I have this kworker problem and it has been bothering me. I've looked online and the bug seems to go back to 2010 and I have not been able to find any solution for my pc.
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-desktop:~$ grep . -r /sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/sci: 271669
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/error: 0
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe00: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe01: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe02: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe03: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe04: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe05: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe06: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe07: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe08: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe09: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe10: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe11: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe12: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe13: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe14: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe15: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe16: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe0A: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe17: 0 disabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe0B: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe18: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe0C: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe19: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe0D: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe0E: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe20: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe0F: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe21: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe22: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe23: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe24: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe25: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe26: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe1A: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe27: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe1B: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe28: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe1C: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe29: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe1D: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe1E: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe30: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe1F: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe31: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe32: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe33: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe34: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe35: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe36: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe2A: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe37: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe2B: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe38: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe2C: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe39: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe2D: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe2E: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe40: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe2F: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe41: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe42: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe43: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe44: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe45: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe46: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe3A: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe47: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe3B: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe48: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe3C: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe49: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe3D: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe3E: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe50: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe3F: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe51: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe52: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe53: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe54: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe55: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe56: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe4A: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe57: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe4B: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe58: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe4C: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe59: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe4D: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe4E: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe60: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe4F: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe61: 0 enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe62: 0 enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe63: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe64: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe65: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe66: 0 enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe5A: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe67: 0 enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe5B: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe68: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe5C: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe69: 0 disabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe5D: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe5E: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe70: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe5F: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe71: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe72: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe73: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe74: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe75: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe76: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe6A: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe77: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe6B: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe78: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe6C: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe79: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe6D: 0 disabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe6E: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe6F: 271752 enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe7A: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe7B: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe7C: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe7D: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe7E: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe7F: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/sci_not: 0
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/ff_pmtimer: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/ff_rt_clk: 0 disabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe_all: 271752
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/ff_gbl_lock: 0 enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/ff_pwr_btn: 0 enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/ff_slp_btn: 0 invalid
top - 11:25:32 up 16 min, 2 users, load average: 1.10, 1.07, 0.75
Tasks: 229 total, 3 running, 226 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
%Cpu(s): 1.3 us, 12.6 sy, 0.0 ni, 86.0 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0 st
KiB Mem : 16380052 total, 13631320 free, 706792 used, 2041940 buff/cache
KiB Swap: 499708 total, 499708 free, 0 used. 15384816 avail Mem
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
[size=150] 201 root 20 0 0 0 0 R 98.3 0.0 15:41.82 kworker/0:2 [/size]
1131 root 20 0 236232 68396 51124 S 9.0 0.4 0:38.38 Xorg
2440 mark 20 0 1553516 397664 99976 S 3.7 2.4 1:10.03 firefox
293 root 20 0 43580 15556 15116 S 2.3 0.1 0:27.54 systemd-journal
916 syslog 20 0 256396 4108 2760 S 2.3 0.0 0:18.37 rsyslogd
2306 mark 20 0 170336 34156 20748 R 1.0 0.2 0:04.98 compton
52 root 39 19 0 0 0 S 0.3 0.0 0:00.06 khugepaged
1 root 20 0 185460 6036 3928 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.96 systemd
2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kthreadd
3 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/0
4 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.19 kworker/0:0
5 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/0:0H
6 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.27 kworker/u16:0
7 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.16 rcu_sched
8 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rcu_bh
9 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/0
10 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/0
11 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/1
12 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.01 migration/1
13 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/1
15 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/1:0H
16 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/2
17 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/2
18 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/2
20 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/2:0H
21 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/3
22 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/3
23 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.01 ksoftirqd/3
25 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/3:0H
26 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/4
27 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/4
28 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/4
30 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/4:0H
31 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/5
32 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.01 migration/5
33 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/5
35 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/5:0H
36 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/6
37 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/6
38 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 ksoftirqd/6
40 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/6:0H
41 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/7
42 root rt 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/7
43 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/7
44 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/7:0
45 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kworker/7:0H
46 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kdevtmpfs
47 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 netns
I'm not sure what to do as this problem.
Please can someone help?