kfifo_in(9)

kfifo_in9

Put data into the fifo

Usage

kfifo_in(fifo, buf, n);

Arguments

fifo

address of the fifo to be used

buf

the data to be added

n

number of elements to be added

Overview

This macro copies the given buffer into the fifo and returns the number of copied elements.

Note that with only one concurrent reader and one concurrent writer, you don't need extra locking to use these macro.

Releases

3 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 9

From linux-manual-4.9 4.9.228-1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.