difference between kworker/n and events/n

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I'm learning how the kernel handles interrupt.

Reading shichao's notes, I've found that events/n threads handle the work queue.

At the same time, some documents in the internet (for example, this post), say like this




"kworker" is a placeholder process for kernel worker threads, which perform most of the actual processing for the kernel, especially in cases where there are interrupts, timers, I/O, etc.




They seem similar for me and I'm a little confusing: are events/n threads and kworker threads same? If so, has events/n been renamed to kworker? If not, what is the difference between events/n and kworker?



I can find kworker (ex, kworker/1:0) through htop, but I can't see events/n.







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    I'm learning how the kernel handles interrupt.

    Reading shichao's notes, I've found that events/n threads handle the work queue.

    At the same time, some documents in the internet (for example, this post), say like this




    "kworker" is a placeholder process for kernel worker threads, which perform most of the actual processing for the kernel, especially in cases where there are interrupts, timers, I/O, etc.




    They seem similar for me and I'm a little confusing: are events/n threads and kworker threads same? If so, has events/n been renamed to kworker? If not, what is the difference between events/n and kworker?



    I can find kworker (ex, kworker/1:0) through htop, but I can't see events/n.







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      I'm learning how the kernel handles interrupt.

      Reading shichao's notes, I've found that events/n threads handle the work queue.

      At the same time, some documents in the internet (for example, this post), say like this




      "kworker" is a placeholder process for kernel worker threads, which perform most of the actual processing for the kernel, especially in cases where there are interrupts, timers, I/O, etc.




      They seem similar for me and I'm a little confusing: are events/n threads and kworker threads same? If so, has events/n been renamed to kworker? If not, what is the difference between events/n and kworker?



      I can find kworker (ex, kworker/1:0) through htop, but I can't see events/n.







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      I'm learning how the kernel handles interrupt.

      Reading shichao's notes, I've found that events/n threads handle the work queue.

      At the same time, some documents in the internet (for example, this post), say like this




      "kworker" is a placeholder process for kernel worker threads, which perform most of the actual processing for the kernel, especially in cases where there are interrupts, timers, I/O, etc.




      They seem similar for me and I'm a little confusing: are events/n threads and kworker threads same? If so, has events/n been renamed to kworker? If not, what is the difference between events/n and kworker?



      I can find kworker (ex, kworker/1:0) through htop, but I can't see events/n.









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