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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/pipe.c | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/splice.c | 4 |
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl index eb42bf9847c..ec7c498b69f 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl @@ -704,14 +704,23 @@ X!Idrivers/video/console/fonts.c <chapter id="splice"> <title>splice API</title> - <para>) + <para> splice is a method for moving blocks of data around inside the - kernel, without continually transferring it between the kernel + kernel, without continually transferring them between the kernel and user space. </para> !Iinclude/linux/splice.h !Ffs/splice.c </chapter> + <chapter id="pipes"> + <title>pipes API</title> + <para> + Pipe interfaces are all for in-kernel (builtin image) use. + They are not exported for use by modules. + </para> +!Iinclude/linux/pipe_fs_i.h +!Ffs/pipe.c + </chapter> </book> diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c index d007830d9c8..6b3d91a691b 100644 --- a/fs/pipe.c +++ b/fs/pipe.c @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ void generic_pipe_buf_get(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct pipe_buffer *buf) /** * generic_pipe_buf_confirm - verify contents of the pipe buffer - * @pipe: the pipe that the buffer belongs to + * @info: the pipe that the buffer belongs to * @buf: the buffer to confirm * * Description: diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c index 0a097321808..c010a72ca2d 100644 --- a/fs/splice.c +++ b/fs/splice.c @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static const struct pipe_buf_operations user_page_pipe_buf_ops = { * @spd: data to fill * * Description: - * @spd contains a map of pages and len/offset tupples, a long with + * @spd contains a map of pages and len/offset tuples, along with * the struct pipe_buf_operations associated with these pages. This * function will link that data to the pipe. * @@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ static long do_splice_to(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, * Description: * This is a special case helper to splice directly between two * points, without requiring an explicit pipe. Internally an allocated - * pipe is cached in the process, and reused during the life time of + * pipe is cached in the process, and reused during the lifetime of * that process. * */ |