Name
kfifo_alloc —
allocates a new FIFO and its internal buffer
Synopsis
struct kfifo * kfifo_alloc ( | unsigned int size, |
| | gfp_t gfp_mask, |
| | spinlock_t * lock); |
Arguments
size
the size of the internal buffer to be allocated.
gfp_mask
get_free_pages mask, passed to kmalloc
lock
the lock to be used to protect the fifo buffer
Description
The size will be rounded-up to a power of 2.