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

struct pipe_inode_info * pipe

pipe to splice from

struct splice_desc * sd

information to actor

splice_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.