The 'size' parameter of kfifo_alloc() does not need to be a power of 2. If it is not, it will be rounded up to the next power of 2 automatically, as already correctly explained a few lines below. Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/kfifo.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/kfifo.h b/include/linux/kfifo.h index fd743d4c4b4b..54fbe2ae6fbd 100644 --- a/include/linux/kfifo.h +++ b/include/linux/kfifo.h @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ __kfifo_uint_must_check_helper( \ /** * kfifo_alloc - dynamically allocates a new fifo buffer * @fifo: pointer to the fifo - * @size: the number of elements in the fifo, this must be a power of 2 + * @size: the number of elements in the fifo * @gfp_mask: get_free_pages mask, passed to kmalloc() * * This macro dynamically allocates a new fifo buffer. -- 2.49.0
