kfifo_peek_len(9)
okay bestie, grab your iced coffee π§ because we're looking at kfifo_peek_len(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's honestly a tiny icon. π
β¨ NAME β¨
kfifo_peek_len β gets the size of the next fifo record π
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
kfifo_peek_len (fifo );
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π ARGUMENTS π
fifoβ address of the fifo to be used. that's the whole assignment, bestie π«Ά
π¦ DESCRIPTION π¦
This function returns the size of the next fifo record in number of bytes. periodt. that's literally the whole description, no extra lore, no side quest β¨
π SEE ALSO π
Kernel file ./include/linux/kfifo.h plus this whole friend group of (9) pages β all of them, exactly as listed π:
DECLARE_KFIFO_PTR(9)DECLARE_KFIFO(9)INIT_KFIFO(9)DEFINE_KFIFO(9)kfifo_initialized(9)kfifo_esize(9)kfifo_recsize(9)kfifo_size(9)kfifo_reset(9)kfifo_reset_out(9)kfifo_len(9)kfifo_is_empty(9)kfifo_is_empty_spinlocked(9)kfifo_is_empty_spinlocked_noirqsave(9)kfifo_is_full(9)kfifo_avail(9)kfifo_skip_count(9)kfifo_skip(9)kfifo_alloc(9)kfifo_alloc_node(9)kfifo_free(9)kfifo_init(9)kfifo_put(9)kfifo_get(9)kfifo_peek(9)kfifo_in(9)kfifo_in_spinlocked(9)kfifo_in_spinlocked_noirqsave(9)kfifo_out(9)kfifo_out_spinlocked(9)kfifo_out_spinlocked_noirqsave(9)kfifo_from_user(9)kfifo_to_user(9)kfifo_dma_in_prepare_mapped(9)kfifo_dma_in_finish(9)kfifo_dma_out_prepare_mapped(9)kfifo_dma_out_finish(9)kfifo_out_peek(9)kfifo_out_linear(9)kfifo_out_linear_ptr(9)
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