[PATCH v2 2/2] Documentation: update the HOWTO to include the page_fault engine

Nico Pache <[email protected]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 09:51:12 -0600
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.fio
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Document the new page fault engine.

Signed-off-by: Nico Pache <[email protected]>
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 HOWTO.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/HOWTO.rst b/HOWTO.rst
index e712ee2e..421e6408 100644
--- a/HOWTO.rst
+++ b/HOWTO.rst
@@ -2376,6 +2376,11 @@ I/O engine
 			several instances to access the same device or file
 			simultaneously, but allow it for threads.
 
+		**page_fault**
+			I/O engine that uses an mmap region to simulate data transfer by
+			allocating anonymous memory and copying data on read/write to
+			intentionally trigger page faults.
+
 	File/directory operation engines define how the job operates file or directory. The
 	following types are defined:
 
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