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GENERIC_SPLICE_SENDP(9) splice API GENERIC_SPLICE_SENDP(9)

NAME

generic_splice_sendpage - splice data from a pipe to a socket

SYNOPSIS

ssize_t generic_splice_sendpage(struct pipe_inode_info * pipe, struct file * out, loff_t * ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags);

ARGUMENTS

pipe
pipe to splice from
out
socket to write to
ppos
position in out
len
number of bytes to splice
flags
splice modifier flags

DESCRIPTION

Will send len bytes from the pipe to a network socket. No data copying is involved.

COPYRIGHT

January 2017 Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.