Could you add-in "--loops=10000"? On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Daniel Farina <daniel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Chris Worley <worleys@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Daniel Farina <daniel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Chris Worley <worleys@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> Can we see your fio command? I never use job files, and always use >>>> timeouts successfully. >>> >>> Absolutely: >>> >>> # Doesn't terminate for "quite a while" (I wasn't willing to wait) >>> time sudo fio --readonly --minimal --norandommap --timeout=5 >>> -name=/dev/sda1 --rw=randread --size=1GB --direct=1 >> >> Is that a single dash prior to "name"? > > Yes, although that could be due to some sort of oopsie on my part. It > doesn't seem to matter (seen here with a small amount of data, hence > timeout does not come into play): > > $ time sudo fio --readonly --minimal --norandommap --timeout=5 > -name=/dev/sda1 --rw=randread --size=256k --direct=1 > --filename=/dev/sda1 > fio 1.55 > 2;/dev/sda1;0;0;256;529;495;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;366;14021;799.359375;1701.445859;367;14023;799.984375;1701.600223;0;0;0.000000%;0.000000;0.000000;0;0;0;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;0;0;0.000000%;0.000000;0.000000;2.024291%;0.000000%;76;0;30;100.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;35.94%;57.81%;1.56%;1.56%;1.56%;0.00%;1.56%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00% > > > real 0m0.749s > user 0m0.030s > sys 0m0.100s > > $ time sudo fio --readonly --minimal --norandommap --timeout=5 > --name=/dev/sda1 --rw=randread --size=256k --direct=1 > --filename=/dev/sda1 > fio 1.55 > 2;/dev/sda1;0;0;256;655;400;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;407;568;435.375000;21.859218;408;570;435.984375;21.941837;0;0;0.000000%;0.000000;0.000000;0;0;0;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;0;0;0.000000;0.000000;0;0;0.000000%;0.000000;0.000000;2.506266%;0.000000%;78;0;30;100.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.0%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;98.44%;1.56%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00%;0.00% > real 0m0.679s > user 0m0.010s > sys 0m0.150s > > > -- > fdr > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe fio" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html