Add option to ignore thinktime for rated IO

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@@ -2208,6 +2208,13 @@ I/O rate
        (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_point_process). The lambda will be
        10^6 / IOPS for the given workload.
 
+.. option:: rate_ignore_thinktime=bool
+
+       By default, fio will attempt to catch up to the specified rate setting,
+       if any kind of thinktime setting was used. If this option is set, then
+       fio will ignore the thinktime and continue doing IO at the specified
+       rate, instead of entering a catch-up mode after thinktime is done.
+
 
 I/O latency
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