Merge branch 'master' into gfio

[fio.git] / HOWTO

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@@ -1062,12 +1062,13 @@ numjobs=int     Create the specified number of clones of this job. May be
                conjunction with new_group.
 
 group_reporting        It may sometimes be interesting to display statistics for
-               groups of jobs as a whole instead of for each individual job. This is
-               especially true if 'numjobs' is used; looking at individual
-               thread/process output quickly becomes unwieldy. To see the final report
-               per-group instead of per-job, use 'group_reporting'. Jobs in a file
-               will be part of the same reporting group, unless if separated by a
-               stonewall, or by using 'new_group'.
+               groups of jobs as a whole instead of for each individual job.
+               This is especially true if 'numjobs' is used; looking at
+               individual thread/process output quickly becomes unwieldy.
+               To see the final report per-group instead of per-job, use
+               'group_reporting'. Jobs in a file will be part of the same
+               reporting group, unless if separated by a stonewall, or by
+               using 'new_group'.
 
 thread         fio defaults to forking jobs, however if this option is
                given, fio will use pthread_create(3) to create threads
@@ -1164,12 +1165,6 @@ exec_postrun=str After the job completes, issue the command specified
 ioscheduler=str        Attempt to switch the device hosting the file to the specified
                io scheduler before running.
 
-cpuload=int    If the job is a CPU cycle eater, attempt to use the specified
-               percentage of CPU cycles.
-
-cpuchunks=int  If the job is a CPU cycle eater, split the load into
-               cycles of the given time. In microseconds.
-
 disk_util=bool Generate disk utilization statistics, if the platform
                supports it. Defaults to on.
 
@@ -1313,6 +1308,11 @@ that defines them is selected.
                enabled when polling for a minimum of 0 events (eg when
                iodepth_batch_complete=0).
 
+[cpu] cpuload=int Attempt to use the specified percentage of CPU cycles.
+
+[cpu] cpuchunks=int Split the load into cycles of the given time. In
+               microseconds.
+
 [netsplice] hostname=str
 [net] hostname=str The host name or IP address to use for TCP or UDP based IO.
                If the job is a TCP listener or UDP reader, the hostname is not