From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.thomas-krenn.com ([217.7.54.186]:36746 "EHLO mail.thomas-krenn.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753306Ab2GDOo3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jul 2012 10:44:29 -0400 Received: from iris.tks.local (iris.tks.local [192.168.10.63]) by mail.thomas-krenn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7DCBBF311 for ; Wed, 4 Jul 2012 16:44:27 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (ate.tks.local [192.168.10.78]) by iris.tks.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A07D40595 for ; Wed, 4 Jul 2012 16:44:27 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.thomas-krenn.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ate.TKS.local [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id gZXR5F0aXfoE for ; Wed, 4 Jul 2012 16:44:18 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (91-115-77-194.adsl.highway.telekom.at [91.115.77.194]) by mail.thomas-krenn.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA for ; Wed, 4 Jul 2012 16:44:18 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4FF456C1.9070200@thomas-krenn.com> Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2012 16:44:17 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Georg_Sch=F6nberger?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Print info if direct I/O is used Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: fio-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: fio@vger.kernel.org To: "fio@vger.kernel.org" Hi Jens, it would be nice if an information is printed out if direct I/O has been used: Instead of -------- /usr/local/bin/fio --rw=write --direct=1 --name=usb --filename=/dev/sdb1 usb: (g=0): rw=write, bs=4K-4K/4K-4K, ioengine=sync, iodepth=1 -------- I suggest -------- /usr/local/bin/fio --rw=write --direct=1 --name=usb --filename=/dev/sdb1 usb: (g=0): rw=write, bs=4K-4K/4K-4K, ioengine=sync, direct=1, iodepth=1 -------- So I can verify if the page cache has been used for a test when inspecting the output files. -Georg