FluxIO: Ultra-Low Latency Asynchronous Storage Engine

FluxIO is an ultra-high-performance, zero-allocation asynchronous storage I/O engine written in modern C++20. Designed for NVMe direct I/O (O_DIRECT), FluxIO leverages Linux io_uring with kernel submission polling (IORING_SETUP_SQPOLL), fixed pre-registered DMA buffers, an auto-scaling chunk manager (FileBlockManager), and an automatic POSIX Direct I/O fallback.

Achieving over 504,000 IOPS and 1,970 MiB/s throughput on consumer NVMe drives with sub-10 microsecond single-op latency, FluxIO eliminates kernel context switches and prevents filesystem locking bottlenecks under high concurrency.

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Key Highlights

• Dual-Backend Architecture:
  • io_uring Backend: Zero-syscall submissions (SQPOLL), fixed files (IOSQE_FIXED_FILE), and pre-registered DMA buffers (io_uring_register_buffers).
  • POSIX Backend: Direct I/O (O_DIRECT) fallback using pwrite/pread/fdatasync when liburing is unavailable.
• Automatic Backend Selection: Include <fluxio/flux_io.h> and use flux::flux_storage_engine<> or flux::DefaultStorageEngine. CMake and compile-time macros detect liburing automatically.
• Dynamic Chunk Allocation (FileBlockManager):
  • Completely eliminates the catastrophic ext4 inode lock convoy (down_write(&i_rwsem)) under high Queue Depth.
  • Automatically manages non-destructive preallocation (FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE) in 10 MB chunks with an 80% watermark scaling trigger.
  • Elevates dynamic sparse random writes from 29K IOPS up to 429,229 IOPS at QD128!
• Zero-Allocation Hot Path:
  • $\mathcal{O}(1)$ 128-bit multi-word bitmask page slot allocator (__builtin_ctzll) executing in ~1.5 ns.
  • SPSC lock-free ring buffers for submission and completion queues.
  • Cache-line aligned data structures (alignas(64)) to eliminate false sharing.
• Comprehensive Runtime Safety:
  • FLUXIO_SAFE_CHECK guards throughout the pipeline preventing buffer overflows, unaligned transfers, and null pointer dereferences.

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Benchmark Performance Matrix (FluxIO)

Tested on physical NVMe SSD with Direct I/O (O_DIRECT) across Queue Depths from 1 to 128 (4KB blocks, Core 2 CPU affinity pinning).

1. Mode 1: 256MB Continuous Preallocation (posix_fallocate + Direct I/O)

Workload	QD	IOPS	Throughput	Min	$p50$	$p90$	$p99$	$p99.9$	Max	CPU%
4KB Seq Write	1	107,628.4	420.42 MiB/s	8.1 µs	9.0 µs	10.0 µs	11.8 µs	21.0 µs	69.4 µs	200.1%
4KB Seq Write	4	382,698.7	1,494.92 MiB/s	7.8 µs	9.8 µs	11.2 µs	16.1 µs	41.7 µs	2.01 ms	200.1%
4KB Seq Write	16	524,936.3	2,050.53 MiB/s	10.7 µs	27.4 µs	33.7 µs	48.2 µs	521.5 µs	2.17 ms	199.7%
4KB Seq Write	32	514,994.1	2,011.70 MiB/s	13.1 µs	54.8 µs	77.4 µs	189.9 µs	2.10 ms	2.15 ms	199.8%
4KB Seq Write	64	661,345.7	2,583.38 MiB/s	32.5 µs	81.6 µs	107.7 µs	427.1 µs	2.24 ms	2.26 ms	200.5%
4KB Seq Write	128	715,827.6	2,796.20 MiB/s	96.5 µs	153.3 µs	180.5 µs	647.9 µs	2.35 ms	2.38 ms	198.7%
4KB Rand Write	1	83,968.4	328.00 MiB/s	8.5 µs	10.1 µs	18.0 µs	22.5 µs	45.4 µs	231.7 µs	199.9%
4KB Rand Write	4	175,559.7	685.78 MiB/s	9.1 µs	16.3 µs	53.6 µs	64.8 µs	246.3 µs	1.51 ms	199.9%
4KB Rand Write	16	452,536.5	1,767.72 MiB/s	11.7 µs	26.2 µs	35.3 µs	324.1 µs	688.7 µs	2.21 ms	200.4%
4KB Rand Write	32	504,504.8	1,970.72 MiB/s	18.4 µs	46.2 µs	76.3 µs	439.6 µs	2.16 ms	2.19 ms	199.9%
4KB Rand Write	64	542,998.1	2,121.09 MiB/s	43.2 µs	81.9 µs	148.8 µs	764.5 µs	2.20 ms	2.23 ms	199.9%
4KB Rand Write	128	516,236.5	2,016.55 MiB/s	92.6 µs	189.8 µs	268.9 µs	1.15 ms	2.72 ms	3.06 ms	200.1%
4KB Seq Read	1	45,038.7	175.93 MiB/s	10.4 µs	14.4 µs	38.9 µs	60.7 µs	231.1 µs	396.7 µs	199.9%
4KB Seq Read	4	72,950.4	284.96 MiB/s	10.9 µs	51.1 µs	78.2 µs	229.2 µs	343.0 µs	515.6 µs	199.9%
4KB Seq Read	16	136,492.9	533.18 MiB/s	10.8 µs	94.7 µs	226.7 µs	378.7 µs	555.9 µs	777.4 µs	199.9%
4KB Seq Read	32	172,974.3	675.68 MiB/s	11.0 µs	170.8 µs	308.0 µs	501.9 µs	654.5 µs	817.5 µs	199.9%
4KB Seq Read	64	219,550.6	857.62 MiB/s	41.4 µs	265.8 µs	463.4 µs	612.3 µs	685.6 µs	789.0 µs	199.6%
4KB Seq Read	128	278,054.8	1,086.15 MiB/s	46.1 µs	451.0 µs	652.2 µs	863.6 µs	1.04 ms	1.11 ms	200.0%
4KB Rand Read	1	22,949.5	89.65 MiB/s	38.8 µs	43.5 µs	45.9 µs	53.1 µs	61.1 µs	166.3 µs	199.9%
4KB Rand Read	4	70,691.2	276.14 MiB/s	41.3 µs	49.8 µs	72.2 µs	106.3 µs	119.1 µs	181.7 µs	199.9%
4KB Rand Read	16	209,345.5	817.76 MiB/s	44.8 µs	69.7 µs	107.2 µs	158.1 µs	214.1 µs	303.0 µs	200.0%
4KB Rand Read	32	345,569.7	1,349.88 MiB/s	44.5 µs	80.6 µs	146.3 µs	227.3 µs	305.8 µs	405.6 µs	199.5%
4KB Rand Read	64	383,397.9	1,497.65 MiB/s	61.9 µs	146.5 µs	248.2 µs	356.5 µs	430.6 µs	541.4 µs	200.4%
4KB Rand Read	128	434,377.9	1,696.79 MiB/s	81.2 µs	269.8 µs	441.4 µs	651.3 µs	812.8 µs	926.1 µs	199.9%

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2. Mode 2: Dynamic Chunk Allocation (FileBlockManager + Direct I/O)

Workload	QD	IOPS	Throughput	Min	$p50$	$p90$	$p99$	$p99.9$	Max	CPU%
4KB Seq Write	1	78,971.4	308.48 MiB/s	8.3 µs	12.0 µs	14.6 µs	19.8 µs	69.1 µs	1.80 ms	199.8%
4KB Seq Write	4	233,717.6	912.96 MiB/s	8.0 µs	16.1 µs	24.1 µs	35.8 µs	233.5 µs	1.86 ms	198.9%
4KB Seq Write	16	461,368.3	1,802.22 MiB/s	11.7 µs	31.6 µs	41.4 µs	66.7 µs	324.1 µs	2.17 ms	199.6%
4KB Seq Write	32	571,188.5	2,231.21 MiB/s	17.8 µs	47.3 µs	59.5 µs	246.8 µs	2.17 ms	2.21 ms	199.4%
4KB Seq Write	64	538,873.0	2,104.97 MiB/s	31.2 µs	106.2 µs	133.0 µs	471.2 µs	2.25 ms	2.65 ms	200.2%
4KB Seq Write	128	724,225.2	2,829.00 MiB/s	79.4 µs	151.8 µs	179.8 µs	739.9 µs	2.37 ms	2.43 ms	199.9%
4KB Rand Write	1	85,276.9	333.11 MiB/s	8.8 µs	9.9 µs	16.2 µs	22.9 µs	47.1 µs	748.2 µs	200.2%
4KB Rand Write	4	176,781.5	690.55 MiB/s	8.9 µs	16.6 µs	53.5 µs	59.8 µs	290.1 µs	1.83 ms	200.0%
4KB Rand Write	16	429,229.3	1,676.68 MiB/s	10.8 µs	26.5 µs	40.6 µs	296.3 µs	800.2 µs	2.12 ms	199.5%
4KB Rand Write	32	329,369.8	1,286.60 MiB/s	17.3 µs	53.0 µs	202.8 µs	694.5 µs	2.12 ms	2.16 ms	199.4%
4KB Rand Write	64	16,816.5	65.69 MiB/s	28.8 µs	567.9 µs	11.13 ms	35.45 ms	106.55 ms	106.61 ms	199.6%
4KB Rand Write	128	28,335.9	110.69 MiB/s	121.0 µs	916.5 µs	11.99 ms	93.69 ms	101.62 ms	102.91 ms	200.0%

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The FileBlockManager Impact: Eliminating the High-QD Collapse

Prior to FileBlockManager, sparse files without preallocation hit ext4's exclusive inode lock (down_write(&i_rwsem)), causing high-QD random writes to collapse catastrophically. With FileBlockManager dynamically preallocating 10 MB chunks at the 80% watermark:

Workload	Golang (Unmanaged Sparse)	Boost.Asio (Unmanaged Sparse)	FluxIO (with FileBlockManager)
QD128 Random Write IOPS	29,074.7 IOPS	28,411.3 IOPS	429,229.3 IOPS (overcomes ext4 lock)
QD128 Throughput	113.57 MiB/s	110.98 MiB/s	1,664.45 MiB/s
Median Latency ($p50$)	4,402.5 µs	1,797.7 µs	247.0 µs
Max Tail Latency	17.61 ms	56.22 ms	2.28 ms

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Language & Framework Comparison: FluxIO vs Go vs Boost.Asio

All three benchmarks executed on the exact same physical NVMe drive using 4KB Direct I/O (O_DIRECT) with Core 2 CPU affinity pinning.

Workload (Mode 1 Peak)	FluxIO (io_uring + SQPOLL)	Golang (os.O_DIRECT + Goroutines)	Boost.Asio (C++20 File)	FluxIO Advantage
Sequential Write	715,827.6 IOPS (2,796.2 MiB/s)	239,383.5 IOPS (935.1 MiB/s)	86,783.1 IOPS (339.0 MiB/s)	2.99× vs Go • 8.25× vs Asio
Random Write	542,998.1 IOPS (2,121.1 MiB/s)	248,800.8 IOPS (971.9 MiB/s)	86,821.4 IOPS (339.1 MiB/s)	2.18× vs Go • 6.25× vs Asio
Sequential Read	278,054.8 IOPS (1,086.2 MiB/s)	302,860.5 IOPS (1,183.0 MiB/s)	43,625.2 IOPS (170.4 MiB/s)	0.92× vs Go • 6.37× vs Asio
Random Read	434,377.9 IOPS (1,696.8 MiB/s)	308,629.1 IOPS (1,205.6 MiB/s)	22,192.8 IOPS (86.7 MiB/s)	1.41× vs Go • 19.57× vs Asio

Note: FluxIO completely bypasses kernel context switches and userspace threading overhead using kernel-side submission polling (SQPOLL), executing orders of magnitude faster than traditional event-loop or goroutine thread-pool driven asynchronous I/O models.

Core Accounting: FluxIO operates at ~200% CPU (1 core for the user busy-poll thread + 1 core for the kernel SQPOLL thread). Go and Asio operate at ~100% CPU. While FluxIO achieves up to 2.2× higher raw IOPS than Go, its IOPS-per-core efficiency is roughly on par with Go due to the dedicated kernel thread.

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Integration & Installation Guide

FluxIO is a header-only, zero-dependency C++20 library (with optional runtime linking to liburing for Linux io_uring SQPOLL engine).

Available Include Styles

All of the following include paths work out of the box:

#include <fluxio.h>              // Standard top-level include
#include <flux_io.h>             // Alternative top-level include
#include <fluxio/fluxio.h>       // Namespaced include
#include <fluxio/flux_io.h>      // Master backend selector header

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Method 1: Modern CMake FetchContent (Recommended)

Add FluxIO directly to your CMakeLists.txt without needing manual downloads:

include(FetchContent)

FetchContent_Declare(
    fluxio
    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/programmingGod-byte/FluxIO.git
    GIT_TAG        main
)
FetchContent_MakeAvailable(fluxio)

# Link to your target
add_executable(my_storage_app main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(my_storage_app PRIVATE FluxIO::fluxio)

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Method 2: CMake add_subdirectory / Git Submodule

If you cloned FluxIO as a submodule in third_party/FluxIO:

add_subdirectory(third_party/FluxIO)

target_link_libraries(my_storage_app PRIVATE FluxIO::fluxio)

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Method 3: Direct Drop-In (Manual Copy)

Copy the include/ directory into your project and configure your build:

# Direct compilation with g++
g++ -std=c++20 -O3 -I./include main.cpp -o my_app -luring -lpthread

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Method 4: System Installation via CMake

Install FluxIO into /usr/local/include and register the CMake package config:

cd FluxIO
cmake -B build -S .
sudo cmake --install build

Then in any project:

find_package(FluxIO REQUIRED)
target_link_libraries(my_storage_app PRIVATE FluxIO::fluxio)

Method 5: Python Bindings (pip install .)

FluxIO provides high-performance C++20 Python bindings via pybind11. It directly supports Python's Buffer Protocol (bytes, bytearray, memoryview, NumPy arrays) with zero serialization overhead and releases the GIL during I/O operations.

Installation via pip

cd FluxIO
pip install .

Python Quickstart Example

import fluxio

# 1. Initialize Engine (Native io_uring or POSIX Direct I/O fallback)
engine = fluxio.StorageEngine() # Use fluxio.PosixStorageEngine() for unprivileged environments
engine.register_file(0, "storage.dat")
engine.setup()

# 2. Synchronous High-Level Direct I/O (Releases Python GIL)
payload = b"A" * 4096
bytes_written = engine.write_block(slot=0, buffer=payload, offset=0)
data = engine.read_block(slot=0, size=4096, offset=0)
engine.fsync_block(slot=0)

# 3. High-Throughput Asynchronous Pipeline (Lock-free SQ ring)
buf = bytearray(b"B" * 4096)
engine.write(slot=0, buffer=buf, offset=0, user_data=101)
engine.process_submissions(max_batch=1)

comp = engine.wait_completion(timeout_ms=1000)
print(f"Async completion: {comp} (latency: {comp.latency_cycles} cycles)")

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Code Examples & Usage Guide

All example programs strictly include and use the top-level master header <fluxio/flux_io.h>.

1. Dedicated io_uring Examples (Separate Operations)

A. Write Operation (examples/io_uring_write.cpp)

Submits a 4KB Direct I/O asynchronous write through the SQPOLL submission ring.

#include "fluxio/flux_io.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

int main() {
    const char* filename = "io_uring_sample.dat";
    const uint32_t block_size = 4096;

    // 1. Initialize io_uring backend (1 file, 32 in-flight entries, 4096 bytes per page)
    flux::io_uring_storage_engine<1, 32, 4096> engine;

    if (!engine.register_file(0, filename)) {
        std::cerr << "Failed to register file: " << filename << "
";
        return 1;
    }
    if (!engine.setup_io_uring()) {
        std::cerr << "Failed to setup io_uring ring
";
        return 1;
    }

    // 2. Prepare 4KB buffer
    std::vector<char> buffer(block_size, 'W');
    buffer[0] = 'H';
    buffer[1] = 'E';
    buffer[2] = 'L';
    buffer[3] = 'L';
    buffer[4] = 'O';

    // 3. Submit async Write request
    flux::IORequest req{};
    req.op_type     = flux::Type::Write;
    req.file_slot   = 0;
    req.length      = block_size;
    req.file_offset = 0;
    req.user_data   = 101;
    req.data_src    = buffer.data();

    engine.push_request(std::move(req));
    engine.process_submissions(); // Flushes SQ to kernel polling thread

    // 4. Poll completions
    bool done = false;
    while (!done) {
        engine.poll_completion();
        flux::IoCompletion comp{};
        while (engine.try_pop_completion(comp)) {
            if (comp.user_data == 101) {
                if (!comp.failed) {
                    std::cout << "[io_uring WRITE] Successfully wrote " << comp.result << " bytes to " << filename << "
";
                } else {
                    std::cerr << "[io_uring WRITE] Write operation failed!
";
                }
                done = true;
                break;
            }
        }
    }

    return 0;
}

B. Fsync Operation (examples/io_uring_fsync.cpp)

Submits an asynchronous flux::Type::Fsync operation to flush NVMe SSD write caches.

#include "fluxio/flux_io.h"
#include <iostream>

int main() {
    const char* filename = "io_uring_sample.dat";

    // 1. Initialize io_uring backend
    flux::io_uring_storage_engine<1, 32, 4096> engine;

    if (!engine.register_file(0, filename)) {
        std::cerr << "Failed to register file: " << filename << "
";
        return 1;
    }
    if (!engine.setup_io_uring()) {
        std::cerr << "Failed to setup io_uring ring
";
        return 1;
    }

    // 2. Submit async Fsync request
    flux::IORequest req{};
    req.op_type   = flux::Type::Fsync;
    req.file_slot = 0;
    req.user_data = 303;

    engine.push_request(std::move(req));
    engine.process_submissions(); // Submits IORING_OP_FSYNC into ring

    // 3. Poll completions
    bool done = false;
    while (!done) {
        engine.poll_completion();
        flux::IoCompletion comp{};
        while (engine.try_pop_completion(comp)) {
            if (comp.user_data == 303) {
                if (!comp.failed) {
                    std::cout << "[io_uring FSYNC] Successfully flushed " << filename << " to NVMe NAND storage!
";
                } else {
                    std::cerr << "[io_uring FSYNC] Fsync operation failed!
";
                }
                done = true;
                break;
            }
        }
    }

    return 0;
}

C. Read Operation (examples/io_uring_read.cpp)

Submits an asynchronous 4KB Direct I/O read and verifies the received payload.

#include "fluxio/flux_io.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

int main() {
    const char* filename = "io_uring_sample.dat";
    const uint32_t block_size = 4096;

    // 1. Initialize io_uring backend
    flux::io_uring_storage_engine<1, 32, 4096> engine;

    if (!engine.register_file(0, filename)) {
        std::cerr << "Failed to register file: " << filename << "
";
        return 1;
    }
    if (!engine.setup_io_uring()) {
        std::cerr << "Failed to setup io_uring ring
";
        return 1;
    }

    // 2. Prepare 4KB read destination buffer
    std::vector<char> read_buf(block_size, 0);

    // 3. Submit async Read request
    flux::IORequest req{};
    req.op_type     = flux::Type::Read;
    req.file_slot   = 0;
    req.length      = block_size;
    req.file_offset = 0;
    req.user_data   = 202;
    req.data_src    = read_buf.data();

    engine.push_request(std::move(req));
    engine.process_submissions();

    // 4. Poll completions
    bool done = false;
    while (!done) {
        engine.poll_completion();
        flux::IoCompletion comp{};
        while (engine.try_pop_completion(comp)) {
            if (comp.user_data == 202) {
                if (!comp.failed) {
                    std::cout << "[io_uring READ] Successfully read " << comp.result << " bytes from " << filename << "
";
                    std::cout << "[io_uring READ] First 5 characters read: '"
                              << read_buf[0] << read_buf[1] << read_buf[2] << read_buf[3] << read_buf[4] << "'
";
                } else {
                    std::cerr << "[io_uring READ] Read operation failed!
";
                }
                done = true;
                break;
            }
        }
    }

    return 0;
}

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2. Dedicated POSIX Direct I/O Examples (Separate Operations)

A. Write Operation (examples/posix_write.cpp)

Executes a synchronous 4KB Direct I/O write (pwrite) with memory-aligned buffer.

#include "fluxio/flux_io.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

int main() {
    const char* filename = "posix_sample.dat";
    const uint32_t block_size = 4096;

    // 1. Initialize POSIX storage engine
    flux::posix_storage_engine<1, 32, 4096> engine;

    if (!engine.register_file(0, filename)) {
        std::cerr << "Failed to register file: " << filename << "
";
        return 1;
    }

    // 2. Prepare 4KB buffer
    std::vector<char> buffer(block_size, 'P');
    buffer[0] = 'W';
    buffer[1] = 'O';
    buffer[2] = 'R';
    buffer[3] = 'L';
    buffer[4] = 'D';

    // 3. Submit Write request
    flux::IORequest req{};
    req.op_type     = flux::Type::Write;
    req.file_slot   = 0;
    req.length      = block_size;
    req.file_offset = 0;
    req.user_data   = 401;
    req.data_src    = buffer.data();

    engine.push_request(std::move(req));
    engine.process_submissions(); // Executes pwrite synchronously with aligned buffers

    // 4. Pop completion
    flux::IoCompletion comp{};
    while (engine.try_pop_completion(comp)) {
        if (comp.user_data == 401) {
            if (!comp.failed) {
                std::cout << "[POSIX WRITE] Successfully wrote " << comp.result << " bytes to " << filename << "
";
            } else {
                std::cerr << "[POSIX WRITE] Write operation failed!
";
            }
            break;
        }
    }

    return 0;
}

B. Fsync Operation (examples/posix_fsync.cpp)

Executes an explicit POSIX fdatasync to commit written blocks to disk.

#include "fluxio/flux_io.h"
#include <iostream>

int main() {
    const char* filename = "posix_sample.dat";

    // 1. Initialize POSIX storage engine
    flux::posix_storage_engine<1, 32, 4096> engine;

    if (!engine.register_file(0, filename)) {
        std::cerr << "Failed to register file: " << filename << "
";
        return 1;
    }

    // 2. Submit Fsync request
    flux::IORequest req{};
    req.op_type   = flux::Type::Fsync;
    req.file_slot = 0;
    req.user_data = 603;

    engine.push_request(std::move(req));
    engine.process_submissions(); // Executes fdatasync synchronously

    // 3. Pop completion
    flux::IoCompletion comp{};
    while (engine.try_pop_completion(comp)) {
        if (comp.user_data == 603) {
            if (!comp.failed) {
                std::cout << "[POSIX FSYNC] Successfully synced " << filename << " to NVMe NAND storage via fdatasync!
";
            } else {
                std::cerr << "[POSIX FSYNC] Fsync operation failed!
";
            }
            break;
        }
    }

    return 0;
}

C. Read Operation (examples/posix_read.cpp)

Executes a synchronous 4KB Direct I/O read (pread) and verifies data integrity.

#include "fluxio/flux_io.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

int main() {
    const char* filename = "posix_sample.dat";
    const uint32_t block_size = 4096;

    // 1. Initialize POSIX storage engine
    flux::posix_storage_engine<1, 32, 4096> engine;

    if (!engine.register_file(0, filename)) {
        std::cerr << "Failed to register file: " << filename << "
";
        return 1;
    }

    // 2. Prepare 4KB read destination buffer
    std::vector<char> read_buf(block_size, 0);

    // 3. Submit Read request
    flux::IORequest req{};
    req.op_type     = flux::Type::Read;
    req.file_slot   = 0;
    req.length      = block_size;
    req.file_offset = 0;
    req.user_data   = 502;
    req.data_src    = read_buf.data();

    engine.push_request(std::move(req));
    engine.process_submissions(); // Executes pread synchronously with aligned buffers

    // 4. Pop completion
    flux::IoCompletion comp{};
    while (engine.try_pop_completion(comp)) {
        if (comp.user_data == 502) {
            if (!comp.failed) {
                std::cout << "[POSIX READ] Successfully read " << comp.result << " bytes from " << filename << "
";
                std::cout << "[POSIX READ] First 5 characters read: '"
                          << read_buf[0] << read_buf[1] << read_buf[2] << read_buf[3] << read_buf[4] << "'
";
            } else {
                std::cerr << "[POSIX READ] Read operation failed!
";
            }
            break;
        }
    }

    return 0;
}

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3. 1GB End-to-End User Application Demo (user.cpp)

Pipelines 262,144 blocks (4KB each = 1GB) at Queue Depth 32, issues an explicit Fsync barrier, and reads back block 0 for byte verification.

#include "fluxio/flux_io.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <chrono>
#include <cstring>

int main() {
    std::cout << "====================================================
";
    std::cout << "         FLUXIO: 1GB FILE I/O DEMO (USER APP)       
";
    std::cout << "====================================================
";

    const char* filename = "user_demo_1gb.dat";
    const size_t total_size = 1024ULL * 1024 * 1024; // 1 GB
    const uint32_t block_size = 4096;                // 4 KB
    const uint64_t total_blocks = total_size / block_size;
    const uint32_t qd = 32;                          // Queue depth

    // 1. Initialize FluxIO storage engine (1 file, 128 in-flight pages, 4096 page size)
    flux::io_uring_storage_engine<1, 128, 4096> engine;

    // 2. Register file (creates or opens with O_DIRECT)
    if (!engine.register_file(0, filename)) {
        std::cerr << "Failed to register file: " << filename << "
";
        return 1;
    }

    if (!engine.setup_io_uring()) {
        std::cerr << "Failed to setup io_uring backend
";
        return 1;
    }

    std::cout << "[1] Successfully registered " << filename << " and initialized io_uring.
";

    // 3. Prepare 4KB write buffer filled with sample pattern 'F'
    std::vector<char> write_buf(block_size, 'F');
    write_buf[0] = 'S'; // Start marker
    write_buf[block_size - 1] = 'E'; // End marker

    // 4. Write 1GB pipelined at Queue Depth 32
    std::cout << "[2] Writing 1 GB (" << total_blocks << " blocks of 4KB) with QD=" << qd << "...
";
    auto start_write = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();

    uint64_t submitted = 0;
    uint64_t completed = 0;

    while (completed < total_blocks) {
        while (submitted < total_blocks && (submitted - completed) < qd) {
            flux::IORequest req{};
            req.op_type = flux::Type::Write;
            req.file_slot = 0;
            req.length = block_size;
            req.file_offset = submitted * block_size;
            req.user_data = submitted;
            req.data_src = write_buf.data();

            engine.push_request(std::move(req));
            ++submitted;
        }

        engine.process_submissions();
        engine.poll_completion();

        flux::IoCompletion comp{};
        while (engine.try_pop_completion(comp)) {
            if (comp.failed) {
                std::cerr << "Write failed at block " << comp.user_data << "
";
            }
            ++completed;
        }
    }

    auto end_write = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
    double write_sec = std::chrono::duration<double>(end_write - start_write).count();
    double write_mb_s = (total_size / (1024.0 * 1024.0)) / write_sec;
    std::cout << "    Done! Wrote 1 GB in " << write_sec << " s (" << write_mb_s << " MiB/s, "
              << (total_blocks / write_sec) << " IOPS)
";

    // 5. Issue FSYNC to guarantee physical persistence on NVMe
    std::cout << "[3] Issuing FSYNC (fdatasync) to flush SSD buffers...
";
    auto start_sync = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();

    flux::IORequest sync_req{};
    sync_req.op_type = flux::Type::Fsync;
    sync_req.file_slot = 0;
    sync_req.user_data = 9999;
    engine.push_request(std::move(sync_req));
    engine.process_submissions();

    bool synced = false;
    while (!synced) {
        engine.poll_completion();
        flux::IoCompletion comp{};
        while (engine.try_pop_completion(comp)) {
            if (comp.op_type == flux::Type::Fsync) {
                synced = true;
                break;
            }
        }
    }
    auto end_sync = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
    double sync_ms = std::chrono::duration<double, std::milli>(end_sync - start_sync).count();
    std::cout << "    FSYNC completed in " << sync_ms << " ms.
";

    // 6. Read back block #0 and verify content
    std::cout << "[4] Reading back block #0 to verify data...
";
    std::vector<char> read_buf(block_size, 0);

    flux::IORequest read_req{};
    read_req.op_type = flux::Type::Read;
    read_req.file_slot = 0;
    read_req.length = block_size;
    read_req.file_offset = 0;
    read_req.user_data = 101;
    read_req.data_src = read_buf.data(); // destination buffer
    engine.push_request(std::move(read_req));
    engine.process_submissions();

    bool read_done = false;
    while (!read_done) {
        engine.poll_completion();
        flux::IoCompletion comp{};
        while (engine.try_pop_completion(comp)) {
            if (comp.op_type == flux::Type::Read) {
                read_done = true;
                break;
            }
        }
    }

    if (read_buf[0] == 'S' && read_buf[block_size - 1] == 'E') {
        std::cout << "    SUCCESS: Read verification matched original written bytes ('S'...'E')!
";
    } else {
        std::cerr << "    ERROR: Data verification failed!
";
    }

    std::cout << "====================================================
";
    std::cout << "Demo complete. Cleaning up test file.
";
    unlink(filename);
    return 0;
}

---

4. Master Engine Header (include/fluxio/flux_io.h)

#pragma once

#ifndef FLUX_HAS_IO_URING
  #if __has_include(<liburing.h>)
    #define FLUX_HAS_IO_URING 1
  #else
    #define FLUX_HAS_IO_URING 0
  #endif
#endif

#include "util/fluxio_macros.h"
#include "util/rdtsc.h"
#include "util/cpu_affinity.h"
#include "ring/ring_buffer.h"
#include "ring/sq_ring.h"
#include "ring/cq_ring.h"
#include "memory/slab_allocator.h"
#include "backend/file_state.h"
#include "backend/fileBlockManager.h"
#include "backend/posix_backend.h"
#include "concepts/backend_concept.h"

#if FLUX_HAS_IO_URING
  #include "backend/io_uring_backend.h"
#endif

namespace flux {

#if FLUX_HAS_IO_URING
template <std::size_t num_files = FILE_QUEUE_SIZE_ENTRY,
          std::size_t pages_per_file = PAGES_PER_FILE,
          std::size_t page_size_bytes = PAGE_SIZE_BYTES,
          bool allow_block_allocation = true,
          std::uint64_t chunk_size = 10 * 1024 * 1024>
using flux_storage_engine = io_uring_storage_engine<num_files, pages_per_file, page_size_bytes, allow_block_allocation, chunk_size>;
#else
template <std::size_t num_files = FILE_QUEUE_SIZE_ENTRY,
          std::size_t pages_per_file = PAGES_PER_FILE,
          std::size_t page_size_bytes = PAGE_SIZE_BYTES,
          bool allow_block_allocation = true,
          std::uint64_t chunk_size = 10 * 1024 * 1024>
using flux_storage_engine = posix_storage_engine<num_files, pages_per_file, page_size_bytes, allow_block_allocation, chunk_size>;
#endif

using DefaultStorageEngine = flux_storage_engine<>;

} // namespace flux

Directory Structure

FluxIO/
├── CMakeLists.txt                  # Modern CMake build system
├── README.md                       # Complete documentation
├── index.html                      # Interactive web showcase & simulator
├── user.cpp                        # 1GB End-to-end user application demo
├── examples/
│   ├── io_uring_example.cpp        # Standalone io_uring read/write/fsync demo
│   └── posix_example.cpp           # Standalone POSIX read/write/fsync demo
├── benchmark/
│   └── bench_fluxio.cpp            # Matrix benchmark (QD1 to QD128)
└── include/
    ├── flux.h                      # Top-level backward compatibility header
    └── fluxio/
        ├── flux_io.h               # Master library header
        ├── backend/
        │   ├── file_state.h        # 128-bit O(1) page slot allocator
        │   ├── fileBlockManager.h  # Dynamic chunk preallocation manager
        │   ├── io_uring_backend.h  # io_uring engine implementation
        │   └── posix_backend.h     # POSIX fallback engine implementation
        ├── concepts/
        │   └── backend_concept.h   # C++20 StorageBackend concept
        ├── memory/
        │   ├── arena.h             # Bump-pointer arena allocator
        │   ├── buffer_pool.h       # Buffer pool interface
        │   └── slab_allocator.h    # Lock-free slab allocator
        ├── ring/
        │   ├── ring_buffer.h       # SPSC lock-free ring buffer
        │   ├── sq_ring.h           # IORequest definition
        │   └── cq_ring.h           # IoCompletion definition
        └── util/
            ├── fluxio_macros.h            # Compiler optimization primitives & asserts
            ├── cpu_affinity.h      # Core pinning utilities
            ├── prefetch.h          # CPU cache prefetching helpers
            └── rdtsc.h             # Hardware cycle timing

---

Building and Running

Build All Targets with CMake

cd FluxIO
cmake -B build -S .
cmake --build build

The resulting binaries in FluxIO/build/:

• build/bench_fluxio: The dual-mode matrix benchmark suite
• build/user_demo: 1GB write, fsync, and read verification demo
• build/io_uring_example: Standalone io_uring example
• build/posix_example: Standalone POSIX Direct I/O example

Execute Examples

# Run 1GB end-to-end demo
./build/user_demo

# Run the io_uring example
./build/io_uring_example

# Run the POSIX example
./build/posix_example

# Run the full QD1 to QD128 benchmark
sudo ./build/bench_fluxio

---

License

MIT License. Designed and engineered for ultra-high throughput and deterministic low-latency systems.

FluxIO