1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>DECLARE_KFIFO</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Linux Kernel API"><link rel="up" href="kfifo.html#idp1125154228" title="kfifo interface"><link rel="prev" href="API-DECLARE-KFIFO-PTR.html" title="DECLARE_KFIFO_PTR"><link rel="next" href="API-INIT-KFIFO.html" title="INIT_KFIFO"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"><span class="phrase">DECLARE_KFIFO</span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-DECLARE-KFIFO-PTR.html">Prev</a>&#160;</td><th width="60%" align="center">kfifo interface</th><td width="20%" align="right">&#160;<a accesskey="n" href="API-INIT-KFIFO.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="API-DECLARE-KFIFO"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>DECLARE_KFIFO &#8212; 
2     macro to declare a fifo object
3 </p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef"> <b class="fsfunc">DECLARE_KFIFO </b>(</code></td><td> <var class="pdparam">fifo</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td> <var class="pdparam">type</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td> <var class="pdparam">size</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer">&#160;</div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1125168068"></a><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>fifo</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
4     name of the declared fifo
5    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>type</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
6     type of the fifo elements
7    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
8     the number of elements in the fifo, this must be a power of 2
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