Merge branch 'master' into gfio

[fio.git] / HOWTO

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+++ b/HOWTO
@@ -302,11 +302,6 @@ lockfile=str       Fio defaults to not locking any files before it does
                                        same time, but writes get exclusive
                                        access.
 
-               The option may be post-fixed with a lock batch number. If
-               set, then each thread/process may do that amount of IOs to
-               the file before giving up the lock. Since lock acquisition is
-               expensive, batching the lock/unlocks will speed up IO.
-
 readwrite=str
 rw=str         Type of io pattern. Accepted values are: