parse: remove dead code

[fio.git] / HOWTO

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@@ -1295,7 +1295,7 @@ iopsavgtime=int   Average the calculated IOPS over the given time. Value
                through 'write_iops_log', then the minimum of this option and
                'log_avg_msec' will be used.  Default: 500ms.
 
-create_serialize=bool  If true, serialize the file creating for the jobs.
+create_serialize=bool  If true, serialize the file creation for the jobs.
                        This may be handy to avoid interleaving of data
                        files, which may greatly depend on the filesystem
                        used and even the number of processors in the system.
@@ -1334,6 +1334,8 @@ unlink=bool       Unlink the job files when done. Not the default, as repeated
                runs of that job would then waste time recreating the file
                set again and again.
 
+unlink_each_loop=bool  Unlink job files after each iteration or loop.
+
 loops=int      Run the specified number of iterations of this job. Used
                to repeat the same workload a given number of times. Defaults
                to 1.
@@ -1606,10 +1608,18 @@ write_lat_log=str Same as write_bw_log, except that this option stores io
                The actual log names will be foo_slat.x.log, foo_clat.x.log,
                and foo_lat.x.log, where x is the index of the job (1..N,
                where N is the number of jobs). This helps fio_generate_plot
-               fine the logs automatically. If 'per_job_logs' is false, then
+               find the logs automatically. If 'per_job_logs' is false, then
                the filename will not include the job index. See 'Log File
                Formats'.
 
+write_hist_log=str Same as write_lat_log, but writes I/O completion
+               latency histograms. If no filename is given with this option, the
+               default filename of "jobname_clat_hist.x.log" is used, where x is
+               the index of the job (1..N, where N is the number of jobs). Even
+               if the filename is given, fio will still append the type of log.
+               If per_job_logs is false, then the filename will not include the
+               job index. See 'Log File Formats'.
+
 write_iops_log=str Same as write_bw_log, but writes IOPS. If no filename is
                given with this option, the default filename of
                "jobname_type.x.log" is used,where x is the index of the job
@@ -1625,6 +1635,20 @@ log_avg_msec=int By default, fio will log an entry in the iops, latency,
                specified period of time, reducing the resolution of the log.
                See log_max_value as well. Defaults to 0, logging all entries.
 
+log_hist_msec=int Same as log_avg_msec, but logs entries for completion
+               latency histograms. Computing latency percentiles from averages of
+               intervals using log_avg_msec is innacurate. Setting this option makes
+               fio log histogram entries over the specified period of time, reducing
+               log sizes for high IOPS devices while retaining percentile accuracy.
+               See log_hist_coarseness as well. Defaults to 0, meaning histogram
+               logging is disabled.
+
+log_hist_coarseness=int Integer ranging from 0 to 6, defining the coarseness
+               of the resolution of the histogram logs enabled with log_hist_msec. For
+               each increment in coarseness, fio outputs half as many bins. Defaults to
+               0, for which histogram logs contain 1216 latency bins. See
+               'Log File Formats'.
+
 log_max_value=bool     If log_avg_msec is set, fio logs the average over that
                window. If you instead want to log the maximum value, set this
                option to 1. Defaults to 0, meaning that averaged values are
@@ -1927,7 +1951,7 @@ be the starting port number since fio will use a range of ports.
 [mtd] skip_bad=bool    Skip operations against known bad blocks.
 
 [libhdfs] hdfsdirectory        libhdfs will create chunk in this HDFS directory
-[libhdfs] chunck_size  the size of the chunck to use for each file.
+[libhdfs] chunk_size   the size of the chunk to use for each file.
 
 
 6.0 Interpreting the output