The io_uring_prep_readv2/writev2() man pages recommend using the non-vectored read/write operations when possible for performance reasons.
I didn't measure a significant difference but it doesn't hurt to have this optimization in place. Suggested-by: Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@redhat.com> --- block/io_uring.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/block/io_uring.c b/block/io_uring.c index dd930ee57e..bbefbddcc0 100644 --- a/block/io_uring.c +++ b/block/io_uring.c @@ -49,12 +49,24 @@ static void luring_prep_sqe(struct io_uring_sqe *sqe, void *opaque) #ifdef HAVE_IO_URING_PREP_WRITEV2 { int luring_flags = (flags & BDRV_REQ_FUA) ? RWF_DSYNC : 0; - io_uring_prep_writev2(sqe, fd, qiov->iov, - qiov->niov, offset, luring_flags); + if (luring_flags != 0 || qiov->niov > 1) { + io_uring_prep_writev2(sqe, fd, qiov->iov, + qiov->niov, offset, luring_flags); + } else { + /* The man page says non-vectored is faster than vectored */ + struct iovec *iov = qiov->iov; + io_uring_prep_write(sqe, fd, iov->iov_base, iov->iov_len, offset); + } } #else assert(flags == 0); - io_uring_prep_writev(sqe, fd, qiov->iov, qiov->niov, offset); + if (qiov->niov > 1) { + io_uring_prep_writev(sqe, fd, qiov->iov, qiov->niov, offset); + } else { + /* The man page says non-vectored is faster than vectored */ + struct iovec *iov = qiov->iov; + io_uring_prep_write(sqe, fd, iov->iov_base, iov->iov_len, offset); + } #endif break; case QEMU_AIO_ZONE_APPEND: @@ -65,8 +77,15 @@ static void luring_prep_sqe(struct io_uring_sqe *sqe, void *opaque) if (req->resubmit_qiov.iov != NULL) { qiov = &req->resubmit_qiov; } - io_uring_prep_readv(sqe, fd, qiov->iov, qiov->niov, - offset + req->total_read); + if (qiov->niov > 1) { + io_uring_prep_readv(sqe, fd, qiov->iov, qiov->niov, + offset + req->total_read); + } else { + /* The man page says non-vectored is faster than vectored */ + struct iovec *iov = qiov->iov; + io_uring_prep_read(sqe, fd, iov->iov_base, iov->iov_len, + offset + req->total_read); + } break; } case QEMU_AIO_FLUSH: -- 2.50.1