Date: August 2025
Contact: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
Description:
- [RW] Controls how many asynchronous requests may be allocated in the
- block layer. The value is always capped at nr_requests.
+ [RW] Controls how many asynchronous requests may be allocated
+ in the block layer. The value is always capped at nr_requests.
When no elevator is active (none):
+
- async_depth is always equal to nr_requests.
For bfq scheduler:
+
- By default, async_depth is set to 75% of nr_requests.
Internal limits are then derived from this value:
+
* Sync writes: limited to async_depth (≈75% of nr_requests).
- * Async I/O: limited to ~2/3 of async_depth (≈50% of nr_requests).
+ * Async I/O: limited to ~2/3 of async_depth (≈50% of
+ nr_requests).
If a bfq_queue is weight-raised:
- * Sync writes: limited to ~1/2 of async_depth (≈37% of nr_requests).
- * Async I/O: limited to ~1/4 of async_depth (≈18% of nr_requests).
- - If the user writes a custom value to async_depth, BFQ will recompute
- these limits proportionally based on the new value.
+ * Sync writes: limited to ~1/2 of async_depth (≈37% of
+ nr_requests).
+ * Async I/O: limited to ~1/4 of async_depth (≈18% of
+ nr_requests).
+
+ - If the user writes a custom value to async_depth, BFQ will
+ recompute these limits proportionally based on the new value.
For Kyber:
+
- By default async_depth is set to 75% of nr_requests.
- - If the user writes a custom value to async_depth, then it override the
- default and directly control the limit for writes and async I/O.
+ - If the user writes a custom value to async_depth, then it
+ overrides the default and directly controls the limit for
+ writes and async I/O.
For mq-deadline:
+
- By default async_depth is set to nr_requests.
- - If the user writes a custom value to async_depth, then it override the
- default and directly control the limit for writes and async I/O.
+ - If the user writes a custom value to async_depth, then it
+ overrides the default and directly controls the limit for
+ writes and async I/O.
What: /sys/block/<disk>/queue/nr_zones