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io-wq defaults to per-node masks for IO workers. This works fine by default, but isn't particularly handy for workloads that prefer more specific affinities, for either performance or isolation reasons. This adds IORING_REGISTER_IOWQ_AFF that allows the user to pass in a CPU mask that is then applied to IO thread workers, and an IORING_UNREGISTER_IOWQ_AFF that simply resets the masks back to the default of per-node. Note that no care is given to existing IO threads, they will need to go through a reschedule before the affinity is correct if they are already running or sleeping. 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.