kfifo_out(9)

kfifo_out9

Get data from the fifo

Usage

kfifo_out(fifo, buf, n);

Arguments

fifo

address of the fifo to be used

buf

pointer to the storage buffer

n

max. number of elements to get

Overview

This macro get some data from the fifo and return the numbers of elements copied.

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.