Fio will divide this size between the available files determined by options
such as :option:`nrfiles`, :option:`filename`, unless :option:`filesize` is
specified by the job. If the result of division happens to be 0, the size is
- set to the physical size of the given files or devices.
+ set to the physical size of the given files or devices if they exist.
If this option is not specified, fio will use the full size of the given
files or devices. If the files do not exist, size must be given. It is also
possible to give size as a percentage between 1 and 100. If ``size=20%`` is
if (!o->file_size_low) {
/*
* no file size or range given, file size is equal to
- * total size divided by number of files. If that is
- * zero, set it to the real file size. If the size
+ * total size divided by number of files. If the size
* doesn't divide nicely with the min blocksize,
* make the first files bigger.
*/
f->io_size += bs;
}
- if (!f->io_size)
+ /*
+ * We normally don't come here, but if the result is 0,
+ * set it to the real file size. This could be size of
+ * the existing one if it already exists, but otherwise
+ * will be set to 0. A new file won't be created because
+ * ->io_size + ->file_offset equals ->real_file_size.
+ */
+ if (!f->io_size) {
+ if (f->file_offset > f->real_file_size)
+ goto err_offset;
f->io_size = f->real_file_size - f->file_offset;
+ log_info("fio: forcing file %s size to %llu\n",
+ f->file_name,
+ (unsigned long long)f->io_size);
+ if (!f->io_size)
+ log_info("fio: file %s may be ignored\n",
+ f->file_name);
+ }
} else if (f->real_file_size < o->file_size_low ||
f->real_file_size > o->file_size_high) {
if (f->file_offset > o->file_size_low)