA_BTL_TCP_FRAG_ALLOC_MAX(frag, rc);
> }
> if( OPAL_UNLIKELY(NULL == frag) ) {
> return NULL;
> }
>
> frag->segments[0].seg_len = size;
> frag->segments[0].seg_addr.pval = frag+1;
>
> frag->base.des_src = frag->segments;
> frag->base.des_src_cnt = 1;
> frag->base.des_dst = NULL;
> frag->base.des_dst_cnt = 0;
> frag->base.des_flags = flags;
> frag->base.order = MCA_BTL_NO_ORDER;
> frag->btl = (mca_btl_tcp_module_t*)btl;
> return (mca_btl_base_descriptor_t*)frag;
> }
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