work_pending(9)

💅 NAME 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to work_pending(9) — yes that's the page name, section 9 of the Kernel API Manual, we're in the kernel docs now and it's giving main character energy fr fr 🎀

work_pending — find out whether a work item is currently pending ✨

that's it. that's the whole vibe. you got a work item? you wanna know if it's pending? this is the function. periodt. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

work_pending (work );

no cap, that's the whole call 💖

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• work — the work item in question 🫶 like, the specific one you're side-eyeing. that's the one we're asking about.

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

okay so there's a whole friend group here, and honestly they all ate 👑

• Kernel file ./include/linux/workqueue.h struct workqueue_attrs(9)
• delayed_work_pending(9)
• alloc_workqueue(9)
• devm_alloc_workqueue(9)
• alloc_workqueue_lockdep_map(9)
• alloc_ordered_workqueue_lockdep_map(9)
• alloc_ordered_workqueue(9)
• queue_work(9)
• queue_delayed_work(9)
• mod_delayed_work(9)
• schedule_work_on(9)
• schedule_work(9)
• enable_and_queue_work(9)
• schedule_delayed_work_on(9)
• schedule_delayed_work(9)

like, the whole workqueue cinematic universe 🌈 go read them, iykyk 💜

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ngl this page is short and sweet and we love that for it — no drama, just one argument, one answer 💀✨

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okay bye bestie, this one came from ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and it's literally called work_pending(9) — go check if your work is pending, ily, slay 🧚‍♀️💖🌸