Add check for pipe/fifo files

[fio.git] / filesetup.c

diff --git a/filesetup.c b/filesetup.c
index bd975d82470ce4dc7bedb82a5f1cbd151e5574c1..bb25cd5c20bf43ea46646f3b5fb799637e23f5f2 100644 (file)
--- a/filesetup.c
+++ b/filesetup.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ int file_invalidate_cache(struct thread_data *td, struct fio_file *f)
                        log_err("fio: only root may flush block devices. Cache flush bypassed!\n");
                        ret = 0;
                }
-       } else if (f->filetype == FIO_TYPE_CHAR)
+       } else if (f->filetype == FIO_TYPE_CHAR || f->filetype == FIO_TYPE_PIPE)
                ret = 0;
 
        if (ret < 0) {
@@ -485,6 +485,8 @@ static void get_file_type(struct fio_file *f)
                        f->filetype = FIO_TYPE_BD;
                else if (S_ISCHR(sb.st_mode))
                        f->filetype = FIO_TYPE_CHAR;
+               else if (S_ISFIFO(sb.st_mode))
+                       f->filetype = FIO_TYPE_PIPE;
        }
 }