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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

struct pipe_inode_info * pipe
pipe to splice from

struct file * out

socket to write to

loff_t * ppos

position in out

size_t len

number of bytes to splice

unsigned int flags

splice modifier flags

DESCRIPTION

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

COPYRIGHT

July 2017 Kernel Hackers Manual 4.11