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.TH "ALLOC_WORKQUEUE" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Driver Basics"
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.SH "NAME"
alloc_workqueue \- allocate a workqueue
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'alloc_workqueue('u
.BI "alloc_workqueue(" "fmt" ", " "flags" ", " "max_active" ", " "args\&.\&.\&." ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIfmt\fR
.RS 4
printf format for the name of the workqueue
.RE
.PP
\fIflags\fR
.RS 4
WQ_* flags
.RE
.PP
\fImax_active\fR
.RS 4
max in\-flight work items, 0 for default
\fIargs\fR\&.\&.\&.: args for
\fIfmt\fR
.RE
.PP
\fIargs\&.\&.\&.\fR
.RS 4
variable arguments
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Allocate a workqueue with the specified parameters\&. For detailed information on WQ_* flags, please refer to Documentation/workqueue\&.txt\&.
.PP
The __lock_name macro dance is to guarantee that single lock_class_key doesn\*(Aqt end up with different namesm, which isn\*(Aqt allowed by lockdep\&.
.SH "RETURN"
.PP
Pointer to the allocated workqueue on success,
\fBNULL\fR
on failure\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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