Investigate using Io_uring on Linux
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- OCaml
- Stars
- 1.9k
- Forks
- 500
- Avg merge
- 15h 21m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 277
Description
Dune could benefit a lot from a more efficient syscall interface. In particular, sandbox creation could probably be sped up a lot.
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
The issue names no file, test, or entry point; begin by locating Dune's sandbox-creation path and reviewing Linux's io_uring interface. Done would require a scoped implementation and evidence that sandbox creation is faster, but the issue does not define benchmarks or acceptance criteria.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux, ocaml
- Domain
- build-system, operating-systems, performance
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100