input/uring: new input plugin using io_uring
This is the final piece of the series to establish io_uring support on
Linux.
MPD doesn't need io_uring for its efficient bulk I/O support, but to
allow file I/O to be cancelled. This is a big problem on CIFS/NFS
mounts where processes sleep uninterruptable if the file server
disappears, deadlocking MPD.
With io_uring, a flaky NFS connection allows MPD to continue to work
(even though there are still deadlocks inside MPD which need to be
addressed).
This plugin does not yet use cancellable `open()` using
`IORING_OP_OPENAT`. This will be implemented later.
Lots of other optimization opportunities for io_uring are still
missing as well - for example the database update could benefit a lot,
but unfortunately, io_uring doesn't have `readdir()` support just yet.
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