Consider using io_uring for linux
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Description
io_uring has shown promise improving I/O throughput in database workloads, including random access for index pages. See this paper: https://db.in.tum.de/~fent/papers/coroutines.pdf, for using io_uring with C++ coroutine.
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Research direction
No source files, entry points, or tests are named. Start by reading the linked io_uring references and inspecting how DiskANN currently performs Linux I/O; define completion through evidence that an io_uring-based approach improves the relevant database and random-access workloads.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux, rust
- Domain
- operating-systems, performance
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100