Merge branch 'master' into gfio

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 26a4650432132345959bbaa09006015abfff6925..2464dd5e77fbc54a525ac0727f367827eea28181 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ List all commands defined by \fIioengine\fR, or print help for \fIcommand\fR def
 .BI \-\-showcmd \fR=\fPjobfile
 Convert \fIjobfile\fR to a set of command-line options.
 .TP
-.B \-\-readonly
-Enable read-only safety checks.
-.TP
 .BI \-\-eta \fR=\fPwhen
 Specifies when real-time ETA estimate should be printed.  \fIwhen\fR may
 be one of `always', `never' or `auto'.
@@ -80,6 +77,9 @@ Background a fio server, writing the pid to the given pid file.
 .TP
 .BI \-\-client \fR=\fPhost
 Instead of running the jobs locally, send and run them on the given host.
+.TP
+.BI \-\-idle\-prof \fR=\fPoption
+Report cpu idleness on a system or percpu basis (\fIoption\fP=system,percpu) or run unit work calibration only (\fIoption\fP=calibrate).
 .SH "JOB FILE FORMAT"
 Job files are in `ini' format. They consist of one or more
 job definitions, which begin with a job name in square brackets and
@@ -170,11 +170,6 @@ Read-write locking on the file. Many readers may access the file at the same
 time, but writes get exclusive access.
 .RE
 .P
-The option may be post-fixed with a lock batch number. If set, then each
-thread/process may do that amount of IOs to the file before giving up the lock.
-Since lock acquisition is expensive, batching the lock/unlocks will speed up IO.
-.RE
-.P
 .BI opendir \fR=\fPstr
 Recursively open any files below directory \fIstr\fR.
 .TP
@@ -243,6 +238,11 @@ The base unit for a kilobyte. The defacto base is 2^10, 1024.  Storage
 manufacturers like to use 10^3 or 1000 as a base ten unit instead, for obvious
 reasons. Allow values are 1024 or 1000, with 1024 being the default.
 .TP
+.BI unified_rw_reporting \fR=\fPbool
+Fio normally reports statistics on a per data direction basis, meaning that
+read, write, and trim are accounted and reported separately. If this option is
+set, the fio will sum the results and report them as "mixed" instead.
+.TP
 .BI randrepeat \fR=\fPbool
 Seed the random number generator in a predictable way so results are repeatable
 across runs.  Default: true.
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ Also see the sync_file_range(2) man page.  This option is Linux specific.
 If writing, setup the file first and do overwrites.  Default: false.
 .TP
 .BI end_fsync \fR=\fPbool
-Sync file contents when job exits.  Default: false.
+Sync file contents when a write stage has completed.  Default: false.
 .TP
 .BI fsync_on_close \fR=\fPbool
 If true, sync file contents on close.  This differs from \fBend_fsync\fR in that
@@ -1027,6 +1027,27 @@ given time in milliseconds.
 .BI disk_util \fR=\fPbool
 Generate disk utilization statistics if the platform supports it. Default: true.
 .TP
+.BI clocksource \fR=\fPstr
+Use the given clocksource as the base of timing. The supported options are:
+.RS
+.TP
+.B gettimeofday
+gettimeofday(2)
+.TP
+.B clock_gettime
+clock_gettime(2)
+.TP
+.B cpu
+Internal CPU clock source
+.TP
+.RE
+.P
+\fBcpu\fR is the preferred clocksource if it is reliable, as it is very fast
+(and fio is heavy on time calls). Fio will automatically use this clocksource
+if it's supported and considered reliable on the system it is running on,
+unless another clocksource is specifically set. For x86/x86-64 CPUs, this
+means supporting TSC Invariant.
+.TP
 .BI gtod_reduce \fR=\fPbool
 Enable all of the gettimeofday() reducing options (disable_clat, disable_slat,
 disable_bw) plus reduce precision of the timeout somewhat to really shrink the
@@ -1120,6 +1141,12 @@ Some parameters are only valid when a specific ioengine is in use. These are
 used identically to normal parameters, with the caveat that when used on the
 command line, the must come after the ioengine that defines them is selected.
 .TP
+.BI (cpu)cpuload \fR=\fPint
+Attempt to use the specified percentage of CPU cycles.
+.TP
+.BI (cpu)cpuchunks \fR=\fPint
+Split the load into cycles of the given time. In microseconds.
+.TP
 .BI (libaio)userspace_reap
 Normally, with the libaio engine in use, fio will use
 the io_getevents system call to reap newly returned events.
@@ -1136,6 +1163,9 @@ used and must be omitted.
 .BI (net,netsplice)port \fR=\fPint
 The TCP or UDP port to bind to or connect to.
 .TP
+.BI (net,netsplice)nodelay \fR=\fPbool
+Set TCP_NODELAY on TCP connections.
+.TP
 .BI (net,netsplice)protocol \fR=\fPstr "\fR,\fP proto" \fR=\fPstr
 The network protocol to use. Accepted values are:
 .RS
@@ -1162,6 +1192,15 @@ For TCP network connections, tell fio to listen for incoming
 connections rather than initiating an outgoing connection. The
 hostname must be omitted if this option is used.
 .TP
+.BI (net, pingpong) \fR=\fPbool
+Normal a network writer will just continue writing data, and a network reader
+will just consume packages. If pingpong=1 is set, a writer will send its normal
+payload to the reader, then wait for the reader to send the same payload back.
+This allows fio to measure network latencies. The submission and completion
+latencies then measure local time spent sending or receiving, and the
+completion latency measures how long it took for the other end to receive and
+send back.
+.TP
 .BI (e4defrag,donorname) \fR=\fPstr
 File will be used as a block donor (swap extents between files)
 .TP