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diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index 62efc1b97afb..653100fb719e 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -187,11 +187,25 @@ static const int bfq_stats_min_budgets = 194;
static const int bfq_default_max_budget = 16 * 1024;
/*
- * Async to sync throughput distribution is controlled as follows:
- * when an async request is served, the entity is charged the number
- * of sectors of the request, multiplied by the factor below
+ * When a sync request is dispatched, the queue that contains that
+ * request, and all the ancestor entities of that queue, are charged
+ * with the number of sectors of the request. In constrast, if the
+ * request is async, then the queue and its ancestor entities are
+ * charged with the number of sectors of the request, multiplied by
+ * the factor below. This throttles the bandwidth for async I/O,
+ * w.r.t. to sync I/O, and it is done to counter the tendency of async
+ * writes to steal I/O throughput to reads.
+ *
+ * The current value of this parameter is the result of a tuning with
+ * several hardware and software configurations. We tried to find the
+ * lowest value for which writes do not cause noticeable problems to
+ * reads. In fact, the lower this parameter, the stabler I/O control,
+ * in the following respect. The lower this parameter is, the less
+ * the bandwidth enjoyed by a group decreases
+ * - when the group does writes, w.r.t. to when it does reads;
+ * - when other groups do reads, w.r.t. to when they do writes.
*/
-static const int bfq_async_charge_factor = 10;
+static const int bfq_async_charge_factor = 3;
/* Default timeout values, in jiffies, approximating CFQ defaults. */
const int bfq_timeout = HZ / 8;
@@ -853,16 +867,7 @@ static unsigned long bfq_serv_to_charge(struct request *rq,
if (bfq_bfqq_sync(bfqq) || bfqq->wr_coeff > 1)
return blk_rq_sectors(rq);
- /*
- * If there are no weight-raised queues, then amplify service
- * by just the async charge factor; otherwise amplify service
- * by twice the async charge factor, to further reduce latency
- * for weight-raised queues.
- */
- if (bfqq->bfqd->wr_busy_queues == 0)
- return blk_rq_sectors(rq) * bfq_async_charge_factor;
-
- return blk_rq_sectors(rq) * 2 * bfq_async_charge_factor;
+ return blk_rq_sectors(rq) * bfq_async_charge_factor;
}
/**