Add 'wait_for_previous' as an alias for the 'stonewall' option
Also update man page and HOWTO, plus add missing alias for
iomem_align while in there.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO
index 5e9b390..88bd5e6 100644
--- a/HOWTO
+++ b/HOWTO
@@ -992,7 +992,8 @@
if verify_backlog_batch is larger than verify_backlog, some
blocks will be verified more than once.
-stonewall Wait for preceeding jobs in the job file to exit, before
+stonewall
+wait_for_previous 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. A stone wall also implies starting
a new reporting group.
diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index e48a16a..65877d2 100644
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@
use.
.RE
.TP
-.BI iomem_align \fR=\fPint
+.BI iomem_align \fR=\fPint "\fR,\fP mem_align" \fR=\fPint
This indiciates the memory alignment of the IO memory buffers. Note that the
given alignment is applied to the first IO unit buffer, if using \fBiodepth\fR
the alignment of the following buffers are given by the \fBbs\fR used. In
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@
\fBverify_backlog_batch\fR is larger than \fBverify_backlog\fR, some blocks
will be verified more than once.
.TP
-.B stonewall
+.B stonewall "\fR,\fP wait_for_previous"
Wait for preceding jobs in the job file to exit before starting this one.
\fBstonewall\fR implies \fBnew_group\fR.
.TP
diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
index ffe5470..82e3e27 100644
--- a/options.c
+++ b/options.c
@@ -1879,6 +1879,7 @@
},
{
.name = "stonewall",
+ .alias = "wait_for_previous",
.type = FIO_OPT_STR_SET,
.off1 = td_var_offset(stonewall),
.help = "Insert a hard barrier between this job and previous",