From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: "René Rebe" <rene@exactcode.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, viro@zeniv.linux.org
Subject: Re: Vectored syscalls Was: [PATCH 0/3] readfile(2): a new syscall to make open/read/close faster
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2020 17:38:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200708153859.GB715257@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3ADE6606-6572-4D7D-BB8F-9286B368DF93@exactcode.com>
On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 05:16:41PM +0200, René Rebe wrote:
> Hey there,
>
> maybe instead of this rather specific, niche readfile syscall, would it not be beneficial
> to allow issuing any group or bundle of several arbitrary system calls so this could also
> be used to speed up other, more demanding high performance applications that need
> a bit more than just readfile()?
Why not just use io_uring for that for I/O calls, that's what it is
designed for.
More "generic" syscall batching always ends up falling down in
complexity anytime anyone tries it. Good luck!
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-07-08 15:39 UTC|newest]
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2020-07-08 15:16 René Rebe
2020-07-08 15:38 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2020-07-08 15:45 ` René Rebe
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