The following changes since commit 67b77039d05ddc86318e5b4dcd4dae88b269e655:
Fix bad check for terse version format 4 (2012-10-04 17:07:26 +0200)
are available in the git repository at:
git://git.kernel.dk/fio.git master
Akash Verma (1):
HOWTO: Fix description of grouping behavior with numjobs
HOWTO | 25 ++++++++++++-------------
1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
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@@ -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
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