Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] io_uring: consistent behaviour with linked read/write

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Mon Feb 21 2022 - 11:33:53 EST


On 2/21/22 7:16 AM, Dylan Yudaken wrote:
> Currently submitting multiple read/write for one file with offset = -1 will
> not behave as if calling read(2)/write(2) multiple times. The offset may be
> pinned to the same value for each submission (for example if they are
> punted to the async worker) and so each read/write will have the same
> offset.
>
> This patch series fixes this.
>
> Patch 1,3 cleans up the code a bit
>
> Patch 2 grabs the file position at execution time, rather than when the job
> is queued to be run which fixes inconsistincies when jobs are run asynchronously.
>
> Patch 4 increments the file's f_pos when reading it, which fixes
> inconsistincies with concurrent runs.
>
> A test for this will be submitted to liburing separately.

Looks good to me, but the patch 2 change will bubble through to patch 3
and 4 as well. Care to respin a v3?

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Jens Axboe