log: disable log, if realloc fails

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index b54eeadb045016c0c970a4d11deb93faaf030e79..07e4a62253aee711c8a255d521aa020ef75d7143 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ are likely to be issued. Default: true.
 .TP
 .BI size \fR=\fPint
 Total size of I/O for this job.  \fBfio\fR will run until this many bytes have
-been transfered, unless limited by other options (\fBruntime\fR, for instance).
+been transferred, unless limited by other options (\fBruntime\fR, for instance).
 Unless \fBnrfiles\fR and \fBfilesize\fR options are given, this amount will be
 divided between the available files for the job. If not set, fio will use the
 full size of the given files or devices. If the the files do not exist, size
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ comma isn't given, the remainder will inherit the last value set.
 Specify a range of I/O block sizes.  The issued I/O unit will always be a
 multiple of the minimum size, unless \fBblocksize_unaligned\fR is set.  Applies
 to both reads and writes if only one range is given, but can be specified
-separately with a comma seperating the values. Example: bsrange=1k-4k,2k-8k.
+separately with a comma separating the values. Example: bsrange=1k-4k,2k-8k.
 Also (see \fBblocksize\fR).
 .TP
 .BI bssplit \fR=\fPstr
@@ -576,6 +576,13 @@ that starts at 0 and is incremented for each job. This option is useful if
 there are several jobs which are intended to operate on a file in parallel in
 disjoint segments, with even spacing between the starting points.
 .TP
+.BI number_ios \fR=\fPint
+Fio will normally perform IOs until it has exhausted the size of the region
+set by \fBsize\fR, or if it exhaust the allocated 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.
+.TP
 .BI fsync \fR=\fPint
 How many I/Os to perform before issuing an \fBfsync\fR\|(2) of dirty data.  If
 0, don't sync.  Default: 0.
@@ -731,12 +738,12 @@ as \fBrate\fR is used for read vs write separation.
 .BI rate_iops \fR=\fPint
 Cap the bandwidth to this number of IOPS. Basically the same as rate, just
 specified independently of bandwidth. The same format as \fBrate\fR is used for
-read vs write seperation. If \fBblocksize\fR is a range, the smallest block
+read vs write separation. If \fBblocksize\fR is a range, the smallest block
 size is used as the metric.
 .TP
 .BI rate_iops_min \fR=\fPint
 If this rate of I/O is not met, the job will exit. The same format as \fBrate\fR
-is used for read vs write seperation.
+is used for read vs write separation.
 .TP
 .BI ratecycle \fR=\fPint
 Average bandwidth for \fBrate\fR and \fBratemin\fR over this number of