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From: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>,
	linux-aio@kvack.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
	Linux API <linux-api@vger.kernel.org>,
	hch@lst.de, jmoyer@redhat.com, Avi Kivity <avi@scylladb.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/18] Add io_uring IO interface
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:38:36 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAG48ez0PPWP7GU5kinzejN1B3invrcxCZT2fkpnHxMK2F0pj6A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <74fd3127-75f1-3a48-d3cb-a8f6c9bd0b74@kernel.dk>

On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 2:35 PM Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> wrote:
>
> On 1/29/19 5:12 AM, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > * Jens Axboe:
> >
> >> +#define IORING_MAX_ENTRIES  4096
> >
> > Where does this constant come from?  Should it really be exposed to
> > userspace?
>
> Seems pretty handy for the application to know what the limit is?

The running kernel version might be different from the kernel version
whose headers the userspace code was compiled with. So if this is a
limit that might change at some point in the future, and you think
userspace wants to know the limit, some other API might be better.

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>,
	linux-aio@kvack.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
	Linux API <linux-api@vger.kernel.org>,
	hch@lst.de, jmoyer@redhat.com, Avi Kivity <avi@scylladb.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/18] Add io_uring IO interface
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:38:36 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAG48ez0PPWP7GU5kinzejN1B3invrcxCZT2fkpnHxMK2F0pj6A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <74fd3127-75f1-3a48-d3cb-a8f6c9bd0b74@kernel.dk>

On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 2:35 PM Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> wrote:
>
> On 1/29/19 5:12 AM, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > * Jens Axboe:
> >
> >> +#define IORING_MAX_ENTRIES  4096
> >
> > Where does this constant come from?  Should it really be exposed to
> > userspace?
>
> Seems pretty handy for the application to know what the limit is?

The running kernel version might be different from the kernel version
whose headers the userspace code was compiled with. So if this is a
limit that might change at some point in the future, and you think
userspace wants to know the limit, some other API might be better.

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  reply	other threads:[~2019-01-29 15:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 201+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-01-28 21:35 [PATCHSET v8] io_uring IO interface Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 01/18] fs: add an iopoll method to struct file_operations Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 02/18] block: wire up block device iopoll method Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 03/18] block: add bio_set_polled() helper Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 04/18] iomap: wire up the iopoll method Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 05/18] Add io_uring IO interface Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:53   ` Jeff Moyer
2019-01-28 21:53     ` Jeff Moyer
2019-01-28 21:56     ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:56       ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 22:32   ` Jann Horn
2019-01-28 22:32     ` Jann Horn
2019-01-28 23:46     ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 23:46       ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 23:59       ` Jann Horn
2019-01-28 23:59         ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29  0:03         ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29  0:03           ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29  0:31           ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29  0:31             ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29  0:34             ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29  0:34               ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29  0:55               ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29  0:55                 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29  0:58                 ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29  0:58                   ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29  1:01                   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29  1:01                     ` Jens Axboe
2019-02-01 16:57         ` Matt Mullins
2019-02-01 16:57           ` Matt Mullins
2019-02-01 17:04           ` Jann Horn
2019-02-01 17:04             ` Jann Horn
2019-02-01 17:23             ` Jann Horn
2019-02-01 17:23               ` Jann Horn
2019-02-01 18:05               ` Al Viro
2019-02-01 18:05                 ` Al Viro
2019-01-29  1:07   ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29  1:07     ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29  2:21     ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29  2:21       ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29  2:54       ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29  2:54         ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29  3:46       ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29  3:46         ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 15:56         ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29 15:56           ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29 16:06           ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 16:06             ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29  2:21     ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29  2:21       ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29  1:29   ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29  1:29     ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29  1:31     ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29  1:31       ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29  1:32       ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29  1:32         ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29  2:23         ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29  2:23           ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29  7:12   ` Bert Wesarg
2019-01-29  7:12     ` Bert Wesarg
2019-01-29 12:12   ` Florian Weimer
2019-01-29 12:12     ` Florian Weimer
2019-01-29 13:35     ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 13:35       ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 15:38       ` Jann Horn [this message]
2019-01-29 15:38         ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29 15:54         ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 15:54           ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 16:55         ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-29 16:55           ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-29 15:35   ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29 15:35     ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29 15:39     ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 15:39       ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 06/18] io_uring: add fsync support Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 07/18] io_uring: support for IO polling Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 17:24   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-29 17:24     ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-29 18:31     ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 18:31       ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 19:10       ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 19:10         ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 20:35         ` Jeff Moyer
2019-01-29 20:35           ` Jeff Moyer
2019-01-29 20:37           ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 20:37             ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 08/18] fs: add fget_many() and fput_many() Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 09/18] io_uring: use fget/fput_many() for file references Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:56   ` Jann Horn
2019-01-28 21:56     ` Jann Horn
2019-01-28 22:03     ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 22:03       ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 10/18] io_uring: batch io_kiocb allocation Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 17:26   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-29 17:26     ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-29 18:14     ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 18:14       ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 11/18] block: implement bio helper to add iter bvec pages to bio Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 12/18] io_uring: add support for pre-mapped user IO buffers Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 23:35   ` Jann Horn
2019-01-28 23:35     ` Jann Horn
2019-01-28 23:50     ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 23:50       ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29  0:36       ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29  0:36         ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29  1:25         ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29  1:25           ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 13/18] io_uring: add file set registration Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 16:36   ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29 16:36     ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29 18:13     ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 18:13       ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 14/18] io_uring: add submission polling Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 15/18] io_uring: add io_kiocb ref count Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 17:26   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-29 17:26     ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 16/18] io_uring: add support for IORING_OP_POLL Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 17/18] io_uring: allow workqueue item to handle multiple buffered requests Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 18/18] io_uring: add io_uring_event cache hit information Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35   ` Jens Axboe
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2019-02-07 19:55 [PATCHSET v12] io_uring IO interface Jens Axboe
2019-02-07 19:55 ` [PATCH 05/18] Add " Jens Axboe
2019-02-07 19:55   ` Jens Axboe
2019-02-07 20:15   ` Keith Busch
2019-02-07 20:15     ` Keith Busch
2019-02-07 20:16     ` Jens Axboe
2019-02-07 20:16       ` Jens Axboe
2019-02-01 15:23 [PATCHSET v11] " Jens Axboe
2019-02-01 15:24 ` [PATCH 05/18] Add " Jens Axboe
2019-02-01 15:24   ` Jens Axboe
2019-02-01 18:20   ` Florian Weimer
2019-02-01 18:20     ` Florian Weimer
2019-02-05 16:58     ` Jens Axboe
2019-02-05 16:58       ` Jens Axboe
2019-02-04 23:22   ` Jeff Moyer
2019-02-04 23:22     ` Jeff Moyer
2019-02-04 23:52     ` Jeff Moyer
2019-02-04 23:52       ` Jeff Moyer
2019-02-05 16:59       ` Jens Axboe
2019-02-05 16:59         ` Jens Axboe
2019-02-05 16:58     ` Jens Axboe
2019-02-05 16:58       ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-30 21:55 [PATCHSET v10] " Jens Axboe
2019-01-30 21:55 ` [PATCH 05/18] Add " Jens Axboe
2019-01-30 21:55   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 19:26 [PATCHSET v9] " Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 19:26 ` [PATCH 05/18] Add " Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 19:26   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-23 15:35 [PATCHSET v7] " Jens Axboe
2019-01-23 15:35 ` [PATCH 05/18] Add " Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 14:57   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-28 14:57     ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-28 16:26     ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 16:26       ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 16:34       ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-28 16:34         ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-28 19:32         ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 19:32           ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 18:25     ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 18:25       ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29  6:30       ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-29  6:30         ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-29 11:58         ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-29 11:58           ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-29 15:20           ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 15:20             ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 16:18             ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-29 16:18               ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-29 16:19               ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 16:19                 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 16:26                 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-29 16:26                   ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-29 16:28                   ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 16:28                     ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 16:46                     ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-29 16:46                       ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-29  0:47     ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-01-29  0:47       ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-01-29  1:20       ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29  1:20         ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29  6:45         ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-29  6:45           ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-29 12:05           ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-29 12:05             ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-31  5:11         ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-01-31  5:11           ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-01-31 16:37           ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-31 16:37             ` Jens Axboe

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