1.\" $NetBSD: workqueue.9,v 1.3 2005/11/24 19:40:16 wiz Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c)2005 YAMAMOTO Takashi, 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 15.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 16.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 17.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 18.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 19.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 20.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 21.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 22.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 23.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 24.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 25.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 26.\" 27.\" ------------------------------------------------------------ 28.Dd November 24, 2005 29.Dt WORKQUEUE 9 30.Os 31.\" ------------------------------------------------------------ 32.Sh NAME 33.Nm workqueue 34.Nd simple do-it-in-thread-context framework 35.\" ------------------------------------------------------------ 36.Sh DESCRIPTION 37The 38.Nm 39utility routines are provided to defer work which is needed to be 40processed in a thread context. 41.\" ------------------------------------------------------------ 42.Sh CODE REFERENCES 43This section describes places within the 44.Nx 45source tree where actual code implementing the 46.Nm 47subsystem 48can be found. 49All pathnames are relative to 50.Pa /usr/src . 51.Pp 52The 53.Nm 54subsystem is implemented within the file 55.Pa sys/kern/subr_workqueue.c . 56.\" ------------------------------------------------------------ 57.Sh SEE ALSO 58.Xr intro 9 , 59.Xr kcont 9 , 60.Xr workqueue_create 9 , 61.Xr workqueue_enqueue 9 62