Re: [PATCH 0/3] io_uring: clean wq path

From: Pavel Begunkov
Date: Wed Feb 05 2020 - 17:30:11 EST


On 05/02/2020 22:07, Pavel Begunkov wrote:
> This is the first series of shaving some overhead for wq-offloading.
> The 1st removes extra allocations, and the 3rd req->refs abusing.

Rechecked a couple of assumptions, this patchset is messed up.
Drop it for now.

> There are plenty of opportunities to leak memory similarly to
> the way mentioned in [PATCH 1/3], and I'm working a generic fix,
> as I need it to close holes in waiting splice(2) patches.
>
> The untold idea behind [PATCH 3/3] is to get rid referencing even
> further. As submission ref always pin request, there is no need
> in the second (i.e. completion) ref. Even more, With a bit of
> retossing, we can get rid of req->refs at all by using non-atomic
> ref under @compl_lock, which usually will be bundled fill_event().
> I'll play with it soon. Any ideas or concerns regarding it?
>
> Regarding [PATCH 3/3], is there better way to do it for io_poll_add()?
>
>
> Pavel Begunkov (3):
> io_uring: pass sqe for link head
> io_uring: deduce force_nonblock in io_issue_sqe()
> io_uring: pass submission ref to async
>
> fs/io_uring.c | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
> 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
>

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Pavel Begunkov

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