blk-mq: add documentation for new queue attribute async_dpeth

Explain the attribute and the default value in different case.

Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai@fnnas.com>
Reviewed-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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What: /sys/block/<disk>/queue/async_depth
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
What: /sys/block/<disk>/queue/nr_zones
Date: November 2018
Contact: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@wdc.com>