Fio 1.37

[fio.git] / HOWTO

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@@ -324,6 +324,11 @@ kb_base=int        The base unit for a kilobyte. The defacto base is 2^10, 1024.
 randrepeat=bool        For random IO workloads, seed the generator in a predictable
                way so that results are repeatable across repetitions.
 
+fallocate=bool By default, fio will use fallocate() to advise the system
+               of the size of the file we are going to write. This can be
+               turned off with fallocate=0. May not be available on all
+               supported platforms.
+
 fadvise_hint=bool By default, fio will use fadvise() to advise the kernel
                on what IO patterns it is likely to issue. Sometimes you
                want to test specific IO patterns without telling the
@@ -563,6 +568,8 @@ fsync=int   If writing to a file, issue a sync of the dirty data
 
 fsyncdata=int  Like fsync= but uses fdatasync() to only sync data and not
                metadata blocks.
+               In FreeBSD there is no fdatasync(), this falls back to
+               using fsync()
 
 overwrite=bool If true, writes to a file will always overwrite existing
                data. If the file doesn't already exist, it will be