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io_uring for stream_copy_to_stream

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Description

Description

Hello,

It would be really nice to implement io_uring like here https://lwn.net/Articles/879724/ (talked in hn on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30144652) to get stream_copy_to_stream() really performant.
example code here : https://lwn.net/ml/linux-kernel/af0d6b3e-85d0-9b61-4acd-5eef1375f934@gmail.com/
It would help a lot of stream proxy in php to be handled directly in the kernel, and increase drastically the performance.

From many test, stream_copy_to_stream() is sadly "slow" because it didn't use any trick, like sendfile() or 0copy, but instead is just a warper for a classic read/write loop, no gain in performance.

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The request names stream_copy_to_stream() but does not identify a source file or test. Read the linked io_uring article and example, then locate the C implementation and related tests for stream_copy_to_stream(). Done should include an agreed implementation approach and verification that the requested performance behavior works.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c, linux, php
Domain
backend, performance
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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