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 Red Hat

LICENSE

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