1KFIFO_TO_USER(9)                  FIFO Buffer                 KFIFO_TO_USER(9)
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NAME

6       kfifo_to_user - copies data from the fifo into user space
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SYNOPSIS

9       kfifo_to_user(fifo, to, len, copied);
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ARGUMENTS

12       fifo
13           address of the fifo to be used
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16           where the data must be copied
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19           the size of the destination buffer
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22           pointer to output variable to store the number of copied bytes
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DESCRIPTION

25       This macro copies at most len bytes from the fifo into the to buffer
26       and returns -EFAULT/0.
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28       Note that with only one concurrent reader and one concurrent writer,
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32Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10         June 2019                  KFIFO_TO_USER(9)
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