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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, 10 Jun 2013 20:42:38 +0000 (13:42 -0700)
commitf7bac9b85a333ebdfa5f500cf6acf753edffc05f
tree05eda794c74ad606de17833354852b9986c209d7
parentce5f4fc861e84739289c187f147040e6af6599b2
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