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GENERIC_FILE_SPLICE_(9) 					    splice API						   GENERIC_FILE_SPLICE_(9)

NAME
       generic_file_splice_read - splice data from file to a pipe

SYNOPSIS
       ssize_t generic_file_splice_read(struct file * in, loff_t * ppos, struct pipe_inode_info * pipe, size_t len, unsigned int flags);

ARGUMENTS
       in
	   file to splice from

       ppos
	   position in in

       pipe
	   pipe to splice to

       len
	   number of bytes to splice

       flags
	   splice modifier flags

DESCRIPTION
       Will read pages from given file and fill them into a pipe. Can be used as long as the address_space operations for the source implements a
       readpage hook.

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Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.					     July 2010						   GENERIC_FILE_SPLICE_(9)