X-Git-Url: https://git.kernel.dk/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=HOWTO;h=889526d921393c5a9cc94e099f41283316e4f9ec;hb=3277b7e48e9d3600d4a33a652e8c2a20e59f2f37;hp=041b91fa828a239612ca840c560932cfbc58625c;hpb=eb902db1f50e66d504040702913c8112d1016bf2;p=fio.git diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO index 041b91fa..889526d9 100644 --- a/HOWTO +++ b/HOWTO @@ -1146,11 +1146,31 @@ I/O type behaves in a similar fashion, except it sends the same offset 8 number of times before generating a new offset. -.. option:: unified_rw_reporting=bool +.. option:: unified_rw_reporting=str Fio normally reports statistics on a per data direction basis, meaning that - reads, writes, and trims are accounted and reported separately. If this - option is set fio sums the results and report them as "mixed" instead. + reads, writes, and trims are accounted and reported separately. This option + determines whether fio reports the results normally, summed together, or as + both options. + Accepted values are: + + **none** + Normal statistics reporting. + + **mixed** + Statistics are summed per data direction and reported together. + + **both** + Statistics are reported normally, followed by the mixed statistics. + + **0** + Backward-compatible alias for **none**. + + **1** + Backward-compatible alias for **mixed**. + + **2** + Alias for **both**. .. option:: randrepeat=bool @@ -2035,6 +2055,11 @@ I/O engine and 'nrfiles', so that files will be created. This engine is to measure file lookup and meta data access. + **filedelete** + Simply delete the files by unlink() and do no I/O to them. You need to set 'filesize' + and 'nrfiles', so that the files will be created. + This engine is to measure file delete. + **libpmem** Read and write using mmap I/O to a file on a filesystem mounted with DAX on a persistent memory device through the PMDK @@ -2192,7 +2217,7 @@ with the caveat that when used on the command line, they must come after the this will be the starting port number since fio will use a range of ports. - [rdma] + [rdma], [librpma_*] The port to use for RDMA-CM communication. This should be the same value on the client and the server side. @@ -2203,6 +2228,20 @@ with the caveat that when used on the command line, they must come after the is a TCP listener or UDP reader, the hostname is not used and must be omitted unless it is a valid UDP multicast address. +.. option:: serverip=str : [librpma_*] + + The IP address to be used for RDMA-CM based I/O. + +.. option:: direct_write_to_pmem=bool : [librpma_*] + + Set to 1 only when Direct Write to PMem from the remote host is possible. + Otherwise, set to 0. + +.. option:: busy_wait_polling=bool : [librpma_*_server] + + Set to 0 to wait for completion instead of busy-wait polling completion. + Default: 1. + .. option:: interface=str : [netsplice] [net] The IP address of the network interface used to send or receive UDP @@ -2299,6 +2338,12 @@ with the caveat that when used on the command line, they must come after the Poll store instead of waiting for completion. Usually this provides better throughput at cost of higher(up to 100%) CPU utilization. +.. option:: touch_objects=bool : [rados] + + During initialization, touch (create if do not exist) all objects (files). + Touching all objects affects ceph caches and likely impacts test results. + Enabled by default. + .. option:: skip_bad=bool : [mtd] Skip operations against known bad blocks.