Currently, fio checks the conditions of each zone within the IO range at the job start. If a zone is in an open condition, it is added to the write target zone array. If the number of write target zones exceeds the max_open_zones or job_max_open_zones limit, fio terminates with the error message "Number of open zones exceeds max_open_zones limit". This check for zone condition and the resulting termination occur even when the job does not perform a write operation, leading to confusion among users. To avoid the confusion, skip the check when jobs do not perform write operations. Additionally, print the message to inform that the job_max_open_zones limit does not work for non-write jobs. Signed-off-by: Shin'ichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@xxxxxxx> --- zbd.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/zbd.c b/zbd.c index 8a092cbe..ee095b1d 100644 --- a/zbd.c +++ b/zbd.c @@ -1264,6 +1264,16 @@ int zbd_setup_files(struct thread_data *td) return 1; } + /* + * If this job does not do write operations, skip open zone + * condition check. + */ + if (!td_write(td)) { + if (td->o.job_max_open_zones) + log_info("'job_max_open_zones' is valid only for write jobs\n"); + continue; + } + /* * The per job max open zones limit cannot be used without a * global max open zones limit. (As the tracking of open zones -- 2.47.0