__SPLICE_FROM_PIPE

Section: splice API (9)
Updated: February 2011
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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.  

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