X-Git-Url: https://git.kernel.dk/?p=fio.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=HOWTO;h=df79e2dffb3043e771fa437f6f1845b423a41160;hp=342bad803ac56adc062a153a74543a5d77f85f7c;hb=cb9bf6471bc456e8d59255c37beea388264672bf;hpb=44c82dba75d26d3445757d25d59fe87a056a5409 diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO index 342bad80..df79e2df 100644 --- a/HOWTO +++ b/HOWTO @@ -1797,6 +1797,10 @@ I/O engine absolute or relative. See :file:`engines/skeleton_external.c` for details of writing an external I/O engine. + **filecreate** + Simply create the files and do no IO to them. You still need to + set `filesize` so that all the accounting still occurs, but no + actual IO will be done other than creating the file. I/O engine specific parameters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -2862,7 +2866,15 @@ Measurements and reporting .. option:: clat_percentiles=bool - Enable the reporting of percentiles of completion latencies. + Enable the reporting of percentiles of completion latencies. This + option is mutually exclusive with :option:`lat_percentiles`. + +.. option:: lat_percentiles=bool + + Enable the reporting of percentiles of IO latencies. This is similar + to :option:`clat_percentiles`, except that this includes the + submission latency. This option is mutually exclusive with + :option:`clat_percentiles`. .. option:: percentile_list=float_list