Recent changes (master)

The following changes since commit 43c67b9f3a8808274bc1e0a3b7b70c56bb8a007f:

  Re-introduce RWF_DONTCACHE (2025-02-20 13:07:41 -0700)

are available in the Git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.dk/fio.git master

for you to fetch changes up to df60924e4d854cd6fdf4b730d37282c6b6b4c0a1:

  Merge branch 'update-docs-for-compare' of https://github.com/minwooim/fio (2025-03-05 12:05:52 -0500)

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Minwoo Im (1):
      docs: update docs for verify_mode=compare of io_uring_cmd

Vincent Fu (1):
      Merge branch 'update-docs-for-compare' of https://github.com/minwooim/fio

 HOWTO.rst | 4 +++-
 fio.1     | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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Diff of recent changes:

diff --git a/HOWTO.rst b/HOWTO.rst
index 3f2bde18..62537b65 100644
--- a/HOWTO.rst
+++ b/HOWTO.rst
@@ -2896,7 +2896,9 @@ with the caveat that when used on the command line, they must come after the
                 **read**
                         Use Read commands for data verification
                 **compare**
-                        Use Compare commands for data verification
+                        Use Compare commands for data verification.  This option is only valid with
+                        specific pattern(s), which means it *must* be given with `verify=pattern` and
+                        `verify_pattern=<pattern>`.
 
 .. option:: sg_write_mode=str : [sg]
 
diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 3c5f02b3..1581797a 100644
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -2686,7 +2686,9 @@ Specifies the type of command to be used in the verification phase. Defaults to
 Use Read commands for data verification
 .TP
 .B compare
-Use Compare commands for data verification
+Use Compare commands for data verification.  This option is only valid with
+specific pattern(s), which means it *must* be given with `verify=pattern` and
+`verify_pattern=<pattern>`.
 .TP
 .RE
 .RE