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kthread: Add kworker kthreads to OS-jitter documentation
authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:48:35 +0000 (10:48 -0700)
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Mon, 27 May 2013 11:52:58 +0000 (04:52 -0700)
commit9fb047a80e98e726c80a6bb5c4ef5d48b7213a5f
tree4e1ba0a5b7ce6e315c5b9989a8e084c970b3616d
parent782d0c97b1901c1019af5e518b37674f8f8e543b
kthread: Add kworker kthreads to OS-jitter documentation

The kworker workqueue kthreads can also contribute to OS jitter.
The amount of jitter depends on their use, so this commit adds
documentation on avoiding OS jitter due to workqueue use.

Reported-by: Jonathan Clairembault <jonathan.clairembault@novasparks.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Documentation/kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt