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 4.8.                 January 2017                   GENERIC_FILE_SPLICE_(9)