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[Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>]

The following changes since commit f49e7ded6405bcecd10846a614f40061ca6301c8:

  iowatcher: Calculate ios_in_flight per trace (2024-10-08 07:40:39 -0600)

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  git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git master

for you to fetch changes up to 16b952f4ea2db052f7cc613474d15a76c91c93d2:

  doc: update RWBS descriptions (2025-01-30 09:54:59 -0700)

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Stefan Hajnoczi (1):
      doc: update RWBS descriptions

 doc/blkparse.1   | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 doc/blktrace.tex | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

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Diff of recent changes:

diff --git a/doc/blkparse.1 b/doc/blkparse.1
index 4c26baf..93aa449 100644
--- a/doc/blkparse.1
+++ b/doc/blkparse.1
@@ -435,10 +435,41 @@ Split
 
 .SH "RWBS DESCRIPTION"
 
-This is a small string containing at least one character ('R' for read, 'W'
-for write, or 'D' for block discard operation), and optionally either
-a 'B' (for barrier operations) or 'S' (for synchronous operations).
+This is a small string containing characters in the following order:
 
+.IP F
+Flush
+
+.IP R
+Read
+
+.IP W
+Write
+
+.IP D
+Discard
+
+.IP B
+Barrier
+
+.IP N
+Other operation
+
+.IP F
+Force Unit Access (FUA)
+
+.IP A
+Readahead
+
+.IP S
+Synchronous
+
+.IP M
+Meta
+
+.PP
+One of 'R', 'W', 'D', or 'N' is always present. The other characters are
+optional. Note that 'F' has two meanings, depending on its position.
 
 .SH "DEFAULT OUTPUT"
 
diff --git a/doc/blktrace.tex b/doc/blktrace.tex
index 836ac4a..d747de7 100644
--- a/doc/blktrace.tex
+++ b/doc/blktrace.tex
@@ -653,9 +653,24 @@ X & Split \\ \hline
 \end{tabular}
 
 \subsubsection{\label{sec:act-table}RWBS Description}
-This is a small string containing at least one character ('R' for read,
-'W' for write, or 'D' for block discard operation), and optionally either
-a 'B' (for barrier operations) or 'S' (for synchronous operations).
+This is a small string containing characters in the following order:
+
+\begin{tabular}{|l|l|}\hline
+Character & Description \\ \hline\hline
+F & Flush \\ \hline
+R & Read \\ \hline
+W & Write \\ \hline
+D & Discard \\ \hline
+B & Barrier \\ \hline
+N & Other operation \\ \hline
+F & Force Unit Access (FUA) \\ \hline
+A & Readahead \\ \hline
+S & Synchronous \\ \hline
+M & Meta \\ \hline
+\end{tabular}
+
+One of 'R', 'W', 'D', or 'N' is always present. The other characters are
+optional. Note that 'F' has two meanings, depending on its position.
 
 \subsubsection{\label{sec:default-output}Default output}