netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/4] net: wire up support for file_operations->uring

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Message-ID: <f9a85fcc-33e3-b47b-9c32-1d680edadcf8@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2023 09:12:55 -0700
From: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>, axboe@...nel.dk, asml.silence@...il.com
Cc: io-uring@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
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 Matthieu Baerts <matthieu.baerts@...sares.net>,
 Mat Martineau <martineau@...nel.org>,
 Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>,
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 martin.lau@...nel.org, Jason Xing <kernelxing@...cent.com>,
 Joanne Koong <joannelkoong@...il.com>,
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
 "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>, Willem de Bruijn
 <willemb@...gle.com>, Guillaume Nault <gnault@...hat.com>,
 Andrea Righi <andrea.righi@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/4] net: wire up support for
 file_operations->uring_cmd()

On 6/19/23 4:20 AM, Breno Leitao wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 08:15:10AM -0700, David Ahern wrote:
>> On 6/14/23 5:07 AM, Breno Leitao wrote:
>> io_uring is just another in-kernel user of sockets. There is no reason
>> for io_uring references to be in core net code. It should be using
>> exposed in-kernel APIs and doing any translation of its op codes in
>> io_uring/  code.
> Thanks for the feedback. If we want to keep the network subsystem
> untouched, then I we can do it using an approach similar to the
> following. Is this a better approach moving forward?

yes. It keeps the translation from io_uring commands to networking APIs
in one place and does not need to propagate that translation through the
networking code.