server: include name of verify file requested for error message

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 6f72ec0f910a6d12bc6cc6f949b765d5f4988b38..7bdfea3f019f54780b57e5baec828e5708770239 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -180,6 +180,14 @@ a ':' character.
 May be used to override the job name.  On the command line, this parameter
 has the special purpose of signalling the start of a new job.
 .TP
+.BI wait_for \fR=\fPstr
+Specifies the name of the already defined job to wait for. Single waitee name
+only may be specified. If set, the job won't be started until all workers of
+the waitee job are done.  Wait_for operates on the job name basis, so there are
+a few limitations. First, the waitee must be defined prior to the waiter job
+(meaning no forward references). Second, if a job is being referenced as a
+waitee, it must have a unique name (no duplicate waitees).
+.TP
 .BI description \fR=\fPstr
 Human-readable description of the job. It is printed when the job is run, but
 otherwise has no special purpose.
@@ -969,7 +977,8 @@ This option controls how fio manages rated IO submissions. The default is
 IOs that gets adjusted based on IO completion rates. If this is set to
 \fBpoisson\fR, fio will submit IO based on a more real world random request
 flow, known as the Poisson process
-(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_process).
+(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_process). The lambda will be
+10^6 / IOPS for the given workload.
 .TP
 .BI rate_cycle \fR=\fPint
 Average bandwidth for \fBrate\fR and \fBrate_min\fR over this number of
@@ -1125,6 +1134,10 @@ Should be a multiple of 1MB. Default: 4MB.
 .B exitall
 Terminate all jobs when one finishes.  Default: wait for each job to finish.
 .TP
+.B exitall_on_error \fR=\fPbool
+Terminate all jobs if one job finishes in error.  Default: wait for each job
+to finish.
+.TP
 .BI bwavgtime \fR=\fPint
 Average bandwidth calculations over the given time in milliseconds.  Default:
 500ms.
@@ -1426,11 +1439,15 @@ most of the system memory. So pick your poison. The IO logs are saved
 normally at the end of a run, by decompressing the chunks and storing them
 in the specified log file. This feature depends on the availability of zlib.
 .TP
+.BI log_compression_cpus \fR=\fPstr
+Define the set of CPUs that are allowed to handle online log compression
+for the IO jobs. This can provide better isolation between performance
+sensitive jobs, and background compression work.
+.TP
 .BI log_store_compressed \fR=\fPbool
-If set, and \fBlog\fR_compression is also set, fio will store the log files in
-a compressed format. They can be decompressed with fio, using the
-\fB\-\-inflate-log\fR command line parameter. The files will be stored with a
-\fB\.fz\fR suffix.
+If set, fio will store the log files in a compressed format. They can be
+decompressed with fio, using the \fB\-\-inflate-log\fR command line parameter.
+The files will be stored with a \fB\.fz\fR suffix.
 .TP
 .BI block_error_percentiles \fR=\fPbool
 If set, record errors in trim block-sized units from writes and trims and output