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.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.11.3
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.TH "GENERIC_FILE_SPLICE_" "9" "June 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.11\&" "splice API"
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.SH "NAME"
generic_file_splice_read \- splice data from file to a pipe
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'ssize_t\ generic_file_splice_read('u
.BI "ssize_t generic_file_splice_read(struct\ file\ *\ " "in" ", loff_t\ *\ " "ppos" ", struct\ pipe_inode_info\ *\ " "pipe" ", size_t\ " "len" ", unsigned\ int\ " "flags" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIstruct file * in\fR
.RS 4
file to splice from
.RE
.PP
\fIloff_t * ppos\fR
.RS 4
position in
\fIin\fR
.RE
.PP
\fIstruct pipe_inode_info * pipe\fR
.RS 4
pipe to splice to
.RE
.PP
\fIsize_t len\fR
.RS 4
number of bytes to splice
.RE
.PP
\fIunsigned int flags\fR
.RS 4
splice modifier flags
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Will read pages from given file and fill them into a pipe\&. Can be used as long as it has more or less sane \->\fBread_iter\fR\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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