Name
kfifo_alloc —
dynamically allocates a new fifo buffer
Synopsis
kfifo_alloc ( | fifo, |
| | size, |
| | gfp_mask); |
Arguments
fifo
pointer to the fifo
size
the number of elements in the fifo, this must be a power of 2
gfp_mask
get_free_pages mask, passed to kmalloc
Description
This macro dynamically allocates a new fifo buffer.
The numer of elements will be rounded-up to a power of 2.
The fifo will be release with kfifo_free.
Return 0 if no error, otherwise an error code.