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authorVincent Fu <vincent.fu@samsung.com>2024-01-17 18:52:48 +0000
committerVincent Fu <vincent.fu@samsung.com>2024-04-24 13:44:09 -0400
commit349bbcb2e36658db05d5247ef8cbcb285d58dfbf (patch)
treee222c4914416fd3ec31b584ed8c0e670db203d14
parent0c8c808df1d16fc650acb90b94f41680dcd1a92c (diff)
downloadfio-349bbcb2e36658db05d5247ef8cbcb285d58dfbf.tar.gz
docs: update for new data placement options
Update the HOWTO and man page for the unified data placement options that cover both FDP and Streams. Signed-off-by: Vincent Fu <vincent.fu@samsung.com>
-rw-r--r--HOWTO.rst36
-rw-r--r--fio.135
2 files changed, 55 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/HOWTO.rst b/HOWTO.rst
index 2f108e362..2f8ef6d42 100644
--- a/HOWTO.rst
+++ b/HOWTO.rst
@@ -2500,7 +2500,24 @@ with the caveat that when used on the command line, they must come after the
Enable Flexible Data Placement mode for write commands.
-.. option:: fdp_pli_select=str : [io_uring_cmd] [xnvme]
+.. option:: dataplacement=str : [io_uring_cmd] [xnvme]
+
+ Specifies the data placement directive type to use for write commands.
+ The following types are supported:
+
+ **none**
+ Do not use a data placement directive. This is the
+ default.
+
+ **fdp**
+ Use Flexible Data Placement directives for write
+ commands. This is equivalent to specifying
+ :option:`fdp` =1.
+
+ **streams**
+ Use Streams directives for write commands.
+
+.. option:: plid_select=str, fdp_pli_select=str : [io_uring_cmd] [xnvme]
Defines how fio decides which placement ID to use next. The following
types are defined:
@@ -2512,16 +2529,17 @@ with the caveat that when used on the command line, they must come after the
Round robin over available placement IDs. This is the
default.
- The available placement ID index/indices is defined by the option
- :option:`fdp_pli`.
+ The available placement ID (indices) are defined by the option
+ :option:`plids`.
-.. option:: fdp_pli=str : [io_uring_cmd] [xnvme]
+.. option:: plids=str, fdp_pli=str : [io_uring_cmd] [xnvme]
- Select which Placement ID Index/Indicies this job is allowed to use for
- writes. By default, the job will cycle through all available Placement
- IDs, so use this to isolate these identifiers to specific jobs. If you
- want fio to use placement identifier only at indices 0, 2 and 5 specify
- ``fdp_pli=0,2,5``.
+ Select which Placement IDs (streams) or Placement ID Indices (FDP) this
+ job is allowed to use for writes. For FDP by default, the job will
+ cycle through all available Placement IDs, so use this to isolate these
+ identifiers to specific jobs. If you want fio to use FDP placement
+ identifiers only at indices 0, 2 and 5 specify ``plids=0,2,5``. For
+ streams this should be a comma-separated list of Stream IDs.
.. option:: md_per_io_size=int : [io_uring_cmd] [xnvme]
diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 5fd3603dc..ee8124946 100644
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -2264,7 +2264,26 @@ file blocks are fully allocated and the disk request could be issued immediately
.BI (io_uring_cmd,xnvme)fdp \fR=\fPbool
Enable Flexible Data Placement mode for write commands.
.TP
-.BI (io_uring_cmd,xnvme)fdp_pli_select \fR=\fPstr
+.BI (io_uring_cmd,xnvme)dataplacement \fR=\fPstr
+Specifies the data placement directive type to use for write commands. The
+following types are supported:
+.RS
+.RS
+.TP
+.B none
+Do not use a data placement directive. This is the default.
+.TP
+.B fdp
+Use Flexible Data placement directives for write commands. This is equivalent
+to specifying \fBfdp\fR=1.
+.TP
+.B streams
+Use Streams directives for write commands.
+.TP
+.RE
+.RE
+.TP
+.BI (io_uring_cmd,xnvme)plid_select=str, fdp_pli_select \fR=\fPstr
Defines how fio decides which placement ID to use next. The following types
are defined:
.RS
@@ -2277,14 +2296,16 @@ Choose a placement ID at random (uniform).
Round robin over available placement IDs. This is the default.
.RE
.P
-The available placement ID index/indices is defined by \fBfdp_pli\fR option.
+The available placement ID (indices) are defined by the \fBplids\fR option.
.RE
.TP
-.BI (io_uring_cmd,xnvme)fdp_pli \fR=\fPstr
-Select which Placement ID Index/Indicies this job is allowed to use for writes.
-By default, the job will cycle through all available Placement IDs, so use this
-to isolate these identifiers to specific jobs. If you want fio to use placement
-identifier only at indices 0, 2 and 5 specify, you would set `fdp_pli=0,2,5`.
+.BI (io_uring_cmd,xnvme)plids=str, fdp_pli \fR=\fPstr
+Select which Placement IDs (streams) or Placement ID Indicies (FDP) this job is
+allowed to use for writes. For FDP by default, the job will cycle through all
+available Placement IDs, so use this to isolate these identifiers to specific
+jobs. If you want fio to use placement identifier only at indices 0, 2 and 5
+specify, you would set `plids=0,2,5`. For streams this should be a
+comma-separated list of Stream IDs.
.TP
.BI (io_uring_cmd,xnvme)md_per_io_size \fR=\fPint
Size in bytes for separate metadata buffer per IO. Default: 0.