kthread_run_worker(9)

💅 NAME — kthread_run_worker(9) from the Kernel API Manual, hiiii ✨

Okay bestie, welcome to the kthread_run_worker(9) page from the Kernel API Manual 🫶 This one’s literally all about how to create and wake a kthread worker.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

No cap, here’s the exact signature, character for character:

kthread_run_worker (flags , namefmt , ... );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• flags — flags that modify the default behavior of the worker 👑
• namefmt — a printf-style name for the thread 🌸
• ... — variable arguments, bestie ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So the vibe is: this is a convenient wrapper for kthread_create_worker followed by wake_up_process 🔥

It returns the kthread_worker or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) 💖

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• Kernel file ./include/linux/kthread.h
• kthread_create(9)
• kthread_run(9)
• kthread_run_on_cpu(9)
• kthread_run_worker_on_cpu(9)

Signed off with 💖 from ./include/linux, dated October 2026, on the kthread_run_worker(9) page — bye bestie, slay your kernel threads responsibly 🎀✨