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__SPLICE_FROM_PIPE(9)						    splice API						     __SPLICE_FROM_PIPE(9)

NAME
       __splice_from_pipe - splice data from a pipe to given actor

SYNOPSIS
       ssize_t __splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info * pipe, struct splice_desc * sd, splice_actor * actor);

ARGUMENTS
       pipe
	   pipe to splice from

       sd
	   information to actor

       actor
	   handler that splices the data

DESCRIPTION
       This function does little more than loop over the pipe and call actor to do the actual moving of a single struct pipe_buffer to the desired
       destination. See pipe_to_file, pipe_to_sendpage, or pipe_to_user.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.					     July 2010						     __SPLICE_FROM_PIPE(9)