By default io_uring creates a shared memory mapping for each io_uring
instance, leading to a large number of memory mappings. Unfortunately a large
number of memory mappings slows things down, backend exit is particularly
affected. To address that, newer kernels (6.5) support using user-provided
memory for the memory. By putting the relevant memory into shared memory we
don't need any additional mappings.
On a system with a new enough kernel and liburing, there is no discernible
overhead when doing a pgbench -S -C anymore.
Reported-by: MARK CALLAGHAN <mdcallag@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: "Burd, Greg" <greg@burd.me>
Reviewed-by: Jim Nasby <jnasby@upgrade.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAFbpF8OA44_UG+RYJcWH9WjF7E3GA6gka3gvH6nsrSnEe9H0NA@mail.gmail.com
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