Update cpus_allowed_policy=split documentation

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diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
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--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ etc. This is useful for disk drives where values are often given in base 10
 values. Specifying '30GiB' will get you 30*1000^3 bytes.
 When specifying times the default suffix meaning changes, still denoting the
 base unit of the value, but accepted suffixes are 'D' (days), 'H' (hours), 'M'
-(minutes), 'S' Seconds, 'ms' milli seconds. Time values without a unit specify
-seconds.
+(minutes), 'S' Seconds, 'ms' (or msec) milli seconds, 'us' (or 'usec') micro
+seconds. Time values without a unit specify seconds.
 The suffixes are not case sensitive.
 .TP
 .I bool
@@ -833,6 +833,26 @@ may run on.  See \fBsched_setaffinity\fR\|(2).
 .BI cpus_allowed \fR=\fPstr
 Same as \fBcpumask\fR, but allows a comma-delimited list of CPU numbers.
 .TP
+.BI cpus_allowed_policy \fR=\fPstr
+Set the policy of how fio distributes the CPUs specified by \fBcpus_allowed\fR
+or \fBcpumask\fR. Two policies are supported:
+.RS
+.RS
+.TP
+.B shared
+All jobs will share the CPU set specified.
+.TP
+.B split
+Each job will get a unique CPU from the CPU set.
+.RE
+.P
+\fBshared\fR is the default behaviour, if the option isn't specified. If
+\fBsplit\fR is specified, then fio will assign one cpu per job. If not enough
+CPUs are given for the jobs listed, then fio will roundrobin the CPUs in
+the set.
+.RE
+.P
+.TP
 .BI numa_cpu_nodes \fR=\fPstr
 Set this job running on specified NUMA nodes' CPUs. The arguments allow
 comma delimited list of cpu numbers, A-B ranges, or 'all'.