verify: warn when verify pass won't be run

[fio.git] / init.c

diff --git a/init.c b/init.c
index 42e710715a250e2eca8f2a6a8cd7c609e6571455..7fbfa86654d632b4839139352a6075434822839a 100644 (file)
--- a/init.c
+++ b/init.c
@@ -731,13 +731,30 @@ static int fixup_options(struct thread_data *td)
                o->size = -1ULL;
 
        if (o->verify != VERIFY_NONE) {
-               if (td_write(td) && o->do_verify && o->numjobs > 1) {
-                       log_info("Multiple writers may overwrite blocks that "
-                               "belong to other jobs. This can cause "
+               if (td_write(td) && o->do_verify && o->numjobs > 1 &&
+                   (o->filename ||
+                    !(o->unique_filename &&
+                      strstr(o->filename_format, "$jobname") &&
+                      strstr(o->filename_format, "$jobnum") &&
+                      strstr(o->filename_format, "$filenum")))) {
+                       log_info("fio: multiple writers may overwrite blocks "
+                               "that belong to other jobs. This can cause "
                                "verification failures.\n");
                        ret = warnings_fatal;
                }
 
+               /*
+                * Warn if verification is requested but no verification of any
+                * kind can be started due to time constraints
+                */
+               if (td_write(td) && o->do_verify && o->timeout &&
+                   o->time_based && !td_read(td) && !o->verify_backlog) {
+                       log_info("fio: verification read phase will never "
+                                "start because write phase uses all of "
+                                "runtime\n");
+                       ret = warnings_fatal;
+               }
+
                if (!fio_option_is_set(o, refill_buffers))
                        o->refill_buffers = 1;