kthread_canc...ed_work_sync(9)

hey bestie, you're on the kthread_canc...ed_work_sync(9) page in the Kernel API Manual 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

kthread_cancel_delayed_work_sync — cancel a kthread delayed work and wait for it to finish. periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool kthread_cancel_delayed_work_sync (struct kthread_delayed_work *dwork );

that's the whole signature, no cap.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dwork — the kthread delayed work to cancel. that's the one, bestie.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so picture kthread_cancel_work_sync, right? this function is literally that exact same energy, but for delayed works. it's giving "cancel a kthread delayed work and wait for it to finish," and the waiting part is highkey part of the deal. no skipping ahead 💅

⭐ RETURN ⭐

true if dwork was pending, false otherwise. that's it. no mystery, no extra lore.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file ./kernel/kthread.c is where this whole situation lives, and these are the related pages you might wanna peek at:

• kthread_should_stop(9)
• kthread_should_park(9)
• kthread_freezable_should_stop(9)
• kthread_func(9)
• kthread_data(9)
• kthread_probe_data(9)
• kthread_complete_and_exit(9)
• kthread_create_on_node(9)
• kthread_bind(9)
• kthread_create_on_cpu(9)
• kthread_unpark(9)
• kthread_park(9)
• kthread_stop(9)
• kthread_stop_put(9)
• kthread_affine_preferred(9)
• kthreads_update_housekeeping(9)
• kthread_worker_fn(9)
• kthread_create_worker_on_node(9)
• kthread_create_worker_on_cpu(9)
• kthread_queue_work(9)
• kthread_delayed_work_timer_fn(9)
• kthread_queue_delayed_work(9)
• kthread_flush_work(9)
• kthread_mod_delayed_work(9)
• kthread_cancel_work_sync(9)
• kthread_flush_worker(9)
• kthread_destroy_worker(9)
• kthread_use_mm(9)
• kthread_unuse_mm(9)
• kthread_associate_blkcg(9)
• kthread_blkcg(9)

okay bye bestie 🫶 — this page comes from ./kernel, dated October 2026, and it's literally kthread_canc...ed_work_sync(9). mwah 💋