[PATCH for-next 3/4] io_uring: grow a field in struct io_uring_cmd

Jens Axboe axboe at kernel.dk
Mon Jul 11 10:19:07 PDT 2022


On 7/11/22 11:00 AM, Sagi Grimberg wrote:
> 
>> Use the leftover space to carve 'next' field that enables linking of
>> io_uring_cmd structs. Also introduce a list head and few helpers.
>>
>> This is in preparation to support nvme-mulitpath, allowing multiple
>> uring passthrough commands to be queued.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kanchan Joshi <joshi.k at samsung.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Anuj Gupta <anuj20.g at samsung.com>
>> ---
>>   include/linux/io_uring.h | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>   1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/io_uring.h b/include/linux/io_uring.h
>> index 54063d67506b..d734599cbcd7 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/io_uring.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/io_uring.h
>> @@ -22,9 +22,14 @@ struct io_uring_cmd {
>>       const void    *cmd;
>>       /* callback to defer completions to task context */
>>       void (*task_work_cb)(struct io_uring_cmd *cmd);
>> +    struct io_uring_cmd    *next;
>>       u32        cmd_op;
>> -    u32        pad;
>> -    u8        pdu[32]; /* available inline for free use */
>> +    u8        pdu[28]; /* available inline for free use */
>> +};
> 
> I think io_uring_cmd will at some point become two cachelines and may
> not be worth the effort to limit a pdu to 28 bytes...


-- 
Jens Axboe




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