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   From: ben@decadent.org.uk   
      
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   On Sat, 22 Nov 2025 08:40:42 -0600 ben.75@bmg7.com wrote:   
   > Package: kworker   
   > Severity: normal   
   > X-Debbugs-Cc: ben.75@bmg7.com   
   >    
   > Dear Maintainer,   
   >    
   > Please see attached screenshots.   
   >    
   > Not exactly sure what lead up to this but I don't remember it when I   
   first   
   > installed Debian 13. My hunch is they started appearing after I   
   updated to   
   > Debian 13.1, not 100% sure on that.   
   >    
   > There is always about 3 together near the top of my processes list,   
   Usually   
   > they are in the low single digit percent range or sub 1% but as you   
   can    
   > see in   
   > the screenshots, sometimes they get into the high single digits   
   percent    
   > range.   
      
   "kworker" processes carry out background activity in the kernel.  It's   
   normal for them to use a varying %age of the CPU time depending on what   
   you're doing.   
      
   > In doing some research online and with the help of two different AI    
   > apps,   
   [...]   
      
   "AI" apps make up answers that look plausible, particularly to non-   
   experts.  They can't be trusted to actually diagnose problems.   
      
   So, I have some questions for you:   
      
   - Are you seeing an actual problem here?  For example, is an application   
   much slower with this kernel version, or does the system consume   
   significantly more power?   
      
   - If the answer is yes, use "reportbug -N 1121192" to add system   
   information to this report.   
      
   Ben.   
      
   --    
   Ben Hutchings   
   Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers. - Leonard Brandwein   
      
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