Add softrandommap and --alloc-size options
The softrandommap job option allows fio to continue if it cannot
allocate from the smalloc backing for the random map. Or the user
can specify --alloc-size with a size larger than the default of 1024k
to increase the size of the shared allocation pool.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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fio doesn't track potential block rewrites which may alter
the calculated checksum for that block.
+softrandommap See norandommap. If fio runs with the random block map enabled
+ and it fails to allocate the map, if this option is set it
+ will continue without a random block map. As coverage will
+ not be as complete as with random maps, this option is
+ disabled by default.
+
nice=int Run the job with the given nice value. See man nice(2).
prio=int Set the io priority value of this job. Linux limits us to