+#define SPLICE_F_GIFT (0x08) /* pages passed in are a gift */
+
+/*
+ * Passed to the actors
+ */
+struct splice_desc {
+ unsigned int len, total_len; /* current and remaining length */
+ unsigned int flags; /* splice flags */
+ struct file *file; /* file to read/write */
+ loff_t pos; /* file position */
+};
+
+typedef int (splice_actor)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *,
+ struct splice_desc *);
+
+extern ssize_t splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct file *,
+ loff_t *, size_t, unsigned int,
+ splice_actor *);