verify: Reset verify_state before verification phase.
[fio.git] / backend.c
index 3430e6612d4312740f31045d6ebf6ff4ff96950b..950333034e749154eb082e8ab3169c2794276aef 100644 (file)
--- a/backend.c
+++ b/backend.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <sys/ipc.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <math.h>
 
 #include "fio.h"
 #ifndef FIO_NO_HAVE_SHM_H
 #include "cgroup.h"
 #include "profile.h"
 #include "lib/rand.h"
-#include "memalign.h"
+#include "lib/memalign.h"
 #include "server.h"
 #include "lib/getrusage.h"
 #include "idletime.h"
 #include "err.h"
-#include "lib/tp.h"
-
-static pthread_t helper_thread;
-static pthread_mutex_t helper_lock;
-pthread_cond_t helper_cond;
-int helper_do_stat = 0;
+#include "workqueue.h"
+#include "lib/mountcheck.h"
+#include "rate-submit.h"
+#include "helper_thread.h"
 
 static struct fio_mutex *startup_mutex;
 static struct flist_head *cgroup_list;
@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@ unsigned int stat_number = 0;
 int shm_id = 0;
 int temp_stall_ts;
 unsigned long done_secs = 0;
-volatile int helper_exit = 0;
 
 #define PAGE_ALIGN(buf)        \
        (char *) (((uintptr_t) (buf) + page_mask) & ~page_mask)
@@ -98,7 +96,7 @@ static void sig_int(int sig)
        }
 }
 
-static void sig_show_status(int sig)
+void sig_show_status(int sig)
 {
        show_running_run_stats();
 }
@@ -141,8 +139,8 @@ static void set_sig_handlers(void)
 /*
  * Check if we are above the minimum rate given.
  */
-static int __check_min_rate(struct thread_data *td, struct timeval *now,
-                           enum fio_ddir ddir)
+static bool __check_min_rate(struct thread_data *td, struct timeval *now,
+                            enum fio_ddir ddir)
 {
        unsigned long long bytes = 0;
        unsigned long iops = 0;
@@ -155,13 +153,13 @@ static int __check_min_rate(struct thread_data *td, struct timeval *now,
        assert(ddir_rw(ddir));
 
        if (!td->o.ratemin[ddir] && !td->o.rate_iops_min[ddir])
-               return 0;
+               return false;
 
        /*
         * allow a 2 second settle period in the beginning
         */
        if (mtime_since(&td->start, now) < 2000)
-               return 0;
+               return false;
 
        iops += td->this_io_blocks[ddir];
        bytes += td->this_io_bytes[ddir];
@@ -175,16 +173,16 @@ static int __check_min_rate(struct thread_data *td, struct timeval *now,
        if (td->rate_bytes[ddir] || td->rate_blocks[ddir]) {
                spent = mtime_since(&td->lastrate[ddir], now);
                if (spent < td->o.ratecycle)
-                       return 0;
+                       return false;
 
-               if (td->o.rate[ddir]) {
+               if (td->o.rate[ddir] || td->o.ratemin[ddir]) {
                        /*
                         * check bandwidth specified rate
                         */
                        if (bytes < td->rate_bytes[ddir]) {
                                log_err("%s: min rate %u not met\n", td->o.name,
                                                                ratemin);
-                               return 1;
+                               return true;
                        } else {
                                if (spent)
                                        rate = ((bytes - td->rate_bytes[ddir]) * 1000) / spent;
@@ -196,7 +194,7 @@ static int __check_min_rate(struct thread_data *td, struct timeval *now,
                                        log_err("%s: min rate %u not met, got"
                                                " %luKB/sec\n", td->o.name,
                                                        ratemin, rate);
-                                       return 1;
+                                       return true;
                                }
                        }
                } else {
@@ -206,7 +204,7 @@ static int __check_min_rate(struct thread_data *td, struct timeval *now,
                        if (iops < rate_iops) {
                                log_err("%s: min iops rate %u not met\n",
                                                td->o.name, rate_iops);
-                               return 1;
+                               return true;
                        } else {
                                if (spent)
                                        rate = ((iops - td->rate_blocks[ddir]) * 1000) / spent;
@@ -218,6 +216,7 @@ static int __check_min_rate(struct thread_data *td, struct timeval *now,
                                        log_err("%s: min iops rate %u not met,"
                                                " got %lu\n", td->o.name,
                                                        rate_iops_min, rate);
+                                       return true;
                                }
                        }
                }
@@ -226,19 +225,18 @@ static int __check_min_rate(struct thread_data *td, struct timeval *now,
        td->rate_bytes[ddir] = bytes;
        td->rate_blocks[ddir] = iops;
        memcpy(&td->lastrate[ddir], now, sizeof(*now));
-       return 0;
+       return false;
 }
 
-static int check_min_rate(struct thread_data *td, struct timeval *now,
-                         uint64_t *bytes_done)
+static bool check_min_rate(struct thread_data *td, struct timeval *now)
 {
-       int ret = 0;
+       bool ret = false;
 
-       if (bytes_done[DDIR_READ])
+       if (td->bytes_done[DDIR_READ])
                ret |= __check_min_rate(td, now, DDIR_READ);
-       if (bytes_done[DDIR_WRITE])
+       if (td->bytes_done[DDIR_WRITE])
                ret |= __check_min_rate(td, now, DDIR_WRITE);
-       if (bytes_done[DDIR_TRIM])
+       if (td->bytes_done[DDIR_TRIM])
                ret |= __check_min_rate(td, now, DDIR_TRIM);
 
        return ret;
@@ -255,7 +253,7 @@ static void cleanup_pending_aio(struct thread_data *td)
        /*
         * get immediately available events, if any
         */
-       r = io_u_queued_complete(td, 0, NULL);
+       r = io_u_queued_complete(td, 0);
        if (r < 0)
                return;
 
@@ -276,27 +274,27 @@ static void cleanup_pending_aio(struct thread_data *td)
        }
 
        if (td->cur_depth)
-               r = io_u_queued_complete(td, td->cur_depth, NULL);
+               r = io_u_queued_complete(td, td->cur_depth);
 }
 
 /*
  * Helper to handle the final sync of a file. Works just like the normal
  * io path, just does everything sync.
  */
-static int fio_io_sync(struct thread_data *td, struct fio_file *f)
+static bool fio_io_sync(struct thread_data *td, struct fio_file *f)
 {
        struct io_u *io_u = __get_io_u(td);
        int ret;
 
        if (!io_u)
-               return 1;
+               return true;
 
        io_u->ddir = DDIR_SYNC;
        io_u->file = f;
 
        if (td_io_prep(td, io_u)) {
                put_io_u(td, io_u);
-               return 1;
+               return true;
        }
 
 requeue:
@@ -304,25 +302,27 @@ requeue:
        if (ret < 0) {
                td_verror(td, io_u->error, "td_io_queue");
                put_io_u(td, io_u);
-               return 1;
+               return true;
        } else if (ret == FIO_Q_QUEUED) {
-               if (io_u_queued_complete(td, 1, NULL) < 0)
-                       return 1;
+               if (td_io_commit(td))
+                       return true;
+               if (io_u_queued_complete(td, 1) < 0)
+                       return true;
        } else if (ret == FIO_Q_COMPLETED) {
                if (io_u->error) {
                        td_verror(td, io_u->error, "td_io_queue");
-                       return 1;
+                       return true;
                }
 
-               if (io_u_sync_complete(td, io_u, NULL) < 0)
-                       return 1;
+               if (io_u_sync_complete(td, io_u) < 0)
+                       return true;
        } else if (ret == FIO_Q_BUSY) {
                if (td_io_commit(td))
-                       return 1;
+                       return true;
                goto requeue;
        }
 
-       return 0;
+       return false;
 }
 
 static int fio_file_fsync(struct thread_data *td, struct fio_file *f)
@@ -351,20 +351,37 @@ static inline void update_tv_cache(struct thread_data *td)
                __update_tv_cache(td);
 }
 
-static inline int runtime_exceeded(struct thread_data *td, struct timeval *t)
+static inline bool runtime_exceeded(struct thread_data *td, struct timeval *t)
 {
        if (in_ramp_time(td))
-               return 0;
+               return false;
        if (!td->o.timeout)
-               return 0;
+               return false;
        if (utime_since(&td->epoch, t) >= td->o.timeout)
-               return 1;
+               return true;
 
-       return 0;
+       return false;
+}
+
+/*
+ * We need to update the runtime consistently in ms, but keep a running
+ * tally of the current elapsed time in microseconds for sub millisecond
+ * updates.
+ */
+static inline void update_runtime(struct thread_data *td,
+                                 unsigned long long *elapsed_us,
+                                 const enum fio_ddir ddir)
+{
+       if (ddir == DDIR_WRITE && td_write(td) && td->o.verify_only)
+               return;
+
+       td->ts.runtime[ddir] -= (elapsed_us[ddir] + 999) / 1000;
+       elapsed_us[ddir] += utime_since_now(&td->start);
+       td->ts.runtime[ddir] += (elapsed_us[ddir] + 999) / 1000;
 }
 
-static int break_on_this_error(struct thread_data *td, enum fio_ddir ddir,
-                              int *retptr)
+static bool break_on_this_error(struct thread_data *td, enum fio_ddir ddir,
+                               int *retptr)
 {
        int ret = *retptr;
 
@@ -377,7 +394,7 @@ static int break_on_this_error(struct thread_data *td, enum fio_ddir ddir,
 
                eb = td_error_type(ddir, err);
                if (!(td->o.continue_on_error & (1 << eb)))
-                       return 1;
+                       return true;
 
                if (td_non_fatal_error(td, eb, err)) {
                        /*
@@ -387,7 +404,7 @@ static int break_on_this_error(struct thread_data *td, enum fio_ddir ddir,
                        update_error_count(td, err);
                        td_clear_error(td);
                        *retptr = 0;
-                       return 0;
+                       return false;
                } else if (td->o.fill_device && err == ENOSPC) {
                        /*
                         * We expect to hit this error if
@@ -395,18 +412,18 @@ static int break_on_this_error(struct thread_data *td, enum fio_ddir ddir,
                         */
                        td_clear_error(td);
                        fio_mark_td_terminate(td);
-                       return 1;
+                       return true;
                } else {
                        /*
                         * Stop the I/O in case of a fatal
                         * error.
                         */
                        update_error_count(td, err);
-                       return 1;
+                       return true;
                }
        }
 
-       return 0;
+       return false;
 }
 
 static void check_update_rusage(struct thread_data *td)
@@ -418,18 +435,23 @@ static void check_update_rusage(struct thread_data *td)
        }
 }
 
-static int wait_for_completions(struct thread_data *td, struct timeval *time,
-                               uint64_t *bytes_done)
+static int wait_for_completions(struct thread_data *td, struct timeval *time)
 {
        const int full = queue_full(td);
        int min_evts = 0;
        int ret;
 
+       if (td->flags & TD_F_REGROW_LOGS) {
+               ret = io_u_quiesce(td);
+               regrow_logs(td);
+               return ret;
+       }
+
        /*
         * if the queue is full, we MUST reap at least 1 event
         */
-       min_evts = min(td->o.iodepth_batch_complete, td->cur_depth);
-       if (full && !min_evts)
+       min_evts = min(td->o.iodepth_batch_complete_min, td->cur_depth);
+       if ((full && !min_evts) || !td->o.iodepth_batch_complete_min)
                min_evts = 1;
 
        if (time && (__should_check_rate(td, DDIR_READ) ||
@@ -438,7 +460,7 @@ static int wait_for_completions(struct thread_data *td, struct timeval *time,
                fio_gettime(time, NULL);
 
        do {
-               ret = io_u_queued_complete(td, min_evts, bytes_done);
+               ret = io_u_queued_complete(td, min_evts);
                if (ret < 0)
                        break;
        } while (full && (td->cur_depth > td->o.iodepth_low));
@@ -446,13 +468,116 @@ static int wait_for_completions(struct thread_data *td, struct timeval *time,
        return ret;
 }
 
+int io_queue_event(struct thread_data *td, struct io_u *io_u, int *ret,
+                  enum fio_ddir ddir, uint64_t *bytes_issued, int from_verify,
+                  struct timeval *comp_time)
+{
+       int ret2;
+
+       switch (*ret) {
+       case FIO_Q_COMPLETED:
+               if (io_u->error) {
+                       *ret = -io_u->error;
+                       clear_io_u(td, io_u);
+               } else if (io_u->resid) {
+                       int bytes = io_u->xfer_buflen - io_u->resid;
+                       struct fio_file *f = io_u->file;
+
+                       if (bytes_issued)
+                               *bytes_issued += bytes;
+
+                       if (!from_verify)
+                               trim_io_piece(td, io_u);
+
+                       /*
+                        * zero read, fail
+                        */
+                       if (!bytes) {
+                               if (!from_verify)
+                                       unlog_io_piece(td, io_u);
+                               td_verror(td, EIO, "full resid");
+                               put_io_u(td, io_u);
+                               break;
+                       }
+
+                       io_u->xfer_buflen = io_u->resid;
+                       io_u->xfer_buf += bytes;
+                       io_u->offset += bytes;
+
+                       if (ddir_rw(io_u->ddir))
+                               td->ts.short_io_u[io_u->ddir]++;
+
+                       f = io_u->file;
+                       if (io_u->offset == f->real_file_size)
+                               goto sync_done;
+
+                       requeue_io_u(td, &io_u);
+               } else {
+sync_done:
+                       if (comp_time && (__should_check_rate(td, DDIR_READ) ||
+                           __should_check_rate(td, DDIR_WRITE) ||
+                           __should_check_rate(td, DDIR_TRIM)))
+                               fio_gettime(comp_time, NULL);
+
+                       *ret = io_u_sync_complete(td, io_u);
+                       if (*ret < 0)
+                               break;
+               }
+
+               if (td->flags & TD_F_REGROW_LOGS)
+                       regrow_logs(td);
+
+               /*
+                * when doing I/O (not when verifying),
+                * check for any errors that are to be ignored
+                */
+               if (!from_verify)
+                       break;
+
+               return 0;
+       case FIO_Q_QUEUED:
+               /*
+                * if the engine doesn't have a commit hook,
+                * the io_u is really queued. if it does have such
+                * a hook, it has to call io_u_queued() itself.
+                */
+               if (td->io_ops->commit == NULL)
+                       io_u_queued(td, io_u);
+               if (bytes_issued)
+                       *bytes_issued += io_u->xfer_buflen;
+               break;
+       case FIO_Q_BUSY:
+               if (!from_verify)
+                       unlog_io_piece(td, io_u);
+               requeue_io_u(td, &io_u);
+               ret2 = td_io_commit(td);
+               if (ret2 < 0)
+                       *ret = ret2;
+               break;
+       default:
+               assert(*ret < 0);
+               td_verror(td, -(*ret), "td_io_queue");
+               break;
+       }
+
+       if (break_on_this_error(td, ddir, ret))
+               return 1;
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static inline bool io_in_polling(struct thread_data *td)
+{
+       return !td->o.iodepth_batch_complete_min &&
+                  !td->o.iodepth_batch_complete_max;
+}
+
 /*
  * The main verify engine. Runs over the writes we previously submitted,
  * reads the blocks back in, and checks the crc/md5 of the data.
  */
 static void do_verify(struct thread_data *td, uint64_t verify_bytes)
 {
-       uint64_t bytes_done[DDIR_RWDIR_CNT] = { 0, 0, 0 };
        struct fio_file *f;
        struct io_u *io_u;
        int ret, min_events;
@@ -478,12 +603,21 @@ static void do_verify(struct thread_data *td, uint64_t verify_bytes)
        if (td->error)
                return;
 
+       /*
+        * verify_state needs to be reset before verification
+        * proceeds so that expected random seeds match actual
+        * random seeds in headers. The main loop will reset
+        * all random number generators if randrepeat is set.
+        */
+       if (!td->o.rand_repeatable)
+               td_fill_verify_state_seed(td);
+
        td_set_runstate(td, TD_VERIFYING);
 
        io_u = NULL;
        while (!td->terminate) {
                enum fio_ddir ddir;
-               int ret2, full;
+               int full;
 
                update_tv_cache(td);
                check_update_rusage(td);
@@ -514,7 +648,7 @@ static void do_verify(struct thread_data *td, uint64_t verify_bytes)
                                break;
                        }
                } else {
-                       if (ddir_rw_sum(bytes_done) + td->o.rw_min_bs > verify_bytes)
+                       if (ddir_rw_sum(td->bytes_done) + td->o.rw_min_bs > verify_bytes)
                                break;
 
                        while ((io_u = get_io_u(td)) != NULL) {
@@ -539,7 +673,7 @@ static void do_verify(struct thread_data *td, uint64_t verify_bytes)
                                        continue;
                                } else if (io_u->ddir == DDIR_TRIM) {
                                        io_u->ddir = DDIR_READ;
-                                       io_u->flags |= IO_U_F_TRIMMED;
+                                       io_u_set(io_u, IO_U_F_TRIMMED);
                                        break;
                                } else if (io_u->ddir == DDIR_WRITE) {
                                        io_u->ddir = DDIR_READ;
@@ -569,57 +703,8 @@ static void do_verify(struct thread_data *td, uint64_t verify_bytes)
                        fio_gettime(&io_u->start_time, NULL);
 
                ret = td_io_queue(td, io_u);
-               switch (ret) {
-               case FIO_Q_COMPLETED:
-                       if (io_u->error) {
-                               ret = -io_u->error;
-                               clear_io_u(td, io_u);
-                       } else if (io_u->resid) {
-                               int bytes = io_u->xfer_buflen - io_u->resid;
-
-                               /*
-                                * zero read, fail
-                                */
-                               if (!bytes) {
-                                       td_verror(td, EIO, "full resid");
-                                       put_io_u(td, io_u);
-                                       break;
-                               }
-
-                               io_u->xfer_buflen = io_u->resid;
-                               io_u->xfer_buf += bytes;
-                               io_u->offset += bytes;
-
-                               if (ddir_rw(io_u->ddir))
-                                       td->ts.short_io_u[io_u->ddir]++;
-
-                               f = io_u->file;
-                               if (io_u->offset == f->real_file_size)
-                                       goto sync_done;
-
-                               requeue_io_u(td, &io_u);
-                       } else {
-sync_done:
-                               ret = io_u_sync_complete(td, io_u, bytes_done);
-                               if (ret < 0)
-                                       break;
-                       }
-                       continue;
-               case FIO_Q_QUEUED:
-                       break;
-               case FIO_Q_BUSY:
-                       requeue_io_u(td, &io_u);
-                       ret2 = td_io_commit(td);
-                       if (ret2 < 0)
-                               ret = ret2;
-                       break;
-               default:
-                       assert(ret < 0);
-                       td_verror(td, -ret, "td_io_queue");
-                       break;
-               }
 
-               if (break_on_this_error(td, ddir, &ret))
+               if (io_queue_event(td, io_u, &ret, ddir, NULL, 1, NULL))
                        break;
 
                /*
@@ -629,8 +714,8 @@ sync_done:
                 */
 reap:
                full = queue_full(td) || (ret == FIO_Q_BUSY && td->cur_depth);
-               if (full || !td->o.iodepth_batch_complete)
-                       ret = wait_for_completions(td, NULL, bytes_done);
+               if (full || io_in_polling(td))
+                       ret = wait_for_completions(td, NULL);
 
                if (ret < 0)
                        break;
@@ -642,7 +727,7 @@ reap:
                min_events = td->cur_depth;
 
                if (min_events)
-                       ret = io_u_queued_complete(td, min_events, NULL);
+                       ret = io_u_queued_complete(td, min_events);
        } else
                cleanup_pending_aio(td);
 
@@ -651,20 +736,20 @@ reap:
        dprint(FD_VERIFY, "exiting loop\n");
 }
 
-static unsigned int exceeds_number_ios(struct thread_data *td)
+static bool exceeds_number_ios(struct thread_data *td)
 {
        unsigned long long number_ios;
 
        if (!td->o.number_ios)
-               return 0;
+               return false;
 
-       number_ios = ddir_rw_sum(td->this_io_blocks);
+       number_ios = ddir_rw_sum(td->io_blocks);
        number_ios += td->io_u_queued + td->io_u_in_flight;
 
-       return number_ios >= td->o.number_ios;
+       return number_ios >= (td->o.number_ios * td->loops);
 }
 
-static int io_issue_bytes_exceeded(struct thread_data *td)
+static bool io_issue_bytes_exceeded(struct thread_data *td)
 {
        unsigned long long bytes, limit;
 
@@ -682,10 +767,11 @@ static int io_issue_bytes_exceeded(struct thread_data *td)
        else
                limit = td->o.size;
 
+       limit *= td->loops;
        return bytes >= limit || exceeds_number_ios(td);
 }
 
-static int io_complete_bytes_exceeded(struct thread_data *td)
+static bool io_complete_bytes_exceeded(struct thread_data *td)
 {
        unsigned long long bytes, limit;
 
@@ -703,22 +789,57 @@ static int io_complete_bytes_exceeded(struct thread_data *td)
        else
                limit = td->o.size;
 
+       limit *= td->loops;
        return bytes >= limit || exceeds_number_ios(td);
 }
 
+/*
+ * used to calculate the next io time for rate control
+ *
+ */
+static long long usec_for_io(struct thread_data *td, enum fio_ddir ddir)
+{
+       uint64_t secs, remainder, bps, bytes, iops;
+
+       assert(!(td->flags & TD_F_CHILD));
+       bytes = td->rate_io_issue_bytes[ddir];
+       bps = td->rate_bps[ddir];
+
+       if (td->o.rate_process == RATE_PROCESS_POISSON) {
+               uint64_t val;
+               iops = bps / td->o.bs[ddir];
+               val = (int64_t) (1000000 / iops) *
+                               -logf(__rand_0_1(&td->poisson_state));
+               if (val) {
+                       dprint(FD_RATE, "poisson rate iops=%llu\n",
+                                       (unsigned long long) 1000000 / val);
+               }
+               td->last_usec += val;
+               return td->last_usec;
+       } else if (bps) {
+               secs = bytes / bps;
+               remainder = bytes % bps;
+               return remainder * 1000000 / bps + secs * 1000000;
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Main IO worker function. It retrieves io_u's to process and queues
  * and reaps them, checking for rate and errors along the way.
  *
  * Returns number of bytes written and trimmed.
  */
-static uint64_t do_io(struct thread_data *td)
+static void do_io(struct thread_data *td, uint64_t *bytes_done)
 {
-       uint64_t bytes_done[DDIR_RWDIR_CNT] = { 0, 0, 0 };
        unsigned int i;
        int ret = 0;
        uint64_t total_bytes, bytes_issued = 0;
 
+       for (i = 0; i < DDIR_RWDIR_CNT; i++)
+               bytes_done[i] = td->bytes_done[i];
+
        if (in_ramp_time(td))
                td_set_runstate(td, TD_RAMP);
        else
@@ -742,12 +863,17 @@ static uint64_t do_io(struct thread_data *td)
           (td_write(td) && td->o.verify_backlog))
                total_bytes += td->o.size;
 
+       /* In trimwrite mode, each byte is trimmed and then written, so
+        * allow total_bytes to be twice as big */
+       if (td_trimwrite(td))
+               total_bytes += td->total_io_size;
+
        while ((td->o.read_iolog_file && !flist_empty(&td->io_log_list)) ||
                (!flist_empty(&td->trim_list)) || !io_issue_bytes_exceeded(td) ||
                td->o.time_based) {
                struct timeval comp_time;
                struct io_u *io_u;
-               int ret2, full;
+               int full;
                enum fio_ddir ddir;
 
                check_update_rusage(td);
@@ -768,7 +894,14 @@ static uint64_t do_io(struct thread_data *td)
                if (flow_threshold_exceeded(td))
                        continue;
 
-               if (bytes_issued >= total_bytes)
+               /*
+                * Break if we exceeded the bytes. The exception is time
+                * based runs, but we still need to break out of the loop
+                * for those to run verification, if enabled.
+                */
+               if (bytes_issued >= total_bytes &&
+                   (!td->o.time_based ||
+                    (td->o.time_based && td->o.verify != VERIFY_NONE)))
                        break;
 
                io_u = get_io_u(td);
@@ -827,98 +960,54 @@ static uint64_t do_io(struct thread_data *td)
                    !td->o.experimental_verify)
                        log_io_piece(td, io_u);
 
-               ret = td_io_queue(td, io_u);
-               switch (ret) {
-               case FIO_Q_COMPLETED:
-                       if (io_u->error) {
-                               ret = -io_u->error;
-                               unlog_io_piece(td, io_u);
-                               clear_io_u(td, io_u);
-                       } else if (io_u->resid) {
-                               int bytes = io_u->xfer_buflen - io_u->resid;
-                               struct fio_file *f = io_u->file;
-
-                               bytes_issued += bytes;
+               if (td->o.io_submit_mode == IO_MODE_OFFLOAD) {
+                       const unsigned long blen = io_u->xfer_buflen;
+                       const enum fio_ddir ddir = acct_ddir(io_u);
 
-                               trim_io_piece(td, io_u);
+                       if (td->error)
+                               break;
 
-                               /*
-                                * zero read, fail
-                                */
-                               if (!bytes) {
-                                       unlog_io_piece(td, io_u);
-                                       td_verror(td, EIO, "full resid");
-                                       put_io_u(td, io_u);
-                                       break;
-                               }
+                       workqueue_enqueue(&td->io_wq, &io_u->work);
+                       ret = FIO_Q_QUEUED;
 
-                               io_u->xfer_buflen = io_u->resid;
-                               io_u->xfer_buf += bytes;
-                               io_u->offset += bytes;
+                       if (ddir_rw(ddir)) {
+                               td->io_issues[ddir]++;
+                               td->io_issue_bytes[ddir] += blen;
+                               td->rate_io_issue_bytes[ddir] += blen;
+                       }
 
-                               if (ddir_rw(io_u->ddir))
-                                       td->ts.short_io_u[io_u->ddir]++;
+                       if (should_check_rate(td))
+                               td->rate_next_io_time[ddir] = usec_for_io(td, ddir);
 
-                               if (io_u->offset == f->real_file_size)
-                                       goto sync_done;
+               } else {
+                       ret = td_io_queue(td, io_u);
 
-                               requeue_io_u(td, &io_u);
-                       } else {
-sync_done:
-                               if (__should_check_rate(td, DDIR_READ) ||
-                                   __should_check_rate(td, DDIR_WRITE) ||
-                                   __should_check_rate(td, DDIR_TRIM))
-                                       fio_gettime(&comp_time, NULL);
+                       if (should_check_rate(td))
+                               td->rate_next_io_time[ddir] = usec_for_io(td, ddir);
+
+                       if (io_queue_event(td, io_u, &ret, ddir, &bytes_issued, 0, &comp_time))
+                               break;
 
-                               ret = io_u_sync_complete(td, io_u, bytes_done);
-                               if (ret < 0)
-                                       break;
-                               bytes_issued += io_u->xfer_buflen;
-                       }
-                       break;
-               case FIO_Q_QUEUED:
                        /*
-                        * if the engine doesn't have a commit hook,
-                        * the io_u is really queued. if it does have such
-                        * a hook, it has to call io_u_queued() itself.
+                        * See if we need to complete some commands. Note that
+                        * we can get BUSY even without IO queued, if the
+                        * system is resource starved.
                         */
-                       if (td->io_ops->commit == NULL)
-                               io_u_queued(td, io_u);
-                       bytes_issued += io_u->xfer_buflen;
-                       break;
-               case FIO_Q_BUSY:
-                       unlog_io_piece(td, io_u);
-                       requeue_io_u(td, &io_u);
-                       ret2 = td_io_commit(td);
-                       if (ret2 < 0)
-                               ret = ret2;
-                       break;
-               default:
-                       assert(ret < 0);
-                       put_io_u(td, io_u);
-                       break;
-               }
-
-               if (break_on_this_error(td, ddir, &ret))
-                       break;
-
-               /*
-                * See if we need to complete some commands. Note that we
-                * can get BUSY even without IO queued, if the system is
-                * resource starved.
-                */
 reap:
-               full = queue_full(td) || (ret == FIO_Q_BUSY && td->cur_depth);
-               if (full || !td->o.iodepth_batch_complete)
-                       ret = wait_for_completions(td, &comp_time, bytes_done);
+                       full = queue_full(td) ||
+                               (ret == FIO_Q_BUSY && td->cur_depth);
+                       if (full || io_in_polling(td))
+                               ret = wait_for_completions(td, &comp_time);
+               }
                if (ret < 0)
                        break;
-               if (!ddir_rw_sum(bytes_done) && !(td->io_ops->flags & FIO_NOIO))
+               if (!ddir_rw_sum(td->bytes_done) &&
+                   !(td->io_ops->flags & FIO_NOIO))
                        continue;
 
-               if (!in_ramp_time(td) && should_check_rate(td, bytes_done)) {
-                       if (check_min_rate(td, &comp_time, bytes_done)) {
-                               if (exitall_on_terminate)
+               if (!in_ramp_time(td) && should_check_rate(td)) {
+                       if (check_min_rate(td, &comp_time)) {
+                               if (exitall_on_terminate || td->o.exitall_error)
                                        fio_terminate_threads(td->groupid);
                                td_verror(td, EIO, "check_min_rate");
                                break;
@@ -958,9 +1047,14 @@ reap:
        if (!td->error) {
                struct fio_file *f;
 
-               i = td->cur_depth;
+               if (td->o.io_submit_mode == IO_MODE_OFFLOAD) {
+                       workqueue_flush(&td->io_wq);
+                       i = 0;
+               } else
+                       i = td->cur_depth;
+
                if (i) {
-                       ret = io_u_queued_complete(td, i, bytes_done);
+                       ret = io_u_queued_complete(td, i);
                        if (td->o.fill_device && td->error == ENOSPC)
                                td->error = 0;
                }
@@ -985,7 +1079,43 @@ reap:
        if (!ddir_rw_sum(td->this_io_bytes))
                td->done = 1;
 
-       return bytes_done[DDIR_WRITE] + bytes_done[DDIR_TRIM];
+       for (i = 0; i < DDIR_RWDIR_CNT; i++)
+               bytes_done[i] = td->bytes_done[i] - bytes_done[i];
+}
+
+static void free_file_completion_logging(struct thread_data *td)
+{
+       struct fio_file *f;
+       unsigned int i;
+
+       for_each_file(td, f, i) {
+               if (!f->last_write_comp)
+                       break;
+               sfree(f->last_write_comp);
+       }
+}
+
+static int init_file_completion_logging(struct thread_data *td,
+                                       unsigned int depth)
+{
+       struct fio_file *f;
+       unsigned int i;
+
+       if (td->o.verify == VERIFY_NONE || !td->o.verify_state_save)
+               return 0;
+
+       for_each_file(td, f, i) {
+               f->last_write_comp = scalloc(depth, sizeof(uint64_t));
+               if (!f->last_write_comp)
+                       goto cleanup;
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+
+cleanup:
+       free_file_completion_logging(td);
+       log_err("fio: failed to alloc write comp data\n");
+       return 1;
 }
 
 static void cleanup_io_u(struct thread_data *td)
@@ -1006,8 +1136,7 @@ static void cleanup_io_u(struct thread_data *td)
        io_u_qexit(&td->io_u_freelist);
        io_u_qexit(&td->io_u_all);
 
-       if (td->last_write_comp)
-               sfree(td->last_write_comp);
+       free_file_completion_logging(td);
 }
 
 static int init_io_u(struct thread_data *td)
@@ -1124,13 +1253,8 @@ static int init_io_u(struct thread_data *td)
                p += max_bs;
        }
 
-       if (td->o.verify != VERIFY_NONE) {
-               td->last_write_comp = scalloc(max_units, sizeof(uint64_t));
-               if (!td->last_write_comp) {
-                       log_err("fio: failed to alloc write comp data\n");
-                       return 1;
-               }
-       }
+       if (init_file_completion_logging(td, max_units))
+               return 1;
 
        return 0;
 }
@@ -1172,13 +1296,17 @@ static int switch_ioscheduler(struct thread_data *td)
        /*
         * Read back and check that the selected scheduler is now the default.
         */
+       memset(tmp, 0, sizeof(tmp));
        ret = fread(tmp, sizeof(tmp), 1, f);
        if (ferror(f) || ret < 0) {
                td_verror(td, errno, "fread");
                fclose(f);
                return 1;
        }
-       tmp[sizeof(tmp) - 1] = '\0';
+       /*
+        * either a list of io schedulers or "none\n" is expected.
+        */
+       tmp[strlen(tmp) - 1] = '\0';
 
 
        sprintf(tmp2, "[%s]", td->o.ioscheduler);
@@ -1193,20 +1321,20 @@ static int switch_ioscheduler(struct thread_data *td)
        return 0;
 }
 
-static int keep_running(struct thread_data *td)
+static bool keep_running(struct thread_data *td)
 {
        unsigned long long limit;
 
        if (td->done)
-               return 0;
+               return false;
        if (td->o.time_based)
-               return 1;
+               return true;
        if (td->o.loops) {
                td->o.loops--;
-               return 1;
+               return true;
        }
        if (exceeds_number_ios(td))
-               return 0;
+               return false;
 
        if (td->o.io_limit)
                limit = td->o.io_limit;
@@ -1222,20 +1350,21 @@ static int keep_running(struct thread_data *td)
                 */
                diff = limit - ddir_rw_sum(td->io_bytes);
                if (diff < td_max_bs(td))
-                       return 0;
+                       return false;
 
-               if (fio_files_done(td))
-                       return 0;
+               if (fio_files_done(td) && !td->o.io_limit)
+                       return false;
 
-               return 1;
+               return true;
        }
 
-       return 0;
+       return false;
 }
 
 static int exec_string(struct thread_options *o, const char *string, const char *mode)
 {
-       int ret, newlen = strlen(string) + strlen(o->name) + strlen(mode) + 9 + 1;
+       size_t newlen = strlen(string) + strlen(o->name) + strlen(mode) + 9 + 1;
+       int ret;
        char *str;
 
        str = malloc(newlen);
@@ -1255,8 +1384,6 @@ static int exec_string(struct thread_options *o, const char *string, const char
  */
 static uint64_t do_dry_run(struct thread_data *td)
 {
-       uint64_t bytes_done[DDIR_RWDIR_CNT] = { 0, 0, 0 };
-
        td_set_runstate(td, TD_RUNNING);
 
        while ((td->o.read_iolog_file && !flist_empty(&td->io_log_list)) ||
@@ -1271,7 +1398,7 @@ static uint64_t do_dry_run(struct thread_data *td)
                if (!io_u)
                        break;
 
-               io_u->flags |= IO_U_F_FLIGHT;
+               io_u_set(io_u, IO_U_F_FLIGHT);
                io_u->error = 0;
                io_u->resid = 0;
                if (ddir_rw(acct_ddir(io_u)))
@@ -1287,26 +1414,35 @@ static uint64_t do_dry_run(struct thread_data *td)
                    !td->o.experimental_verify)
                        log_io_piece(td, io_u);
 
-               ret = io_u_sync_complete(td, io_u, bytes_done);
+               ret = io_u_sync_complete(td, io_u);
                (void) ret;
        }
 
-       return bytes_done[DDIR_WRITE] + bytes_done[DDIR_TRIM];
+       return td->bytes_done[DDIR_WRITE] + td->bytes_done[DDIR_TRIM];
 }
 
+struct fork_data {
+       struct thread_data *td;
+       struct sk_out *sk_out;
+};
+
 /*
  * Entry point for the thread based jobs. The process based jobs end up
  * here as well, after a little setup.
  */
 static void *thread_main(void *data)
 {
-       unsigned long long elapsed;
-       struct thread_data *td = data;
+       struct fork_data *fd = data;
+       unsigned long long elapsed_us[DDIR_RWDIR_CNT] = { 0, };
+       struct thread_data *td = fd->td;
        struct thread_options *o = &td->o;
-       pthread_condattr_t attr;
+       struct sk_out *sk_out = fd->sk_out;
        int clear_state;
        int ret;
 
+       sk_out_assign(sk_out);
+       free(fd);
+
        if (!o->use_thread) {
                setsid();
                td->pid = getpid();
@@ -1325,12 +1461,18 @@ static void *thread_main(void *data)
        INIT_FLIST_HEAD(&td->verify_list);
        INIT_FLIST_HEAD(&td->trim_list);
        INIT_FLIST_HEAD(&td->next_rand_list);
-       pthread_mutex_init(&td->io_u_lock, NULL);
        td->io_hist_tree = RB_ROOT;
 
-       pthread_condattr_init(&attr);
-       pthread_cond_init(&td->verify_cond, &attr);
-       pthread_cond_init(&td->free_cond, &attr);
+       ret = mutex_cond_init_pshared(&td->io_u_lock, &td->free_cond);
+       if (ret) {
+               td_verror(td, ret, "mutex_cond_init_pshared");
+               goto err;
+       }
+       ret = cond_init_pshared(&td->verify_cond);
+       if (ret) {
+               td_verror(td, ret, "mutex_cond_pshared");
+               goto err;
+       }
 
        td_set_runstate(td, TD_INITIALIZED);
        dprint(FD_MUTEX, "up startup_mutex\n");
@@ -1352,6 +1494,14 @@ static void *thread_main(void *data)
                goto err;
        }
 
+       /*
+        * Do this early, we don't want the compress threads to be limited
+        * to the same CPUs as the IO workers. So do this before we set
+        * any potential CPU affinity
+        */
+       if (iolog_compress_init(td, sk_out))
+               goto err;
+
        /*
         * If we have a gettimeofday() thread, make sure we exclude that
         * thread from this job
@@ -1486,57 +1636,72 @@ static void *thread_main(void *data)
                        goto err;
        }
 
-       if (td->flags & TD_F_COMPRESS_LOG)
-               tp_init(&td->tp_data);
-
        fio_verify_init(td);
 
+       if (rate_submit_init(td, sk_out))
+               goto err;
+
        fio_gettime(&td->epoch, NULL);
        fio_getrusage(&td->ru_start);
+       memcpy(&td->bw_sample_time, &td->epoch, sizeof(td->epoch));
+       memcpy(&td->iops_sample_time, &td->epoch, sizeof(td->epoch));
+
+       if (o->ratemin[DDIR_READ] || o->ratemin[DDIR_WRITE] ||
+                       o->ratemin[DDIR_TRIM]) {
+               memcpy(&td->lastrate[DDIR_READ], &td->bw_sample_time,
+                                       sizeof(td->bw_sample_time));
+               memcpy(&td->lastrate[DDIR_WRITE], &td->bw_sample_time,
+                                       sizeof(td->bw_sample_time));
+               memcpy(&td->lastrate[DDIR_TRIM], &td->bw_sample_time,
+                                       sizeof(td->bw_sample_time));
+       }
+
        clear_state = 0;
        while (keep_running(td)) {
                uint64_t verify_bytes;
 
                fio_gettime(&td->start, NULL);
-               memcpy(&td->bw_sample_time, &td->start, sizeof(td->start));
-               memcpy(&td->iops_sample_time, &td->start, sizeof(td->start));
                memcpy(&td->tv_cache, &td->start, sizeof(td->start));
 
-               if (o->ratemin[DDIR_READ] || o->ratemin[DDIR_WRITE] ||
-                               o->ratemin[DDIR_TRIM]) {
-                       memcpy(&td->lastrate[DDIR_READ], &td->bw_sample_time,
-                                               sizeof(td->bw_sample_time));
-                       memcpy(&td->lastrate[DDIR_WRITE], &td->bw_sample_time,
-                                               sizeof(td->bw_sample_time));
-                       memcpy(&td->lastrate[DDIR_TRIM], &td->bw_sample_time,
-                                               sizeof(td->bw_sample_time));
-               }
-
                if (clear_state)
-                       clear_io_state(td);
+                       clear_io_state(td, 0);
 
                prune_io_piece_log(td);
 
                if (td->o.verify_only && (td_write(td) || td_rw(td)))
                        verify_bytes = do_dry_run(td);
-               else
-                       verify_bytes = do_io(td);
+               else {
+                       uint64_t bytes_done[DDIR_RWDIR_CNT];
+
+                       do_io(td, bytes_done);
+
+                       if (!ddir_rw_sum(bytes_done)) {
+                               fio_mark_td_terminate(td);
+                               verify_bytes = 0;
+                       } else {
+                               verify_bytes = bytes_done[DDIR_WRITE] +
+                                               bytes_done[DDIR_TRIM];
+                       }
+               }
 
                clear_state = 1;
 
+               /*
+                * Make sure we've successfully updated the rusage stats
+                * before waiting on the stat mutex. Otherwise we could have
+                * the stat thread holding stat mutex and waiting for
+                * the rusage_sem, which would never get upped because
+                * this thread is waiting for the stat mutex.
+                */
+               check_update_rusage(td);
+
                fio_mutex_down(stat_mutex);
-               if (td_read(td) && td->io_bytes[DDIR_READ]) {
-                       elapsed = mtime_since_now(&td->start);
-                       td->ts.runtime[DDIR_READ] += elapsed;
-               }
-               if (td_write(td) && td->io_bytes[DDIR_WRITE]) {
-                       elapsed = mtime_since_now(&td->start);
-                       td->ts.runtime[DDIR_WRITE] += elapsed;
-               }
-               if (td_trim(td) && td->io_bytes[DDIR_TRIM]) {
-                       elapsed = mtime_since_now(&td->start);
-                       td->ts.runtime[DDIR_TRIM] += elapsed;
-               }
+               if (td_read(td) && td->io_bytes[DDIR_READ])
+                       update_runtime(td, elapsed_us, DDIR_READ);
+               if (td_write(td) && td->io_bytes[DDIR_WRITE])
+                       update_runtime(td, elapsed_us, DDIR_WRITE);
+               if (td_trim(td) && td->io_bytes[DDIR_TRIM])
+                       update_runtime(td, elapsed_us, DDIR_TRIM);
                fio_gettime(&td->start, NULL);
                fio_mutex_up(stat_mutex);
 
@@ -1548,14 +1713,19 @@ static void *thread_main(void *data)
                    (td->io_ops->flags & FIO_UNIDIR))
                        continue;
 
-               clear_io_state(td);
+               clear_io_state(td, 0);
 
                fio_gettime(&td->start, NULL);
 
                do_verify(td, verify_bytes);
 
+               /*
+                * See comment further up for why this is done here.
+                */
+               check_update_rusage(td);
+
                fio_mutex_down(stat_mutex);
-               td->ts.runtime[DDIR_READ] += mtime_since_now(&td->start);
+               update_runtime(td, elapsed_us, DDIR_READ);
                fio_gettime(&td->start, NULL);
                fio_mutex_up(stat_mutex);
 
@@ -1563,6 +1733,8 @@ static void *thread_main(void *data)
                        break;
        }
 
+       td_set_runstate(td, TD_FINISHING);
+
        update_rusage_stat(td);
        td->ts.total_run_time = mtime_since_now(&td->epoch);
        td->ts.io_bytes[DDIR_READ] = td->io_bytes[DDIR_READ];
@@ -1570,28 +1742,20 @@ static void *thread_main(void *data)
        td->ts.io_bytes[DDIR_TRIM] = td->io_bytes[DDIR_TRIM];
 
        if (td->o.verify_state_save && !(td->flags & TD_F_VSTATE_SAVED) &&
-           (td->o.verify != VERIFY_NONE && td_write(td))) {
-               struct all_io_list *state;
-               size_t sz;
-
-               state = get_all_io_list(td->thread_number, &sz);
-               if (state) {
-                       __verify_save_state(state, "local");
-                       free(state);
-               }
-       }
+           (td->o.verify != VERIFY_NONE && td_write(td)))
+               verify_save_state(td->thread_number);
 
        fio_unpin_memory(td);
 
-       fio_writeout_logs(td);
+       td_writeout_logs(td, true);
 
-       if (td->flags & TD_F_COMPRESS_LOG)
-               tp_exit(&td->tp_data);
+       iolog_compress_exit(td);
+       rate_submit_exit(td);
 
        if (o->exec_postrun)
                exec_string(o, o->exec_postrun, (const char *)"postrun");
 
-       if (exitall_on_terminate)
+       if (exitall_on_terminate || (o->exitall_error && td->error))
                fio_terminate_threads(td->groupid);
 
 err:
@@ -1608,6 +1772,15 @@ err:
        cgroup_shutdown(td, &cgroup_mnt);
        verify_free_state(td);
 
+       if (td->zone_state_index) {
+               int i;
+
+               for (i = 0; i < DDIR_RWDIR_CNT; i++)
+                       free(td->zone_state_index[i]);
+               free(td->zone_state_index);
+               td->zone_state_index = NULL;
+       }
+
        if (fio_option_is_set(o, cpumask)) {
                ret = fio_cpuset_exit(&o->cpumask);
                if (ret)
@@ -1631,6 +1804,7 @@ err:
         */
        check_update_rusage(td);
 
+       sk_out_drop();
        return (void *) (uintptr_t) td->error;
 }
 
@@ -1639,9 +1813,9 @@ err:
  * We cannot pass the td data into a forked process, so attach the td and
  * pass it to the thread worker.
  */
-static int fork_main(int shmid, int offset)
+static int fork_main(struct sk_out *sk_out, int shmid, int offset)
 {
-       struct thread_data *td;
+       struct fork_data *fd;
        void *data, *ret;
 
 #if !defined(__hpux) && !defined(CONFIG_NO_SHM)
@@ -1659,16 +1833,19 @@ static int fork_main(int shmid, int offset)
        data = threads;
 #endif
 
-       td = data + offset * sizeof(struct thread_data);
-       ret = thread_main(td);
+       fd = calloc(1, sizeof(*fd));
+       fd->td = data + offset * sizeof(struct thread_data);
+       fd->sk_out = sk_out;
+       ret = thread_main(fd);
        shmdt(data);
        return (int) (uintptr_t) ret;
 }
 
 static void dump_td_info(struct thread_data *td)
 {
-       log_err("fio: job '%s' hasn't exited in %lu seconds, it appears to "
-               "be stuck. Doing forceful exit of this job.\n", td->o.name,
+       log_err("fio: job '%s' (state=%d) hasn't exited in %lu seconds, it "
+               "appears to be stuck. Doing forceful exit of this job.\n",
+                       td->o.name, td->runstate,
                        (unsigned long) time_since_now(&td->terminate_time));
 }
 
@@ -1754,6 +1931,7 @@ static void reap_threads(unsigned int *nr_running, unsigned int *t_rate,
                 * move on.
                 */
                if (td->terminate &&
+                   td->runstate < TD_FSYNCING &&
                    time_since_now(&td->terminate_time) >= FIO_REAP_TIMEOUT) {
                        dump_td_info(td);
                        td_set_runstate(td, TD_REAPED);
@@ -1783,29 +1961,29 @@ reaped:
                fio_terminate_threads(TERMINATE_ALL);
 }
 
-static int __check_trigger_file(void)
+static bool __check_trigger_file(void)
 {
        struct stat sb;
 
        if (!trigger_file)
-               return 0;
+               return false;
 
        if (stat(trigger_file, &sb))
-               return 0;
+               return false;
 
        if (unlink(trigger_file) < 0)
                log_err("fio: failed to unlink %s: %s\n", trigger_file,
                                                        strerror(errno));
 
-       return 1;
+       return true;
 }
 
-static int trigger_timedout(void)
+static bool trigger_timedout(void)
 {
        if (trigger_timeout)
                return time_since_genesis() >= trigger_timeout;
 
-       return 0;
+       return false;
 }
 
 void exec_trigger(const char *cmd)
@@ -1826,7 +2004,7 @@ void check_trigger_file(void)
                if (nr_clients)
                        fio_clients_send_trigger(trigger_remote_cmd);
                else {
-                       verify_save_state();
+                       verify_save_state(IO_LIST_ALL);
                        fio_terminate_threads(TERMINATE_ALL);
                        exec_trigger(trigger_cmd);
                }
@@ -1846,7 +2024,7 @@ static int fio_verify_load_state(struct thread_data *td)
                ret = fio_server_get_verify_state(td->o.name,
                                        td->thread_number - 1, &data);
                if (!ret)
-                       verify_convert_assign_state(td, data);
+                       verify_assign_state(td, data);
        } else
                ret = verify_load_state(td, "local");
 
@@ -1860,10 +2038,57 @@ static void do_usleep(unsigned int usecs)
        usleep(usecs);
 }
 
+static bool check_mount_writes(struct thread_data *td)
+{
+       struct fio_file *f;
+       unsigned int i;
+
+       if (!td_write(td) || td->o.allow_mounted_write)
+               return false;
+
+       for_each_file(td, f, i) {
+               if (f->filetype != FIO_TYPE_BD)
+                       continue;
+               if (device_is_mounted(f->file_name))
+                       goto mounted;
+       }
+
+       return false;
+mounted:
+       log_err("fio: %s appears mounted, and 'allow_mounted_write' isn't set. Aborting.", f->file_name);
+       return true;
+}
+
+static bool waitee_running(struct thread_data *me)
+{
+       const char *waitee = me->o.wait_for;
+       const char *self = me->o.name;
+       struct thread_data *td;
+       int i;
+
+       if (!waitee)
+               return false;
+
+       for_each_td(td, i) {
+               if (!strcmp(td->o.name, self) || strcmp(td->o.name, waitee))
+                       continue;
+
+               if (td->runstate < TD_EXITED) {
+                       dprint(FD_PROCESS, "%s fenced by %s(%s)\n",
+                                       self, td->o.name,
+                                       runstate_to_name(td->runstate));
+                       return true;
+               }
+       }
+
+       dprint(FD_PROCESS, "%s: %s completed, can run\n", self, waitee);
+       return false;
+}
+
 /*
  * Main function for kicking off and reaping jobs, as needed.
  */
-static void run_threads(void)
+static void run_threads(struct sk_out *sk_out)
 {
        struct thread_data *td;
        unsigned int i, todo, nr_running, m_rate, t_rate, nr_started;
@@ -1878,13 +2103,15 @@ static void run_threads(void)
 
        nr_thread = nr_process = 0;
        for_each_td(td, i) {
+               if (check_mount_writes(td))
+                       return;
                if (td->o.use_thread)
                        nr_thread++;
                else
                        nr_process++;
        }
 
-       if (output_format == FIO_OUTPUT_NORMAL) {
+       if (output_format & FIO_OUTPUT_NORMAL) {
                log_info("Starting ");
                if (nr_thread)
                        log_info("%d thread%s", nr_thread,
@@ -1981,6 +2208,12 @@ reap:
                                break;
                        }
 
+                       if (waitee_running(td)) {
+                               dprint(FD_PROCESS, "%s: waiting for %s\n",
+                                               td->o.name, td->o.wait_for);
+                               continue;
+                       }
+
                        init_disk_util(td);
 
                        td->rusage_sem = fio_mutex_init(FIO_MUTEX_LOCKED);
@@ -1995,14 +2228,20 @@ reap:
                        nr_started++;
 
                        if (td->o.use_thread) {
+                               struct fork_data *fd;
                                int ret;
 
+                               fd = calloc(1, sizeof(*fd));
+                               fd->td = td;
+                               fd->sk_out = sk_out;
+
                                dprint(FD_PROCESS, "will pthread_create\n");
                                ret = pthread_create(&td->thread, NULL,
-                                                       thread_main, td);
+                                                       thread_main, fd);
                                if (ret) {
                                        log_err("pthread_create: %s\n",
                                                        strerror(ret));
+                                       free(fd);
                                        nr_started--;
                                        break;
                                }
@@ -2015,14 +2254,14 @@ reap:
                                dprint(FD_PROCESS, "will fork\n");
                                pid = fork();
                                if (!pid) {
-                                       int ret = fork_main(shm_id, i);
+                                       int ret = fork_main(sk_out, shm_id, i);
 
                                        _exit(ret);
                                } else if (i == fio_debug_jobno)
                                        *fio_debug_jobp = pid;
                        }
                        dprint(FD_MUTEX, "wait on startup_mutex\n");
-                       if (fio_mutex_down_timeout(startup_mutex, 10)) {
+                       if (fio_mutex_down_timeout(startup_mutex, 10000)) {
                                log_err("fio: job startup hung? exiting.\n");
                                fio_terminate_threads(TERMINATE_ALL);
                                fio_abort = 1;
@@ -2107,81 +2346,13 @@ reap:
        update_io_ticks();
 }
 
-static void wait_for_helper_thread_exit(void)
-{
-       void *ret;
-
-       helper_exit = 1;
-       pthread_cond_signal(&helper_cond);
-       pthread_join(helper_thread, &ret);
-}
-
 static void free_disk_util(void)
 {
        disk_util_prune_entries();
-
-       pthread_cond_destroy(&helper_cond);
-}
-
-static void *helper_thread_main(void *data)
-{
-       int ret = 0;
-
-       fio_mutex_up(startup_mutex);
-
-       while (!ret) {
-               uint64_t sec = DISK_UTIL_MSEC / 1000;
-               uint64_t nsec = (DISK_UTIL_MSEC % 1000) * 1000000;
-               struct timespec ts;
-               struct timeval tv;
-
-               gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
-               ts.tv_sec = tv.tv_sec + sec;
-               ts.tv_nsec = (tv.tv_usec * 1000) + nsec;
-
-               if (ts.tv_nsec >= 1000000000ULL) {
-                       ts.tv_nsec -= 1000000000ULL;
-                       ts.tv_sec++;
-               }
-
-               pthread_cond_timedwait(&helper_cond, &helper_lock, &ts);
-
-               ret = update_io_ticks();
-
-               if (helper_do_stat) {
-                       helper_do_stat = 0;
-                       __show_running_run_stats();
-               }
-
-               if (!is_backend)
-                       print_thread_status();
-       }
-
-       return NULL;
-}
-
-static int create_helper_thread(void)
-{
-       int ret;
-
-       setup_disk_util();
-
-       pthread_cond_init(&helper_cond, NULL);
-       pthread_mutex_init(&helper_lock, NULL);
-
-       ret = pthread_create(&helper_thread, NULL, helper_thread_main, NULL);
-       if (ret) {
-               log_err("Can't create helper thread: %s\n", strerror(ret));
-               return 1;
-       }
-
-       dprint(FD_MUTEX, "wait on startup_mutex\n");
-       fio_mutex_down(startup_mutex);
-       dprint(FD_MUTEX, "done waiting on startup_mutex\n");
-       return 0;
+       helper_thread_destroy();
 }
 
-int fio_backend(void)
+int fio_backend(struct sk_out *sk_out)
 {
        struct thread_data *td;
        int i;
@@ -2211,14 +2382,14 @@ int fio_backend(void)
 
        set_genesis_time();
        stat_init();
-       create_helper_thread();
+       helper_thread_create(startup_mutex, sk_out);
 
        cgroup_list = smalloc(sizeof(*cgroup_list));
        INIT_FLIST_HEAD(cgroup_list);
 
-       run_threads();
+       run_threads(sk_out);
 
-       wait_for_helper_thread_exit();
+       helper_thread_exit();
 
        if (!fio_abort) {
                __show_run_stats();
@@ -2226,7 +2397,7 @@ int fio_backend(void)
                        for (i = 0; i < DDIR_RWDIR_CNT; i++) {
                                struct io_log *log = agg_io_log[i];
 
-                               flush_log(log);
+                               flush_log(log, 0);
                                free_log(log);
                        }
                }