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.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.11.6
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.TH "SPLICE_FROM_PIPE" "9" "July 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.11\&" "splice API"
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.SH "NAME"
splice_from_pipe \- splice data from a pipe to a file
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'ssize_t\ splice_from_pipe('u
.BI "ssize_t splice_from_pipe(struct\ pipe_inode_info\ *\ " "pipe" ", struct\ file\ *\ " "out" ", loff_t\ *\ " "ppos" ", size_t\ " "len" ", unsigned\ int\ " "flags" ", splice_actor\ *\ " "actor" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIstruct pipe_inode_info * pipe\fR
.RS 4
pipe to splice from
.RE
.PP
\fIstruct file * out\fR
.RS 4
file to splice to
.RE
.PP
\fIloff_t * ppos\fR
.RS 4
position in
\fIout\fR
.RE
.PP
\fIsize_t len\fR
.RS 4
how many bytes to splice
.RE
.PP
\fIunsigned int flags\fR
.RS 4
splice modifier flags
.RE
.PP
\fIsplice_actor * actor\fR
.RS 4
handler that splices the data
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
See __splice_from_pipe\&. This function locks the pipe inode, otherwise it\*(Aqs identical to
\fB__splice_from_pipe\fR\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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