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