Compile error with FIO_USE_TIMEOUT defined

[fio.git] / HOWTO

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@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ filename=str        Fio normally makes up a filename based on the job name,
 opendir=str    Tell fio to recursively add any file it can find in this
                directory and down the file system tree.
 
+readwrite=str
 rw=str         Type of io pattern. Accepted values are:
 
                        read            Sequential reads
@@ -244,6 +245,7 @@ filesize=siint      Individual file sizes. May be a range, in which case fio
                and limited to 'size' in total (if that is given). If not
                given, each created file is the same size.
 
+blocksize=siint
 bs=siint       The block size used for the io units. Defaults to 4k. Values
                can be given for both read and writes. If a single siint is
                given, it will apply to both. If a second siint is specified
@@ -254,6 +256,7 @@ bs=siint    The block size used for the io units. Defaults to 4k. Values
                can do so by passing an empty read size - bs=,8k will set
                8k for writes and leave the read default value.
 
+blocksize_range=irange
 bsrange=irange Instead of giving a single block size, specify a range
                and fio will mix the issued io block sizes. The issued
                io unit will always be a multiple of the minimum value
@@ -261,6 +264,7 @@ bsrange=irange      Instead of giving a single block size, specify a range
                writes, however a second range can be given after a comma.
                See bs=.
 
+blocksize_unaligned
 bs_unaligned   If this option is given, any byte size value within bsrange
                may be used as a block range. This typically wont work with
                direct IO, as that normally requires sector alignment.
@@ -418,7 +422,16 @@ thinktime_blocks
 rate=int       Cap the bandwidth used by this job to this number of KiB/sec.
 
 ratemin=int    Tell fio to do whatever it can to maintain at least this
-               bandwidth.
+               bandwidth. Failing to meet this requirement, will cause
+               the job to exit.
+
+rate_iops=int  Cap the bandwidth to this number of IOPS. Basically the same
+               as rate, just specified independently of bandwidth. If the
+               job is given a block size range instead of a fixed value,
+               the smallest block size is used as the metric.
+
+rate_iops_min=int If fio doesn't meet this rate of IO, it will cause
+               the job to exit.
 
 ratecycle=int  Average bandwidth for 'rate' and 'ratemin' over this number
                of milliseconds.
@@ -443,6 +456,7 @@ invalidate=bool     Invalidate the buffer/page cache parts for this file prior
 sync=bool      Use sync io for buffered writes. For the majority of the
                io engines, this means using O_SYNC.
 
+iomem=str
 mem=str                Fio can use various types of memory as the io unit buffer.
                The allowed values are: