Add time_based option
This allows fio to keep running, even if the workload has completed.
It will simply restart the workload over and over, for as long as the
runtime setting allows.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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a specified job will run, so this parameter is handy to
cap the total runtime to a given time.
+time_based If set, fio will run for the duration of the runtime
+ specified even if the file(s) are completey read or
+ written. It will simply loop over the same workload
+ as many times as the runtime allows.
+
invalidate=bool Invalidate the buffer/page cache parts for this file prior
to starting io. Defaults to true.