mfu: investigate io_uring implementation
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- Dominant language
- C
- Stars
- 200
- Forks
- 85
- Avg merge
- 3d 21h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 2
Description
To combine async I/O with direct I/O, io_uring could be an option:
https://github.com/hpc/mpifileutils/pull/367#issuecomment-691721070
https://lwn.net/Articles/810414/
https://kernel.dk/io_uring.pdf
https://github.com/axboe/liburing
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the linked pull request comment, the LWN article, the io_uring paper, and liburing documentation. The issue names no repository files, entry points, tests, or acceptance criteria; a completed investigation would first need to define the implementation scope and what success means.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, linux
- Domain
- operating-systems, performance
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 15/100