netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/5] add initial io_uring

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Date:   Thu, 6 Apr 2023 11:34:28 -0400
From:   Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
To:     Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
Cc:     io-uring@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org,
        asml.silence@...il.com, axboe@...nel.dk, leit@...com,
        edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        dccp@...r.kernel.org, mptcp@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dsahern@...nel.org,
        willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com, matthieu.baerts@...sares.net,
        marcelo.leitner@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] add initial io_uring_cmd support for sockets

On Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 10:45 AM Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org> wrote:
>
> From: Breno Leitao <leit@...com>
>
> This patchset creates the initial plumbing for a io_uring command for
> sockets.
>
> For now, create two uring commands for sockets, SOCKET_URING_OP_SIOCOUTQ
> and SOCKET_URING_OP_SIOCINQ. They are similar to ioctl operations
> SIOCOUTQ and SIOCINQ. In fact, the code on the protocol side itself is
> heavily based on the ioctl operations.

This duplicates all the existing ioctl logic of each protocol.

Can this just call the existing proto_ops.ioctl internally and translate from/to
io_uring format as needed?