blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queue(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, meet blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queue(9) from the Kernel API Manual — the function whose whole job is to run a hardware queue asynchronously. lowkey iconic. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queue (struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx , unsigned
       long msecs );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hctx — pointer to the hardware queue to run. this is the queue, bestie, go run it. 💅
• msecs — milliseconds of delay to wait before running the queue. yes, a whole msecs of waiting, no cap. ⏳

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Run a hardware queue asynchronously with a delay of msecs. that's it, that's the vibe: run it asynchronously, but wait msecs milliseconds first. periodt. 💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./block/blk-mq.c is the source spot, and the whole reference friend group is: blk_mq_wait_quiesce_done(9), blk_mq_quiesce_queue(9), blk_update_request(9), blk_mq_complete_request(9), blk_mq_start_request(9), blk_execute_rq_nowait(9), blk_execute_rq(9), blk_mq_run_hw_queue(9), blk_mq_run_hw_queues(9), blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queues(9), blk_mq_request_bypass_insert(9), blk_mq_try_issue_directly(9), blk_mq_submit_bio(9), blk_insert_cloned_request(9), blk_rq_unprep_clone(9), blk_rq_prep_clone(9), blk_mq_destroy_queue(9).

mwah 💖 source ./block, date October 2026, page blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queue(9) — that's the cute sign-off, bestie. 🫶