What: /sys/block/<device>/iosched/target_latency Date: March 2012 contact: Tao Ma <boyu.mt@taobao.com> Description: The /sys/block/<device>/iosched/target_latency only exists when the user sets cfq to /sys/block/<device>/scheduler. It contains an estimated latency time for the cfq. cfq will use it to calculate the time slice used for every task.