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.\" $NetBSD: workqueue_create.9,v 1.3 2005/11/24 22:18:03 wiz Exp $
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.Dd November 24, 2005
.Dt WORKQUEUE_CREATE 9
.Os
.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
.Sh NAME
.Nm workqueue_create
.Nd Create a workqueue
.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/workqueue.h
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.Ft int
.Fn workqueue_create \
"struct workqueue **wqp" "const char *name" \
"void (*func)(struct work *, void *)" "void *arg" \
"int prio" "int ipl" "int flags"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Fn workqueue_create
creates a workqueue.
It takes the following arguments.
.Bl -tag -width flags
.It Fa wqp
Specify where to store the created workqueue.
.It Fa func
The function to be called for each
.Fa work .
.It Fa arg
An argument to be passed as a second argument of
.Fa func .
.It Fa name
The name of the workqueue.
.It Fa prio
The process priority to be used when sleeping to wait requests.
.It Fa ipl
The highest IPL at which this workqueue is used.
.It Fa flags
Should be 0.
.El
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Fn workqueue_create
returns 0 on success.
Otherwise, it returns an
.Xr errno 2 .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr errno 2 ,
.Xr intro 9 ,
.Xr ltsleep 9 ,
.Xr workqueue 9
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.Sh BUGS
Currently
.Fa ipl
is ignored and
.Fn splhigh
is always used to protect the queue.