[PATCH] Add thinktime_blocks

[fio.git] / HOWTO

diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO
index 19182019f7020389e6e5e48391e8f2b6f58b5871..c9d29f299bd4109fcbcf3c504925986d28979c18 100644 (file)
--- a/HOWTO
+++ b/HOWTO
@@ -319,7 +319,13 @@ prioclass=int      Set the io priority class. See man ionice(1).
 
 thinktime=int  Stall the job x microseconds after an io has completed before
                issuing the next. May be used to simulate processing being
 
 thinktime=int  Stall the job x microseconds after an io has completed before
                issuing the next. May be used to simulate processing being

-               done by an application.
+               done by an application. See thinktime_blocks.
+
+thinktime_blocks
+               Only valid if thinktime is set - control how many blocks
+               to issue, before waiting 'thinktime' usecs. If not set,
+               defaults to 1 which will make fio wait 'thinktime' usecs
+               after every block.

 
 rate=int       Cap the bandwidth used by this job to this number of KiB/sec.
 
 
 rate=int       Cap the bandwidth used by this job to this number of KiB/sec.