'new_group' option
By default, jobs in a file are part of the same reporting group
unless seperated by a stone wall or if they define a group by
themselves (numjobs=x is used). Inserting a 'new_group' parameter
in a job description, will mark the start of a new reporting group.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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stonewall Wait for preceeding jobs in the job file to exit, before
starting this one. Can be used to insert serialization
- points in the job file.
+ points in the job file. A stone wall also implies starting
+ a new reporting group.
+
+new_group Start a new reporting group. If this option isn't given,
+ jobs in a file will be part of the same reporting group
+ unless seperated by a stone wall (or if it's a group
+ by itself, with the numjobs option).
numjobs=int Create the specified number of clones of this job. May be
used to setup a larger number of threads/processes doing