.PD
.RE
.P
+`z' suffix specifies that the value is measured in zones.
+Value is recalculated once block device's zone size becomes known.
+.P
If the option accepts an upper and lower range, use a colon ':' or
minus '\-' to separate such values. See \fIirange\fR parameter type.
If the lower value specified happens to be larger than the upper value
.B $jobname
The name of the worker thread or process.
.TP
+.B $clientuid
+IP of the fio process when using client/server mode.
+.TP
.B $jobnum
The incremental number of the worker thread or process.
.TP
block device, the zone capacity is obtained from the device information and this
option is ignored.
.TP
-.BI zoneskip \fR=\fPint
+.BI zoneskip \fR=\fPint[z]
For \fBzonemode\fR=strided, the number of bytes to skip after \fBzonesize\fR
bytes of data have been transferred.
should be associated with them.
.RE
.TP
-.BI offset \fR=\fPint
+.BI offset \fR=\fPint[%|z]
Start I/O at the provided offset in the file, given as either a fixed size in
bytes or a percentage. If a percentage is given, the generated offset will be
aligned to the minimum \fBblocksize\fR or to the value of \fBoffset_align\fR if
is aligned upwards to this value. Defaults to 0 meaning that a percentage
offset is aligned to the minimum block size.
.TP
-.BI offset_increment \fR=\fPint
+.BI offset_increment \fR=\fPint[%|z]
If this is provided, then the real offset becomes `\fBoffset\fR + \fBoffset_increment\fR
* thread_number', where the thread number is a counter that starts at 0 and
is incremented for each sub-job (i.e. when \fBnumjobs\fR option is
limit reads or writes to a certain rate. If that is the case, then the
distribution may be skewed. Default: 50.
.TP
-.BI random_distribution \fR=\fPstr:float[,str:float][,str:float]
+.BI random_distribution \fR=\fPstr:float[:float][,str:float][,str:float]
By default, fio will use a completely uniform random distribution when asked
to perform random I/O. Sometimes it is useful to skew the distribution in
specific ways, ensuring that some parts of the data is more hot than others.
map. For the \fBnormal\fR distribution, a normal (Gaussian) deviation is
supplied as a value between 0 and 100.
.P
+The second, optional float is allowed for \fBpareto\fR, \fBzipf\fR and \fBnormal\fR
+distributions. It allows to set base of distribution in non-default place, giving
+more control over most probable outcome. This value is in range [0-1] which maps linearly to
+range of possible random values.
+Defaults are: random for \fBpareto\fR and \fBzipf\fR, and 0.5 for \fBnormal\fR.
+If you wanted to use \fBzipf\fR with a `theta` of 1.2 centered on 1/4 of allowed value range,
+you would use `random_distibution=zipf:1.2:0.25`.
+.P
For a \fBzoned\fR distribution, fio supports specifying percentages of I/O
access that should fall within what range of the file or device. For
example, given a criteria of:
simulate a smaller amount of memory. The amount specified is per worker.
.SS "I/O size"
.TP
-.BI size \fR=\fPint
+.BI size \fR=\fPint[%|z]
The total size of file I/O for each thread of this job. Fio will run until
this many bytes has been transferred, unless runtime is limited by other options
(such as \fBruntime\fR, for instance, or increased/decreased by \fBio_size\fR).
Can be combined with \fBoffset\fR to constrain the start and end range
that I/O will be done within.
.TP
-.BI io_size \fR=\fPint "\fR,\fB io_limit" \fR=\fPint
+.BI io_size \fR=\fPint[%|z] "\fR,\fB io_limit" \fR=\fPint[%|z]
Normally fio operates within the region set by \fBsize\fR, which means
that the \fBsize\fR option sets both the region and size of I/O to be
performed. Sometimes that is not what you want. With this option, it is
Specify stat system call type to measure lookup/getattr performance.
Default is \fBstat\fR for \fBstat\fR\|(2).
.TP
+.BI (sg)hipri
+If this option is set, fio will attempt to use polled IO completions. This
+will have a similar effect as (io_uring)hipri. Only SCSI READ and WRITE
+commands will have the SGV4_FLAG_HIPRI set (not UNMAP (trim) nor VERIFY).
+Older versions of the Linux sg driver that do not support hipri will simply
+ignore this flag and do normal IO. The Linux SCSI Low Level Driver (LLD)
+that "owns" the device also needs to support hipri (also known as iopoll
+and mq_poll). The MegaRAID driver is an example of a SCSI LLD.
+Default: clear (0) which does normal (interrupted based) IO.
+.TP
.BI (sg)readfua \fR=\fPbool
With readfua option set to 1, read operations include the force
unit access (fua) flag. Default: 0.
before we have to complete it and do our \fBthinktime\fR. In other words, this
setting effectively caps the queue depth if the latter is larger.
.TP
+.BI thinktime_blocks_type \fR=\fPstr
+Only valid if \fBthinktime\fR is set - control how \fBthinktime_blocks\fR triggers.
+The default is `complete', which triggers \fBthinktime\fR when fio completes
+\fBthinktime_blocks\fR blocks. If this is set to `issue', then the trigger happens
+at the issue side.
+.TP
.BI rate \fR=\fPint[,int][,int]
Cap the bandwidth used by this job. The number is in bytes/sec, the normal
suffix rules apply. Comma-separated values may be specified for reads,
queue depth that meets \fBlatency_target\fR and exit. If true, fio will continue
running and try to meet \fBlatency_target\fR by adjusting queue depth.
.TP
-.BI max_latency \fR=\fPtime
+.BI max_latency \fR=\fPtime[,time][,time]
If set, fio will exit the job with an ETIMEDOUT error if it exceeds this
maximum latency. When the unit is omitted, the value is interpreted in
-microseconds.
+microseconds. Comma-separated values may be specified for reads, writes,
+and trims as described in \fBblocksize\fR.
.TP
.BI rate_cycle \fR=\fPint
Average bandwidth for \fBrate\fR and \fBrate_min\fR over this number
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