Add a 'continue_on_error' option to fio

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index b984a8cbd5e17c9156c4bfd0c773480adc0e66d1..637304e5ffe7c8368a2b611cb8897566a31e4830 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -680,6 +680,14 @@ threads/processes that run IO workloads need only copy that segment, instead of
 entering the kernel with a gettimeofday() call. The CPU set aside for doing
 these time calls will be excluded from other uses. Fio will manually clear it
 from the CPU mask of other jobs.
 entering the kernel with a gettimeofday() call. The CPU set aside for doing
 these time calls will be excluded from other uses. Fio will manually clear it
 from the CPU mask of other jobs.

+.TP
+.BI continue_on_error \fR=\fPbool
+Normally fio will exit the job on the first observed failure. If this option is
+set, fio will continue the job when there is a 'non-fatal error'
+(\fBEIO\fR or \fBEILSEQ\fR) until the runtime is exceeded or the I/O size
+specified is completed. If this option is used, there are two more stats that
+are appended, the total error count and the first error. The error field given
+in the stats is the first error that was hit during the run.

 .SH OUTPUT
 While running, \fBfio\fR will display the status of the created jobs.  For
 example:
 .SH OUTPUT
 While running, \fBfio\fR will display the status of the created jobs.  For
 example: