linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/2] io_uring: avoid ring quiesce in io_uring

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Date:   Thu,  3 Feb 2022 15:11:51 +0000
From:   Usama Arif <usama.arif@...edance.com>
To:     io-uring@...r.kernel.org, axboe@...nel.dk, asml.silence@...il.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     fam.zheng@...edance.com, Usama Arif <usama.arif@...edance.com>
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] io_uring: avoid ring quiesce in io_uring_register for eventfd opcodes

This is done by creating a new RCU data structure (io_ev_fd) as part of
io_ring_ctx that holds the eventfd_ctx, with reads to the structure protected
by rcu_read_lock and writes (register/unregister calls) protected by a mutex.

With the above approach ring quiesce can be avoided which is much more
expensive then using RCU lock. On the system tested, io_uring_reigster with
IORING_REGISTER_EVENTFD takes less than 1ms with RCU lock, compared to 15ms
before with ring quiesce.

The first patch creates the RCU protected data structure and removes ring
quiesce for IORING_REGISTER_EVENTFD and IORING_UNREGISTER_EVENTFD.

The second patch builds on top of the first patch and removes ring quiesce
for IORING_REGISTER_EVENTFD_ASYNC.

Usama Arif (2):
  io_uring: avoid ring quiesce while registering/unregistering eventfd
  io_uring: avoid ring quiesce for IORING_REGISTER_EVENTFD_ASYNC

 fs/io_uring.c | 125 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 92 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

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