Revamp the file creation code

This was long overdue, it's much simpler now and hopefully
less bug prone. Probably a few stray bugs here and there
that needs straightening out, but the end result should
be a lot better.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
diff --git a/engines/cpu.c b/engines/cpu.c
index c908cab..9fac418 100644
--- a/engines/cpu.c
+++ b/engines/cpu.c
@@ -19,14 +19,8 @@
 	struct fio_file *f;
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	td->o.size = -1;
-	td->io_size = td->o.size;
-	td->total_io_size = td->io_size;
-
-	for_each_file(td, f, i) {
-		f->real_file_size = -1;
-		f->file_size = -1;
-	}
+	for_each_file(td, f, i)
+		f->real_file_size = -1ULL;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/engines/mmap.c b/engines/mmap.c
index 556e56d..da69069 100644
--- a/engines/mmap.c
+++ b/engines/mmap.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 	else if (io_u->ddir == DDIR_WRITE)
 		memcpy(f->mmap + real_off, io_u->xfer_buf, io_u->xfer_buflen);
 	else if (io_u->ddir == DDIR_SYNC) {
-		size_t len = (f->file_size + page_size - 1) & ~page_mask;
+		size_t len = (f->io_size + page_size - 1) & ~page_mask;
 
 		if (msync(f->mmap, len, MS_SYNC)) {
 			io_u->error = errno;
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 	} else
 		flags = PROT_READ;
 
-	f->mmap = mmap(NULL, f->file_size, flags, MAP_SHARED, f->fd, f->file_offset);
+	f->mmap = mmap(NULL, f->io_size, flags, MAP_SHARED, f->fd, f->file_offset);
 	if (f->mmap == MAP_FAILED) {
 		f->mmap = NULL;
 		td_verror(td, errno, "mmap");
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@
 		goto err;
 
 	if (!td_random(td)) {
-		if (madvise(f->mmap, f->file_size, MADV_SEQUENTIAL) < 0) {
+		if (madvise(f->mmap, f->io_size, MADV_SEQUENTIAL) < 0) {
 			td_verror(td, errno, "madvise");
 			goto err;
 		}
 	} else {
-		if (madvise(f->mmap, f->file_size, MADV_RANDOM) < 0) {
+		if (madvise(f->mmap, f->io_size, MADV_RANDOM) < 0) {
 			td_verror(td, errno, "madvise");
 			goto err;
 		}
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 			     struct fio_file *f)
 {
 	if (f->mmap) {
-		munmap(f->mmap, f->file_size);
+		munmap(f->mmap, f->io_size);
 		f->mmap = NULL;
 	}
 	generic_close_file(td, f);
diff --git a/engines/net.c b/engines/net.c
index 2bbbb0e..66f1e60 100644
--- a/engines/net.c
+++ b/engines/net.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 		 * if we are going to write more, set MSG_MORE
 		 */
 		if (td->this_io_bytes[DDIR_WRITE] + io_u->xfer_buflen <
-		    td->io_size)
+		    td->o.size)
 			flags = MSG_MORE;
 
 		ret = send(f->fd, io_u->xfer_buf, io_u->xfer_buflen, flags);
@@ -224,17 +224,10 @@
 {
 	struct netio_data *nd = td->io_ops->data;
 	unsigned short port;
-	struct fio_file *f;
 	char host[64], buf[128];
-	unsigned int i;
 	char *sep;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!td->o.size) {
-		log_err("fio: need size= set\n");
-		return 1;
-	}
-
 	if (td_rw(td)) {
 		log_err("fio: network connections must be read OR write\n");
 		return 1;
@@ -261,18 +254,7 @@
 		ret = fio_netio_setup_connect(td, host, port);
 	}
 
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	td->io_size = td->o.size;
-	td->total_io_size = td->io_size;
-
-	for_each_file(td, f, i) {
-		f->file_size = td->o.size / td->o.nr_files;
-		f->real_file_size = f->file_size;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void fio_netio_cleanup(struct thread_data *td)
@@ -287,11 +269,21 @@
 
 static int fio_netio_setup(struct thread_data *td)
 {
-	struct netio_data *nd = malloc(sizeof(*nd));
+	struct netio_data *nd;
+	struct fio_file *f;
+	unsigned int i;
 
-	memset(nd, 0, sizeof(*nd));
-	nd->listenfd = -1;
-	td->io_ops->data = nd;
+	if (!td->io_ops->data) {
+		nd = malloc(sizeof(*nd));;
+
+		memset(nd, 0, sizeof(*nd));
+		nd->listenfd = -1;
+		td->io_ops->data = nd;
+
+		for_each_file(td, f, i)
+			f->real_file_size = -1ULL;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/engines/null.c b/engines/null.c
index 86b9cbd..724feca 100644
--- a/engines/null.c
+++ b/engines/null.c
@@ -71,18 +71,8 @@
 	struct fio_file *f;
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	if (!td->o.size) {
-		log_err("fio: need size= set\n");
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	td->io_size = td->o.size;
-	td->total_io_size = td->io_size;
-
-	for_each_file(td, f, i) {
-		f->real_file_size = td->total_io_size / td->o.nr_files;
-		f->file_size = f->real_file_size;
-	}
+	for_each_file(td, f, i)
+		f->real_file_size = -1ULL;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/filesetup.c b/filesetup.c
index 7fbd347..f64c7a1 100644
--- a/filesetup.c
+++ b/filesetup.c
@@ -10,50 +10,32 @@
 #include "fio.h"
 #include "os.h"
 
-/*
- * Check if the file exists and it's large enough.
- */
-static int file_ok(struct thread_data *td, struct fio_file *f)
-{
-	struct stat st;
-
-	if (f->filetype != FIO_TYPE_FILE ||
-	    (td->io_ops->flags & FIO_DISKLESSIO))
-		return 0;
-
-	if (lstat(f->file_name, &st) == -1)
-		return 1;
-
-	/*
-	 * if it's a special file, size is always ok for now
-	 */
-	if (S_ISCHR(st.st_mode) || S_ISBLK(st.st_mode))
-		return 0;
-	if (st.st_size < (off_t) f->file_size)
-		return 1;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int create_file(struct thread_data *td, struct fio_file *f)
+static int extend_file(struct thread_data *td, struct fio_file *f)
 {
 	unsigned long long left;
 	unsigned int bs;
 	char *b;
 	int r;
 
+	if (f->flags & FIO_FILE_EXISTS) {
+		if (unlink(f->file_name) < 0) {
+			td_verror(td, errno, "unlink");
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
+
 	f->fd = open(f->file_name, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0644);
 	if (f->fd < 0) {
 		td_verror(td, errno, "open");
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	if (ftruncate(f->fd, f->file_size) == -1) {
+	if (ftruncate(f->fd, f->real_file_size) == -1) {
 		td_verror(td, errno, "ftruncate");
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	if (posix_fallocate(f->fd, 0, f->file_size) < 0) {
+	if (posix_fallocate(f->fd, 0, f->real_file_size) < 0) {
 		td_verror(td, errno, "posix_fallocate");
 		goto err;
 	}
@@ -61,7 +43,7 @@
 	b = malloc(td->o.max_bs[DDIR_WRITE]);
 	memset(b, 0, td->o.max_bs[DDIR_WRITE]);
 
-	left = f->file_size;
+	left = f->real_file_size;
 	while (left && !td->terminate) {
 		bs = td->o.max_bs[DDIR_WRITE];
 		if (bs > left)
@@ -97,190 +79,27 @@
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static unsigned long long set_rand_file_size(struct thread_data *td,
-					     unsigned long long total_size)
+static unsigned long long get_rand_file_size(struct thread_data *td)
 {
-	unsigned long long upper = total_size;
 	unsigned long long ret;
 	long r;
 
-	if (upper > td->o.file_size_high)
-		upper = td->o.file_size_high;
-	else if (upper < td->o.file_size_low)
-		return 0;
-	else if (!upper)
-		return 0;
-
 	r = os_random_long(&td->file_size_state);
-	ret = td->o.file_size_low + (unsigned long long) ((double) upper * (r / (RAND_MAX + 1.0)));
+	ret = td->o.file_size_low + (unsigned long long) ((double) td->o.file_size_high * (r / (RAND_MAX + 1.0)));
 	ret -= (ret % td->o.rw_min_bs);
-	if (ret > upper)
-		ret = upper;
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int fill_file_size(struct thread_data *td, struct fio_file *f,
-			  unsigned long long *file_size, int new_files)
-{
-	if (!td->o.file_size_low) {
-		f->file_size = *file_size / new_files;
-		f->real_file_size = f->file_size;
-	} else {
-		/*
-		 * If we don't have enough space left for a file
-		 * of the minimum size, bail.
-		 */
-		if (*file_size < td->o.file_size_low)
-			return 1;
-
-		f->file_size = set_rand_file_size(td, *file_size);
-		f->real_file_size = f->file_size;
-		*file_size -= f->file_size;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int create_files(struct thread_data *td)
-{
-	struct fio_file *f;
-	int err, need_create, can_extend;
-	unsigned long long total_file_size, local_file_size, create_size;
-	unsigned int i, new_files;
-
-	new_files = 0;
-	total_file_size = td->o.size;
-	for_each_file(td, f, i) {
-		unsigned long long s;
-
-		f->file_offset = td->o.start_offset;
-
-		if (!total_file_size)
-			continue;
-
-		if (f->filetype != FIO_TYPE_FILE) {
-			if (!f->file_size)
-				f->file_size = total_file_size / td->o.nr_files;
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		if (f->flags & FIO_FILE_EXISTS) {
-			if ((f->file_size > td->o.size / td->o.nr_files) ||
-			    !f->file_size)
-				f->file_size = td->o.size / td->o.nr_files;
-
-			s = f->file_size;
-			if (s > total_file_size)
-				s = total_file_size;
-
-			total_file_size -= s;
-		} else
-			new_files++;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * unless specifically asked for overwrite, let normal io extend it
-	 */
-	can_extend = !td->o.overwrite && !(td->io_ops->flags & FIO_NOEXTEND);
-	if (can_extend && new_files) {
-		for_each_file(td, f, i) {
-			if (fill_file_size(td, f, &total_file_size, new_files)) {
-				log_info("fio: limited to %d files\n", i);
-				td->o.nr_files = i;
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	local_file_size = total_file_size;
-	if (!local_file_size)
-		local_file_size = -1;
-
-	total_file_size = 0;
-	need_create = 0;
-	create_size = 0;
-	for_each_file(td, f, i) {
-		int file_there;
-
-		if (f->filetype != FIO_TYPE_FILE)
-			continue;
-		if (f->flags & FIO_FILE_EXISTS) {
-			total_file_size += f->file_size;
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		if (fill_file_size(td, f, &local_file_size, new_files)) {
-			log_info("fio: limited to %d files\n", i);
-			new_files -= (td->o.nr_files - i);
-			td->o.nr_files = i;
-			break;
-		}
-
-		total_file_size += f->file_size;
-		create_size += f->file_size;
-		file_there = !file_ok(td, f);
-
-		if (file_there && td_write(td) && !td->o.overwrite) {
-			unlink(f->file_name);
-			file_there = 0;
-		}
-
-		need_create += !file_there;
-	}
-
-	if (!need_create)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (!td->o.size && !total_file_size) {
-		log_err("Need size for create\n");
-		td_verror(td, EINVAL, "file_size");
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	temp_stall_ts = 1;
-	log_info("%s: Laying out IO file(s) (%u files / %LuMiB)\n",
-				td->o.name, new_files, create_size >> 20);
-
-	err = 0;
-	for_each_file(td, f, i) {
-		/*
-		 * Only unlink files that we created.
-		 */
-		f->flags &= ~FIO_FILE_UNLINK;
-		if (file_ok(td, f)) {
-			if (td->o.unlink)
-				f->flags |= FIO_FILE_UNLINK;
-
-			f->flags |= FIO_FILE_NOSORT;
-			err = create_file(td, f);
-			if (err)
-				break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	temp_stall_ts = 0;
-	return err;
-}
-
 static int file_size(struct thread_data *td, struct fio_file *f)
 {
 	struct stat st;
 
-	if (td->o.overwrite) {
-		if (fstat(f->fd, &st) == -1) {
-			td_verror(td, errno, "fstat");
-			return 1;
-		}
+	if (fstat(f->fd, &st) == -1) {
+		td_verror(td, errno, "fstat");
+		return 1;
+	}
 
-		f->real_file_size = st.st_size;
-
-		if (!f->file_size || f->file_size > f->real_file_size)
-			f->file_size = f->real_file_size;
-	} else
-		f->real_file_size = f->file_size;
-
+	f->real_file_size = st.st_size;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -296,14 +115,6 @@
 	}
 
 	f->real_file_size = bytes;
-
-	/*
-	 * no extend possibilities, so limit size to device size if too large
-	 */
-	if (!f->file_size || f->file_size > f->real_file_size)
-		f->file_size = f->real_file_size;
-
-	f->file_size -= f->file_offset;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -311,10 +122,9 @@
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (f->filetype == FIO_TYPE_FILE) {
-		if (!(f->flags & FIO_FILE_EXISTS))
-			ret = file_size(td, f);
-	} else if (f->filetype == FIO_TYPE_BD)
+	if (f->filetype == FIO_TYPE_FILE)
+		ret = file_size(td, f);
+	else if (f->filetype == FIO_TYPE_BD)
 		ret = bdev_size(td, f);
 	else
 		f->real_file_size = -1;
@@ -341,9 +151,9 @@
 	 * FIXME: add blockdev flushing too
 	 */
 	if (f->mmap)
-		ret = madvise(f->mmap, f->file_size, MADV_DONTNEED);
+		ret = madvise(f->mmap, f->io_size, MADV_DONTNEED);
 	else if (f->filetype == FIO_TYPE_FILE)
-		ret = fadvise(f->fd, f->file_offset, f->file_size, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED);
+		ret = fadvise(f->fd, f->file_offset, f->io_size, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED);
 	else if (f->filetype == FIO_TYPE_BD) {
 		ret = blockdev_invalidate_cache(f->fd);
 		if (ret < 0 && errno == EACCES && geteuid()) {
@@ -399,11 +209,6 @@
 		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, "open(%s)", f->file_name);
 
 		td_verror(td, __e, buf);
-		if (__e == EINVAL && td->o.odirect)
-			log_err("fio: destination does not support O_DIRECT\n");
-		if (__e == EMFILE)
-			log_err("fio: try reducing/setting openfiles (failed at %u of %u)\n", td->nr_open_files, td->o.nr_files);
-		return 1;
 	}
 
 	if (get_file_size(td, f))
@@ -418,7 +223,7 @@
 		else
 			flags = POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL;
 
-		if (fadvise(f->fd, f->file_offset, f->file_size, flags) < 0) {
+		if (fadvise(f->fd, f->file_offset, f->io_size, flags) < 0) {
 			td_verror(td, errno, "fadvise");
 			goto err;
 		}
@@ -454,49 +259,150 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-int setup_files(struct thread_data *td)
+/*
+ * open/close all files, so that ->real_file_size gets set
+ */
+static int get_file_sizes(struct thread_data *td)
 {
 	struct fio_file *f;
 	unsigned int i;
-	int err;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	for_each_file(td, f, i) {
+		err = td->io_ops->open_file(td, f);
+		if (err) {
+			td->error = 0;
+			memset(td->verror, 0, sizeof(td->verror));
+			err = 0;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		td->io_ops->close_file(td, f);
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Open the files and setup files sizes, creating files if necessary.
+ */
+int setup_files(struct thread_data *td)
+{
+	unsigned long long total_size, extend_size;
+	struct fio_file *f;
+	unsigned int i;
+	int err, need_extend;
 
 	/*
 	 * if ioengine defines a setup() method, it's responsible for
-	 * setting up everything in the td->files[] area.
+	 * opening the files and setting f->real_file_size to indicate
+	 * the valid range for that file.
 	 */
 	if (td->io_ops->setup)
-		return td->io_ops->setup(td);
+		err = td->io_ops->setup(td);
+	else
+		err = get_file_sizes(td);
 
-	if (create_files(td))
-		return 1;
-
-	err = open_files(td);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
 	/*
-	 * Recalculate the total file size now that files are set up.
+	 * check sizes. if the files/devices do not exist and the size
+	 * isn't passed to fio, abort.
 	 */
-	td->o.size = 0;
-	for_each_file(td, f, i)
-		td->o.size += f->file_size;
+	total_size = 0;
+	for_each_file(td, f, i) {
+		if (f->real_file_size == -1ULL)
+			total_size = -1ULL;
+		else
+			total_size += f->real_file_size;
+	}
 
-	td->io_size = td->o.size;
-	if (td->io_size == 0) {
-		log_err("%s: no io blocks\n", td->o.name);
+	/*
+	 * device/file sizes are zero and no size given, punt
+	 */
+	if (!total_size && !td->o.size) {
+		log_err("%s: you need to specify size=\n", td->o.name);
 		td_verror(td, EINVAL, "total_file_size");
 		return 1;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * now file sizes are known, so we can set ->io_size. if size= is
+	 * not given, ->io_size is just equal to ->real_file_size. if size
+	 * is given, ->io_size is size / nr_files.
+	 */
+	extend_size = total_size = 0;
+	need_extend = 0;
+	for_each_file(td, f, i) {
+		if (!td->o.file_size_low) {
+			/*
+			 * no file size range given, file size is equal to
+			 * total size divided by number of files. if that is
+			 * zero, set it to the real file size.
+			 */
+			f->io_size = td->o.size / td->o.nr_files;
+			if (!f->io_size)
+				f->io_size = f->real_file_size;
+		} else if (f->real_file_size < td->o.file_size_low ||
+			   f->real_file_size > td->o.file_size_high) {
+			/*
+			 * file size given. if it's fixed, use that. if it's a
+			 * range, generate a random size in-between.
+			 */
+			if (td->o.file_size_low == td->o.file_size_high)
+				f->io_size = td->o.file_size_low;
+			else
+				f->io_size = get_rand_file_size(td);
+		} else
+			f->io_size = f->real_file_size;
+
+		if (f->io_size == -1ULL)
+			total_size = -1ULL;
+		else
+			total_size += f->io_size;
+
+		if (f->filetype == FIO_TYPE_FILE &&
+		    f->io_size > f->real_file_size &&
+		    !(td->io_ops->flags & FIO_DISKLESSIO)) {
+			need_extend++;
+			extend_size += f->io_size;
+			f->flags |= FIO_FILE_EXTEND;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!td->o.size)
+		td->o.size = total_size;
+
+	/*
+	 * See if we need to extend some files
+	 */
+	if (need_extend) {
+		temp_stall_ts = 1;
+		log_info("%s: Laying out IO file(s) (%u files / %LuMiB)\n",
+			td->o.name, need_extend, extend_size >> 20);
+
+		for_each_file(td, f, i) {
+			if (!(f->flags & FIO_FILE_EXTEND))
+				continue;
+
+			f->flags &= ~FIO_FILE_EXTEND;
+			f->real_file_size = f->io_size;
+			err = extend_file(td, f);
+			if (err)
+				break;
+		}
+		temp_stall_ts = 0;
+	}
+
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
 	if (!td->o.zone_size)
-		td->o.zone_size = td->io_size;
+		td->o.zone_size = td->o.size;
 
-	td->total_io_size = td->io_size * td->o.loops;
-
-	for_each_file(td, f, i)
-		td_io_close_file(td, f);
-
-	return err;
+	td->total_io_size = td->o.size * td->o.loops;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int init_random_map(struct thread_data *td)
@@ -557,19 +463,10 @@
 	f->filetype = FIO_TYPE_FILE;
 
 	if (!lstat(f->file_name, &sb)) {
-		f->flags |= FIO_FILE_EXISTS;
-
 		if (S_ISBLK(sb.st_mode))
 			f->filetype = FIO_TYPE_BD;
 		else if (S_ISCHR(sb.st_mode))
 			f->filetype = FIO_TYPE_CHAR;
-		else {
-			/*
-			 * might as well do this here, and save a stat later on
-			 */
-			f->real_file_size = sb.st_size;
-			f->file_size = f->real_file_size;
-		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/fio.c b/fio.c
index bed1e28..2f0d740 100644
--- a/fio.c
+++ b/fio.c
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@
 
 	td_set_runstate(td, TD_RUNNING);
 
-	while ((td->this_io_bytes[0] + td->this_io_bytes[1]) < td->io_size) {
+	while ((td->this_io_bytes[0] + td->this_io_bytes[1]) < td->o.size) {
 		struct timeval comp_time;
 		long bytes_done = 0;
 		int min_evts = 0;
diff --git a/fio.h b/fio.h
index ddc7e23..1e63f3b 100644
--- a/fio.h
+++ b/fio.h
@@ -237,8 +237,9 @@
 	FIO_FILE_OPEN		= 1 << 0,	/* file is open */
 	FIO_FILE_UNLINK		= 1 << 1,	/* unlink on close */
 	FIO_FILE_CLOSING	= 1 << 2,	/* file being closed */
-	FIO_FILE_EXISTS		= 1 << 3,	/* no need to create */
-	FIO_FILE_NOSORT		= 1 << 4,	/* don't sort verify blocks */
+	FIO_FILE_EXISTS		= 1 << 3,	/* file there */
+	FIO_FILE_EXTEND		= 1 << 4,	/* needs extend */
+	FIO_FILE_NOSORT		= 1 << 5,	/* don't sort verify blocks */
 };
 
 /*
@@ -255,11 +256,20 @@
 		unsigned long file_data;
 		int fd;
 	};
+
+	/*
+	 * filename and possible memory mapping
+	 */
 	char *file_name;
 	void *mmap;
-	unsigned long long file_size;
+
+	/*
+	 * size of the file, offset into file, and io size from that offset
+	 */
 	unsigned long long real_file_size;
 	unsigned long long file_offset;
+	unsigned long long io_size;
+
 	unsigned long long last_pos;
 	unsigned long long last_completed_pos;
 
@@ -487,7 +497,6 @@
 	unsigned long rate_blocks;
 	struct timeval lastrate;
 
-	unsigned long long io_size;
 	unsigned long long total_io_size;
 
 	unsigned long io_issues[2];
diff --git a/io_u.c b/io_u.c
index 2e0f8e9..31d3b14 100644
--- a/io_u.c
+++ b/io_u.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 static int get_next_rand_offset(struct thread_data *td, struct fio_file *f,
 				int ddir, unsigned long long *b)
 {
-	unsigned long long max_blocks = f->file_size / td->o.min_bs[ddir];
+	unsigned long long max_blocks = f->io_size / td->o.min_bs[ddir];
 	unsigned long long r, rb;
 	int loops = 5;
 
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
 			 */
 			ddir = get_rand_ddir(td);
 			max_bytes = td->this_io_bytes[ddir];
-			if (max_bytes >= (td->io_size * td->o.rwmix[ddir] / 100)) {
+			if (max_bytes >= (td->o.size * td->o.rwmix[ddir] / 100)) {
 				if (!td->rw_end_set[ddir]) {
 					td->rw_end_set[ddir] = 1;
 					memcpy(&td->rw_end[ddir], &now, sizeof(now));
diff --git a/ioengines.c b/ioengines.c
index 4ab08ce..3e8d886 100644
--- a/ioengines.c
+++ b/ioengines.c
@@ -263,21 +263,27 @@
 
 int td_io_open_file(struct thread_data *td, struct fio_file *f)
 {
-	if (td->io_ops->open_file(td, f))
-		return 1;
+	if (!td->io_ops->open_file(td, f)) {
+		f->last_free_lookup = 0;
+		f->last_completed_pos = 0;
+		f->last_pos = 0;
+		f->flags |= FIO_FILE_OPEN;
+		f->flags &= ~FIO_FILE_CLOSING;
 
-	f->last_free_lookup = 0;
-	f->last_completed_pos = 0;
-	f->last_pos = 0;
-	f->flags |= FIO_FILE_OPEN;
-	f->flags &= ~FIO_FILE_CLOSING;
+		if (f->file_map)
+			memset(f->file_map, 0, f->num_maps * sizeof(long));
 
-	if (f->file_map)
-		memset(f->file_map, 0, f->num_maps * sizeof(long));
+		td->nr_open_files++;
+		get_file(f);
+		return 0;
+	}
 
-	td->nr_open_files++;
-	get_file(f);
-	return 0;
+	if (td->error == EINVAL && td->o.odirect)
+		log_err("fio: destination does not support O_DIRECT\n");
+	if (td->error == EMFILE)
+		log_err("fio: try reducing/setting openfiles (failed at %u of %u)\n", td->nr_open_files, td->o.nr_files);
+
+	return 1;
 }
 
 void td_io_close_file(struct thread_data *td, struct fio_file *f)