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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 0/3] io_uring: register single issuer task at creation
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On 9/26/22 11:09 AM, Dylan Yudaken wrote:
> Registering the single issuer task from the first submit adds unnecesary
> complications to the API as well as the implementation. Where simply
> registering it at creation should not impose any barriers to getting the
> same performance wins. The only catch is users that might want to move the
> ring after creation but before submission. For these users allow them to
> create the ring with IORING_SETUP_R_DISABLED and then enable it on the
> submission task.
>
> There is another problem in 6.1, with IORING_SETUP_DEFER_TASKRUN. That
> would like to check the submitter_task from unlocked contexts, which would
> be racy. If upfront the submitter_task is set at creation time it will
> simplify the logic there and probably increase performance (though this is
> unmeasured).
>
> Patch 1 registers the task at creation of the io_uring, this works
> standalone in case you want to only merge this part for 6.0
>
> Patch 2/3 cleans up the code from the old style

Thanks, I like 1/3 a lot better now. Will provide applications with an
easy path to use SINGLE_ISSUER, even if they currently setup the ring
from a different thread/task than they end up using it from.

I've updated the 6.0 and 6.1 repos to reflect this.

--
Jens Axboe


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