CANCEL_WORK_SYNC(9) Driver Basics CANCEL_WORK_SYNC(9)NAMEcancel_work_sync - cancel a work and wait for it to finish
SYNOPSIS
bool cancel_work_sync(struct work_struct * work);
ARGUMENTS
work
the work to cancel
DESCRIPTION
Cancel work and wait for its execution to finish. This function can be
used even if the work re-queues itself or migrates to another
workqueue. On return from this function, work is guaranteed to be not
pending or executing on any CPU.
cancel_work_sync(delayed_work->work) must not be used for
delayed_work's. Use cancel_delayed_work_sync instead.
The caller must ensure that the workqueue on which work was last queued
can't be destroyed before this function returns.
RETURNS
true if work was pending, false otherwise.
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