generic_splice_sendpage (9) - Linux Manuals

generic_splice_sendpage: splice data from a pipe to a socket

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.

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