very cool, so if I add the changes to init.c and run fio --latency-log --output test.job I get extra four files -rw-r--r-- 1 me staff 14937 Aug 8 2012 fiotest_lat.log -rw-r--r-- 1 me staff 0 Aug 8 2012 fiotest_slat.log -rw-r--r-- 1 me staff 14932 Aug 8 2012 fiotest_clat.log -rw-r--r-- 1 me staff 4194304 Aug 8 2012 fiotest.1.0 What's the format? $ more fiotest_lat* 1, 19, 1, 4096 1, 18, 1, 4096 1, 8, 1, 4096 1, 7, 1, 4096 1, 7, 1, 4096 What's the format? OK, found http://www.spinics.net/lists/fio/msg01064.html Format of entries is: time, rate/latency, data direction, block size Time: in milliseconds. Bandwidth logs are usually 500 or 1000ms apart; that can be controlled by the config file with "bwavgtime=[x ms]". Rate/latency: for bandwidth, this is in KB/sec. For latency, it's microseconds. Data direction: 0 is read, 1 is write. Block size: block size of IOs in bytes. what is the format of the file fiotest.1.0 ? Is there a way to get the latency files without this file to avoid too much output. Thanks - Kyle On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 7:47 AM, Mike Ryan <mike.ryan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 03:43:06PM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote: > > > fio --latency-log=/tmp/log --output=/tmp/log random_write.fio > > > > The latency/bw logs are named from the job name, so you can't actually > > give it a specific name with the (global) command line option. You'd > > need to use the job option to do that. > > The argument requires an option. It appears that option is discarded. > > > That said, it does look broken in that we don't inherit the global > > setting. Does the below make it work? > > Yes! The files are named log_lat.log, log_slat.log, and log_clat.log. > They are not named after the job. > -- > 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 -- - Kyle O: +1.415.341.3430 F: +1.650.494.1676 275 Middlefield Road, Suite 50 Menlo Park, CA 94025 http://www.delphix.com -- 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