parse: ensure that an option has a category

[fio.git] / parse.c

diff --git a/parse.c b/parse.c
index 9891974d57bca8bd62752f78e421a8b6978d62f3..dd4e4dd06208233f0303193119f10758162682e5 100644 (file)
--- a/parse.c
+++ b/parse.c
@@ -1047,6 +1047,10 @@ void option_init(struct fio_option *o)
                      (o->roff1 || o->roff2 || o->roff3 || o->roff4))) {
                log_err("Option %s: both cb and offset given\n", o->name);
        }
+       if (!o->category) {
+               log_info("Options %s: no category defined. Setting to misc\n", o->name);
+               o->category = FIO_OPT_G_MISC;
+       }
 }
 
 /*