+ kfifo-add-kfifo_skip-testcase.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     kfifo: add kfifo_skip() testcase
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     kfifo-add-kfifo_skip-testcase.patch

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Subject: kfifo: add kfifo_skip() testcase
From: Andrea Righi <arighi@develer.com>

Add a testcase for kfifo_skip() to the byte stream fifo example.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@develer.com>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Acked-by: Stefani Seibold <stefani@seibold.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 samples/kfifo/bytestream-example.c |    4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff -puN samples/kfifo/bytestream-example.c~kfifo-add-kfifo_skip-testcase samples/kfifo/bytestream-example.c
--- a/samples/kfifo/bytestream-example.c~kfifo-add-kfifo_skip-testcase
+++ a/samples/kfifo/bytestream-example.c
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ static int __init testfunc(void)
 	ret = kfifo_in(&test, buf, ret);
 	printk(KERN_INFO "ret: %d\n", ret);
 
+	/* skip first element of the fifo */
+	printk(KERN_INFO "skip 1st element\n");
+	kfifo_skip(&test);
+
 	/* put values into the fifo until is full */
 	for (i = 20; kfifo_put(&test, &i); i++)
 		;
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from arighi@develer.com are

origin.patch
kfifo-implement-missing-__kfifo_skip_r.patch
kfifo-add-kfifo_skip-testcase.patch