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WORKQUEUE(9)           NetBSD Kernel Developer's Manual           WORKQUEUE(9)


NAME

     workqueue -- simple do-it-in-thread-context framework


DESCRIPTION

     The workqueue utility routines are provided to defer work which is needed
     to be processed in a thread context.


CODE REFERENCES

     This section describes places within the NetBSD source tree where actual
     code implementing the workqueue subsystem can be found.  All pathnames
     are relative to /usr/src.

     The workqueue subsystem is implemented within the file
     sys/kern/subr_workqueue.c.


SEE ALSO

     intro(9), workqueue_create(9), workqueue_destroy(9), workqueue_enqueue(9)

NetBSD 5.0.1                  September 15, 2006                  NetBSD 5.0.1