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
struct file * in
file to splice from
loff_t * ppos
position in in
struct pipe_inode_info * pipe
pipe to splice to
size_t len
number of bytes to splice
unsigned int flags
splice modifier flags
Description
Will read pages from given file and fill them into a pipe. Can be
used as long as it has more or less sane ->read_iter
.