On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 09:10:05AM -0600, Caleb Sander Mateos wrote:

ublk_register_io_buf() performs an expensive atomic refcount increment,
as well as a lot of pointer chasing to look up the struct request.

Create a separate ublk_daemon_register_io_buf() for the daemon task to
call. Initialize ublk_io's reference count to a large number, introduce
a field task_registered_buffers to count the buffers registered on the
daemon task, and atomically subtract the large number minus
task_registered_buffers in ublk_commit_and_fetch().

Also obtain the struct request directly from ublk_io's req field instead
of looking it up on the tagset.

Signed-off-by: Caleb Sander Mateos <redacted>

Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <redacted>

Thanks,
Ming