Re: block device direct I/O fast path

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Tue, Nov 01, 2016 at 11:00:19AM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
> #2 is a bit more problematic, I'm pondering how we can implement that on
> top of the bio approach. The nice thing about the request based approach
> is that we have a 1:1 mapping with the unit on the driver side. And we
> have a place to store the timer. I don't particularly love the embedded
> timer, however, it'd be great to implement that differently. Trying to
> think of options there, haven't found any yet.

I have a couple ideas for that.  Give me a few weeks and I'll send
patches.