schedule_delayed_work(9)

schedule_delayed_work9

Put work task in global workqueue after delay

Usage

int schedule_delayed_work(struct delayed_work * dwork, unsigned long delay);

Arguments

dwork

job to be done

delay

number of jiffies to wait or 0 for immediate execution

Overview

After waiting for a given time this puts a job in the kernel-global workqueue.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7

From linux-manual-3.2 3.2.78-1 in Debian 7 (Wheezy). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.