From: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@suse.de>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: io-uring@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] io_uring: switch struct io_ring_ctx internal bitfields to flags
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:34:15 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87jyvbwm2g.fsf@mailhost.krisman.be> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <af3311c8-21b0-4641-bce3-d9bc2e2367c5@kernel.dk> (Jens Axboe's message of "Sun, 15 Mar 2026 08:46:57 -0600")
Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> writes:
> On 3/14/26 9:16 PM, Gabriel Krisman Bertazi wrote:
>
>> Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> writes:
>>
>>> Bitfields cannot be set and checked atomically, and this makes it more
>>> clear that these are indeed in shared storage and must be checked and
>>> set in a sane fashion. This is in preparation for annotating a few of
>>> the known racy, but harmless, flags checking.
>>>
>>> No intended functional changes in this patch.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
>>> ---
>>> include/linux/io_uring_types.h | 32 +++++++------
>>> io_uring/eventfd.c | 4 +-
>>> io_uring/io_uring.c | 82 +++++++++++++++++-----------------
>>> io_uring/io_uring.h | 9 ++--
>>> io_uring/msg_ring.c | 2 +-
>>> io_uring/register.c | 8 ++--
>>> io_uring/rsrc.c | 8 ++--
>>> io_uring/tctx.c | 2 +-
>>> io_uring/timeout.c | 4 +-
>>> io_uring/tw.c | 2 +-
>>> 10 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/include/linux/io_uring_types.h b/include/linux/io_uring_types.h
>>> index dd1420bfcb73..b84576374c7b 100644
>>> --- a/include/linux/io_uring_types.h
>>> +++ b/include/linux/io_uring_types.h
>>> @@ -268,24 +268,28 @@ struct io_alloc_cache {
>>> unsigned int init_clear;
>>> };
>>>
>>> +enum {
>>> + IO_RING_F_DRAIN_NEXT = BIT(0),
>>> + IO_RING_F_OP_RESTRICTED = BIT(1),
>>> + IO_RING_F_REG_RESTRICTED = BIT(2),
>>> + IO_RING_F_OFF_TIMEOUT_USED = BIT(3),
>>> + IO_RING_F_DRAIN_ACTIVE = BIT(4),
>>> + IO_RING_F_HAS_EVFD = BIT(5),
>>> + /* all CQEs should be posted only by the submitter task */
>>> + IO_RING_F_TASK_COMPLETE = BIT(6),
>>> + IO_RING_F_LOCKLESS_CQ = BIT(7),
>>> + IO_RING_F_SYSCALL_IOPOLL = BIT(8),
>>> + IO_RING_F_POLL_ACTIVATED = BIT(9),
>>> + IO_RING_F_DRAIN_DISABLED = BIT(10),
>>> + IO_RING_F_COMPAT = BIT(11),
>>> + IO_RING_F_IOWQ_LIMITS_SET = BIT(12),
>>> +};
>>> +
>>> struct io_ring_ctx {
>>> /* const or read-mostly hot data */
>>> struct {
>>> unsigned int flags;
>>> - unsigned int drain_next: 1;
>>> - unsigned int op_restricted: 1;
>>> - unsigned int reg_restricted: 1;
>>> - unsigned int off_timeout_used: 1;
>>> - unsigned int drain_active: 1;
>>> - unsigned int has_evfd: 1;
>>> - /* all CQEs should be posted only by the submitter task */
>>> - unsigned int task_complete: 1;
>>> - unsigned int lockless_cq: 1;
>>> - unsigned int syscall_iopoll: 1;
>>> - unsigned int poll_activated: 1;
>>> - unsigned int drain_disabled: 1;
>>> - unsigned int compat: 1;
>>> - unsigned int iowq_limits_set : 1;
>>> + unsigned int int_flags;
>>
>> Jens,
>>
>> What does the int prefix means in this context?
>
> It's just short for 'internal'.
ack. Perhaps a comment indicating this is internal would be
useful. Otherwise,
Reviewed-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@suse.de>
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Gabriel Krisman Bertazi
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-14 14:58 [PATCHSET for-next 0/2] Replace io_ring_ctx bitfields with flags Jens Axboe
2026-03-14 14:58 ` [PATCH 1/2] io_uring: switch struct io_ring_ctx internal bitfields to flags Jens Axboe
2026-03-15 3:16 ` Gabriel Krisman Bertazi
2026-03-15 14:46 ` Jens Axboe
2026-03-16 20:34 ` Gabriel Krisman Bertazi [this message]
2026-03-16 21:33 ` Jens Axboe
2026-03-14 14:58 ` [PATCH 2/2] io_uring: mark known and harmless racy ctx->int_flags uses Jens Axboe
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