kfifo_init (9) Linux Manual Page
kfifo_init – initialize a fifo using a preallocated buffer
Synopsis
- kfifo_init(fifo, buffer, size);
Arguments
fifo
-
- the fifo to assign the buffer
buffer
- the preallocated buffer to be used
size
- the size of the internal buffer, this have to be a power of 2
Description
This macro initialize a fifo using a preallocated buffer.
The numer of elements will be rounded-up to a power of 2. Return 0 if no error, otherwise an error code.