vfs_io_uring - Man Page

Implement async io in Samba vfs using io_uring of Linux (>= 5​.1)​.

Synopsis

vfs objects = io_uring

Description

This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite​.

The io_uring VFS module enables asynchronous pread, pwrite and fsync using the io_uring infrastructure of Linux (>= 5​.1)​. This provides much less overhead compared to the usage of the pthreadpool for async io​.

This module SHOULD be listed last in any module stack as it requires real kernel file descriptors​.

Examples

Straight forward use:

        [cooldata]
	path = /data/ice
	vfs objects = io_uring

Options

io_uring:num_entries = NUMBER_OF_QUEUE_ENTRIES

The number of entries in the submission queue​. The maximum allowed value depends on the kernel version and the kernel will roundup the value to a power of 2​.

The default is '128'​.

io_uring:sqpoll = BOOL

Use the IORING_SETUP_SQPOLL feature​.

The default is 'no'​.

See Also

io_uring_setup(2)​.

Version

This man page is part of version 4​.25​.0 of the Samba suite​.

Author

The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell​. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed​.

Info

10/01/2026 Samba 4.25.0 System Administration tools