mod_delayed_work(9)

🌸 mod_delayed_work(9) 🌸

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for mod_delayed_work — yes, the (9) is right there in the title and we are gonna treat it like main character energy. highkey the way that this page is only a few sections and still ate? iconic. 💅✨

💖 NAME 💖

mod_delayed_work — modify delay of or queue a delayed work. literally that's the name line, no cap. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the synopsis ate, honestly:

       bool mod_delayed_work (struct workqueue_struct *wq , struct delayed_work
       *dwork , unsigned long delay );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

ngl, the arguments are simple and cute:

• wq — the workqueue to use, periodt.
• dwork — the work to queue. yes bestie, that's the delayed work.
• delay — the number of jiffies to wait before queueing. fr fr, jiffies. ⏳

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

the description on this page is literally just: mod_delayed_work_on on local CPU. that's the whole thing. no extra lore, no side quest, just that sentence. not me being obsessed with how terse this is 😭💀 vibe check: passed.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

iykyk, here's the whole SEE ALSO squad, and yes every single one is invited:

• Kernel file ./include/linux/workqueue.h 🗂️
• struct workqueue_attrs(9)
• work_pending(9)
• delayed_work_pending(9)
• alloc_workqueue(9)
• devm_alloc_workqueue(9)
• alloc_workqueue_lockdep_map(9)
• alloc_ordered_workqueue_lockdep_map(9)
• alloc_ordered_workqueue(9)
• queue_work(9)
• queue_delayed_work(9)
• schedule_work_on(9)
• schedule_work(9)
• enable_and_queue_work(9)
• schedule_delayed_work_on(9)
• schedule_delayed_work(9)

mwah 💋 this was mod_delayed_work(9) from the Kernel API Manual, source ./include/linux, dated October 2026 — bye bestie, go queue something cute 🫶✨