NAME¶

nbdkit-delay-filter - nbdkit delay filter

SYNOPSIS¶

 nbdkit --filter=delay plugin rdelay=SECS wdelay=SECS [plugin-args...]

 nbdkit --filter=delay plugin rdelay=NNms wdelay=NNms [plugin-args...]

 nbdkit --filter=delay plugin [plugin-args ...]
          delay-read=(SECS|NNms)
          delay-write=(SECS|NNms)
          delay-zero=(SECS|NNms)
          delay-trim=(SECS|NNms)
          delay-extents=(SECS|NNms)
          delay-cache=(SECS|NNms)
          delay-fast-zero=BOOL
          delay-open=(SECS|NNms)
          delay-close=(SECS|NNms)

DESCRIPTION¶

"nbdkit-delay-filter" is a filter that delays read and write requests by some seconds or milliseconds. This is used to simulate a slow or remote server, or to test certain kinds of race conditions in Linux. To limit server bandwidth use nbdkit-rate-filter(1) instead.

EXAMPLES¶

Delays reads and writes by 100ms:

 nbdkit --filter=delay file disk.img rdelay=100ms wdelay=100ms

Delay only zero operations by 1 second, nothing else is affected:

 nbdkit --filter=delay file disk.img delay-zero=1

PARAMETERS¶

rdelay=SECS

rdelay=NNms

delay-read=SECS

delay-read=NNms

Delay read operations by "SECS" seconds or "NN" milliseconds.

The two forms "rdelay" and "delay-read" work identically.

delay-write=SECS

delay-write=NNms

Delay write operations by "SECS" seconds or "NN" milliseconds.

delay-zero=SECS

delay-zero=NNms

(nbdkit ≥ 1.10)

Delay zero operations by "SECS" seconds or "NN" milliseconds. See also delay-fast-zero.

delay-trim=SECS

delay-trim=NNms

(nbdkit ≥ 1.10)

Delay trim/discard operations by "SECS" seconds or "NN" milliseconds.

delay-extents=SECS

delay-extents=NNms

(nbdkit ≥ 1.12)

Delay block status (extents) operations by "SECS" seconds or "NN" milliseconds.

delay-cache=SECS

delay-cache=NNms

(nbdkit ≥ 1.14)

Delay advisory cache operations by "SECS" seconds or "NN" milliseconds.

wdelay=SECS

wdelay=NNms

Delay write, zero and trim operations by "SECS" seconds or "NN" milliseconds.

delay-fast-zero=BOOL

(nbdkit ≥ 1.16)

The NBD specification documents an extension called fast zero, in which the client may request that a server should reply with "ENOTSUP" as soon as possible if the zero operation offers no real speedup over a corresponding write. By default, this parameter is true, and fast zero requests are serviced by the plugin after the same delay as any other zero request; but setting this parameter to false instantly fails a fast zero response without waiting for or consulting the plugin.

delay-open=SECS

delay-open=NNms

(nbdkit ≥ 1.28)

Delay open (client connection) by "SECS" seconds or "NN" milliseconds.

delay-close=SECS

delay-close=NNms

(nbdkit ≥ 1.28)

Delay close (client disconnection) by "SECS" seconds or "NN" milliseconds. This can also cause server shutdown to be delayed if clients are connected at the time. This only affects clients that gracefully disconnect (using "NBD_CMD_DISC" / libnbd function nbd_shutdown(3)). Clients that abruptly disconnect from the server cannot be delayed.

FILES¶

$filterdir/nbdkit-delay-filter.so

The filter.

Use "nbdkit --dump-config" to find the location of $filterdir.

VERSION¶

"nbdkit-delay-filter" first appeared in nbdkit 1.2, based on earlier "rdelay" and "wdelay" options in nbdkit-file-plugin(1).

SEE ALSO¶

nbdkit(1), nbdkit-filter(3), nbdkit-pause-filter(1), nbdkit-rate-filter(1).

AUTHORS¶

Richard W.M. Jones

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright (C) 2018-2021 Red Hat Inc.

LICENSE¶

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