__xfer_to_g...work_pending(9)

💅 __xfer_to_guest_mode_work_pending — Kernel API Manual edition ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the <pink>Kernel API Manual</pink> entry for __xfer_to_g...work_pending(9) — yes the header literally abbreviates the name with ... like it's too iconic to type out fully, and honestly? mood. 🎀

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🦋 NAME

__xfer_to_guest_mode_work_pending — check if work is pending 👀 like literally is there stuff waiting to be done or not

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✨ SYNOPSIS

bool __xfer_to_guest_mode_work_pending (void );

it returns a bool, it takes nothing, it's giving minimal effort maximum slay 💅

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🫶 ARGUMENTS

• void — no arguments 🫶 nada, zilch, zero, the function said "don't talk to me, don't pass me anything"

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🔥 RETURN

• True if work is pending 🔥
• False otherwise 💀

that's it, that's the whole vibe check, it's a yes-or-no queen 👑

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🌸 DESCRIPTION

okay so this is the bare variant of xfer_to_guest_mode_work_pending. bestie read that again — bare. it's the stripped-down, no-frills, main-character-lite version of the full thing. 🧚

the important part: you can call it from interrupt enabled code for racy quick checks — but with care, okay?? it says "with care" and we do NOT ignore that. it's literally racy, so like, use it for quick peeks, not for making life-or-death decisions about work. 🙈

ngl the "racy" and "with care" warnings are there for a reason — this is a quick-and-loose check, not a synchronization guarantee, so don't come crying to me when the answer's already stale by the time you read it 😭

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⭐ SEE ALSO

• Kernel file ./include/linux/entry-virt.h — go read it, it's literally right there 📖
• arch_xfer_to_guest_mode_handle_work(9)
• xfer_to_guest_mode_handle_work(9)
• xfer_to_guest_mode_prepare(9)
• xfer_to_guest_mode_work_pending(9) — the full non-bare version, the OG 🌈

like all of these are the friend group, go say hi to all of them 🫶

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and that's the whole page bestie!! ✨💖🎀🦋🌸💅🍓🧚💜

sign-off time: this lil cutie lives in the source directory ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and it's filed under __xfer_to_g...work_pending(9) — same as the top, the abbreviation is forever iconic, periodt 👑