Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] Documentation: update the HOWTO to include the page_fault engine
Vincent Fu <[email protected]> Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:35:24 -0400
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.fio |
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On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 11:52=E2=80=AFAM Nico Pache <[email protected]> wro= te: > > 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 fi= le > simultaneously, but allow it for threads. > > + **page_fault** > + I/O engine that uses an mmap region to simulate d= ata transfer by > + allocating anonymous memory and copying data on r= ead/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 > Please also make the same change to fio.1 Vincent