KFIFO_INIT

Section: (9)
Updated: 09 October 2005
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NAME

kfifo_init - allocates a new FIFO using a preallocated buffer  

SYNOPSIS

"SYNOPSIS"

struct kfifo * kfifo_init (unsigned char * buffer, unsigned int size, unsigned int __nocast gfp_mask, spinlock_t * lock);  

ARGUMENTS

buffer
the preallocated buffer to be used.
size
the size of the internal buffer, this have to be a power of 2.
gfp_mask
get_free_pages mask, passed to kmalloc
lock
the lock to be used to protect the fifo buffer
 

DESCRIPTION

Do NOT pass the kfifo to kfifo_free after use ! Simply free the struct kfifo with kfree.


 

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