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 2/3] man: Add `IORING_ENTER_NO_IOWAIT` flag
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 08:02:50 +0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250727010251.3363627-3-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_enter.2 | 16 +++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/man/io_uring_enter.2 b/man/io_uring_enter.2
index 99c0ab222675..a054a7cdfbd4 100644
--- a/man/io_uring_enter.2
+++ b/man/io_uring_enter.2
@@ -134,7 +134,21 @@ but merely an offset into an area of wait regions previously registered with
.BR io_uring_register (2)
using the
.B IORING_REGISTER_MEM_REGION
-operation. Available since 6.13
+operation.
+
+Available since 6.13
+
+.TP
+.B IORING_ENTER_NO_IOWAIT
+When this flag is set, the system call will not mark the waiting task as being
+in iowait if it is sleeping waiting on events and there are pending requests.
+This is useful if iowait isn't expected when waiting for events. It can also
+prevent extra power usage by allowing the CPU to enter lower sleep states.
+This flag is only available if the kernel supports the
+.B IORING_FEAT_NO_IOWAIT
+feature.
+
+Available since 6.15.
.PP
.PP
--
Ammar Faizi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-27 1:03 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 ` [PATCH liburing v2 1/3] man: Add `io_uring_set_iowait(3)` Ammar Faizi
2025-07-27 1:02 ` Ammar Faizi [this message]
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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