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From: Ammar Faizi <ammarfaizi2@gnuweeb.org>
Cc: Ammar Faizi <ammarfaizi2@gnuweeb.org>,
	Alviro Iskandar Setiawan <alviro.iskandar@gnuweeb.org>,
	GNU/Weeb Mailing List <gwml@vger.gnuweeb.org>,
	Christian Mazakas <christian.mazakas@gmail.com>,
	io-uring Mailing List <io-uring@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH liburing v2 1/3] man: Add `io_uring_set_iowait(3)`
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 08:02:49 +0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250727010251.3363627-2-ammarfaizi2@gnuweeb.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250727010251.3363627-1-ammarfaizi2@gnuweeb.org>

Based on an explanation from the Linux kernel upstream commit:

  07754bfd9aee ("io_uring: enable toggle of iowait usage when waiting on CQEs")

Signed-off-by: Ammar Faizi <ammarfaizi2@gnuweeb.org>
---
 man/io_uring_set_iowait.3 | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 man/io_uring_set_iowait.3

diff --git a/man/io_uring_set_iowait.3 b/man/io_uring_set_iowait.3
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5caf0a3a4cc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/io_uring_set_iowait.3
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+.\" Copyright (C) 2025 Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
+.\" Copyright (C) 2025 Ammar Faizi <ammarfaizi2@gnuweeb.org>
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.0-or-later
+.\"
+.TH io_uring_set_iowait 3 "July 27, 2025" "liburing-2.12" "liburing Manual"
+.SH NAME
+io_uring_set_iowait \- toggle of iowait usage when waiting on CQEs
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.B #include <liburing.h>
+.PP
+.BI "int io_uring_set_iowait(struct io_uring *" ring ",
+.BI "                        bool " enable_iowait ");"
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
+By default, io_uring marks a waiting task as being in iowait if it's
+sleeping waiting on events and there are pending requests. This isn't
+necessarily always useful, and may be confusing on non-storage setups
+where iowait isn't expected. It can also cause extra power usage by
+preventing the CPU from entering lower sleep states.
+
+The
+.BR io_uring_set_iowait (3)
+function allows the user to toggle this behavior. If
+.BI enable_iowait
+is set to true, the iowait behavior is enabled. If it is set to false,
+the iowait behavior is disabled. The iowait behavior is enabled by
+default when a ring is created.
+
+If the iowait is disabled, the submit functions will set
+.B IORING_ENTER_NO_IOWAIT
+in the
+.BI flags
+argument to
+.BR io_uring_enter (2).
+
+If the kernel supports this feature, it will be marked by having
+the
+.B IORING_FEAT_NO_IOWAIT
+feature flag set.
+
+Available since kernel 6.15.
+
+
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+On success,
+.BR io_uring_set_iowait (3)
+returns 0. On failure, it returns
+.BR -EOPNOTSUPP .
+
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR io_uring_enter (2),
+.BR io_uring_submit (3),
+.BR io_uring_submit_and_wait (3)
-- 
Ammar Faizi


  reply	other threads:[~2025-07-27  1:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-07-27  1:02 [PATCH liburing v2 0/3] Manpage updates for iowait toggle feature and one extra FFI fix Ammar Faizi
2025-07-27  1:02 ` Ammar Faizi [this message]
2025-07-27  1:02 ` [PATCH liburing v2 2/3] man: Add `IORING_ENTER_NO_IOWAIT` flag Ammar Faizi
2025-07-27  1:02 ` [PATCH liburing v2 3/3] liburing: Don't use `IOURINGINLINE` on private helpers Ammar Faizi
2025-07-27  1:14 ` [PATCH liburing v2 0/3] Manpage updates for iowait toggle feature and one extra FFI fix Ammar Faizi
2025-07-27  3:52 ` Jens Axboe

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