The name of an option for cpuio engine is "cpuchunks", though the code internally uses "cpucycle" for variables. (If the option name "cpuchunks" is the incorrect one, I'll resubmit a patch that corrects the option name) # fio --enghelp=cpuio cpuload : Use this percentage of CPU cpuchunks : Length of the CPU burn cycles (usecs) exit_on_io_done : Exit when IO threads finish Signed-off-by: Tomohiro Kusumi <kusumi.tomohiro@xxxxxxxxx> --- HOWTO | 2 +- fio.1 | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO index a50f93e..2a4f4d0 100644 --- a/HOWTO +++ b/HOWTO @@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ ioengine=str Defines how the job issues io to the file. The following cpuio Doesn't transfer any data, but burns CPU cycles according to the cpuload= and - cpucycle= options. Setting cpuload=85 + cpuchunks= options. Setting cpuload=85 will cause that job to do nothing but burn 85% of the CPU. In case of SMP machines, use numjobs=<no_of_cpu> to get desired CPU diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1 index 353f8ff..e89c3d1 100644 --- a/fio.1 +++ b/fio.1 @@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ and send/receive. This ioengine defines engine specific options. .TP .B cpuio Doesn't transfer any data, but burns CPU cycles according to \fBcpuload\fR and -\fBcpucycles\fR parameters. +\fBcpuchunks\fR parameters. .TP .B guasi The GUASI I/O engine is the Generic Userspace Asynchronous Syscall Interface -- 2.5.5 -- 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