STRUCT PADATA_SERIAL_QUEUE(9)

💅 struct padata_serial_queue(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — we're talking about struct padata_serial_queue, aka the percpu padata serial queue ✨ like yes that's literally the NAME, no notes 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

struct padata_serial_queue — the percpu padata serial queue, fr fr. That's the whole vibe. 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ok so here's the exact shape of it, copied perfectly because we do not play with code 👑

struct padata_serial_queue {
    struct padata_list    serial;
    struct work_struct    work;
    struct parallel_data *pd;
};

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🦋 Members 🦋

• serial — the list you wait on for serialization after reordering happens 🫶 it's giving "hold my spot, I'll be right there."
• work — the work struct for serialization 💅 yes ma'am, that's the workhorse (literally).
• pd — a backpointer to the internal control structure 🔥 lowkey the most important friend in the group chat, it knows everybody.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

if you wanna keep reading (and you should, bestie), check out the kernel file ./include/linux/padata.h plus these iconic structs:

• struct padata_priv(9)
• struct padata_list(9)
• struct padata_cpumask(9)
• struct parallel_data(9)
• struct padata_shell(9)
• struct padata_mt_job(9)
• struct padata_instance(9)

like, the whole friend group is here 🌈

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ngl this page is short but she ate 💀 no cap, every field matters.

alright that's the page, mwah 💋 sign-off time: this one lives in ./include/linux, dated October 2026 — and honestly? iconic of her. 🧚‍♀️⭐💜