Re: [PATCH V4 00/17] io_uring/ublk: add IORING_OP_FUSED_CMD

Ming Lei
2023-03-28T01:36:11Z

On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 07:29:36PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 3/27/23 7:16 PM, Ming Lei wrote:
> > Hi Dan,
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 05:36:33PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> >> Ming Lei wrote:
> >>> Hello Jens,
> >>>
> >>> Add IORING_OP_FUSED_CMD, it is one special URING_CMD, which has to
> >>> be SQE128. The 1st SQE(master) is one 64byte URING_CMD, and the 2nd
> >>> 64byte SQE(slave) is another normal 64byte OP. For any OP which needs
> >>> to support slave OP, io_issue_defs[op].fused_slave needs to be set as 1,
> >>> and its ->issue() can retrieve/import buffer from master request's
> >>> fused_cmd_kbuf. The slave OP is actually submitted from kernel, part of
> >>> this idea is from Xiaoguang's ublk ebpf patchset, but this patchset
> >>> submits slave OP just like normal OP issued from userspace, that said,
> >>> SQE order is kept, and batching handling is done too.
> >>
> >> Hi Ming,
> >>
> >> io_uring and ublk are starting to be more on my radar these days. I
> >> wanted to take a look at this series, but could not get past the
> >> distracting "master"/"slave" terminology in this lead-in paragraph let
> >> alone start looking at patches.
> >>
> >> Frankly, the description sounds more like "head"/"tail", or even
> >> "fuse0"/"fuse1" because, for example, who is to say you might not have
> >
> > The term "master/slave" is from patches.
> >
> > The master command not only provides buffer for slave request, but also requires
> > slave request for serving master command, and master command is always completed
> > after all slave request are done.
> >
> > That is why it is named as master/slave. Actually Jens raised the similar concern
> > and I hate the name too, but it is always hard to figure out perfect name, or
> > any other name for reflecting the relation? (head/tail, fuse0/1 can't
> > do that, IMO)
>
> Indeed. What about primary/secondary? And it'd be quite possible to have
> multiple secondaries too.

OK, I will take primary/secondary in V5 if no better name is suggested.

Thanks,
Ming