[PATCH] Update irange documentation
Also allow ':' as the range delimeter, and '/' as the
direction delimeter.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO
index f36fc46..4370c9f 100644
--- a/HOWTO
+++ b/HOWTO
@@ -179,7 +179,10 @@
bool Boolean. Usually parsed as an integer, however only defined for
true and false (1 and 0).
irange Integer range with postfix. Allows value range to be given, such
- as 1024-4096. Also see siint.
+ as 1024-4096. A colon may also be used as the seperator, eg
+ 1k:4k. If the option allows two sets of ranges, they can be
+ specified with a ',' or '/' delimiter: 1k-4k/8k-32k. Also see
+ siint.
With the above in mind, here follows the complete list of fio job
parameters.
diff --git a/parse.c b/parse.c
index 03856dc..29e2ff1 100644
--- a/parse.c
+++ b/parse.c
@@ -218,8 +218,11 @@
p1 = strchr(tmp, '-');
if (!p1) {
- ret = 1;
- break;
+ p1 = strchr(tmp, ':');
+ if (!p1) {
+ ret = 1;
+ break;
+ }
}
p2 = p1 + 1;
@@ -309,8 +312,11 @@
* Do this before parsing the first round, to check if we should
* copy set 1 options to set 2.
*/
- if (ptr)
+ if (ptr) {
ptr2 = strchr(ptr, ',');
+ if (!ptr2)
+ ptr2 = strchr(ptr, ':');
+ }
/*
* Don't return early if parsing the first option fails - if