[jelder]

I just today realized io_uring is meant to be read as "I.O.U. Ring" which perfectly describes how it works.

[koakuma-chan]

If it was meant to be read that way, it should have been named iou_ring.

[cpburns2009]

Are you sure it's not I.O. µ (micro) ring?

[vulcan01]

The u is for userspace.

[checker659]

I/O Userspace Ring (ring buffers)