1KFIFO_INIT(9)                     FIFO Buffer                    KFIFO_INIT(9)
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NAME

6       kfifo_init - initialize a fifo using a preallocated buffer
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SYNOPSIS

9       kfifo_init(fifo, buffer, size);
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ARGUMENTS

12       fifo
13           the fifo to assign the buffer
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15       buffer
16           the preallocated buffer to be used
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18       size
19           the size of the internal buffer, this have to be a power of 2
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DESCRIPTION

22       This macro initialize a fifo using a preallocated buffer.
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24       The numer of elements will be rounded-up to a power of 2. Return 0 if
25       no error, otherwise an error code.
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28Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10         June 2019                     KFIFO_INIT(9)
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