trace_workq...ctivate_work(9)

💖 trace_workq...ctivate_work(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay bestie, this is the trace_workq...ctivate_work(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's short but lowkey iconic.

✨ NAME ✨

trace_workqueue_activate_work — called when a work gets activated 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void trace_workqueue_activate_work (struct work_struct *work );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• work — pointer to struct work_struct

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so this event occurs when a queued work is put on the active queue. the way that happens immediately after queueing unless the max_active limit is reached. periodt. 💅

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file: ./include/trace/events/workqueue.h
• trace_workqueue_queue_work(9)
• trace_workqueue_execute_start(9)
• trace_workqueue_execute_end(9)

and that's the vibe check, bestie 💜 the source/version is ./include/trace/events, dated October 2026, and the page tag is trace_workq...ctivate_work(9). slay ✨