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.