Adopt queued io_uring and SPDK submissions

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Context

Batched storage reads can exceed backend submission capacity. Adopt the Bycorf changes in eloqdata/bycorf#16 so accepted work waits for capacity and completes on its owner worker.

Behavior before and after

SPDK's shared 4096-object callback pool could reject requests when one qpair accumulated a backlog. The updated runtime removes that pool, keeps a pending FIFO per qpair, and directly uses each operation's completion tag. io_uring keeps prepared SQEs in its own pending FIFO when ring space is exhausted.

The existing batch barrier continues to count queued operations until their final completion; only the last accepted I/O wakes the awaiting coroutine.

Implementation

• Update the Bycorf gitlink to merged commit 68095c7b330c3c14efc43239b93feff22512f2e8, containing the io_uring and SPDK queue changes. io_uring prepares directly in an available ring SQE; temporary descriptors and copies are confined to its pending-queue slow path.
• Update the BatchReadAwaiter comment to describe backend admission, immediate rejection, and final completion accounting.
• Set the aggregate compact-collection write/recovery test timeout to 900 seconds. Its 50 cases exceeded the former 600-second budget on ARM64: 49 passed in 595.557 seconds, leaving less time than the last case needs. The CMake comment describes only the aggregate suite budget; existing fixture timeouts are unchanged.

Design decisions and alternatives

Keep submission-capacity management within worker-owned backends. SPDK's dynamic pending queues preserve per-qpair FIFO order without a fixed worker-wide request limit.

Documentation and comments

The accompanying Bycorf change updates backend architecture, ownership comments, and the test guide. Lavik's batch-await comment is synchronized with the runtime contract; its storage architecture remains accurate.

Test plan

All commands below passed from the Lavik checkout:

cmake --build build_debug --target lavik lavik_multikey_e2e_test --parallel 4
ctest --test-dir build_debug -R '^lavik_multikey_e2e$' --output-on-failure --no-tests=error
ctest --test-dir build_debug -R '^lavik_compact_collection_write_e2e$' --verbose --no-tests=error
python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p 'test_ci_*.py'
ctest --test-dir build_debug -R '^bycorf_(io_uring_backpressure|connect_timer|connection_storage|tcp_buffered_read|backend_selection|task_transfer)_check$' --output-on-failure --no-tests=error
ctest --test-dir /tmp/bycorf-direct-frame-build -R '^bycorf_(spdk_backpressure_stub|io_uring_backpressure|backend_selection)_check$' --output-on-failure --no-tests=error

The compact-collection matrix passed all 50 cases in 275.83 seconds on local ARM64 with GCC 13 Debug. All 16 CI-runner and bundle regression tests passed.

The standalone Bycorf build uses RelWithDebInfo and BYCORF_KERNEL_BYPASS=ON. Its SPDK checks use device stubs and cover 8193-request bursts, independent qpairs, FIFO, callback reuse/self-destruction, and shutdown. Pre-commit formatting and git diff --check also passed.

The latest runtime pin passed the six Bycorf kernel/runtime checks and Lavik multikey integration after rebuilding Lavik. The bypass build passed its three listed checks; the io_uring test now exercises mixed send/sendmsg through direct and queued admission. ARM64 GCC 13.3 Release disassembly, with and without LTO, confirms removal of the temporary 64-byte SQE and copy from Send/SendMsg normal paths. The LTO check uses a small disassembly-only probe. End-to-end QPS needs a same-configuration rerun.

Risk assessment

The completion-object layout changes, so dependents must rebuild; common storage awaitables grow by 8 bytes on the tested AArch64 layout. Each unfinished storage operation needs a distinct completion tag, which existing Lavik callers already provide. Pending queues are limited by available memory. No real-device SPDK throughput or tail-latency benchmark was run.

Rollback plan

Restore the previous Bycorf gitlink and batch-await comment, then rebuild Lavik.

Reviewer guide

The runtime dependency in eloqdata/bycorf#16 is merged. This PR pins its main-branch merge commit 68095c7b330c3c14efc43239b93feff22512f2e8; its source tree is identical to the tested fd4c86eb95a00be241dbeba9e928a6dc22de079f revision. Review that runtime implementation, then the submodule update, src/storage/engine/read.cpp comment, and aggregate test timeout here.

Follow-up work

Measure sustained-backlog throughput and tail latency on SPDK hardware.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Clarified how batch-read submissions and completions are counted and when the caller is awakened. This does not change batch-read behavior.
• Tests
  • Increased the timeout for the compact collection write and recovery test to accommodate longer runs on ARM64 Debug systems.

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Walkthrough

The bycorf subproject reference points to a new commit. A comment in BatchReadAwaiter::await_suspend now describes batch counting and completion handling. The compact-collection write/recovery test timeout increases to 900 seconds. Executable behavior in read.cpp does not change.

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Layer / File(s)	Summary
Update bycorf reference bycorf	The subproject reference changes to commit b47fb60667a4c12e8ffacdbc661a681cc0530890.
Clarify batch read accounting src/storage/engine/read.cpp	The comment describes batch-wide counting, immediate rejection handling, deferred completion accounting, and waking the caller after the final completion. Executable behavior does not change.
Increase compact-collection test timeout CMakeLists.txt	The write/recovery test timeout increases from 600 to 900 seconds. Updated comments note that the full matrix can exceed ten minutes on ARM64 Debug runners and that fixture-level wait deadlines remain bounded.

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A stalled fixture socket operation can delay CI until the 900-second test timeout and fail the test, but this is confined to the test path. The PR is mergeable with owner awareness; bounding those operations would avoid prolonged stalls.

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