DECLARE_KFIFO_PTR(9)

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💫 DECLARE_KFIFO_PTR(9) 💫

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes, the whole manual, we're just here for one page, but she's iconic so it's fine 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

DECLARE_KFIFO_PTR — the macro that declares a fifo pointer object. literally that's her whole job and she does it slayfully 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

DECLARE_KFIFO_PTR (fifo , type );

that's it. that's the whole vibe. two little arguments and you're done, no cap ✨

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • fifo — the name you're giving your declared fifo. yes, you get to pick it, main character naming rights fr fr 👑
  • type — the type of the fifo elements. like, what kind of stuff is actually living inside her 🍓

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

okay so this is the part where she name-drops her entire friend group and honestly? obsessed. first up, the source file herself:

Kernel file ./include/linux/kfifo.h — go say hi, she has lore 💖

and now the whole squad, in order, because we do not skip people in this group chat:

like, forty whole references. she's connected. iykyk 🌈

ngl the _noirqsave ones are giving "i have a very specific use case" and we respect it 🙈

and that's the page, bestie — courtesy of ./include/linux, dated October 2026, filed under DECLARE_KFIFO_PTR(9). go forth and declare your pointers, mwah 💋🫶⭐

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