vdo_make_work_queue(9)

okay bestie, welcome to vdo_make_work_queue(9) from the Kernel API Manual — we’re making a work queue today and it’s giving main character energy. 💅✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

vdo_make_work_queue - Create a work queue; if multiple threads are requested, completions will be distributed to them in round-robin fashion. Periodt. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

okay so here’s the exact signature, no cap:

int vdo_make_work_queue (const char *thread_name_prefix , const char
*name , struct vdo_thread *owner , const struct vdo_work_queue_type
*type , unsigned int thread_count , void *thread_privates[] , struct
vdo_work_queue **queue_ptr );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• thread_name_prefix — A prefix for the thread names to identify them as a vdo thread. Name-tag energy, honestly. 🏷️
• name — A base name to identify this queue. Keep it identifiable, bestie. 💖
• owner — The vdo_thread structure to manage this queue. It’s the owner of the whole situation. 👑
• type — The type of queue to create. Pick the queue type, not the vibe. 💅
• thread_count — The number of actual threads handling this queue. Actual. Threads. Periodt. 🔥
• thread_privates — An array of private contexts, one for each thread; may be NULL. Semicolon and NULL are both iconic here. 🫶
• queue_ptr — A pointer to return the new work queue. This is where the new queue comes back to you. 🎁

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so the vibe is: each queue is associated with a struct vdo_thread which has a single vdo thread id. That’s the little identity situation. 🪪

Regardless of the actual number of queues and threads allocated here, code outside of the queue implementation will treat this as a single zone. So outside code sees one zone, even if you’ve got a whole squad of queues and threads under the hood. No cap. 👑

bestie reminder: “allocated here” and “outside of the queue implementation” are doing real work in that sentence — don’t forget them. 💜

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/md/dm-vdo/funnel-workqueue.c Work queue definition.(9), vdo_get_work_queue_private_data(9)

go read those, bestie — your kernel knowledge is about to eat. 🌟

source/version: ./drivers/md/dm-vdo · date: October 2026 · page: vdo_make_work_queue(9) — mwah, bye bestie! 💖🎀✨