Add recommendation to set direct=0 if first O_DIRECT fails

[fio.git] / ioengines.c

diff --git a/ioengines.c b/ioengines.c
index b724e0e90e089668ef0a32acd1eb95c7133b4e09..958731dc3bfab9bda2d7765e61d3f31613b02946 100644 (file)
--- a/ioengines.c
+++ b/ioengines.c
@@ -327,7 +327,8 @@ int td_io_queue(struct thread_data *td, struct io_u *io_u)
            td->o.odirect) {
 
                log_info("fio: first direct IO errored. File system may not "
-                        "support direct IO, or iomem_align= is bad.\n");
+                        "support direct IO, or iomem_align= is bad. Try "
+                        "setting direct=0.\n");
        }
 
        if (!td->io_ops->commit || io_u->ddir == DDIR_TRIM) {