__SPLICE_FROM_PIPE(9)                       splice API                      __SPLICE_FROM_PIPE(9)



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
       pipe
           pipe to splice from

       sd
           information to 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.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                     __SPLICE_FROM_PIPE(9)