fio: fix s390 time accounting

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 2dee56b524728d4bbf6a1b43773ae5989002f104..91f96e028e553a67753ec8aa9672bbd8a066b53e 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -386,6 +386,12 @@ for files at random within the given range, limited to \fBsize\fR in total (if
 that is given). If \fBfilesize\fR is not specified, each created file is the
 same size.
 .TP
 that is given). If \fBfilesize\fR is not specified, each created file is the
 same size.
 .TP

+.BI file_append \fR=\fPbool
+Perform IO after the end of the file. Normally fio will operate within the
+size of a file. If this option is set, then fio will append to the file
+instead. This has identical behavior to setting \fRoffset\fP to the size
+of a file. This option is ignored on non-regular files.
+.TP

 .BI blocksize \fR=\fPint[,int] "\fR,\fB bs" \fR=\fPint[,int]
 Block size for I/O units.  Default: 4k.  Values for reads, writes, and trims
 can be specified separately in the format \fIread\fR,\fIwrite\fR,\fItrim\fR
 .BI blocksize \fR=\fPint[,int] "\fR,\fB bs" \fR=\fPint[,int]
 Block size for I/O units.  Default: 4k.  Values for reads, writes, and trims
 can be specified separately in the format \fIread\fR,\fIwrite\fR,\fItrim\fR


@@ -430,6 +436,8 @@ blocksize setting.
 .TP
 .B zero_buffers
 Initialise buffers with all zeros. Default: fill buffers with random data.
 .TP
 .B zero_buffers
 Initialise buffers with all zeros. Default: fill buffers with random data.

+The resulting IO buffers will not be completely zeroed, unless
+\fPscramble_buffers\fR is also turned off.

 .TP
 .B refill_buffers
 If this option is given, fio will refill the IO buffers on every submit. The
 .TP
 .B refill_buffers
 If this option is given, fio will refill the IO buffers on every submit. The