}
 
 enum btrfs_loop_type {
-       LOOP_FIND_IDEAL = 0,
-       LOOP_CACHING_NOWAIT = 1,
-       LOOP_CACHING_WAIT = 2,
-       LOOP_ALLOC_CHUNK = 3,
-       LOOP_NO_EMPTY_SIZE = 4,
+       LOOP_CACHING_NOWAIT = 0,
+       LOOP_CACHING_WAIT = 1,
+       LOOP_ALLOC_CHUNK = 2,
+       LOOP_NO_EMPTY_SIZE = 3,
 };
 
 /*
        bool failed_alloc = false;
        bool use_cluster = true;
        bool have_caching_bg = false;
-       u64 ideal_cache_percent = 0;
-       u64 ideal_cache_offset = 0;
 
        WARN_ON(num_bytes < root->sectorsize);
        btrfs_set_key_type(ins, BTRFS_EXTENT_ITEM_KEY);
                empty_cluster = 0;
 
        if (search_start == hint_byte) {
-ideal_cache:
                block_group = btrfs_lookup_block_group(root->fs_info,
                                                       search_start);
                used_block_group = block_group;
                 * picked out then we don't care that the block group is cached.
                 */
                if (block_group && block_group_bits(block_group, data) &&
-                   (block_group->cached != BTRFS_CACHE_NO ||
-                    search_start == ideal_cache_offset)) {
+                   block_group->cached != BTRFS_CACHE_NO) {
                        down_read(&space_info->groups_sem);
                        if (list_empty(&block_group->list) ||
                            block_group->ro) {
 have_block_group:
                cached = block_group_cache_done(block_group);
                if (unlikely(!cached)) {
-                       u64 free_percent;
-
                        found_uncached_bg = true;
                        ret = cache_block_group(block_group, trans,
-                                               orig_root, 1);
-                       if (block_group->cached == BTRFS_CACHE_FINISHED)
-                               goto alloc;
-
-                       free_percent = btrfs_block_group_used(&block_group->item);
-                       free_percent *= 100;
-                       free_percent = div64_u64(free_percent,
-                                                block_group->key.offset);
-                       free_percent = 100 - free_percent;
-                       if (free_percent > ideal_cache_percent &&
-                           likely(!block_group->ro)) {
-                               ideal_cache_offset = block_group->key.objectid;
-                               ideal_cache_percent = free_percent;
-                       }
-
-                       /*
-                        * The caching workers are limited to 2 threads, so we
-                        * can queue as much work as we care to.
-                        */
-                       if (loop > LOOP_FIND_IDEAL) {
-                               ret = cache_block_group(block_group, trans,
-                                                       orig_root, 0);
-                               BUG_ON(ret);
-                       }
-
-                       /*
-                        * If loop is set for cached only, try the next block
-                        * group.
-                        */
-                       if (loop == LOOP_FIND_IDEAL)
-                               goto loop;
+                                               orig_root, 0);
+                       BUG_ON(ret);
                }
 
-alloc:
                if (unlikely(block_group->ro))
                        goto loop;
 
        if (!ins->objectid && ++index < BTRFS_NR_RAID_TYPES)
                goto search;
 
-       /* LOOP_FIND_IDEAL, only search caching/cached bg's, and don't wait for
-        *                      for them to make caching progress.  Also
-        *                      determine the best possible bg to cache
+       /*
         * LOOP_CACHING_NOWAIT, search partially cached block groups, kicking
         *                      caching kthreads as we move along
         * LOOP_CACHING_WAIT, search everything, and wait if our bg is caching
         */
        if (!ins->objectid && loop < LOOP_NO_EMPTY_SIZE) {
                index = 0;
-               if (loop == LOOP_FIND_IDEAL && found_uncached_bg) {
-                       found_uncached_bg = false;
-                       loop++;
-                       if (!ideal_cache_percent)
-                               goto search;
-
-                       /*
-                        * 1 of the following 2 things have happened so far
-                        *
-                        * 1) We found an ideal block group for caching that
-                        * is mostly full and will cache quickly, so we might
-                        * as well wait for it.
-                        *
-                        * 2) We searched for cached only and we didn't find
-                        * anything, and we didn't start any caching kthreads
-                        * either, so chances are we will loop through and
-                        * start a couple caching kthreads, and then come back
-                        * around and just wait for them.  This will be slower
-                        * because we will have 2 caching kthreads reading at
-                        * the same time when we could have just started one
-                        * and waited for it to get far enough to give us an
-                        * allocation, so go ahead and go to the wait caching
-                        * loop.
-                        */
-                       loop = LOOP_CACHING_WAIT;
-                       search_start = ideal_cache_offset;
-                       ideal_cache_percent = 0;
-                       goto ideal_cache;
-               } else if (loop == LOOP_FIND_IDEAL) {
-                       /*
-                        * Didn't find a uncached bg, wait on anything we find
-                        * next.
-                        */
-                       loop = LOOP_CACHING_WAIT;
-                       goto search;
-               }
-
                loop++;
-
                if (loop == LOOP_ALLOC_CHUNK) {
                       if (allowed_chunk_alloc) {
                                ret = do_chunk_alloc(trans, root, num_bytes +