Name

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.