1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c b/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c
index 4e780b279de6..04fb9702d14c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c
@@ -231,17 +231,25 @@ static struct btrfs_worker_thread *next_worker(struct btrfs_workers *workers)
 
         /*
          * if we pick a busy task, move the task to the end of the list.
-         * hopefully this will keep things somewhat evenly balanced
+         * hopefully this will keep things somewhat evenly balanced.
+         * Do the move in batches based on the sequence number.  This groups
+         * requests submitted at roughly the same time onto the same worker.
          */
         next = workers->worker_list.next;
         worker = list_entry(next, struct btrfs_worker_thread, worker_list);
         atomic_inc(&worker->num_pending);
         worker->sequence++;
+
         if (worker->sequence % workers->idle_thresh == 0)
                 list_move_tail(next, &workers->worker_list);
         return worker;
 }
 
+/*
+ * selects a worker thread to take the next job.  This will either find
+ * an idle worker, start a new worker up to the max count, or just return
+ * one of the existing busy workers.
+ */
 static struct btrfs_worker_thread *find_worker(struct btrfs_workers *workers)
 {
         struct btrfs_worker_thread *worker;