1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>Chapter 7. splice API</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Linux Filesystems API"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Linux Filesystems API"><link rel="prev" href="see_also.html" title="See also"><link rel="next" href="API-splice-to-pipe.html" title="splice_to_pipe"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 7. splice API</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="see_also.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="API-splice-to-pipe.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a name="splice"></a>Chapter 7. splice API</h1></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-splice-to-pipe.html"><span class="phrase">splice_to_pipe</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 2 fill passed data into a pipe 3 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-generic-file-splice-read.html"><span class="phrase">generic_file_splice_read</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 4 splice data from file to a pipe 5 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-splice-from-pipe-feed.html"><span class="phrase">splice_from_pipe_feed</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 6 feed available data from a pipe to a file 7 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-splice-from-pipe-next.html"><span class="phrase">splice_from_pipe_next</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 8 wait for some data to splice from 9 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-splice-from-pipe-begin.html"><span class="phrase">splice_from_pipe_begin</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 10 start splicing from pipe 11 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-splice-from-pipe-end.html"><span class="phrase">splice_from_pipe_end</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 12 finish splicing from pipe 13 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API---splice-from-pipe.html"><span class="phrase">__splice_from_pipe</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 14 splice data from a pipe to given actor 15 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-splice-from-pipe.html"><span class="phrase">splice_from_pipe</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 16 splice data from a pipe to a file 17 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-iter-file-splice-write.html"><span class="phrase">iter_file_splice_write</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 18 splice data from a pipe to a file 19 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-generic-splice-sendpage.html"><span class="phrase">generic_splice_sendpage</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 20 splice data from a pipe to a socket 21 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-splice-direct-to-actor.html"><span class="phrase">splice_direct_to_actor</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 22 splices data directly between two non-pipes 23 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-do-splice-direct.html"><span class="phrase">do_splice_direct</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 24 splices data directly between two files 25 </span></dt></dl></div><p> 26 splice is a method for moving blocks of data around inside the 27 kernel, without continually transferring them between the kernel 28 and user space. 29 </p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="see_also.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="API-splice-to-pipe.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">See also </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="phrase">splice_to_pipe</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html> 30