SPDK fio_plugin not working on Ubuntu-Configuration error possibly

[dwy189]

I was using VirtualBox and on the Ubuntu 16.04 version. My fio version was: 2.2.10. I tried the same procedures as from the SPDK Fio_plugin README told me. But I still got the following error:

weiyoud@weiyoud-VirtualBox:~/spdk/examples/nvme/fio_plugin$ LD_PRELOAD=/home/weiyoud/spdk/examples/nvme/fio_plugin/fio_plugin /home/weiyoud/fio/fio example_config.fio
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/weiyoud/spdk/examples/nvme/fio_plugin/fio_plugin' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.
fio: engine spdk not loadable
fio: failed to load engine
fio: file:ioengines.c:89, func=dlopen, error=spdk: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Expected Behavior

fio command should run with ioengine=SPDK

Current Behavior

Error occurs. The fio works with libaio ioengine though.

Possible Solution

We assume it was a configuration issue but it still did not work even when we tried different parameter combination.

Context (Environment including OS version, SPDK version, etc.)

I was using VirtualBox and on the Ubuntu 16.04 version. My fio version was: 2.2.10.

[alekseymmm]

The suggested version of fio for correct work with spdk is fio 3.3. I think it makes sense to try this fio version.

[dwy189]

@alekseymmm When I have "fio --version" directly in the command line window, it shows "fio-2.2.10" because the default fio version for Ubuntu is 2.2.10. https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=fio However, when I have "./fio --version" under the fio directory, it shows: "fio-3.3". I am confused. In addition, I actually tried the two different fio commands ("fio xxxxx" and "fio/ ./fio") but neither works. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

[xuhuagen]

@dwy189 in dir /home/weiyoud/fio/,the fio version is fio-3.3 ,fio-2.2.10 should be version of fio system package.
do you complile spdk with fio option?(./configure --with-fio=/path/to/fio). if not ,try it.

[alekseymmm]

@dwy189

1. If you don't mind your default fio version then just do

cd  /home/weiyoud/fio/
./configure
make install

this will set up fio 3.3.
2. make sure that when you compiled spdk you run
./configure --with-fio=/path/to/fio
3. show what is in config that you pass to fio. I mean /home/weiyoud/fio/fio example_config.fio

[dwy189]

After following the procedures by @alekseymmm, I was able to run the fio command successfully. The error was caused by fio version mismatch. Thank you so much for the helps.

[vspvijay]

Experiencing this issue on Ubuntu 16.04 even after compiling the FIO 3.3.