From: Noah Goldstein <goldstein.w.n@gmail.com>
To: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>
Cc: noah <goldstein.n@wustl.edu>, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
"open list:IO_URING" <io-uring@vger.kernel.org>,
"open list:FILESYSTEMS (VFS and infrastructure)"
<linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
open list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: io_uring.c: Add skip option for __io_sqe_files_update
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2021 13:43:15 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFUsyfK8OSDzfNCCwVPD8O=Fp0XSHWQ+HRCiC36BA-rH+c9D7g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <792d56e4-b258-65b4-d0b5-dbfd728d5a02@gmail.com>
On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 12:24 PM Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 26/01/2021 17:14, Noah Goldstein wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 7:29 AM Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 22/12/2020 02:10, Noah Goldstein wrote:
> >>> On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 03:18:05PM +0000, Pavel Begunkov wrote:
> >>>> On 20/12/2020 06:50, noah wrote:> From: noah <goldstein.n@wustl.edu>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This patch makes it so that specify a file descriptor value of -2 will
> >>>>> skip updating the corresponding fixed file index.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This will allow for users to reduce the number of syscalls necessary
> >>>>> to update a sparse file range when using the fixed file option.
> >>>>
> >>>> Answering the github thread -- it's indeed a simple change, I had it the
> >>>> same day you posted the issue. See below it's a bit cleaner. However, I
> >>>> want to first review "io_uring: buffer registration enhancements", and
> >>>> if it's good, for easier merging/etc I'd rather prefer to let it go
> >>>> first (even if partially).
> >>
> >> Noah, want to give it a try? I've just sent a prep patch, with it you
> >> can implement it cleaner with one continue.
> >
> > Absolutely. Will get on it ASAP.
>
> Perfect. Even better if you add a liburing test
>
> --
> Pavel Begunkov
Do you think the return value should not include files skipped?
i.e register fds[1, 2, 3, -1] with no errors returns 4. should fds[1,
2, -2, -1] return 3 or 4 do you think?
Personally think the latter makes more sense. Thoughts?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-27 1:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-20 6:50 [PATCH] fs: io_uring.c: Add skip option for __io_sqe_files_update noah
2020-12-20 15:18 ` Pavel Begunkov
2020-12-22 2:10 ` Noah Goldstein
2021-01-26 12:26 ` Pavel Begunkov
2021-01-26 17:14 ` Noah Goldstein
2021-01-26 17:20 ` Pavel Begunkov
2021-01-26 18:43 ` Noah Goldstein [this message]
2021-01-26 19:39 ` Pavel Begunkov
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