1GENERIC_PIPE_BUF_GET(9)            pipes API           GENERIC_PIPE_BUF_GET(9)
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NAME

6       generic_pipe_buf_get - get a reference to a struct pipe_buffer
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SYNOPSIS

9       void generic_pipe_buf_get(struct pipe_inode_info * pipe,
10                                 struct pipe_buffer * buf);
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ARGUMENTS

13       pipe
14           the pipe that the buffer belongs to
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17           the buffer to get a reference to
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DESCRIPTION

20       This function grabs an extra reference to buf. It´s used in in the tee
21       system call, when we duplicate the buffers in one pipe into another.
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24Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.         June 2019           GENERIC_PIPE_BUF_GET(9)
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