KFIFO_OUT_PEEK
Section: FIFO Buffer (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME
kfifo_out_peek - gets some data from the fifo
SYNOPSIS
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kfifo_out_peek(fifo, buf, n);
ARGUMENTS
fifo
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- address of the fifo to be used
buf
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pointer to the storage buffer
n
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max. number of elements to get
DESCRIPTION
This macro get the data from the fifo and return the numbers of elements copied. The data is not removed from the fifo.
Note that with only one concurrent reader and one concurrent writer, you don't need extra locking to use these macro.
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