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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-04-26 07:47:55 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-04-26 07:47:55 -0700
commit7b97ebfb931887be63bfa29b6c143e9e9da3f5e8 (patch)
treefaaf77f68ef4192ac1a3c23f43fed122a080d341
parent07db8696f5d484485dde77138ff87d19c8628a75 (diff)
parent1ebd32fc54bd04de6b3944587f25513c0681f98e (diff)
Merge branch 'splice' of git://brick.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-block
* 'splice' of git://brick.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-block: [PATCH] splice: add ->splice_write support for /dev/null [PATCH] splice: rearrange moving to/from pipe helpers [PATCH] Add support for the sys_vmsplice syscall [PATCH] splice: fix offset problems [PATCH] splice: fix min() warning
-rw-r--r--arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S1
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/systbl.S1
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_callbacks.c1
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/mem.c14
-rw-r--r--fs/splice.c355
-rw-r--r--include/asm-i386/unistd.h3
-rw-r--r--include/asm-ia64/unistd.h3
-rw-r--r--include/asm-powerpc/unistd.h3
-rw-r--r--include/asm-x86_64/unistd.h4
-rw-r--r--include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h17
-rw-r--r--include/linux/syscalls.h3
11 files changed, 328 insertions, 77 deletions
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S
index e3079881121..bcb80ca5cf4 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -1610,5 +1610,6 @@ sys_call_table:
data8 sys_get_robust_list
data8 sys_sync_file_range // 1300
data8 sys_tee
+ data8 sys_vmsplice
.org sys_call_table + 8*NR_syscalls // guard against failures to increase NR_syscalls
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/systbl.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/systbl.S
index 8d152269050..0b98eea73c5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/systbl.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/systbl.S
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ COMPAT_SYS(ppoll)
SYSCALL(unshare)
SYSCALL(splice)
SYSCALL(tee)
+SYSCALL(vmsplice)
/*
* please add new calls to arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_callbacks.c
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_callbacks.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_callbacks.c
index deb3afb9448..b283380a2a1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_callbacks.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_callbacks.c
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ void *spu_syscall_table[] = {
[__NR_unshare] sys_unshare,
[__NR_splice] sys_splice,
[__NR_tee] sys_tee,
+ [__NR_vmsplice] sys_vmsplice,
};
long spu_sys_callback(struct spu_syscall_block *s)
diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index 66719f9d294..1fa9fa157c1 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
#include <linux/crash_dump.h>
#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
#include <linux/bootmem.h>
+#include <linux/pipe_fs_i.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/io.h>
@@ -578,6 +579,18 @@ static ssize_t write_null(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
return count;
}
+static int pipe_to_null(struct pipe_inode_info *info, struct pipe_buffer *buf,
+ struct splice_desc *sd)
+{
+ return sd->len;
+}
+
+static ssize_t splice_write_null(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,struct file *out,
+ loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+{
+ return splice_from_pipe(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags, pipe_to_null);
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
/*
* For fun, we are using the MMU for this.
@@ -785,6 +798,7 @@ static struct file_operations null_fops = {
.llseek = null_lseek,
.read = read_null,
.write = write_null,
+ .splice_write = splice_write_null,
};
#if defined(CONFIG_ISA) || !defined(__mc68000__)
diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 0559e7577a0..447ebc0a37f 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -27,15 +27,22 @@
#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/syscalls.h>
+#include <linux/uio.h>
+
+struct partial_page {
+ unsigned int offset;
+ unsigned int len;
+};
/*
- * Passed to the actors
+ * Passed to splice_to_pipe
*/
-struct splice_desc {
- unsigned int len, total_len; /* current and remaining length */
+struct splice_pipe_desc {
+ struct page **pages; /* page map */
+ struct partial_page *partial; /* pages[] may not be contig */
+ int nr_pages; /* number of pages in map */
unsigned int flags; /* splice flags */
- struct file *file; /* file to read/write */
- loff_t pos; /* file position */
+ struct pipe_buf_operations *ops;/* ops associated with output pipe */
};
/*
@@ -128,6 +135,19 @@ static void page_cache_pipe_buf_unmap(struct pipe_inode_info *info,
kunmap(buf->page);
}
+static void *user_page_pipe_buf_map(struct file *file,
+ struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+ struct pipe_buffer *buf)
+{
+ return kmap(buf->page);
+}
+
+static void user_page_pipe_buf_unmap(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+ struct pipe_buffer *buf)
+{
+ kunmap(buf->page);
+}
+
static void page_cache_pipe_buf_get(struct pipe_inode_info *info,
struct pipe_buffer *buf)
{
@@ -143,19 +163,33 @@ static struct pipe_buf_operations page_cache_pipe_buf_ops = {
.get = page_cache_pipe_buf_get,
};
+static int user_page_pipe_buf_steal(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+ struct pipe_buffer *buf)
+{
+ return 1;
+}
+
+static struct pipe_buf_operations user_page_pipe_buf_ops = {
+ .can_merge = 0,
+ .map = user_page_pipe_buf_map,
+ .unmap = user_page_pipe_buf_unmap,
+ .release = page_cache_pipe_buf_release,
+ .steal = user_page_pipe_buf_steal,
+ .get = page_cache_pipe_buf_get,
+};
+
/*
* Pipe output worker. This sets up our pipe format with the page cache
* pipe buffer operations. Otherwise very similar to the regular pipe_writev().
*/
-static ssize_t move_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct page **pages,
- int nr_pages, unsigned long len,
- unsigned int offset, unsigned int flags)
+static ssize_t splice_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+ struct splice_pipe_desc *spd)
{
- int ret, do_wakeup, i;
+ int ret, do_wakeup, page_nr;
ret = 0;
do_wakeup = 0;
- i = 0;
+ page_nr = 0;
if (pipe->inode)
mutex_lock(&pipe->inode->i_mutex);
@@ -171,27 +205,19 @@ static ssize_t move_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct page **pages,
if (pipe->nrbufs < PIPE_BUFFERS) {
int newbuf = (pipe->curbuf + pipe->nrbufs) & (PIPE_BUFFERS - 1);
struct pipe_buffer *buf = pipe->bufs + newbuf;
- struct page *page = pages[i++];
- unsigned long this_len;
- this_len = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset;
- if (this_len > len)
- this_len = len;
-
- buf->page = page;
- buf->offset = offset;
- buf->len = this_len;
- buf->ops = &page_cache_pipe_buf_ops;
+ buf->page = spd->pages[page_nr];
+ buf->offset = spd->partial[page_nr].offset;
+ buf->len = spd->partial[page_nr].len;
+ buf->ops = spd->ops;
pipe->nrbufs++;
+ page_nr++;
+ ret += buf->len;
+
if (pipe->inode)
do_wakeup = 1;
- ret += this_len;
- len -= this_len;
- offset = 0;
- if (!--nr_pages)
- break;
- if (!len)
+ if (!--spd->nr_pages)
break;
if (pipe->nrbufs < PIPE_BUFFERS)
continue;
@@ -199,7 +225,7 @@ static ssize_t move_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct page **pages,
break;
}
- if (flags & SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK) {
+ if (spd->flags & SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK) {
if (!ret)
ret = -EAGAIN;
break;
@@ -234,8 +260,8 @@ static ssize_t move_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct page **pages,
kill_fasync(&pipe->fasync_readers, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
}
- while (i < nr_pages)
- page_cache_release(pages[i++]);
+ while (page_nr < spd->nr_pages)
+ page_cache_release(spd->pages[page_nr++]);
return ret;
}
@@ -246,17 +272,24 @@ __generic_file_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
unsigned int flags)
{
struct address_space *mapping = in->f_mapping;
- unsigned int loff, offset, nr_pages;
+ unsigned int loff, nr_pages;
struct page *pages[PIPE_BUFFERS];
+ struct partial_page partial[PIPE_BUFFERS];
struct page *page;
pgoff_t index, end_index;
loff_t isize;
- size_t bytes;
- int i, error;
+ size_t total_len;
+ int error;
+ struct splice_pipe_desc spd = {
+ .pages = pages,
+ .partial = partial,
+ .flags = flags,
+ .ops = &page_cache_pipe_buf_ops,
+ };
index = *ppos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
- loff = offset = *ppos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
- nr_pages = (len + offset + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+ loff = *ppos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
+ nr_pages = (len + loff + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
if (nr_pages > PIPE_BUFFERS)
nr_pages = PIPE_BUFFERS;
@@ -266,15 +299,15 @@ __generic_file_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
* read-ahead if this is a non-zero offset (we are likely doing small
* chunk splice and the page is already there) for a single page.
*/
- if (!offset || nr_pages > 1)
- do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, in, index, nr_pages);
+ if (!loff || spd.nr_pages > 1)
+ do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, in, index, spd.nr_pages);
/*
* Now fill in the holes:
*/
error = 0;
- bytes = 0;
- for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++, index++) {
+ total_len = 0;
+ for (spd.nr_pages = 0; spd.nr_pages < nr_pages; spd.nr_pages++, index++) {
unsigned int this_len;
if (!len)
@@ -283,7 +316,7 @@ __generic_file_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
/*
* this_len is the max we'll use from this page
*/
- this_len = min(len, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - loff);
+ this_len = min_t(unsigned long, len, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - loff);
find_page:
/*
* lookup the page for this index
@@ -367,26 +400,29 @@ readpage:
*/
if (end_index == index) {
loff = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - (isize & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK);
- if (bytes + loff > isize) {
+ if (total_len + loff > isize) {
page_cache_release(page);
break;
}
/*
* force quit after adding this page
*/
- nr_pages = i;
+ nr_pages = spd.nr_pages;
this_len = min(this_len, loff);
+ loff = 0;
}
}
fill_it:
- pages[i] = page;
- bytes += this_len;
+ pages[spd.nr_pages] = page;
+ partial[spd.nr_pages].offset = loff;
+ partial[spd.nr_pages].len = this_len;
len -= this_len;
+ total_len += this_len;
loff = 0;
}
- if (i)
- return move_to_pipe(pipe, pages, i, bytes, offset, flags);
+ if (spd.nr_pages)
+ return splice_to_pipe(pipe, &spd);
return error;
}
@@ -439,14 +475,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_splice_read);
/*
* Send 'sd->len' bytes to socket from 'sd->file' at position 'sd->pos'
- * using sendpage().
+ * using sendpage(). Return the number of bytes sent.
*/
static int pipe_to_sendpage(struct pipe_inode_info *info,
struct pipe_buffer *buf, struct splice_desc *sd)
{
struct file *file = sd->file;
loff_t pos = sd->pos;
- unsigned int offset;
ssize_t ret;
void *ptr;
int more;
@@ -461,16 +496,13 @@ static int pipe_to_sendpage(struct pipe_inode_info *info,
if (IS_ERR(ptr))
return PTR_ERR(ptr);
- offset = pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
more = (sd->flags & SPLICE_F_MORE) || sd->len < sd->total_len;
- ret = file->f_op->sendpage(file, buf->page, offset, sd->len, &pos,more);
+ ret = file->f_op->sendpage(file, buf->page, buf->offset, sd->len,
+ &pos, more);
buf->ops->unmap(info, buf);
- if (ret == sd->len)
- return 0;
-
- return -EIO;
+ return ret;
}
/*
@@ -499,7 +531,7 @@ static int pipe_to_file(struct pipe_inode_info *info, struct pipe_buffer *buf,
struct file *file = sd->file;
struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
gfp_t gfp_mask = mapping_gfp_mask(mapping);
- unsigned int offset;
+ unsigned int offset, this_len;
struct page *page;
pgoff_t index;
char *src;
@@ -515,6 +547,10 @@ static int pipe_to_file(struct pipe_inode_info *info, struct pipe_buffer *buf,
index = sd->pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
offset = sd->pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
+ this_len = sd->len;
+ if (this_len + offset > PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
+ this_len = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset;
+
/*
* Reuse buf page, if SPLICE_F_MOVE is set.
*/
@@ -558,7 +594,7 @@ find_page:
* the full page.
*/
if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
- if (sd->len < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) {
+ if (this_len < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) {
ret = mapping->a_ops->readpage(file, page);
if (unlikely(ret))
goto out;
@@ -582,7 +618,7 @@ find_page:
}
}
- ret = mapping->a_ops->prepare_write(file, page, 0, sd->len);
+ ret = mapping->a_ops->prepare_write(file, page, offset, offset+this_len);
if (ret == AOP_TRUNCATED_PAGE) {
page_cache_release(page);
goto find_page;
@@ -592,18 +628,22 @@ find_page:
if (!(buf->flags & PIPE_BUF_FLAG_STOLEN)) {
char *dst = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
- memcpy(dst + offset, src + buf->offset, sd->len);
+ memcpy(dst + offset, src + buf->offset, this_len);
flush_dcache_page(page);
kunmap_atomic(dst, KM_USER0);
}
- ret = mapping->a_ops->commit_write(file, page, 0, sd->len);
+ ret = mapping->a_ops->commit_write(file, page, offset, offset+this_len);
if (ret == AOP_TRUNCATED_PAGE) {
page_cache_release(page);
goto find_page;
} else if (ret)
goto out;
+ /*
+ * Return the number of bytes written.
+ */
+ ret = this_len;
mark_page_accessed(page);
balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(mapping);
out:
@@ -616,17 +656,14 @@ out_nomem:
return ret;
}
-typedef int (splice_actor)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *,
- struct splice_desc *);
-
/*
* Pipe input worker. Most of this logic works like a regular pipe, the
* key here is the 'actor' worker passed in that actually moves the data
* to the wanted destination. See pipe_to_file/pipe_to_sendpage above.
*/
-static ssize_t move_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
- loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags,
- splice_actor *actor)
+ssize_t splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
+ loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags,
+ splice_actor *actor)
{
int ret, do_wakeup, err;
struct splice_desc sd;
@@ -652,16 +689,22 @@ static ssize_t move_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
sd.len = sd.total_len;
err = actor(pipe, buf, &sd);
- if (err) {
+ if (err <= 0) {
if (!ret && err != -ENODATA)
ret = err;
break;
}
- ret += sd.len;
- buf->offset += sd.len;
- buf->len -= sd.len;
+ ret += err;
+ buf->offset += err;
+ buf->len -= err;
+
+ sd.len -= err;
+ sd.pos += err;
+ sd.total_len -= err;
+ if (sd.len)
+ continue;
if (!buf->len) {
buf->ops = NULL;
@@ -672,8 +715,6 @@ static ssize_t move_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
do_wakeup = 1;
}
- sd.pos += sd.len;
- sd.total_len -= sd.len;
if (!sd.total_len)
break;
}
@@ -741,7 +782,7 @@ generic_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
struct address_space *mapping = out->f_mapping;
ssize_t ret;
- ret = move_from_pipe(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags, pipe_to_file);
+ ret = splice_from_pipe(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags, pipe_to_file);
if (ret > 0) {
struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
@@ -783,7 +824,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_splice_write);
ssize_t generic_splice_sendpage(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
{
- return move_from_pipe(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags, pipe_to_sendpage);
+ return splice_from_pipe(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags, pipe_to_sendpage);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_splice_sendpage);
@@ -870,7 +911,7 @@ long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
/*
* We don't have an immediate reader, but we'll read the stuff
- * out of the pipe right after the move_to_pipe(). So set
+ * out of the pipe right after the splice_to_pipe(). So set
* PIPE_READERS appropriately.
*/
pipe->readers = 1;
@@ -1010,6 +1051,174 @@ static long do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t __user *off_in,
return -EINVAL;
}
+/*
+ * Map an iov into an array of pages and offset/length tupples. With the
+ * partial_page structure, we can map several non-contiguous ranges into
+ * our ones pages[] map instead of splitting that operation into pieces.
+ * Could easily be exported as a generic helper for other users, in which
+ * case one would probably want to add a 'max_nr_pages' parameter as well.
+ */
+static int get_iovec_page_array(const struct iovec __user *iov,
+ unsigned int nr_vecs, struct page **pages,
+ struct partial_page *partial)
+{
+ int buffers = 0, error = 0;
+
+ /*
+ * It's ok to take the mmap_sem for reading, even
+ * across a "get_user()".
+ */
+ down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+
+ while (nr_vecs) {
+ unsigned long off, npages;
+ void __user *base;
+ size_t len;
+ int i;
+
+ /*
+ * Get user address base and length for this iovec.
+ */
+ error = get_user(base, &iov->iov_base);
+ if (unlikely(error))
+ break;
+ error = get_user(len, &iov->iov_len);
+ if (unlikely(error))
+ break;
+
+ /*
+ * Sanity check this iovec. 0 read succeeds.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(!len))
+ break;
+ error = -EFAULT;
+ if (unlikely(!base))
+ break;
+
+ /*
+ * Get this base offset and number of pages, then map
+ * in the user pages.
+ */
+ off = (unsigned long) base & ~PAGE_MASK;
+ npages = (off + len + PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+ if (npages > PIPE_BUFFERS - buffers)
+ npages = PIPE_BUFFERS - buffers;
+
+ error = get_user_pages(current, current->mm,
+ (unsigned long) base, npages, 0, 0,
+ &pages[buffers], NULL);
+
+ if (unlikely(error <= 0))
+ break;
+
+ /*
+ * Fill this contiguous range into the partial page map.
+ */
+ for (i = 0; i < error; i++) {
+ const int plen = min_t(size_t, len, PAGE_SIZE) - off;
+
+ partial[buffers].offset = off;
+ partial[buffers].len = plen;
+
+ off = 0;
+ len -= plen;
+ buffers++;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * We didn't complete this iov, stop here since it probably
+ * means we have to move some of this into a pipe to
+ * be able to continue.
+ */
+ if (len)
+ break;
+
+ /*
+ * Don't continue if we mapped fewer pages than we asked for,
+ * or if we mapped the max number of pages that we have
+ * room for.
+ */
+ if (error < npages || buffers == PIPE_BUFFERS)
+ break;
+
+ nr_vecs--;
+ iov++;
+ }
+
+ up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+
+ if (buffers)
+ return buffers;
+
+ return error;
+}
+
+/*
+ * vmsplice splices a user address range into a pipe. It can be thought of
+ * as splice-from-memory, where the regular splice is splice-from-file (or
+ * to file). In both cases the output is a pipe, naturally.
+ *
+ * Note that vmsplice only supports splicing _from_ user memory to a pipe,
+ * not the other way around. Splicing from user memory is a simple operation
+ * that can be supported without any funky alignment restrictions or nasty
+ * vm tricks. We simply map in the user memory and fill them into a pipe.
+ * The reverse isn't quite as easy, though. There are two possible solutions
+ * for that:
+ *
+ * - memcpy() the data internally, at which point we might as well just
+ * do a regular read() on the buffer anyway.
+ * - Lots of nasty vm tricks, that are neither fast nor flexible (it
+ * has restriction limitations on both ends of the pipe).
+ *
+ * Alas, it isn't here.
+ *
+ */
+static long do_vmsplice(struct file *file, const struct iovec __user *iov,
+ unsigned long nr_segs, unsigned int flags)
+{
+ struct pipe_inode_info *pipe = file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_pipe;
+ struct page *pages[PIPE_BUFFERS];
+ struct partial_page partial[PIPE_BUFFERS];
+ struct splice_pipe_desc spd = {
+ .pages = pages,
+ .partial = partial,
+ .flags = flags,
+ .ops = &user_page_pipe_buf_ops,
+ };
+
+ if (unlikely(!pipe))
+ return -EBADF;
+ if (unlikely(nr_segs > UIO_MAXIOV))
+ return -EINVAL;
+ else if (unlikely(!nr_segs))
+ return 0;
+
+ spd.nr_pages = get_iovec_page_array(iov, nr_segs, pages, partial);
+ if (spd.nr_pages <= 0)
+ return spd.nr_pages;
+
+ return splice_to_pipe(pipe, &spd);
+}
+
+asmlinkage long sys_vmsplice(int fd, const struct iovec __user *iov,
+ unsigned long nr_segs, unsigned int flags)
+{
+ struct file *file;
+ long error;
+ int fput;
+
+ error = -EBADF;
+ file = fget_light(fd, &fput);
+ if (file) {
+ if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)
+ error = do_vmsplice(file, iov, nr_segs, flags);
+
+ fput_light(file, fput);
+ }
+
+ return error;
+}
+
asmlinkage long sys_splice(int fd_in, loff_t __user *off_in,
int fd_out, loff_t __user *off_out,
size_t len, unsigned int flags)
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/unistd.h b/include/asm-i386/unistd.h
index d81d6cfc1bb..eb4b152c82f 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/unistd.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/unistd.h
@@ -321,8 +321,9 @@
#define __NR_splice 313
#define __NR_sync_file_range 314
#define __NR_tee 315
+#define __NR_vmsplice 316
-#define NR_syscalls 316
+#define NR_syscalls 317
/*
* user-visible error numbers are in the range -1 - -128: see
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/unistd.h b/include/asm-ia64/unistd.h
index a40ebec6aee..7107763168b 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/unistd.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/unistd.h
@@ -290,12 +290,13 @@
#define __NR_get_robust_list 1299
#define __NR_sync_file_range 1300
#define __NR_tee 1301
+#define __NR_vmsplice 1302
#ifdef __KERNEL__
#include <linux/config.h>
-#define NR_syscalls 278 /* length of syscall table */
+#define NR_syscalls 279 /* length of syscall table */
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/unistd.h b/include/asm-powerpc/unistd.h
index c612f1a6277..34325e29259 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/unistd.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/unistd.h
@@ -303,8 +303,9 @@
#define __NR_unshare 282
#define __NR_splice 283
#define __NR_tee 284
+#define __NR_vmsplice 285
-#define __NR_syscalls 285
+#define __NR_syscalls 286
#ifdef __KERNEL__
#define __NR__exit __NR_exit
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/unistd.h b/include/asm-x86_64/unistd.h
index 98c36eae567..feb77cb8c04 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/unistd.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/unistd.h
@@ -615,8 +615,10 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_splice, sys_splice)
__SYSCALL(__NR_tee, sys_tee)
#define __NR_sync_file_range 277
__SYSCALL(__NR_sync_file_range, sys_sync_file_range)
+#define __NR_vmsplice 278
+__SYSCALL(__NR_vmsplice, sys_vmsplice)
-#define __NR_syscall_max __NR_sync_file_range
+#define __NR_syscall_max __NR_vmsplice
#ifndef __NO_STUBS
diff --git a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
index ef7f33c0be1..0008d4bd405 100644
--- a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
+++ b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
@@ -61,4 +61,21 @@ void __free_pipe_info(struct pipe_inode_info *);
/* from/to, of course */
#define SPLICE_F_MORE (0x04) /* expect more data */
+/*
+ * 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 *);
+
#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index d3ebc0e68b2..3996960fc56 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -574,6 +574,9 @@ asmlinkage long sys_splice(int fd_in, loff_t __user *off_in,
int fd_out, loff_t __user *off_out,
size_t len, unsigned int flags);
+asmlinkage long sys_vmsplice(int fd, const struct iovec __user *iov,
+ unsigned long nr_segs, unsigned int flags);
+
asmlinkage long sys_tee(int fdin, int fdout, size_t len, unsigned int flags);
asmlinkage long sys_sync_file_range(int fd, loff_t offset, loff_t nbytes,