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