Make sure that alias names are also valid on the command line

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 60f787a140940f9ad5888c84fd96cf8e60f456ff..12146c873101726d42055d11a54bb53375161752 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -380,6 +380,27 @@ How many I/Os to perform before issuing an \fBfsync\fR\|(2) of dirty data.  If
 Like \fBfsync\fR, but uses \fBfdatasync\fR\|(2) instead to only sync the
 data parts of the file. Default: 0.
 .TP
+.BI sync_file_range \fR=\fPstr:int
+Use sync_file_range() for every \fRval\fP number of write operations. Fio will
+track range of writes that have happened since the last sync_file_range() call.
+\fRstr\fP can currently be one or more of:
+.RS
+.TP
+.B wait_before
+SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE
+.TP
+.B write
+SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE
+.TP
+.B wait_after
+SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE
+.TP
+.RE
+.P
+So if you do sync_file_range=wait_before,write:8, fio would use
+\fBSYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE | SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE\fP for every 8 writes.
+Also see the sync_file_range(2) man page.  This option is Linux specific.
+.TP
 .BI overwrite \fR=\fPbool
 If writing, setup the file first and do overwrites.  Default: false.
 .TP
@@ -741,6 +762,12 @@ your system doesn't have it mounted, you can do so with:
 Set the weight of the cgroup to this value. See the documentation that comes
 with the kernel, allowed values are in the range of 100..1000.
 .TP
+.BI cgroup_nodelete \fR=\fPbool
+Normally fio will delete the cgroups it has created after the job completion.
+To override this behavior and to leave cgroups around after the job completion,
+set cgroup_nodelete=1. This can be useful if one wants to inspect various
+cgroup files after job completion. Default: false
+.TP
 .BI uid \fR=\fPint
 Instead of running as the invoking user, set the user ID to this value before
 the thread/process does any work.