kfifo_get9
Get data from the fifo
Usage
kfifo_get(fifo, val);
Arguments
fifo
address of the fifo to be used
val
address where to store the data
Overview
This macro reads the data from the fifo. It returns 0 if the fifo was empty. Otherwise it returns the number processed elements.
Note that with only one concurrent reader and one concurrent writer, you don't need extra locking to use these macro.
Releases
6 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 5 times.