[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 |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Document the new page fault engine. Signed-off-by: Nico Pache <[email protected]> --- 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: -- 2.53.0