The article discusses the development of UringMachine, a Ruby gem for asynchronous I/O using Linux's io_uring interface, with a focus on implementing automatic buffer management. The project aims to bring high-performance I/O capabilities to Ruby while maintaining good integration with the Ruby ecosystem and providing a practical API. The author details various features implemented during grant work, including FiberScheduler integration, vectorized I/O support, and comprehensive metrics.
Background
io_uring is a modern Linux kernel interface for asynchronous I/O operations, offering significant performance improvements over traditional I/O methods. Ruby has been working on better asynchronous I/O support through features like FiberScheduler.
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- Lobsters
- Published
- Jun 7, 2026 at 03:47 PM
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- 6.0 / 10