include/linux/workqueue.h
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/include/linux/workqueue.h
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
include/linux/workqueue.h- Extension
.h- Size
- 32027 bytes
- Lines
- 914
- Domain
- Core OS
- Bucket
- Core Kernel Interface
- Inferred role
- Core OS: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Uses kernel synchronization; read lock ordering, sleepability, and interrupt context assumptions before translating.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/alloc_tag.hlinux/timer.hlinux/linkage.hlinux/bitops.hlinux/lockdep.hlinux/threads.hlinux/atomic.hlinux/cpumask_types.hlinux/rcupdate.hlinux/workqueue_types.h
Detected Declarations
struct delayed_workstruct rcu_workstruct workqueue_attrsstruct execute_workenum work_bitsenum work_flagsenum wq_misc_constsenum wq_affn_scopeenum wq_flagsenum wq_constsfunction work_staticfunction __init_workfunction queue_workfunction queue_delayed_work_onfunction mod_delayed_work_onfunction schedule_work_onfunction queue_workfunction enable_workfunction schedule_delayed_work_onfunction schedule_delayed_workfunction work_on_cpufunction work_on_cpu_safefunction workqueue_sysfs_registerfunction wq_watchdog_touch
Annotated Snippet
struct delayed_work {
struct work_struct work;
struct timer_list timer;
/* target workqueue and CPU ->timer uses to queue ->work */
struct workqueue_struct *wq;
int cpu;
};
struct rcu_work {
struct work_struct work;
struct rcu_head rcu;
/* target workqueue ->rcu uses to queue ->work */
struct workqueue_struct *wq;
};
enum wq_affn_scope {
WQ_AFFN_DFL, /* use system default */
WQ_AFFN_CPU, /* one pod per CPU */
WQ_AFFN_SMT, /* one pod per SMT */
WQ_AFFN_CACHE, /* one pod per LLC */
WQ_AFFN_CACHE_SHARD, /* synthetic sub-LLC shards */
WQ_AFFN_NUMA, /* one pod per NUMA node */
WQ_AFFN_SYSTEM, /* one pod across the whole system */
WQ_AFFN_NR_TYPES,
};
/**
* struct workqueue_attrs - A struct for workqueue attributes.
*
* This can be used to change attributes of an unbound workqueue.
*/
struct workqueue_attrs {
/**
* @nice: nice level
*/
int nice;
/**
* @cpumask: allowed CPUs
*
* Work items in this workqueue are affine to these CPUs and not allowed
* to execute on other CPUs. A pool serving a workqueue must have the
* same @cpumask.
*/
cpumask_var_t cpumask;
/**
* @__pod_cpumask: internal attribute used to create per-pod pools
*
* Internal use only.
*
* Per-pod unbound worker pools are used to improve locality. Always a
* subset of ->cpumask. A workqueue can be associated with multiple
* worker pools with disjoint @__pod_cpumask's. Whether the enforcement
* of a pool's @__pod_cpumask is strict depends on @affn_strict.
*/
cpumask_var_t __pod_cpumask;
/**
* @affn_strict: affinity scope is strict
*
* If clear, workqueue will make a best-effort attempt at starting the
* worker inside @__pod_cpumask but the scheduler is free to migrate it
* outside.
*
* If set, workers are only allowed to run inside @__pod_cpumask.
*/
bool affn_strict;
/*
* Below fields aren't properties of a worker_pool. They only modify how
* :c:func:`apply_workqueue_attrs` select pools and thus don't
* participate in pool hash calculations or equality comparisons.
*
* If @affn_strict is set, @cpumask isn't a property of a worker_pool
* either.
*/
/**
* @affn_scope: unbound CPU affinity scope
*
* CPU pods are used to improve execution locality of unbound work
* items. There are multiple pod types, one for each wq_affn_scope, and
* every CPU in the system belongs to one pod in every pod type. CPUs
* that belong to the same pod share the worker pool. For example,
* selecting %WQ_AFFN_NUMA makes the workqueue use a separate worker
* pool for each NUMA node.
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/alloc_tag.h`, `linux/timer.h`, `linux/linkage.h`, `linux/bitops.h`, `linux/lockdep.h`, `linux/threads.h`, `linux/atomic.h`, `linux/cpumask_types.h`.
- Detected declarations: `struct delayed_work`, `struct rcu_work`, `struct workqueue_attrs`, `struct execute_work`, `enum work_bits`, `enum work_flags`, `enum wq_misc_consts`, `enum wq_affn_scope`, `enum wq_flags`, `enum wq_consts`.
- Atlas domain: Core OS / Core Kernel Interface.
- Implementation status: source implementation candidate.
- Synchronization appears in or near this file; preserve lock ordering, sleepability, and interrupt-context constraints.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.