KFIFO_INIT(9)                              FIFO Buffer                              KFIFO_INIT(9)



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.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                             KFIFO_INIT(9)