randrepeat=bool For random IO workloads, seed the generator in a predictable
way so that results are repeatable across repetitions.
+fallocate=bool By default, fio will use fallocate() to advise the system
+ of the size of the file we are going to write. This can be
+ turned off with fallocate=0. May not be available on all
+ supported platforms.
+
fadvise_hint=bool By default, fio will use fadvise() to advise the kernel
on what IO patterns it is likely to issue. Sometimes you
want to test specific IO patterns without telling the
not sync the file. The exception is the sg io engine, which
synchronizes the disk cache anyway.
-fsyncdata=int Like fsync= but uses fdatasync() to only sync data and not
+fdatasync=int Like fsync= but uses fdatasync() to only sync data and not
metadata blocks.
+ In FreeBSD there is no fdatasync(), this falls back to
+ using fsync()
+
+sync_file_range=str:val Use sync_file_range() for every 'val' number of
+ write operations. Fio will track range of writes that
+ have happened since the last sync_file_range() call. 'str'
+ can currently be one or more of:
+
+ wait_before SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE
+ write SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE
+ wait_after SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER
+
+ So if you do sync_file_range=wait_before,write:8, fio would
+ use SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE | SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE for
+ every 8 writes. Also see the sync_file_range(2) man page.
+ This option is Linux specific.
overwrite=bool If true, writes to a file will always overwrite existing
data. If the file doesn't already exist, it will be