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.\"    Manual: Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15
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.TH "SPI_RES_ALLOC" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Serial Peripheral Interface (S"
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.SH "NAME"
spi_res_alloc \- allocate a spi resource that is life\-cycle managed during the processing of a spi_message while using spi_transfer_one
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'void\ *\ spi_res_alloc('u
.BI "void * spi_res_alloc(struct\ spi_device\ *\ " "spi" ", spi_res_release_t\ " "release" ", size_t\ " "size" ", gfp_t\ " "gfp" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIspi\fR
.RS 4
the spi device for which we allocate memory
.RE
.PP
\fIrelease\fR
.RS 4
the release code to execute for this resource
.RE
.PP
\fIsize\fR
.RS 4
size to alloc and return
.RE
.PP
\fIgfp\fR
.RS 4
GFP allocation flags
.RE
.SH "RETURN"
.PP
the pointer to the allocated data
.PP
This may get enhanced in the future to allocate from a memory pool of the
\fIspi_device\fR
or
\fIspi_master\fR
to avoid repeated allocations\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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