X-Git-Url: https://git.kernel.dk/?p=fio.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=filesetup.c;h=612e79474dc4b43c0707d6a43dccf3d98a2f9e8f;hp=cd486eaa41186ec3668e22b687ec868962b2a571;hb=e6200d822f0d2b9da5600ad2429be0e9e140e125;hpb=afe0d59a6e3cfd146ffba3c060bc423cabb3c624

diff --git a/filesetup.c b/filesetup.c
index cd486eaa..612e7947 100644
--- a/filesetup.c
+++ b/filesetup.c
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ static int pre_read_file(struct thread_data *td, struct fio_file *f)
 	    td_ioengine_flagged(td, FIO_NOIO))
 		return 0;
 
+	if (f->filetype == FIO_TYPE_CHAR)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (!fio_file_open(f)) {
 		if (td->io_ops->open_file(td, f)) {
 			log_err("fio: cannot pre-read, failed to open file\n");