Pipes

Macros
#define	MIN_PIPE_BUFFER_SIZE   0x1000
#define	MAX_PIPE_BUFFER_SIZE   0x10000

Functions
struct pipe *	pipeCreate ()
	Creates a new kernel pipe object. More...
struct stdout *	stdoutCreate ()
	Creates a new kernel stdout object. More...

Detailed Description

Implementation of Pipes.

Macro Definition Documentation

MAX_PIPE_BUFFER_SIZE

#define MAX_PIPE_BUFFER_SIZE   0x10000

Definition at line 42 of file pipe.c.

MIN_PIPE_BUFFER_SIZE

#define MIN_PIPE_BUFFER_SIZE   0x1000

Definition at line 41 of file pipe.c.

Function Documentation

pipeCreate()

struct pipe* pipeCreate

(

)

Creates a new kernel pipe object.

Returns

Pointer to the kernel pipe object

Definition at line 88 of file pipe.c.

stdoutCreate()

struct stdout* stdoutCreate

(

)

Creates a new kernel stdout object.

This function allocates a new kernel stdout object, which can be used to write data into the terminal. It can be seen as a special case of a pipe object. In contrary to a regular pipe it doesn't support waiting or buffering.

Returns

Pointer to the kernel stdout object

Definition at line 380 of file pipe.c.