Re: [LSF/MM/BPF TOPIC] block drivers in user space

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On 2/22/22 15:46, Sagi Grimberg wrote:
> 
>> Actually, I'd rather have something like an 'inverse io_uring', where
>> an application creates a memory region separated into several 'ring'
>> for submission and completion.
>> Then the kernel could write/map the incoming data onto the rings, and
>> application can read from there.
>> Maybe it'll be worthwhile to look at virtio here.
> 
> There is lio loopback backed by tcmu... I'm assuming that nvmet can
> hook into the same/similar interface. nvmet is pretty lean, and we
> can probably help tcmu/equivalent scale better if that is a concern...

Yeah; maybe. I've had a look at tcmu, but it would need to be updated to
handle multiple rings.
Mike? What'd you say?

Cheers,

Hannes
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