From: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Jingbo Xu <jefflexu@linux.alibaba.com>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
Ferry Meng <mengferry@linux.alibaba.com>,
"Michael S . Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>,
linux-block@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, io-uring@vger.kernel.org,
Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3][RFC] virtio-blk: add io_uring passthrough support for virtio-blk
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:00:37 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJSP0QWfSzD8Z+22SEjUMkG07nrBa+6WU_APYkrvwzNbScRRCw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <acaf46f3-3f6c-44c9-86b5-98aa7845f1b6@kernel.dk>
On Tue, 17 Dec 2024 at 12:54, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> wrote:
>
> On 12/16/24 11:08 PM, Jingbo Xu wrote:
> >> That's why I asked Jens to weigh in on whether there is a generic
> >> block layer solution here. If uring_cmd is faster then maybe a generic
> >> uring_cmd I/O interface can be defined without tying applications to
> >> device-specific commands. Or maybe the traditional io_uring code path
> >> can be optimized so that bypass is no longer attractive.
>
> It's not that the traditional io_uring code path is slower, it's in fact
> basically the same thing. It's that all the other jazz that happens
> below io_uring slows things down, which is why passthrough ends up being
> faster.
Are you happy with virtio_blk passthrough or do you want a different approach?
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-12-17 21:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-12-03 12:14 [PATCH 0/3][RFC] virtio-blk: add io_uring passthrough support for virtio-blk Ferry Meng
2024-12-03 12:14 ` [PATCH 1/3] virtio-blk: add virtio-blk chardev support Ferry Meng
2024-12-03 12:14 ` [PATCH 2/3] virtio-blk: add uring_cmd support for I/O passthru on chardev Ferry Meng
2024-12-04 15:19 ` kernel test robot
2024-12-03 12:14 ` [PATCH 3/3] virtio-blk: add uring_cmd iopoll support Ferry Meng
2024-12-04 21:47 ` [PATCH 0/3][RFC] virtio-blk: add io_uring passthrough support for virtio-blk Stefan Hajnoczi
2024-12-05 9:51 ` [Resend]Re: " Ferry Meng
2024-12-16 2:01 ` Ferry Meng
2024-12-16 7:38 ` Jason Wang
2024-12-16 12:07 ` Ferry Meng
2024-12-17 2:08 ` Jason Wang
2024-12-17 6:04 ` Ferry Meng
2024-12-16 15:54 ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-12-16 16:13 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2024-12-17 2:12 ` Jason Wang
2024-12-17 6:08 ` Jingbo Xu
2024-12-17 17:54 ` Jens Axboe
2024-12-17 21:00 ` Stefan Hajnoczi [this message]
2024-12-17 21:07 ` Jens Axboe
2024-12-18 3:35 ` Ferry Meng
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