--.TH IOSTAT 1 "NOVEMBER 2018" Linux "Linux User's Manual" -*- nroff -*-
++.TH IOSTAT 1 "DECEMBER 2019" Linux "Linux User's Manual" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
iostat \- Report Central Processing Unit (CPU) statistics and input/output
statistics for devices and partitions.
.RS
The number (after merges) of discard requests completed per second for the device.
-Origin (unmerged) flush operations are counted as writes (likely with zero size).
+ .RE
+ .B f/s
+ .RS
+ The number (after merges) of flush requests completed per second for the device.
++This counts flush requests executed by disks. Flush requests are not tracked for partitions.
+
.RE
.B sec/s (kB/s, MB/s)
.RS
to be served. This includes the time spent by the requests in queue and
the time spent servicing them.
-to be served. Flush requests are issued one at a time, thus flush operation
-could be twice longer: wait current flush request, then issue and wait next.
+ .RE
+ .B f_await
+ .RS
+ The average time (in milliseconds) for flush requests issued to the device
++to be served.
++The block layer combines flush requests and executes at most one at a time.
++Thus flush operations could be twice as long: Wait for current flush request,
++then execute it, then wait for the next one.
+
.RE
.B aqu-sz
.RS