microsoft / microsoft/ntttcp-for-linux
Support io_uring
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- Dominant language
- C
- Stars
- 426
- Forks
- 108
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
io_uring first appeared in Linux 5.1, and is in heavy development. It is a new async I/O primitive that addresses a lot of issues in the traditional readiness-based I/O model that Unix uses, that significantly reduces latency and increases throughput. This article is a good introduction.
With the advent of fat pipes, saturating a link with the traditional API is becoming increasingly difficult. Switching to something like this should help achieve that goal.
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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
No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reading the linked io_uring introduction and inspecting the existing ntttcp-for-linux benchmark structure; done would mean adding io_uring-based support that improves throughput or latency while preserving the tool's benchmark role.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, linux
- Domain
- networking, performance
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100