Clarify the documentation of ib_post_send().
Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <[email protected]>
CC: Roland Dreier <[email protected]>
CC: Sean Hefty <[email protected]>
CC: Jason Gunthorpe <[email protected]>
diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
index c179318..b5c894f 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
@@ -1425,6 +1425,11 @@ int ib_destroy_qp(struct ib_qp *qp);
* @send_wr: A list of work requests to post on the send queue.
* @bad_send_wr: On an immediate failure, this parameter will reference
* the work request that failed to be posted on the QP.
+ *
+ * Note: while IBTA Vol1 section 11.4.1.1 specifies that if an immediate
+ * error is returned that the QP state shall not be affected, implementations
+ * of ib_post_send() may return an immediate error after already having
+ * processed one or more work requests.
*/
static inline int ib_post_send(struct ib_qp *qp,
struct ib_send_wr *send_wr,
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