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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