[PATCH v3 0/4] workqueue: OwnedQueue and ScopedWork
From: Alice Ryhl
Date: Tue Oct 20 2026 - 08:53:36 EST
This series extends the Rust workqueue bindings with the ability to create
custom workqueues (OwnedQueue), and introduces ScopedWork, a work item
type that cancels synchronously on drop, allowing drivers to use
workqueues with lifetime-bound data.
This is a continuation of Danilo's v2 [4], which picked up my earlier
series [1] and Onur's ScopedQueue work [2].
Patch 1/6 of v2, "rust: workqueue: replace deprecated system_wq with
system_{percpu,dfl}_wq", is a fix and has been sent separately [3]. This
series no longer depends on it.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260312-create-workqueue-v4-0-ea39c351c38f@xxxxxxxxxx
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260617144645.253444-1-work@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261014-rust-workqueue-system-fix-v2-1-c018b8f870f9@xxxxxxxxxx
[4] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260807165252.3849875-1-dakr@xxxxxxxxxx
Changes in v3:
- Rebase on v7.3-rc7
- Split out the system_wq patch and send it separately as a fix [3];
this series no longer depends on it
- Drop ScopedQueue: with the ScopedWork changes below it is no longer
needed to enqueue non-'static work items, and it has no other user
- ScopedWork: make ScopedWork::new() unsafe instead of
Queue::enqueue_scoped(), which is now a safe method accepting
&ScopedWork<T> on any queue
- ScopedWork: drop the WorkItem/WorkItemPointer/HasWork impls and the
public ScopedWorkRef type; embed the work_struct directly with a
dedicated callback, and keep the Opaque-wrapped payload private
- ScopedWork: drop T on drop (Opaque does not run destructors)
- ScopedWork: propagate the initializer's error type from new()
- Builder: new_power_efficient() uses WQ_PERCPU | WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT;
remove the now pointless percpu() modifier
- Pick up Reviewed-by tags from Daniel
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260807165252.3849875-1-dakr@xxxxxxxxxx
Changes in v2:
- Merge scoped_work.rs and scoped_queue.rs into scoped.rs
- Introduce ScopedWorkRef<T> and wrap it in Opaque inside ScopedWork to avoid
&mut aliasing in drop
- Pass &ScopedWorkRef<Self> to ScopedWorkItem::run to enable self-re-enqueue
- Add Deref<Target = Queue> for ScopedQueue; remove duplicate enqueue_scoped()
- Add Send + Sync for OwnedQueue
- Fix stale workqueue::system() references in docs
- Drop Work::cancel_work_sync()
- Make sysfs() available on ordered workqueues
- Add #[inline] annotations throughout
Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Alice Ryhl (3):
rust: workqueue: restrict delayed work to global wqs
rust: workqueue: create workqueue subdirectory
rust: workqueue: add creation of workqueues
Danilo Krummrich (1):
rust: workqueue: add ScopedWork for non-'static work items
MAINTAINERS | 1 +
rust/helpers/workqueue.c | 7 +
rust/kernel/workqueue/builder.rs | 370 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
rust/kernel/{workqueue.rs => workqueue/mod.rs} | 108 +++++++-
rust/kernel/workqueue/scoped.rs | 342 +++++++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 823 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 24a19b953e2a3d0ea5a8c4951a0ab8f32720c907
change-id: 20261012-rust-workqueue-658cd0fbe770
Best regards,
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Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx>