Add verify_fatal option
Causes fio to exit after a single block verification failure, instead of
checking the remainder as well.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO
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@@ -631,6 +631,11 @@
width of the pattern, fio will fill 1/2/3/4 bytes of the
buffer at the time. The verify_pattern cannot be larger than
a 32-bit quantity.
+
+verify_fatal=int Normally fio will keep checking the entire contents
+ before quitting on a block verification failure. If this
+ option is set, fio will exit the job on the first observed
+ failure.
stonewall Wait for preceeding jobs in the job file to exit, before
starting this one. Can be used to insert serialization