filesetup: fix a bug where we overwrite the set size

[fio.git] / HOWTO

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@@ -823,7 +823,9 @@ number_ios=int      Fio will normally perform IOs until it has exhausted the size
                time (or hits an error condition). With this setting, the
                range/size can be set independently of the number of IOs to
                perform. When fio reaches this number, it will exit normally
-               and report status.
+               and report status. Note that this does not extend the amount
+               of IO that will be done, it will only stop fio if this
+               condition is met before other end-of-job criteria.
 
 fsync=int      If writing to a file, issue a sync of the dirty data
                for every number of blocks given. For example, if you give