doc: update fio doc for xnvme engine

- Elaborate about the various sync, async and admin
  interfaces.
- add missing io_uring_cmd async backend entry.
- xnvme ioengine doesn't support file stat.

Signed-off-by: Ankit Kumar <ankit.kumar@samsung.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220816053821.440-3-ankit.kumar@samsung.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

diff --git a/HOWTO.rst b/HOWTO.rst
index 05fc117f2ffc02e308894b96dc4b03ad468158f4..b2750b566cf796115ad5022f90f06f3e02bd79c6 100644 (file)
--- a/HOWTO.rst
+++ b/HOWTO.rst
@@ -2780,41 +2780,56 @@ with the caveat that when used on the command line, they must come after the
        Select the xnvme async command interface. This can take these values.
 
        **emu**
-               This is default and used to emulate asynchronous I/O.
+               This is default and use to emulate asynchronous I/O by using a
+               single thread to create a queue pair on top of a synchronous
+               I/O interface using the NVMe driver IOCTL.
        **thrpool**
-               Use thread pool for Asynchronous I/O.
+               Emulate an asynchronous I/O interface with a pool of userspace
+               threads on top of a synchronous I/O interface using the NVMe
+               driver IOCTL. By default four threads are used.
        **io_uring**
-               Use Linux io_uring/liburing for Asynchronous I/O.
+               Linux native asynchronous I/O interface which supports both
+               direct and buffered I/O.
+       **io_uring_cmd**
+               Fast Linux native asynchronous I/O interface for NVMe pass
+               through commands. This only works with NVMe character device
+               (/dev/ngXnY).
        **libaio**
                Use Linux aio for Asynchronous I/O.
        **posix**
-               Use POSIX aio for Asynchronous I/O.
+               Use the posix asynchronous I/O interface to perform one or
+               more I/O operations asynchronously.
        **nil**
-               Use nil-io; For introspective perf. evaluation
+               Do not transfer any data; just pretend to. This is mainly used
+               for introspective performance evaluation.
 
 .. option:: xnvme_sync=str : [xnvme]
 
        Select the xnvme synchronous command interface. This can take these values.
 
        **nvme**
-               This is default and uses Linux NVMe Driver ioctl() for synchronous I/O.
+               This is default and uses Linux NVMe Driver ioctl() for
+               synchronous I/O.
        **psync**
-               Use pread()/write() for synchronous I/O.
+               This supports regular as well as vectored pread() and pwrite()
+               commands.
+       **block**
+               This is the same as psync except that it also supports zone
+               management commands using Linux block layer IOCTLs.
 
 .. option:: xnvme_admin=str : [xnvme]
 
        Select the xnvme admin command interface. This can take these values.
 
        **nvme**
-               This is default and uses linux NVMe Driver ioctl() for admin commands.
+               This is default and uses linux NVMe Driver ioctl() for admin
+               commands.
        **block**
                Use Linux Block Layer ioctl() and sysfs for admin commands.
-       **file_as_ns**
-               Use file-stat to construct NVMe idfy responses.
 
 .. option:: xnvme_dev_nsid=int : [xnvme]
 
-       xnvme namespace identifier, for userspace NVMe driver.
+       xnvme namespace identifier for userspace NVMe driver, such as SPDK.
 
 .. option:: xnvme_iovec=int : [xnvme]
 

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 6630525f4c2dd24b0ea8883aeb9fb1295ff24dd0..f3f3dc5d5a2a65b851b8b14ea1491a33aa72a110 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -2530,22 +2530,29 @@ Select the xnvme async command interface. This can take these values.
 .RS
 .TP
 .B emu
-This is default and used to emulate asynchronous I/O
+This is default and use to emulate asynchronous I/O by using a single thread to
+create a queue pair on top of a synchronous I/O interface using the NVMe driver
+IOCTL.
 .TP
 .BI thrpool
-Use thread pool for Asynchronous I/O
+Emulate an asynchronous I/O interface with a pool of userspace threads on top
+of a synchronous I/O interface using the NVMe driver IOCTL. By default four
+threads are used.
 .TP
 .BI io_uring
-Use Linux io_uring/liburing for Asynchronous I/O
+Linux native asynchronous I/O interface which supports both direct and buffered
+I/O.
 .TP
 .BI libaio
 Use Linux aio for Asynchronous I/O
 .TP
 .BI posix
-Use POSIX aio for Asynchronous I/O
+Use the posix asynchronous I/O interface to perform one or more I/O operations
+asynchronously.
 .TP
 .BI nil
-Use nil-io; For introspective perf. evaluation
+Do not transfer any data; just pretend to. This is mainly used for
+introspective performance evaluation.
 .RE
 .RE
 .TP
@@ -2555,10 +2562,14 @@ Select the xnvme synchronous command interface. This can take these values.
 .RS
 .TP
 .B nvme
-This is default and uses Linux NVMe Driver ioctl() for synchronous I/O
+This is default and uses Linux NVMe Driver ioctl() for synchronous I/O.
 .TP
 .BI psync
-Use pread()/write() for synchronous I/O
+This supports regular as well as vectored pread() and pwrite() commands.
+.TP
+.BI block
+This is the same as psync except that it also supports zone management
+commands using Linux block layer IOCTLs.
 .RE
 .RE
 .TP
@@ -2568,18 +2579,15 @@ Select the xnvme admin command interface. This can take these values.
 .RS
 .TP
 .B nvme
-This is default and uses Linux NVMe Driver ioctl() for admin commands
+This is default and uses Linux NVMe Driver ioctl() for admin commands.
 .TP
 .BI block
-Use Linux Block Layer ioctl() and sysfs for admin commands
-.TP
-.BI file_as_ns
-Use file-stat as to construct NVMe idfy responses
+Use Linux Block Layer ioctl() and sysfs for admin commands.
 .RE
 .RE
 .TP
 .BI (xnvme)xnvme_dev_nsid\fR=\fPint
-xnvme namespace identifier, for userspace NVMe driver.
+xnvme namespace identifier for userspace NVMe driver such as SPDK.
 .TP
 .BI (xnvme)xnvme_iovec
 If this option is set, xnvme will use vectored read/write commands.