---
date: 2016-03-13
footer: libibverbs
header: "Libibverbs Programmer's Manual"
layout: page
license: 'Licensed under the OpenIB.org BSD license (FreeBSD Variant) - See COPYING.md'
section: 3
title: IBV_REREG_MR
---

# NAME

ibv_rereg_mr - re-register a memory region (MR)

# SYNOPSIS

```c
#include <infiniband/verbs.h>

int ibv_rereg_mr(struct ibv_mr *mr,
                 int flags,
                 struct ibv_pd *pd,
                 void *addr,
                 size_t length,
                 int access);
```

# DESCRIPTION

**ibv_rereg_mr()** Modifies the attributes of an existing memory region (MR)
*mr*. Conceptually, this call performs the functions deregister memory region
followed by register memory region.  Where possible, resources are reused
instead of deallocated and reallocated.

*flags* is a bit-mask used to indicate which of the following properties of
the memory region are being modified. Flags should be a combination (bit
field) of:

**IBV_REREG_MR_CHANGE_TRANSLATION **
:	Change translation (location and length)

**IBV_REREG_MR_CHANGE_PD **
:	Change protection domain

**IBV_REREG_MR_CHANGE_ACCESS **
:	Change access flags

When **IBV_REREG_MR_CHANGE_PD** is used, *pd* represents the new PD this MR
should be registered to.

When **IBV_REREG_MR_CHANGE_TRANSLATION** is used, *addr*. represents the
virtual address (user-space pointer) of the new MR, while *length* represents
its length.

The access and other flags are represented in the field *access*. This field
describes the desired memory protection attributes; it is either 0 or the
bitwise OR of one or more of ibv_access_flags.

# RETURN VALUE

**ibv_rereg_mr()** returns 0 on success, otherwise an error has occurred,
*enum ibv_rereg_mr_err_code* represents the error as of below.

IBV_REREG_MR_ERR_INPUT - Old MR is valid, an input error was detected by
libibverbs.

IBV_REREG_MR_ERR_DONT_FORK_NEW - Old MR is valid, failed via don't fork on new
address range.

IBV_REREG_MR_ERR_DO_FORK_OLD - New MR is valid, failed via do fork on old
address range.

IBV_REREG_MR_ERR_CMD - MR shouldn't be used, command error.

IBV_REREG_MR_ERR_CMD_AND_DO_FORK_NEW - MR shouldn't be used, command error,
invalid fork state on new address range.


# NOTES

Even on a failure, the user still needs to call ibv_dereg_mr on this MR.

# SEE ALSO

**ibv_dereg_mr**(3),
**ibv_reg_mr**(3)

# AUTHORS

Matan Barak <matanb@mellanox.com>,
Yishai Hadas <yishaih@mellanox.com>