linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 01/10] xfstests: add fio requirement V2

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Message-ID: <5130CC8E.6090406@sgi.com>
Date:	Fri, 1 Mar 2013 09:43:10 -0600
From:	Rich Johnston <rjohnston@....com>
To:	Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>
CC:	<xfs@....sgi.com>, <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>, <dchinner@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] xfstests: add fio requirement V2

On 02/20/2013 04:42 AM, Dmitry Monakhov wrote:
> FIO is very flexible io generator, I would call it IO swiss knife.
> Currently we have tonns of hardcoded application which reproduces
> some predefined scenario. This approach has obvious dissadvantages
> 1) Lack of flexability: one written it is hard to modify it in future
> 2) Code base is large, many routines written again and again
>
> At the same time add new fio based tast is just add simle INI file.
> This greatly simplify code review. I do beleve that some day we will
> replace most of hardcoded io binaries with fio.
>
> One who is planning to run $FIO_PROG should first check that system
> contains appropriate version which is able to handle jobfile
> for example:  _require_fio 286-job.fio
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>

Minor typos in the description, but looks good.

Reviewed-by: Rich Johnston <rjohnston@....com>


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