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authorStefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2011-01-08 20:28:41 +0100
committerJens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>2011-01-08 20:28:41 +0100
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Document that write_iolog is unsafe for concurrent jobs
The write_iolog parameter should not be used in the global section since each job will independently write to the same file. The output will be interspersed and the file will be corrupt. Document that each job should write to its own iolog file. This will save users time when trying out the iolog feature for the first time. Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Updated by me to make the same change to the man page. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
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@@ -274,7 +274,9 @@ The job file parameters are:
and length entries being in bytes.
write_iolog=x Write an iolog to file 'x' in the same format as iolog.
The iolog options are exclusive, if both given the
- read iolog will be performed.
+ read iolog will be performed. Specify a separate file
+ for each job, otherwise the iologs will be interspersed
+ and the file may be corrupt.
write_bw_log Write a bandwidth log.
write_lat_log Write a latency log.
lockmem=x Lock down x amount of memory on the machine, to