1nbdkit-noparallel-filter(1) NBDKIT nbdkit-noparallel-filter(1)
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6 nbdkit-noparallel-filter - nbdkit noparallel filter
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9 nbdkit --filter=noparallel plugin [serialize=MODE] [plugin-args...]
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12 "nbdkit-noparallel-filter" is a filter that intentionally disables
13 parallelism in handling requests from clients. It is mainly useful for
14 evaluating timing differences between various levels of parallelism. It
15 can also be used as a way to work around any bugs in a plugin's claimed
16 level of parallel support, without recompiling the plugin, or to ease
17 efforts when connecting with a client that can batch up several
18 requests but is not prepared to handle out-of-order replies.
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22 serialize=all-requests
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24 Optional, controls how much serialization the filter will enforce.
25 Mode requests (default) prevents a single client from having more
26 than one in-flight request, but does not prevent parallel requests
27 from a second connection (if the plugin supports that). Mode all-
28 requests is stricter, enforcing that at most one request
29 (regardless of connection) will be active, but does not prevent
30 parallel connections (if the plugin supports that). Mode
31 connections is strictest, where there can be at most one client at
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33 "NBD_FLAG_MULTI_CONN" to clients.
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36 Serve the file disk.img, but disallow out-of-order transaction
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39 nbdkit --filter=noparallel file disk.img
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41 Serve the file disk.img, but allowing only one client at a time:
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43 nbdkit --filter=noparallel file serialize=connections disk.img
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46 $filterdir/nbdkit-noparallel-filter.so
47 The filter.
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49 Use "nbdkit --dump-config" to find the location of $filterdir.
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52 "nbdkit-noparallel-filter" first appeared in nbdkit 1.14.
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55 nbdkit(1), nbdkit-file-plugin(1), nbdkit-filter(3),
56 nbdkit-fua-filter(1), nbdkit-nocache-filter(1),
57 nbdkit-noextents-filter(1), nbdkit-nozero-filter(1).
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60 Eric Blake
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