Signed-off-by: Akash Verma <akashv@xxxxxxxxxx> --- HOWTO | 25 ++++++++++++------------- 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO index 1362aea..cdff07a 100644 --- a/HOWTO +++ b/HOWTO @@ -1053,22 +1053,21 @@ wait_for_previous Wait for preceeding jobs in the job file to exit, before points in the job file. A stone wall also implies starting a new reporting group. -new_group Start a new reporting group. If this option isn't given, - jobs in a file will be part of the same reporting group - unless separated by a stone wall (or if it's a group - by itself, with the numjobs option). +new_group Start a new reporting group. See: group_reporting. numjobs=int Create the specified number of clones of this job. May be used to setup a larger number of threads/processes doing - the same thing. We regard that grouping of jobs as a - specific group. - -group_reporting If 'numjobs' is set, it may be interesting to display - statistics for the group as a whole instead of for each - individual job. This is especially true of 'numjobs' is - large, looking at individual thread/process output quickly - becomes unwieldy. If 'group_reporting' is specified, fio - will show the final report per-group instead of per-job. + the same thing. Each thread is reported separately; to see + statistics for all clones as a whole, use group_reporting in + conjunction with new_group. + +group_reporting It may sometimes be interesting to display statistics for + groups of jobs as a whole instead of for each individual job. This is + especially true if 'numjobs' is used; looking at individual + thread/process output quickly becomes unwieldy. To see the final report + per-group instead of per-job, use 'group_reporting'. Jobs in a file + will be part of the same reporting group, unless if separated by a + stonewall, or by using 'new_group'. thread fio defaults to forking jobs, however if this option is given, fio will use pthread_create(3) to create threads -- 1.7.7.3 -- 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
