[PATCH] ioengine flags: Replace FIO_NETIO with real flags that map the
[fio.git] / init.c
diff --git a/init.c b/init.c
index 4ac2783d28a4ced91c1076e3b069a3e4bc659a5b..c6837c9f91d3bea0db10d7a8a4a106bcf9268deb 100644 (file)
--- a/init.c
+++ b/init.c
 #include "fio.h"
 #include "parse.h"
 
-/*
- * The default options
- */
-#define DEF_BS                 (4096)
-#define DEF_TIMEOUT            (0)
-#define DEF_RATE_CYCLE         (1000)
-#define DEF_ODIRECT            (1)
-#define DEF_IO_ENGINE          (FIO_SYNCIO)
-#define DEF_IO_ENGINE_NAME     "sync"
-#define DEF_SEQUENTIAL         (1)
-#define DEF_RAND_REPEAT                (1)
-#define DEF_OVERWRITE          (0)
-#define DEF_INVALIDATE         (1)
-#define DEF_SYNCIO             (0)
-#define DEF_RANDSEED           (0xb1899bedUL)
-#define DEF_BWAVGTIME          (500)
-#define DEF_CREATE_SER         (1)
-#define DEF_CREATE_FSYNC       (1)
-#define DEF_LOOPS              (1)
-#define DEF_VERIFY             (0)
-#define DEF_STONEWALL          (0)
-#define DEF_NUMJOBS            (1)
-#define DEF_USE_THREAD         (0)
-#define DEF_FILE_SIZE          (1024 * 1024 * 1024UL)
-#define DEF_ZONE_SIZE          (0)
-#define DEF_ZONE_SKIP          (0)
-#define DEF_RWMIX_CYCLE                (500)
-#define DEF_RWMIX_READ         (50)
-#define DEF_NICE               (0)
-#define DEF_NR_FILES           (1)
-#define DEF_UNLINK             (1)
-#define DEF_WRITE_BW_LOG       (0)
-#define DEF_WRITE_LAT_LOG      (0)
-#define DEF_NO_RAND_MAP                (0)
-#define DEF_HUGEPAGE_SIZE      FIO_HUGE_PAGE
-#define DEF_THINKTIME_BLOCKS   (1)
+#define FIO_RANDSEED           (0xb1899bedUL)
 
 #define td_var_offset(var)     ((size_t) &((struct thread_data *)0)->var)
 
-static int str_rw_cb(void *, const char *);
 static int str_ioengine_cb(void *, const char *);
 static int str_mem_cb(void *, const char *);
-static int str_verify_cb(void *, const char *);
 static int str_lockmem_cb(void *, unsigned long *);
 #ifdef FIO_HAVE_IOPRIO
 static int str_prio_cb(void *, unsigned int *);
@@ -69,10 +32,19 @@ static int str_prioclass_cb(void *, unsigned int *);
 static int str_exitall_cb(void);
 static int str_cpumask_cb(void *, unsigned int *);
 
+#define __stringify_1(x)       #x
+#define __stringify(x)         __stringify_1(x)
+
 /*
  * Map of job/command line options
  */
 static struct fio_option options[] = {
+       {
+               .name   = "description",
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_STR_STORE,
+               .off1   = td_var_offset(description),
+               .help   = "Text job description",
+       },
        {
                .name   = "name",
                .type   = FIO_OPT_STR_STORE,
@@ -94,26 +66,220 @@ static struct fio_option options[] = {
        {
                .name   = "rw",
                .type   = FIO_OPT_STR,
-               .cb     = str_rw_cb,
-               .help   = "IO direction (read, write, rw, etc)",
+               .off1   = td_var_offset(td_ddir),
+               .help   = "IO direction",
+               .def    = "read",
+               .posval = {
+                         { .ival = "read", .oval = TD_DDIR_READ },
+                         { .ival = "write", .oval = TD_DDIR_WRITE },
+                         { .ival = "randread", .oval = TD_DDIR_RANDREAD },
+                         { .ival = "randwrite", .oval = TD_DDIR_RANDWRITE },
+                         { .ival = "rw", .oval = TD_DDIR_RW },
+                         { .ival = "randrw", .oval = TD_DDIR_RANDRW },
+                         },
        },
        {
                .name   = "ioengine",
                .type   = FIO_OPT_STR,
                .cb     = str_ioengine_cb,
-               .help   = "IO engine to use (sync, aio, etc)",
+               .help   = "IO engine to use",
+               .def    = "sync",
+               .posval = {
+                         { .ival = "sync", },
+#ifdef FIO_HAVE_LIBAIO
+                         { .ival = "libaio", },
+#endif
+#ifdef FIO_HAVE_POSIXAIO
+                         { .ival = "posixaio", },
+#endif
+                         { .ival = "mmap", },
+#ifdef FIO_HAVE_SPLICE
+                         { .ival = "splice", },
+#endif
+#ifdef FIO_HAVE_SGIO
+                         { .ival = "sg", },
+#endif
+                         { .ival = "null", }, { .ival = "net", },
+#ifdef FIO_HAVE_SYSLET
+                         { .ival = "syslet-rw", },
+#endif
+                         { .ival = "external", },
+                         },
+       },
+       {
+               .name   = "iodepth",
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
+               .off1   = td_var_offset(iodepth),
+               .help   = "Amount of IO buffers to keep in flight",
+               .def    = "1",
+       },
+       {
+               .name   = "iodepth_batch",
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
+               .off1   = td_var_offset(iodepth_batch),
+               .help   = "Number of IO to submit in one go",
+       },
+       {
+               .name   = "iodepth_low",
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
+               .off1   = td_var_offset(iodepth_low),
+               .help   = "Low water mark for queuing depth",
+       },
+       {
+               .name   = "size",
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_STR_VAL,
+               .off1   = td_var_offset(total_file_size),
+               .help   = "Size of device or file",
+       },
+       {
+               .name   = "bs",
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_STR_VAL_INT,
+               .off1   = td_var_offset(bs[DDIR_READ]),
+               .off2   = td_var_offset(bs[DDIR_WRITE]),
+               .help   = "Block size unit",
+               .def    = "4k",
+       },
+       {
+               .name   = "bsrange",
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_RANGE,
+               .off1   = td_var_offset(min_bs[DDIR_READ]),
+               .off2   = td_var_offset(max_bs[DDIR_READ]),
+               .off3   = td_var_offset(min_bs[DDIR_WRITE]),
+               .off4   = td_var_offset(max_bs[DDIR_WRITE]),
+               .help   = "Set block size range (in more detail than bs)",
+       },
+       {
+               .name   = "bs_unaligned",
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_STR_SET,
+               .off1   = td_var_offset(bs_unaligned),
+               .help   = "Don't sector align IO buffer sizes",
+       },
+       {
+               .name   = "offset",
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_STR_VAL,
+               .off1   = td_var_offset(start_offset),
+               .help   = "Start IO from this offset",
+               .def    = "0",
+       },
+       {
+               .name   = "randrepeat",
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_BOOL,
+               .off1   = td_var_offset(rand_repeatable),
+               .help   = "Use repeatable random IO pattern",
+               .def    = "1",
+       },
+       {
+               .name   = "norandommap",
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_STR_SET,
+               .off1   = td_var_offset(norandommap),
+               .help   = "Accept potential duplicate random blocks",
+       },
+       {
+               .name   = "nrfiles",
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
+               .off1   = td_var_offset(nr_files),
+               .help   = "Split job workload between this number of files",
+               .def    = "1",
+       },
+       {
+               .name   = "file_service_type",
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_STR,
+               .off1   = td_var_offset(file_service_type),
+               .help   = "How to select which file to service next",
+               .def    = "roundrobin",
+               .posval = {
+                         { .ival = "random", .oval = FIO_FSERVICE_RANDOM },
+                         { .ival = "roundrobin", .oval = FIO_FSERVICE_RR },
+                         },
+       },
+       {
+               .name   = "fsync",
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
+               .off1   = td_var_offset(fsync_blocks),
+               .help   = "Issue fsync for writes every given number of blocks",
+               .def    = "0",
+       },
+       {
+               .name   = "direct",
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_BOOL,
+               .off1   = td_var_offset(odirect),
+               .help   = "Use O_DIRECT IO (negates buffered)",
+               .def    = "0",
+       },
+       {
+               .name   = "buffered",
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_BOOL,
+               .off1   = td_var_offset(odirect),
+               .neg    = 1,
+               .help   = "Use buffered IO (negates direct)",
+               .def    = "1",
+       },
+       {
+               .name   = "overwrite",
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_BOOL,
+               .off1   = td_var_offset(overwrite),
+               .help   = "When writing, set whether to overwrite current data",
+               .def    = "0",
+       },
+       {
+               .name   = "loops",
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
+               .off1   = td_var_offset(loops),
+               .help   = "Number of times to run the job",
+               .def    = "1",
+       },
+       {
+               .name   = "numjobs",
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
+               .off1   = td_var_offset(numjobs),
+               .help   = "Duplicate this job this many times",
+               .def    = "1",
+       },
+       {
+               .name   = "startdelay",
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
+               .off1   = td_var_offset(start_delay),
+               .help   = "Only start job when this period has passed",
+               .def    = "0",
+       },
+       {
+               .name   = "runtime",
+               .alias  = "timeout",
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_STR_VAL_TIME,
+               .off1   = td_var_offset(timeout),
+               .help   = "Stop workload when this amount of time has passed",
+               .def    = "0",
        },
        {
                .name   = "mem",
                .type   = FIO_OPT_STR,
                .cb     = str_mem_cb,
-               .help   = "Backing type for IO buffers (malloc, shm, etc)",
+               .off1   = td_var_offset(mem_type),
+               .help   = "Backing type for IO buffers",
+               .def    = "malloc",
+               .posval = {
+                         { .ival = "malloc", .oval = MEM_MALLOC },
+                         { .ival = "shm", .oval = MEM_SHM },
+#ifdef FIO_HAVE_HUGETLB
+                         { .ival = "shmhuge", .oval = MEM_SHMHUGE },
+#endif
+                         { .ival = "mmap", .oval = MEM_MMAP },
+#ifdef FIO_HAVE_HUGETLB
+                         { .ival = "mmaphuge", .oval = MEM_MMAPHUGE },
+#endif
+                         },
        },
        {
                .name   = "verify",
                .type   = FIO_OPT_STR,
-               .cb     = str_verify_cb,
-               .help   = "Verify sum function (md5 or crc32)",
+               .off1   = td_var_offset(verify),
+               .help   = "Verify sum function",
+               .def    = "0",
+               .posval = {
+                         { .ival = "0", .oval = VERIFY_NONE },
+                         { .ival = "crc32", .oval = VERIFY_CRC32 },
+                         { .ival = "md5", .oval = VERIFY_MD5 },
+                         },
        },
        {
                .name   = "write_iolog",
@@ -147,95 +313,58 @@ static struct fio_option options[] = {
                .help   = "Use this IO scheduler on the backing device",
        },
 #endif
-       {
-               .name   = "size",
-               .type   = FIO_OPT_STR_VAL,
-               .off1   = td_var_offset(total_file_size),
-               .help   = "Size of device or file",
-       },
-       {
-               .name   = "bs",
-               .type   = FIO_OPT_STR_VAL_INT,
-               .off1   = td_var_offset(bs[DDIR_READ]),
-               .off2   = td_var_offset(bs[DDIR_WRITE]),
-               .help   = "Block size unit",
-       },
-       {
-               .name   = "offset",
-               .type   = FIO_OPT_STR_VAL,
-               .off1   = td_var_offset(start_offset),
-               .help   = "Start IO from this offset",
-       },
        {
                .name   = "zonesize",
                .type   = FIO_OPT_STR_VAL,
                .off1   = td_var_offset(zone_size),
                .help   = "Give size of an IO zone",
+               .def    = "0",
        },
        {
                .name   = "zoneskip",
                .type   = FIO_OPT_STR_VAL,
                .off1   = td_var_offset(zone_skip),
                .help   = "Space between IO zones",
+               .def    = "0",
        },
        {
                .name   = "lockmem",
                .type   = FIO_OPT_STR_VAL,
                .cb     = str_lockmem_cb,
                .help   = "Lock down this amount of memory",
-       },
-       {
-               .name   = "bsrange",
-               .type   = FIO_OPT_RANGE,
-               .off1   = td_var_offset(min_bs[DDIR_READ]),
-               .off2   = td_var_offset(max_bs[DDIR_READ]),
-               .off3   = td_var_offset(min_bs[DDIR_WRITE]),
-               .off4   = td_var_offset(max_bs[DDIR_WRITE]),
-               .help   = "Set block size range",
-       },
-       {
-               .name   = "nrfiles",
-               .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
-               .off1   = td_var_offset(nr_files),
-               .help   = "Split job workload between this number of files",
-       },
-       {
-               .name   = "iodepth",
-               .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
-               .off1   = td_var_offset(iodepth),
-               .help   = "Amount of IO buffers to keep in flight",
-       },
-       {
-               .name   = "fsync",
-               .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
-               .off1   = td_var_offset(fsync_blocks),
-               .help   = "Issue fsync for writes every given number of blocks",
+               .def    = "0",
        },
        {
                .name   = "rwmixcycle",
                .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
                .off1   = td_var_offset(rwmixcycle),
-               .help   = "Cycle period for mixed read/write workloads",
+               .help   = "Cycle period for mixed read/write workloads (msec)",
+               .def    = "500",
        },
        {
                .name   = "rwmixread",
                .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
                .off1   = td_var_offset(rwmixread),
-               .max_val= 100,
+               .maxval = 100,
                .help   = "Percentage of mixed workload that is reads",
+               .def    = "50",
        },
        {
                .name   = "rwmixwrite",
                .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
                .off1   = td_var_offset(rwmixwrite),
-               .max_val= 100,
+               .maxval = 100,
                .help   = "Percentage of mixed workload that is writes",
+               .def    = "50",
        },
        {
                .name   = "nice",
                .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
                .off1   = td_var_offset(nice),
                .help   = "Set job CPU nice value",
+               .minval = -19,
+               .maxval = 20,
+               .def    = "0",
        },
 #ifdef FIO_HAVE_IOPRIO
        {
@@ -243,25 +372,38 @@ static struct fio_option options[] = {
                .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
                .cb     = str_prio_cb,
                .help   = "Set job IO priority value",
+               .minval = 0,
+               .maxval = 7,
        },
        {
                .name   = "prioclass",
                .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
                .cb     = str_prioclass_cb,
                .help   = "Set job IO priority class",
+               .minval = 0,
+               .maxval = 3,
        },
 #endif
        {
                .name   = "thinktime",
                .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
                .off1   = td_var_offset(thinktime),
-               .help   = "Idle time between IO buffers",
+               .help   = "Idle time between IO buffers (usec)",
+               .def    = "0",
+       },
+       {
+               .name   = "thinktime_spin",
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
+               .off1   = td_var_offset(thinktime_spin),
+               .help   = "Start thinktime by spinning this amount (usec)",
+               .def    = "0",
        },
        {
                .name   = "thinktime_blocks",
                .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
                .off1   = td_var_offset(thinktime_blocks),
                .help   = "IO buffer period between 'thinktime'",
+               .def    = "1",
        },
        {
                .name   = "rate",
@@ -279,61 +421,43 @@ static struct fio_option options[] = {
                .name   = "ratecycle",
                .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
                .off1   = td_var_offset(ratecycle),
-               .name   = "Window average for rate limits",
-       },
-       {
-               .name   = "startdelay",
-               .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
-               .off1   = td_var_offset(start_delay),
-               .help   = "Only start job when this period has passed",
-       },
-       {
-               .name   = "timeout",
-               .type   = FIO_OPT_STR_VAL_TIME,
-               .off1   = td_var_offset(timeout),
-               .help   = "Stop workload when this amount of time has passed",
+               .help   = "Window average for rate limits (msec)",
+               .def    = "1000",
        },
        {
                .name   = "invalidate",
-               .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_BOOL,
                .off1   = td_var_offset(invalidate_cache),
                .help   = "Invalidate buffer/page cache prior to running job",
+               .def    = "1",
        },
        {
                .name   = "sync",
-               .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_BOOL,
                .off1   = td_var_offset(sync_io),
                .help   = "Use O_SYNC for buffered writes",
+               .def    = "0",
        },
        {
                .name   = "bwavgtime",
                .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
                .off1   = td_var_offset(bw_avg_time),
-               .help   = "Time window over which to calculate bandwidth",
+               .help   = "Time window over which to calculate bandwidth (msec)",
+               .def    = "500",
        },
        {
                .name   = "create_serialize",
-               .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_BOOL,
                .off1   = td_var_offset(create_serialize),
                .help   = "Serialize creating of job files",
+               .def    = "1",
        },
        {
                .name   = "create_fsync",
-               .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_BOOL,
                .off1   = td_var_offset(create_fsync),
                .help   = "Fsync file after creation",
-       },
-       {
-               .name   = "loops",
-               .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
-               .off1   = td_var_offset(loops),
-               .help   = "Number of times to run the job",
-       },
-       {
-               .name   = "numjobs",
-               .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
-               .off1   = td_var_offset(numjobs),
-               .help   = "Duplicate this job this many times",
+               .def    = "1",
        },
        {
                .name   = "cpuload",
@@ -347,18 +471,6 @@ static struct fio_option options[] = {
                .off1   = td_var_offset(cpucycle),
                .help   = "Length of the CPU burn cycles",
        },
-       {
-               .name   = "direct",
-               .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
-               .off1   = td_var_offset(odirect),
-               .help   = "Use O_DIRECT IO",
-       },
-       {
-               .name   = "overwrite",
-               .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
-               .off1   = td_var_offset(overwrite),
-               .help   = "When writing, set whether to overwrite current data",
-       },
 #ifdef FIO_HAVE_CPU_AFFINITY
        {
                .name   = "cpumask",
@@ -369,15 +481,17 @@ static struct fio_option options[] = {
 #endif
        {
                .name   = "end_fsync",
-               .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_BOOL,
                .off1   = td_var_offset(end_fsync),
                .help   = "Include fsync at the end of job",
+               .def    = "0",
        },
        {
                .name   = "unlink",
-               .type   = FIO_OPT_INT,
+               .type   = FIO_OPT_BOOL,
                .off1   = td_var_offset(unlink),
-               .help   = "Unlink files after job has completed",
+               .help   = "Unlink created files after job has completed",
+               .def    = "0",
        },
        {
                .name   = "exitall",
@@ -394,7 +508,7 @@ static struct fio_option options[] = {
        {
                .name   = "thread",
                .type   = FIO_OPT_STR_SET,
-               .off1   = td_var_offset(thread),
+               .off1   = td_var_offset(use_thread),
                .help   = "Use threads instead of forks",
        },
        {
@@ -409,23 +523,12 @@ static struct fio_option options[] = {
                .off1   = td_var_offset(write_lat_log),
                .help   = "Write log of latency during run",
        },
-       {
-               .name   = "norandommap",
-               .type   = FIO_OPT_STR_SET,
-               .off1   = td_var_offset(norandommap),
-               .help   = "Accept potential duplicate random blocks",
-       },
-       {
-               .name   = "bs_unaligned",
-               .type   = FIO_OPT_STR_SET,
-               .off1   = td_var_offset(bs_unaligned),
-               .help   = "Don't sector align IO buffer sizes",
-       },
        {
                .name   = "hugepage-size",
                .type   = FIO_OPT_STR_VAL,
                .off1   = td_var_offset(hugepage_size),
                .help   = "When using hugepages, specify size of each page",
+               .def    = __stringify(FIO_HUGE_PAGE),
        },
        {
                .name = NULL,
@@ -486,9 +589,9 @@ static struct option long_options[FIO_JOB_OPTS + FIO_CMD_OPTS] = {
        },
 };
 
-static int def_timeout = DEF_TIMEOUT;
+static int def_timeout = 0;
 
-static char fio_version_string[] = "fio 1.11";
+static char fio_version_string[] = "fio 1.12";
 
 static char **ini_file;
 static int max_jobs = MAX_JOBS;
@@ -502,8 +605,18 @@ unsigned long long mlock_size = 0;
 FILE *f_out = NULL;
 FILE *f_err = NULL;
 
-static int write_lat_log = DEF_WRITE_LAT_LOG;
-static int write_bw_log = DEF_WRITE_BW_LOG;
+static int write_lat_log = 0;
+int write_bw_log = 0;
+
+FILE *get_f_out()
+{
+       return f_out;
+}
+
+FILE *get_f_err()
+{
+       return f_err;
+}
 
 /*
  * Return a free job structure.
@@ -529,6 +642,9 @@ static void put_job(struct thread_data *td)
        if (td == &def_thread)
                return;
 
+       if (td->error)
+               fprintf(f_out, "fio: %s\n", td->verror);
+
        memset(&threads[td->thread_number - 1], 0, sizeof(*td));
        thread_number--;
 }
@@ -558,7 +674,7 @@ static void fixup_options(struct thread_data *td)
        /*
         * only really works for sequential io for now, and with 1 file
         */
-       if (td->zone_size && !td->sequential && td->nr_files == 1)
+       if (td->zone_size && td_random(td) && td->nr_files == 1)
                td->zone_size = 0;
 
        /*
@@ -593,6 +709,33 @@ static void fixup_options(struct thread_data *td)
         */
        if (td->filetype == FIO_TYPE_CHAR && td->odirect)
                td->odirect = 0;
+
+       /*
+        * thinktime_spin must be less than thinktime
+        */
+       if (td->thinktime_spin > td->thinktime)
+               td->thinktime_spin = td->thinktime;
+
+       /*
+        * The low water mark cannot be bigger than the iodepth
+        */
+       if (td->iodepth_low > td->iodepth || !td->iodepth_low) {
+               /*
+                * syslet work around - if the workload is sequential,
+                * we want to let the queue drain all the way down to
+                * avoid seeking between async threads
+                */
+               if (!strcmp(td->io_ops->name, "syslet-rw") && !td_random(td))
+                       td->iodepth_low = 1;
+               else
+                       td->iodepth_low = td->iodepth;
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * If batch number isn't set, default to the same as iodepth
+        */
+       if (td->iodepth_batch > td->iodepth || !td->iodepth_batch)
+               td->iodepth_batch = td->iodepth;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -601,7 +744,7 @@ static void fixup_options(struct thread_data *td)
 static char *to_kmg(unsigned int val)
 {
        char *buf = malloc(32);
-       char post[] = { 0, 'K', 'M', 'G', 'P', 0 };
+       char post[] = { 0, 'K', 'M', 'G', 'P', 'E', 0 };
        char *p = post;
 
        do {
@@ -623,10 +766,10 @@ static char *to_kmg(unsigned int val)
  */
 static int add_job(struct thread_data *td, const char *jobname, int job_add_num)
 {
-       const char *ddir_str[] = { "read", "write", "randread", "randwrite",
-                                  "rw", NULL, "randrw" };
+       const char *ddir_str[] = { NULL, "read", "write", "rw", NULL,
+                                  "randread", "randwrite", "randrw" };
        struct stat sb;
-       int numjobs, ddir, i;
+       int numjobs, i;
        struct fio_file *f;
 
        /*
@@ -635,22 +778,13 @@ static int add_job(struct thread_data *td, const char *jobname, int job_add_num)
        if (td == &def_thread)
                return 0;
 
-       /*
-        * Set default io engine, if none set
-        */
-       if (!td->io_ops) {
-               td->io_ops = load_ioengine(td, DEF_IO_ENGINE_NAME);
-               if (!td->io_ops) {
-                       log_err("default engine %s not there?\n", DEF_IO_ENGINE_NAME);
-                       return 1;
-               }
-       }
+       assert(td->io_ops);
 
        if (td->odirect)
                td->io_ops->flags |= FIO_RAWIO;
 
        td->filetype = FIO_TYPE_FILE;
-       if (!stat(jobname, &sb)) {
+       if (td->filename && !lstat(td->filename, &sb)) {
                if (S_ISBLK(sb.st_mode))
                        td->filetype = FIO_TYPE_BD;
                else if (S_ISCHR(sb.st_mode))
@@ -668,8 +802,18 @@ static int add_job(struct thread_data *td, const char *jobname, int job_add_num)
                char tmp[PATH_MAX];
                int len = 0;
 
-               if (td->directory && td->directory[0] != '\0')
+               if (td->directory && td->directory[0] != '\0') {
+                       if (lstat(td->directory, &sb) < 0) {
+                               log_err("fio: %s is not a directory\n", td->directory);
+                               td_verror(td, errno, "lstat");
+                               return 1;
+                       }
+                       if (!S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode)) {
+                               log_err("fio: %s is not a directory\n", td->directory);
+                               return 1;
+                       }
                        len = sprintf(tmp, "%s/", td->directory);
+               }
 
                td->files = malloc(sizeof(struct fio_file) * td->nr_files);
 
@@ -700,9 +844,9 @@ static int add_job(struct thread_data *td, const char *jobname, int job_add_num)
                
        fio_sem_init(&td->mutex, 0);
 
-       td->clat_stat[0].min_val = td->clat_stat[1].min_val = ULONG_MAX;
-       td->slat_stat[0].min_val = td->slat_stat[1].min_val = ULONG_MAX;
-       td->bw_stat[0].min_val = td->bw_stat[1].min_val = ULONG_MAX;
+       td->ts.clat_stat[0].min_val = td->ts.clat_stat[1].min_val = ULONG_MAX;
+       td->ts.slat_stat[0].min_val = td->ts.slat_stat[1].min_val = ULONG_MAX;
+       td->ts.bw_stat[0].min_val = td->ts.bw_stat[1].min_val = ULONG_MAX;
 
        if (td->stonewall && td->thread_number > 1)
                groupid++;
@@ -713,17 +857,15 @@ static int add_job(struct thread_data *td, const char *jobname, int job_add_num)
                goto err;
 
        if (td->write_lat_log) {
-               setup_log(&td->slat_log);
-               setup_log(&td->clat_log);
+               setup_log(&td->ts.slat_log);
+               setup_log(&td->ts.clat_log);
        }
        if (td->write_bw_log)
-               setup_log(&td->bw_log);
+               setup_log(&td->ts.bw_log);
 
        if (!td->name)
                td->name = strdup(jobname);
 
-       ddir = td->ddir + (!td->sequential << 1) + (td->iomix << 2);
-
        if (!terse_output) {
                if (!job_add_num) {
                        if (td->io_ops->flags & FIO_CPUIO)
@@ -736,7 +878,7 @@ static int add_job(struct thread_data *td, const char *jobname, int job_add_num)
                                c3 = to_kmg(td->min_bs[DDIR_WRITE]);
                                c4 = to_kmg(td->max_bs[DDIR_WRITE]);
 
-                               fprintf(f_out, "%s: (g=%d): rw=%s, odir=%u, bs=%s-%s/%s-%s, rate=%u, ioengine=%s, iodepth=%u\n", td->name, td->groupid, ddir_str[ddir], td->odirect, c1, c2, c3, c4, td->rate, td->io_ops->name, td->iodepth);
+                               fprintf(f_out, "%s: (g=%d): rw=%s, bs=%s-%s/%s-%s, ioengine=%s, iodepth=%u\n", td->name, td->groupid, ddir_str[td->td_ddir], c1, c2, c3, c4, td->io_ops->name, td->iodepth);
 
                                free(c1);
                                free(c2);
@@ -777,7 +919,7 @@ err:
  */
 int init_random_state(struct thread_data *td)
 {
-       unsigned long seeds[4];
+       unsigned long seeds[5];
        int fd, num_maps, blocks, i;
        struct fio_file *f;
 
@@ -786,12 +928,12 @@ int init_random_state(struct thread_data *td)
 
        fd = open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY);
        if (fd == -1) {
-               td_verror(td, errno);
+               td_verror(td, errno, "open");
                return 1;
        }
 
        if (read(fd, seeds, sizeof(seeds)) < (int) sizeof(seeds)) {
-               td_verror(td, EIO);
+               td_verror(td, EIO, "read");
                close(fd);
                return 1;
        }
@@ -802,15 +944,18 @@ int init_random_state(struct thread_data *td)
        os_random_seed(seeds[1], &td->verify_state);
        os_random_seed(seeds[2], &td->rwmix_state);
 
-       if (td->sequential)
+       if (td->file_service_type == FIO_FSERVICE_RANDOM)
+               os_random_seed(seeds[3], &td->next_file_state);
+
+       if (!td_random(td))
                return 0;
 
        if (td->rand_repeatable)
-               seeds[3] = DEF_RANDSEED;
+               seeds[4] = FIO_RANDSEED * td->thread_number;
 
        if (!td->norandommap) {
                for_each_file(td, f, i) {
-                       blocks = (f->file_size + td->rw_min_bs - 1) / td->rw_min_bs;
+                       blocks = (f->real_file_size + td->rw_min_bs - 1) / td->rw_min_bs;
                        num_maps = (blocks + BLOCKS_PER_MAP-1)/ BLOCKS_PER_MAP;
                        f->file_map = malloc(num_maps * sizeof(long));
                        f->num_maps = num_maps;
@@ -818,7 +963,7 @@ int init_random_state(struct thread_data *td)
                }
        }
 
-       os_random_seed(seeds[3], &td->random_state);
+       os_random_seed(seeds[4], &td->random_state);
        return 0;
 }
 
@@ -843,6 +988,8 @@ static int is_empty_or_comment(char *line)
        for (i = 0; i < strlen(line); i++) {
                if (line[i] == ';')
                        return 1;
+               if (line[i] == '#')
+                       return 1;
                if (!isspace(line[i]) && !iscntrl(line[i]))
                        return 0;
        }
@@ -850,61 +997,6 @@ static int is_empty_or_comment(char *line)
        return 1;
 }
 
-static int str_rw_cb(void *data, const char *mem)
-{
-       struct thread_data *td = data;
-
-       if (!strncmp(mem, "read", 4) || !strncmp(mem, "0", 1)) {
-               td->ddir = DDIR_READ;
-               td->sequential = 1;
-               return 0;
-       } else if (!strncmp(mem, "randread", 8)) {
-               td->ddir = DDIR_READ;
-               td->sequential = 0;
-               return 0;
-       } else if (!strncmp(mem, "write", 5) || !strncmp(mem, "1", 1)) {
-               td->ddir = DDIR_WRITE;
-               td->sequential = 1;
-               return 0;
-       } else if (!strncmp(mem, "randwrite", 9)) {
-               td->ddir = DDIR_WRITE;
-               td->sequential = 0;
-               return 0;
-       } else if (!strncmp(mem, "rw", 2)) {
-               td->ddir = DDIR_READ;
-               td->iomix = 1;
-               td->sequential = 1;
-               return 0;
-       } else if (!strncmp(mem, "randrw", 6)) {
-               td->ddir = DDIR_READ;
-               td->iomix = 1;
-               td->sequential = 0;
-               return 0;
-       }
-
-       log_err("fio: data direction: read, write, randread, randwrite, rw, randrw\n");
-       return 1;
-}
-
-static int str_verify_cb(void *data, const char *mem)
-{
-       struct thread_data *td = data;
-
-       if (!strncmp(mem, "0", 1)) {
-               td->verify = VERIFY_NONE;
-               return 0;
-       } else if (!strncmp(mem, "md5", 3) || !strncmp(mem, "1", 1)) {
-               td->verify = VERIFY_MD5;
-               return 0;
-       } else if (!strncmp(mem, "crc32", 5)) {
-               td->verify = VERIFY_CRC32;
-               return 0;
-       }
-
-       log_err("fio: verify types: md5, crc32\n");
-       return 1;
-}
-
 /*
  * Check if mmap/mmaphuge has a :/foo/bar/file at the end. If so, return that.
  */
@@ -925,61 +1017,40 @@ static int str_mem_cb(void *data, const char *mem)
 {
        struct thread_data *td = data;
 
-       if (!strncmp(mem, "malloc", 6)) {
-               td->mem_type = MEM_MALLOC;
-               return 0;
-       } else if (!strncmp(mem, "mmaphuge", 8)) {
-#ifdef FIO_HAVE_HUGETLB
-               /*
-                * mmaphuge must be appended with the actual file
-                */
+       if (td->mem_type == MEM_MMAPHUGE || td->mem_type == MEM_MMAP) {
                td->mmapfile = get_mmap_file(mem);
-               if (!td->mmapfile) {
+               if (td->mem_type == MEM_MMAPHUGE && !td->mmapfile) {
                        log_err("fio: mmaphuge:/path/to/file\n");
                        return 1;
                }
-
-               td->mem_type = MEM_MMAPHUGE;
-               return 0;
-#else
-               log_err("fio: mmaphuge not available\n");
-               return 1;
-#endif
-       } else if (!strncmp(mem, "mmap", 4)) {
-               /*
-                * Check if the user wants file backed memory. It's ok
-                * if there's no file given, we'll just use anon mamp then.
-                */
-               td->mmapfile = get_mmap_file(mem);
-               td->mem_type = MEM_MMAP;
-               return 0;
-       } else if (!strncmp(mem, "shmhuge", 7)) {
-#ifdef FIO_HAVE_HUGETLB
-               td->mem_type = MEM_SHMHUGE;
-               return 0;
-#else
-               log_err("fio: shmhuge not available\n");
-               return 1;
-#endif
-       } else if (!strncmp(mem, "shm", 3)) {
-               td->mem_type = MEM_SHM;
-               return 0;
        }
 
-       log_err("fio: mem type: malloc, shm, shmhuge, mmap, mmaphuge\n");
-       return 1;
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/* External engines are specified by "external:name.o") */
+static const char *get_engine_name(const char *str)
+{
+       char *p = strstr(str, ":");
+
+       if (!p)
+               return str;
+
+       p++;
+       strip_blank_front(&p);
+       strip_blank_end(p);
+       return p;
 }
 
 static int str_ioengine_cb(void *data, const char *str)
 {
        struct thread_data *td = data;
+       const char *name = get_engine_name(str);
 
-       td->io_ops = load_ioengine(td, str);
+       td->io_ops = load_ioengine(td, name);
        if (td->io_ops)
                return 0;
 
-       log_err("fio: ioengine= libaio, posixaio, sync, mmap, sgio, splice, cpu, null\n");
-       log_err("fio: or specify path to dynamic ioengine module\n");
        return 1;
 }
 
@@ -1119,41 +1190,14 @@ static int fill_def_thread(void)
        }
 
        /*
-        * fill globals
+        * fill default options
         */
-       def_thread.ddir = DDIR_READ;
-       def_thread.iomix = 0;
-       def_thread.bs[DDIR_READ] = DEF_BS;
-       def_thread.bs[DDIR_WRITE] = DEF_BS;
-       def_thread.min_bs[DDIR_READ] = def_thread.min_bs[DDIR_WRITE] = 0;
-       def_thread.max_bs[DDIR_READ] = def_thread.max_bs[DDIR_WRITE] = 0;
-       def_thread.odirect = DEF_ODIRECT;
-       def_thread.ratecycle = DEF_RATE_CYCLE;
-       def_thread.sequential = DEF_SEQUENTIAL;
+       fill_default_options(&def_thread, options);
+
        def_thread.timeout = def_timeout;
-       def_thread.overwrite = DEF_OVERWRITE;
-       def_thread.invalidate_cache = DEF_INVALIDATE;
-       def_thread.sync_io = DEF_SYNCIO;
-       def_thread.mem_type = MEM_MALLOC;
-       def_thread.bw_avg_time = DEF_BWAVGTIME;
-       def_thread.create_serialize = DEF_CREATE_SER;
-       def_thread.create_fsync = DEF_CREATE_FSYNC;
-       def_thread.loops = DEF_LOOPS;
-       def_thread.verify = DEF_VERIFY;
-       def_thread.stonewall = DEF_STONEWALL;
-       def_thread.numjobs = DEF_NUMJOBS;
-       def_thread.use_thread = DEF_USE_THREAD;
-       def_thread.rwmixcycle = DEF_RWMIX_CYCLE;
-       def_thread.rwmixread = DEF_RWMIX_READ;
-       def_thread.nice = DEF_NICE;
-       def_thread.rand_repeatable = DEF_RAND_REPEAT;
-       def_thread.nr_files = DEF_NR_FILES;
-       def_thread.unlink = DEF_UNLINK;
        def_thread.write_bw_log = write_bw_log;
        def_thread.write_lat_log = write_lat_log;
-       def_thread.norandommap = DEF_NO_RAND_MAP;
-       def_thread.hugepage_size = DEF_HUGEPAGE_SIZE;
-       def_thread.thinktime_blocks = DEF_THINKTIME_BLOCKS;
+
 #ifdef FIO_HAVE_DISK_UTIL
        def_thread.do_disk_util = 1;
 #endif
@@ -1177,7 +1221,7 @@ static void usage(void)
 static int parse_cmd_line(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
        struct thread_data *td = NULL;
-       int c, ini_idx = 0, lidx, ret;
+       int c, ini_idx = 0, lidx, ret, dont_add_job = 0;
 
        while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "", long_options, &lidx)) != -1) {
                switch (c) {
@@ -1205,8 +1249,8 @@ static int parse_cmd_line(int argc, char *argv[])
                        usage();
                        exit(0);
                case 'c':
-                       show_cmd_help(options, optarg);
-                       exit(0);
+                       ret = show_cmd_help(options, optarg);
+                       exit(ret);
                case 'v':
                        printf("%s\n", fio_version_string);
                        exit(0);
@@ -1231,11 +1275,8 @@ static int parse_cmd_line(int argc, char *argv[])
                        }
 
                        ret = parse_cmd_option(opt, val, options, td);
-                       if (ret) {
-                               log_err("fio: job dropped\n");
-                               put_job(td);
-                               td = NULL;
-                       }
+                       if (ret)
+                               dont_add_job = 1;
                        break;
                }
                default:
@@ -1244,9 +1285,13 @@ static int parse_cmd_line(int argc, char *argv[])
        }
 
        if (td) {
-               ret = add_job(td, td->name ?: "fio", 0);
-               if (ret)
+               if (dont_add_job)
                        put_job(td);
+               else {
+                       ret = add_job(td, td->name ?: "fio", 0);
+                       if (ret)
+                               put_job(td);
+               }
        }
 
        while (optind < argc) {
@@ -1343,6 +1388,8 @@ int parse_options(int argc, char *argv[])
        f_out = stdout;
        f_err = stderr;
 
+       options_init(options);
+
        dupe_job_options();
 
        if (setup_thread_area())