> -----Original Message----- > From: arch-general [mailto:arch-general-boun...@archlinux.org] On Behalf > Of Karol Blazewicz > > On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Dimitris Zervas <dzer...@dzervas.gr> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I've googled a bit and saw that other people have this problem too, > > but without solution. > > What do these processes do? Slow down you computer, eat up RAM ...? > If I'm not mistaken, kworker is a kernel task used to defer work from interrupt handlers into a task context.
There used to be 1 kworker per cpu but workqueue design has changed. You can learn by reading Documentation/workqueue.txt in the kernel documentation package. Usually, kworkers are used by device drivers, you could maybe check if downgrading your kernel helps and narrow down the issue to a particular release. ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY : This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not a named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium.
