Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 5 Jul 2020 04:27:32 +0100 | From | Matthew Wilcox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/3] readfile(2): a new syscall to make open/read/close faster |
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On Sun, Jul 05, 2020 at 05:18:58AM +0200, Jan Ziak wrote: > On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 5:12 AM Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> wrote: > > > > You should probably take a look at io_uring. That has the level of > > complexity of this proposal and supports open/read/close along with many > > other opcodes. > > Then glibc can implement readfile using io_uring and there is no need > for a new single-file readfile syscall.
It could, sure. But there's also a value in having a simple interface to accomplish a simple task. Your proposed API added a very complex interface to satisfy needs that clearly aren't part of the problem space that Greg is looking to address.
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