1GENERIC_FILE_SPLICE_(9)           splice API           GENERIC_FILE_SPLICE_(9)
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NAME

6       generic_file_splice_read - splice data from file to a pipe
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SYNOPSIS

9       ssize_t generic_file_splice_read(struct file * in, loff_t * ppos,
10                                        struct pipe_inode_info * pipe,
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ARGUMENTS

14       in
15           file to splice from
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21           pipe to splice to
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24           number of bytes to splice
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DESCRIPTION

30       Will read pages from given file and fill them into a pipe. Can be used
31       as long as the address_space operations for the source implements a
32       readpage hook.
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