Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 Jul 2020 17:38:59 +0200 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | Re: Vectored syscalls Was: [PATCH 0/3] readfile(2): a new syscall to make open/read/close faster |
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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
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