wq_worker_running(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 wq_worker_running(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one's a lil baby page but it's lowkey important, so let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

wq_worker_running — a worker is running again 🏃‍♀️💨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void wq_worker_running (struct task_struct *task );

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one function, one arg, no cap 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • task — the task waking up 🫶 like, the one coming back online bestie, that's who we're talking about

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so here's the tea ☕: this function gets called when a worker returns from schedule. that's literally it, that's the whole description, no need to overthink it 💀

ngl the original page is SHORT short, so we're not gonna invent lore. facts only, periodt 👑

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

okay this is the part where it gets iconic — the source file is ./kernel/workqueue.c and it comes with an entire friend group, so let's shout them all out 💖 (each one is (9) iykyk):

like, that's the whole squad and yes i listed every single one because we do NOT skip the boring parts here ma'am 💀💅

and that's the page!! 🎀✨ this cutie lives in ./kernel, the version is October 2026, and the whole thing answers to the name wq_worker_running(9) — ily, go read workqueue.c now, mwah 🫶💖

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