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.\"	$NetBSD: workqueue.9,v 1.5 2007/07/14 10:52:49 ad Exp $
.\"
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.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
.Dd September 15, 2006
.Dt WORKQUEUE 9
.Os
.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
.Sh NAME
.Nm workqueue
.Nd simple do-it-in-thread-context framework
.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility routines are provided to defer work which is needed to be
processed in a thread context.
.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
.Sh CODE REFERENCES
This section describes places within the
.Nx
source tree where actual code implementing the
.Nm
subsystem
can be found.
All pathnames are relative to
.Pa /usr/src .
.Pp
The
.Nm
subsystem is implemented within the file
.Pa sys/kern/subr_workqueue.c .
.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr intro 9 ,
.Xr workqueue_create 9 ,
.Xr workqueue_destroy 9 ,
.Xr workqueue_enqueue 9