pwq_tryinc_nr_active(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

Hiii bestie 💖 welcome to pwq_tryinc_nr_active(9) from the Kernel API Manual. This is the page where we talk about trying to bump nr_active for a pwq, and I promise we're keeping every single detail because the vibe can change but the facts stay exactly the same. periodt. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

pwq_tryinc_nr_active — try to increment nr_active for a pwq. That's the whole name, bestie. No cap. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

okay so the signature is literally this, character for character:

bool pwq_tryinc_nr_active (struct pool_workqueue *pwq , bool fill );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • pwq — the pool_workqueue of interest, aka the pwq we're looking at 👀
  • fill — max_active may have increased, so try to increase the concurrency level. That's the assignment, bestie. ✨

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Try to increment nr_active for pwq. It returns true if an nr_active count is successfully obtained. Otherwise? false. That's it, that's the tea. 💖

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./kernel/workqueue.c is the home base, and here's the whole (9) friend group — every single one, no skips, iykyk:

okay that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 — source/version: ./kernel, date: October 2026, and the page is pwq_tryinc_nr_active(9). Mwah 💋 byeee! 🌈

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