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.
15 It can also be used as a way to work around any bugs in a plugin's
16 claimed level of parallel support, without recompiling the plugin, or
17 to ease efforts when connecting with a client that can batch up several
18 requests but is not prepared to handle out-of-order replies.
19 To limit the number of concurrent clients it's usually better to use
21 nbdkit-limit-filter(1).
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24 serialize=requests
25 serialize=all-requests
26 serialize=connections
27 Optional, controls how much serialization the filter will enforce.
28 Mode requests (default) prevents a single client from having more
29 than one in-flight request, but does not prevent parallel requests
30 from a second connection (if the plugin supports that). Mode all-
31 requests is stricter, enforcing that at most one request
32 (regardless of connection) will be active, but does not prevent
33 parallel connections (if the plugin supports that). Mode
34 connections is strictest, where there can be at most one client at
35 a time, and where the server will no longer advertise
36 "NBD_FLAG_MULTI_CONN" to clients.
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39 Serve the file disk.img, but disallow out-of-order transaction
40 completion to a given client:
41 nbdkit --filter=noparallel file disk.img
43 Serve the file disk.img, but allowing only one client at a time:
45 nbdkit --filter=noparallel file serialize=connections disk.img
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49 $filterdir/nbdkit-noparallel-filter.so
50 The filter.
51 Use "nbdkit --dump-config" to find the location of $filterdir.
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55 "nbdkit-noparallel-filter" first appeared in nbdkit 1.14.
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58 nbdkit(1), nbdkit-file-plugin(1), nbdkit-filter(3),
59 nbdkit-fua-filter(1), nbdkit-limit-filter(1),
60 nbdkit-multi-conn-filter(1), nbdkit-nocache-filter(1),
61 nbdkit-noextents-filter(1), nbdkit-nozero-filter(1).
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64 Eric Blake
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