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authorJens Axboe2006-04-11 13:52:07 +0200
committerJens Axboe2006-04-11 13:52:07 +0200
commitb92ce55893745e011edae70830b8bc863be881f9 (patch)
treee2afd62d2e63d74157905140f5907d07bdfe31b9 /include/linux/sched.h
parent[PATCH] splice: add optional input and output offsets (diff)
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[PATCH] splice: add direct fd <-> fd splicing support
It's more efficient for sendfile() emulation. Basically we cache an internal private pipe and just use that as the intermediate area for pages. Direct splicing is not available from sys_splice(), it is only meant to be used for sendfile() emulation. Additional patch from Ingo Molnar to avoid the PIPE_BUFFERS loop at exit for the normal fast path. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/sched.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/sched.h6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 541f4828f5e7..e194ec75833d 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -684,6 +684,7 @@ static inline void prefetch_stack(struct task_struct *t) { }
struct audit_context; /* See audit.c */
struct mempolicy;
+struct pipe_inode_info;
enum sleep_type {
SLEEP_NORMAL,
@@ -882,6 +883,11 @@ struct task_struct {
atomic_t fs_excl; /* holding fs exclusive resources */
struct rcu_head rcu;
+
+ /*
+ * cache last used pipe for splice
+ */
+ struct pipe_inode_info *splice_pipe;
};
static inline pid_t process_group(struct task_struct *tsk)