On 09/04/2013 02:02 PM, Erwan Velu wrote: > On 04/09/2013 19:52, Jens Axboe wrote: >> Good point, yes, that is a problem. Adding a loopbased option would >> seem to be the best way to solve the dependency issue. > Ok, I'm working on this option. > > Here come the kind of usage I'm thinking about : > > [general] > .... > loop_based > loops=5 > > [job_1] > .... > runtime=10 > > [job_2] > .... > runtime=20 > > > That lever the question on where we shall "loop" the jobs ? > What's the preferred option regarding your experience on fio ? > The main problem I'm facing is to reinit properly jobs between loops > (like td->terminate or doing the start_delay,...) > > Shall it be better to manage it inside thread_main() or get it outside ? I think you want to do it inside thread_main(), similarly to how it's done for just plain loops or timed based running. The clearing of state between runs should take care of it. -- Jens Axboe -- 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
