util/fifo_buffer: add method _init()

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/util/fifo_buffer.c b/src/util/fifo_buffer.c
index 915fb057..162ddf94 100644
--- a/src/util/fifo_buffer.c
+++ b/src/util/fifo_buffer.c
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ fifo_buffer_new(size_t size)
 	return buffer;
 }
 
+void
+fifo_buffer_init(struct fifo_buffer *buffer, size_t size)
+{
+	buffer->size = size - (sizeof(*buffer) - sizeof(buffer->buffer));
+	buffer->start = 0;
+	buffer->end = 0;
+}
+
 static void
 fifo_buffer_move(struct fifo_buffer *buffer);
 
diff --git a/src/util/fifo_buffer.h b/src/util/fifo_buffer.h
index 49c7f499..ccea97d8 100644
--- a/src/util/fifo_buffer.h
+++ b/src/util/fifo_buffer.h
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ extern "C" {
 struct fifo_buffer *
 fifo_buffer_new(size_t size);
 
+void
+fifo_buffer_init(struct fifo_buffer *buffer, size_t size);
+
 /**
  * Change the capacity of the #fifo_buffer, while preserving existing
  * data.