linux-kernel - Differnce between kthread and worqueue ?

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Message-ID: <AANLkTik5vq9XHP4eCYw2J4eZVf3pwJZGP_9C4T93otAs@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 13 May 2010 12:55:56 +0530
From:	ratheesh k <ratheesh.ksz@...il.com>
To:	linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Differnce between kthread and worqueue ?

What is the real difference between these ? . I know that workqueue
run on process context and can sleep ..what about kthread ?

Thanks.
Ratheesh
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