[PATCH v4 1/3] include: linux: add circular buffers

[Steffen Trumtrar]

Signed-off-by: Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar at pengutronix.de>
---
 include/linux/circ_buf.h | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 include/linux/circ_buf.h

diff --git a/include/linux/circ_buf.h b/include/linux/circ_buf.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..90f2471dc6f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/circ_buf.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * See Documentation/circular-buffers.txt for more information.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_CIRC_BUF_H
+#define _LINUX_CIRC_BUF_H 1
+
+struct circ_buf {
+	char *buf;
+	int head;
+	int tail;
+};
+
+/* Return count in buffer.  */
+#define CIRC_CNT(head,tail,size) (((head) - (tail)) & ((size)-1))
+
+/* Return space available, 0..size-1.  We always leave one free char
+   as a completely full buffer has head == tail, which is the same as
+   empty.  */
+#define CIRC_SPACE(head,tail,size) CIRC_CNT((tail),((head)+1),(size))
+
+/* Return count up to the end of the buffer.  Carefully avoid
+   accessing head and tail more than once, so they can change
+   underneath us without returning inconsistent results.  */
+#define CIRC_CNT_TO_END(head,tail,size) \
+	({int end = (size) - (tail); \
+	  int n = ((head) + end) & ((size)-1); \
+	  n < end ? n : end;})
+
+/* Return space available up to the end of the buffer.  */
+#define CIRC_SPACE_TO_END(head,tail,size) \
+	({int end = (size) - 1 - (head); \
+	  int n = (end + (tail)) & ((size)-1); \
+	  n <= end ? n : end+1;})
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_CIRC_BUF_H  */
-- 
2.7.0.rc3