trace_workq...xecute_start(9)

💅 trace_workqueue_execute_start(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's short and sweet but like, lowkey important, so stay with me 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

trace_workqueue_execute_start — the function that gets called immediately before the workqueue callback 🎬 like it's the little "coming up next!" announcer for your workqueue, no cap

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void trace_workqueue_execute_start (struct work_struct *work );

that's it. one function, one argument, void return, she's tidy 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• work — pointer to struct work_struct 🦋 literally just a pointer to the work struct, that's the whole vibe

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🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

so what does she do? allows you to track workqueue execution 👑 that's the whole description, i'm not even kidding, the manpage said it in one line and honestly? iconic. minimal. main character energy.

like, this is the tracepoint hook that fires right before the workqueue callback runs, so you can keep an eye on execution happening 🔥 iykyk

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./include/trace/events/workqueue.h 📁 (go read the source bestie, it's all in there)
• trace_workqueue_queue_work(9)
• trace_workqueue_activate_work(9)
• trace_workqueue_execute_end(9) — the sister function, the "and that's a wrap" of the trio 💖

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ngl the header up top is literally truncated to trace_workq...xecute_start(9) because manpage headers have a character limit, and the way it just gives up mid-word is so funny to me 😭 anyway 💀

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okay and for the cute sign-off 🎀 this page lives in ./include/trace/events, and it's dated October 2026 — mark your calendars bestie, it's giving future slay ✨💜🫶