---
name: "umad_status"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "rdma-core"
version: "65.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/umad_status"
---

# umad\_status(3)

get the status of a umad buffer

## NAME

umad\_status - get the status of a umad buffer

## SYNOPSIS

```
#include <infiniband/umad.h>

int umad_status(void *umad);
```

## DESCRIPTION

**umad\_status()** get the internal *umad* status field.

## RETURN VALUE

After a packet is received, **umad\_status()** returns 0 on a successful receive, or a non zero status. ETIMEDOUT means that the packet had a send-timeout indication. In this case, the transaction ID will be set to the TID of the original request.

## AUTHOR

- Hal Rosenstock \<halr@voltaire.com\>