From f598d3bc38ca6ffb40e9b03b25047dbab8d74534 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Antonio SJ Musumeci <trapexit@spawn.link>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2021 07:16:18 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add details on dropping caches before benchmarks

---
 README.md      |  9 +++++++++
 man/mergerfs.1 | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7c00c599..a2345e49 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -925,6 +925,15 @@ $ dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/mergerfs/1GB.file bs=1M count=1024 oflag=nocache conv=
 $ dd if=/mnt/mergerfs/1GB.file of=/dev/null bs=1M count=1024 iflag=nocache conv=fdatasync status=progress
 ```
 
+### other benchmarks
+
+If you are attempting to benchmark other behaviors you must ensure you clear kernel caches before runs. In fact it would be a good deal to run before the read and write benchmarks as well just in case.
+
+```
+sync
+echo 3 | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
+```
+
 
 # TIPS / NOTES
 
diff --git a/man/mergerfs.1 b/man/mergerfs.1
index 129de1a5..505bcbcb 100644
--- a/man/mergerfs.1
+++ b/man/mergerfs.1
@@ -1979,6 +1979,19 @@ $\ dd\ if=/dev/zero\ of=/mnt/mergerfs/1GB.file\ bs=1M\ count=1024\ oflag=nocache
 $\ dd\ if=/mnt/mergerfs/1GB.file\ of=/dev/null\ bs=1M\ count=1024\ iflag=nocache\ conv=fdatasync\ status=progress
 \f[]
 .fi
+.SS other benchmarks
+.PP
+If you are attempting to benchmark other behaviors you must ensure you
+clear kernel caches before runs.
+In fact it would be a good deal to run before the read and write
+benchmarks as well just in case.
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+sync
+echo\ 3\ |\ sudo\ tee\ /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
+\f[]
+.fi
 .SH TIPS / NOTES
 .IP \[bu] 2
 This document is very literal and thorough.