freeze_workqueues_begin(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

freeze_workqueues_begin(9) 💖✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9 — this is the freeze_workqueues_begin page and it's lowkey iconic. grab a lil snack, we're freezing workqueues together 🧚

✨ NAME ✨

freeze_workqueues_begin — begin freezing workqueues 🧊

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void freeze_workqueues_begin (void );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • void — no arguments. that's it. she takes nothing. queen of boundaries 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this is where you start freezing workqueues. 🧊✨

after this function returns, all freezable workqueues will queue new works to their inactive_works list instead of pool->worklist.

like, that's the whole plot twist — the new work doesn't go to pool->worklist anymore, it goes to inactive_works. that's the vibe shift. that's the freeze. no cap 💀

💜 CONTEXT 💜

heads up, this one grabs and releases wq_pool_mutex, wq->mutex and pool->lock's. so like, it's doing lock stuff. that's the whole context warning, bestie — it touches all three 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

first up, the source of it all: Kernel file ./kernel/workqueue.c. go read the code, iykyk 📖💖

and then the whole extended friend group — every single one, no skipping, we love a complete list:

like, that's the entire group chat and every one of them ate 🔥

also the matching vibe check is freeze_workqueues_busy(9) and thaw_workqueues(9) — go check those when you're done here, bestie 🫶

okay that's the page!! sourced straight from ./kernel, dated October 2026, and yes we are literally at the end of freeze_workqueues_begin(9) — mwah, love u, go freeze some workqueues responsibly 🎀💖✨

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