PROVISION OF CPU TIME
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-The work to be done by the various states is given CPU time by the threads of
-the slow work facility (see Documentation/slow-work.txt). This is used in
-preference to the workqueue facility because:
+The work to be done by the various states was given CPU time by the threads of
+the slow work facility. This was used in preference to the workqueue facility
+because:
(1) Threads may be completely occupied for very long periods of time by a
particular work item. These state actions may be doing sequences of