From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B095C433EA for ; Sat, 4 Jul 2020 14:03:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46EC621707 for ; Sat, 4 Jul 2020 14:03:30 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1593871410; bh=URxPKIHQL7SkJXwUkdzXDCnSnjDxxoHjfZVsU7XPN0c=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:List-ID:From; b=O+1ZLKiIx+4TiRVZo/MNk7vUssPmsYwM/LmBcQ7fvoRBS7JhtVnz/X7yOhV2oGJcz EhQANCpKwdxdwwHsa22M2PxXhQoWEMI0RRpiV57Rp+K+ocxrbUjnD1UPiZFQvLwYXP v68b80yiCrFo3TEhZw2XIRDFheZcZ7Ep3AM+Y6JY= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728107AbgGDODE (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Jul 2020 10:03:04 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:51506 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728086AbgGDODD (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Jul 2020 10:03:03 -0400 Received: from localhost (83-86-89-107.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8842A21707; Sat, 4 Jul 2020 14:03:02 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1593871383; bh=URxPKIHQL7SkJXwUkdzXDCnSnjDxxoHjfZVsU7XPN0c=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:From; b=lNw6k9kfAw5gsYe5uk+i6vpwYxW8sPZrQ3zJh/DdSYq5sBWnedFlAfvfydfdhzSd/ 5pD7iKApSSjp/0/TIeK4LE8RucNAdRx2g8DQbmGxgcmX0CicZUyaelPskm+wN3Udro ecZ+W68QdR9MKn44hzZwB/Q+1X+dQevcyOI6Dnlw= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, mtk.manpages@gmail.com, shuah@kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-man@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman Subject: [PATCH 0/3] readfile(2): a new syscall to make open/read/close faster Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2020 16:02:46 +0200 Message-Id: <20200704140250.423345-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.27.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-api-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-api@vger.kernel.org Here is a tiny new syscall, readfile, that makes it simpler to read small/medium sized files all in one shot, no need to do open/read/close. This is especially helpful for tools that poke around in procfs or sysfs, making a little bit of a less system load than before, especially as syscall overheads go up over time due to various CPU bugs being addressed. There are 4 patches in this series, the first 3 are against the kernel tree, adding the syscall logic, wiring up the syscall, and adding some tests for it. The last patch is agains the man-pages project, adding a tiny man page to try to describe the new syscall. Greg Kroah-Hartman (3): readfile: implement readfile syscall arch: wire up the readfile syscall selftests: add readfile(2) selftests arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 1 + arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl | 1 + arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd.h | 2 +- arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h | 2 + arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 1 + arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 1 + arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 1 + arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n32.tbl | 1 + arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl | 1 + arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl | 1 + arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 1 + arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 1 + arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 1 + arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 1 + arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 1 + arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl | 1 + arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl | 1 + arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 1 + fs/open.c | 50 +++ include/linux/syscalls.h | 2 + include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h | 4 +- tools/testing/selftests/Makefile | 1 + tools/testing/selftests/readfile/.gitignore | 3 + tools/testing/selftests/readfile/Makefile | 7 + tools/testing/selftests/readfile/readfile.c | 285 +++++++++++++++++ .../selftests/readfile/readfile_speed.c | 301 ++++++++++++++++++ 26 files changed, 671 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/readfile/.gitignore create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/readfile/Makefile create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/readfile/readfile.c create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/readfile/readfile_speed.c -- 2.27.0