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
Message-ID <CAOp=CXm0bB2MKjZoYuatyVMLwoiUrEUVR_yFpYU00Ouvyh3DhQ@mail.gmail.com>
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