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One big issue with the file registration feature is that it needs user space apps to maintain free slot info about io_uring's fixed file table, which really is a burden for development. io_uring now supports choosing free file slot for user space apps by using IORING_FILE_INDEX_ALLOC flag in accept, open, and socket operations, but they need the app to use direct accept or direct open, which not all apps are prepared to use yet. To support apps that still need real fds, make use of the registration feature easier. Let IORING_OP_FILES_UPDATE support choosing fixed file slots, which will store picked fixed files slots in fd array and let cqe return the number of slots allocated. Suggested-by: Hao Xu <howeyxu@tencent.com> Signed-off-by: Xiaoguang Wang <xiaoguang.wang@linux.alibaba.com> [axboe: move flag to uapi io_uring header, change goto to break, init] Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.