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[fio.git] / HOWTO

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@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Table of contents
 6. Normal output
 7. Terse output
 8. Trace file format
+9. CPU idleness profiling
 
 1.0 Overview and history
 ------------------------
@@ -301,11 +302,6 @@ lockfile=str       Fio defaults to not locking any files before it does
                                        same time, but writes get exclusive
                                        access.
 
-               The option may be post-fixed with a lock batch number. If
-               set, then each thread/process may do that amount of IOs to
-               the file before giving up the lock. Since lock acquisition is
-               expensive, batching the lock/unlocks will speed up IO.
-
 readwrite=str
 rw=str         Type of io pattern. Accepted values are:
 
@@ -775,7 +771,7 @@ random_generator=str        Fio supports the following engines for generating
                block sizes, not with workloads that use multiple block
                sizes. If used with such a workload, fio may read or write
                some blocks multiple times.
-               
+
 nice=int       Run the job with the given nice value. See man nice(2).
 
 prio=int       Set the io priority value of this job. Linux limits us to