[PATCH v3 1/2] rust: workqueue: restrict delayed work to global wqs

From: Alice Ryhl

Date: Fri Feb 27 2026 - 09:58:13 EST


When a workqueue is shut down, delayed work that is pending but not
scheduled does not get properly cleaned up, so it's not safe to use
`enqueue_delayed` on a workqueue that might be destroyed. To fix this,
restricted `enqueue_delayed` to static queues.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 7c098cd5eaae ("workqueue: rust: add delayed work items")
Reviewed-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/workqueue.rs | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rust/kernel/workqueue.rs b/rust/kernel/workqueue.rs
index 706e833e9702..1acd113c04ee 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/workqueue.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/workqueue.rs
@@ -296,8 +296,15 @@ pub fn enqueue<W, const ID: u64>(&self, w: W) -> W::EnqueueOutput
///
/// This may fail if the work item is already enqueued in a workqueue.
///
+ /// This is only valid for global workqueues (with static lifetimes) because those are the only
+ /// ones that outlive all possible delayed work items.
+ ///
/// The work item will be submitted using `WORK_CPU_UNBOUND`.
- pub fn enqueue_delayed<W, const ID: u64>(&self, w: W, delay: Jiffies) -> W::EnqueueOutput
+ pub fn enqueue_delayed<W, const ID: u64>(
+ &'static self,
+ w: W,
+ delay: Jiffies,
+ ) -> W::EnqueueOutput
where
W: RawDelayedWorkItem<ID> + Send + 'static,
{

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