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From: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
To: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: fio@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document that write_iolog is unsafe for concurrent jobs
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 20:26:48 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D28BA78.60807@fusionio.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1294312426-3121-1-git-send-email-stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

On 2011-01-06 12:13, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> 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.

Thanks, I added this and also updated the man page.


-- 
Jens Axboe


      reply	other threads:[~2011-01-08 19:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-01-06 11:13 [PATCH] Document that write_iolog is unsafe for concurrent jobs Stefan Hajnoczi
2011-01-08 19:26 ` Jens Axboe [this message]

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