aio: Add io_method=io_uring

Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>

Commit: c325a7633fcb33dbd73f46ddbbe91e95ddf3b227
Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Date: 2025-03-26T23:49:13Z
Releases: 18.0
aio: Add io_method=io_uring

Performing AIO using io_uring can be considerably faster than
io_method=worker, particularly when lots of small IOs are issued, as
a) the context-switch overhead for worker based AIO becomes more significant
b) the number of IO workers can become limiting

io_uring, however, is linux specific and requires an additional compile-time
dependency (liburing).

This implementation is fairly simple and there are substantial optimization
opportunities.

The description of the existing AIO_IO_COMPLETION wait event is updated to
make the difference between it and the new AIO_IO_URING_EXECUTION clearer.

Reviewed-by: Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jakub Wartak <jakub.wartak@enterprisedb.com>
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