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authorJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>2022-04-26 04:49:03 +0300
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>2022-04-30 17:39:54 +0300
commite1169f06d5bbdbc2b22ae4e3083a4bf75ae5ecee (patch)
tree97d2af2ef27fd8f46011b3330cc7d859b469f09a /include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
parent9f010507bbc1be19dbeedc1a254209fea44adc14 (diff)
downloadlinux-e1169f06d5bbdbc2b22ae4e3083a4bf75ae5ecee.tar.xz
io_uring: use TWA_SIGNAL_NO_IPI if IORING_SETUP_COOP_TASKRUN is used
If this is set, io_uring will never use an IPI to deliver a task_work notification. This can be used in the common case where a single task or thread communicates with the ring, and doesn't rely on io_uring_cqe_peek(). This provides a noticeable win in performance, both from eliminating the IPI itself, but also from avoiding interrupting the submitting task unnecessarily. Reviewed-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220426014904.60384-6-axboe@kernel.dk Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h')
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diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h b/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
index 980d82eb196e..a84f29d657c3 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
@@ -102,6 +102,14 @@ enum {
#define IORING_SETUP_ATTACH_WQ (1U << 5) /* attach to existing wq */
#define IORING_SETUP_R_DISABLED (1U << 6) /* start with ring disabled */
#define IORING_SETUP_SUBMIT_ALL (1U << 7) /* continue submit on error */
+/*
+ * Cooperative task running. When requests complete, they often require
+ * forcing the submitter to transition to the kernel to complete. If this
+ * flag is set, work will be done when the task transitions anyway, rather
+ * than force an inter-processor interrupt reschedule. This avoids interrupting
+ * a task running in userspace, and saves an IPI.
+ */
+#define IORING_SETUP_COOP_TASKRUN (1U << 8)
enum {
IORING_OP_NOP,