X-Git-Url: https://git.kernel.dk/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=filesetup.c;h=612e79474dc4b43c0707d6a43dccf3d98a2f9e8f;hb=c78997bf625ffcca49c18e11ab0f5448b26d7452;hp=bd971e8e1f032731ed3f72582c07beb486f34261;hpb=736f1188e50f74e7755706cfe40ddcf3e7420ed2;p=fio.git

diff --git a/filesetup.c b/filesetup.c
index bd971e8e..612e7947 100644
--- a/filesetup.c
+++ b/filesetup.c
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ static int pre_read_file(struct thread_data *td, struct fio_file *f)
 	    td_ioengine_flagged(td, FIO_NOIO))
 		return 0;
 
+	if (f->filetype == FIO_TYPE_CHAR)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (!fio_file_open(f)) {
 		if (td->io_ops->open_file(td, f)) {
 			log_err("fio: cannot pre-read, failed to open file\n");
@@ -1119,10 +1122,11 @@ int pre_read_files(struct thread_data *td)
 	dprint(FD_FILE, "pre_read files\n");
 
 	for_each_file(td, f, i) {
-		pre_read_file(td, f);
+		if (pre_read_file(td, f))
+			return -1;
 	}
 
-	return 1;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int __init_rand_distribution(struct thread_data *td, struct fio_file *f)