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.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.11.3
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.TH "SPLICE_DIRECT_TO_ACT" "9" "June 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.11\&" "splice API"
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.SH "NAME"
splice_direct_to_actor \- splices data directly between two non\-pipes
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'ssize_t\ splice_direct_to_actor('u
.BI "ssize_t splice_direct_to_actor(struct\ file\ *\ " "in" ", struct\ splice_desc\ *\ " "sd" ", splice_direct_actor\ *\ " "actor" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIstruct file * in\fR
.RS 4
file to splice from
.RE
.PP
\fIstruct splice_desc * sd\fR
.RS 4
actor information on where to splice to
.RE
.PP
\fIsplice_direct_actor * actor\fR
.RS 4
handles the data splicing
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This is a special case helper to splice directly between two points, without requiring an explicit pipe\&. Internally an allocated pipe is cached in the process, and reused during the lifetime of that process\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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