On 10/16/18 9:26 AM, vincentfu@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > From: Vincent Fu <vincent.fu@xxxxxxx> > > serialize_overlap combined with io_submit_mode=offload requires > threads. Print a warning and force the use of threads if the user > did not specify threads. Why does it require threads? Is it because of the use of a pthread mutex? If so, that should just be a fio mutex instead, and you would not have this restrictions (on most platforms, at least). -- Jens Axboe