Re: fio parsing issue when trying to use latency_target and latency_window

Vincent Fu <[email protected]> Mon, 16 Mar 2026 11:19:12 -0400
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.fio
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On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 2:46=E2=80=AFPM Mark Erdos <[email protected]> w=
rote:
>
> Hello,
>
> With further testing I can see that the input is in microseconds both
> for the latency target and the window, and that means the manual is
> correct too. So, yes, if the output could match that or per Vincent,
> your suggestion had the unit designation, it would certainly prevent
> confusion for the next person. I am ok, since Vincent gave me the key.
> Thanks, Mark
>

I committed a patch to the repository that adds units to the normal
and JSON output. If you are able to test this, please report back if
you encounter any problems.

There is still a problem that --latency_target=3D10000ns specified in
nsec units is not parsed correctly.

Vincent