Add --section command line option

It enables the user to ship bigger and more complex job files, while
still allowing fio to only run a part of it.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
diff --git a/init.c b/init.c
index e96b410..1a0f738 100644
--- a/init.c
+++ b/init.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 unsigned long long mlock_size = 0;
 FILE *f_out = NULL;
 FILE *f_err = NULL;
+char *job_section = NULL;
 
 int write_bw_log = 0;
 int read_only = 0;
@@ -111,6 +112,11 @@
 		.val		= 'd',
 	},
 	{
+		.name		= "section",
+		.has_arg	= required_argument,
+		.val		= 'x',
+	},
+	{
 		.name		= NULL,
 	},
 };
@@ -548,6 +554,16 @@
 	return -1;
 }
 
+static int skip_this_section(const char *name)
+{
+	if (!job_section)
+		return 0;
+	if (!strncmp(name, "global", 6))
+		return 0;
+
+	return strncmp(job_section, name, strlen(job_section));
+}
+
 static int is_empty_or_comment(char *line)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
@@ -577,6 +593,7 @@
 	int ret = 0, stonewall;
 	int first_sect = 1;
 	int skip_fgets = 0;
+	int inside_skip = 0;
 
 	if (!strcmp(file, "-"))
 		f = stdin;
@@ -615,10 +632,18 @@
 		if (is_empty_or_comment(p))
 			continue;
 		if (sscanf(p, "[%255s]", name) != 1) {
+			if (inside_skip)
+				continue;
 			log_err("fio: option <%s> outside of [] job section\n", p);
 			break;
 		}
 
+		if (skip_this_section(name)) {
+			inside_skip = 1;
+			continue;
+		} else
+			inside_skip = 0;
+
 		global = !strncmp(name, "global", 6);
 
 		name[strlen(name) - 1] = '\0';
@@ -775,6 +800,7 @@
 	printf("\t--eta=when\tWhen ETA estimate should be printed\n");
 	printf("\t          \tMay be \"always\", \"never\" or \"auto\"\n");
 	printf("\t--readonly\tTurn on safety read-only checks, preventing writes\n");
+	printf("\t--section=name\tOnly run specified section in job file\n");
 }
 
 #ifdef FIO_INC_DEBUG
@@ -884,6 +910,16 @@
 		case 'd':
 			set_debug(optarg);
 			break;
+		case 'x':
+			if (!strcmp(optarg, "global")) {
+				log_err("fio: can't use global as only section\n");
+				bad_options++;
+				break;
+			}
+			if (job_section)
+				free(job_section);
+			job_section = strdup(optarg);
+			break;
 		case FIO_GETOPT_JOB: {
 			const char *opt = long_options[lidx].name;
 			char *val = optarg;
@@ -897,12 +933,15 @@
 				td = NULL;
 			}
 			if (!td) {
+				int is_section = !strncmp(opt, "name", 4);
 				int global = 0;
 
-				if (strncmp(opt, "name", 4) ||
-				    !strncmp(val, "global", 6))
+				if (!is_section || !strncmp(val, "global", 6))
 					global = 1;
 
+				if (is_section && skip_this_section(val))
+					continue;
+
 				td = get_new_job(global, &def_thread);
 				if (!td)
 					return 0;