+void splice_from_pipe_begin(struct splice_desc *sd)
+{
+ sd->num_spliced = 0;
+ sd->need_wakeup = false;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(splice_from_pipe_begin);
+
+/**
+ * splice_from_pipe_end - finish splicing from pipe
+ * @pipe: pipe to splice from
+ * @sd: information about the splice operation
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * This function will wake up pipe writers if necessary. It should
+ * be called after a loop containing splice_from_pipe_next() and
+ * splice_from_pipe_feed().
+ */
+void splice_from_pipe_end(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct splice_desc *sd)
+{
+ if (sd->need_wakeup)
+ wakeup_pipe_writers(pipe);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(splice_from_pipe_end);
+
+/**
+ * __splice_from_pipe - splice data from a pipe to given actor
+ * @pipe: pipe to splice from
+ * @sd: information to @actor
+ * @actor: handler that splices the data
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * This function does little more than loop over the pipe and call
+ * @actor to do the actual moving of a single struct pipe_buffer to
+ * the desired destination. See pipe_to_file, pipe_to_sendpage, or
+ * pipe_to_user.
+ *
+ */
+ssize_t __splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct splice_desc *sd,
+ splice_actor *actor)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ splice_from_pipe_begin(sd);
+ do {
+ ret = splice_from_pipe_next(pipe, sd);
+ if (ret > 0)
+ ret = splice_from_pipe_feed(pipe, sd, actor);
+ } while (ret > 0);
+ splice_from_pipe_end(pipe, sd);
+
+ return sd->num_spliced ? sd->num_spliced : ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__splice_from_pipe);
+
+/**
+ * splice_from_pipe - splice data from a pipe to a file
+ * @pipe: pipe to splice from
+ * @out: file to splice to
+ * @ppos: position in @out
+ * @len: how many bytes to splice
+ * @flags: splice modifier flags
+ * @actor: handler that splices the data
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * See __splice_from_pipe. This function locks the pipe inode,
+ * otherwise it's identical to __splice_from_pipe().
+ *
+ */
+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)
+{
+ ssize_t ret;
+ struct splice_desc sd = {
+ .total_len = len,
+ .flags = flags,
+ .pos = *ppos,
+ .u.file = out,
+ };
+
+ pipe_lock(pipe);
+ ret = __splice_from_pipe(pipe, &sd, actor);
+ pipe_unlock(pipe);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * generic_file_splice_write - splice data from a pipe to a file
+ * @pipe: pipe info
+ * @out: file to write to
+ * @ppos: position in @out
+ * @len: number of bytes to splice
+ * @flags: splice modifier flags
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * Will either move or copy pages (determined by @flags options) from
+ * the given pipe inode to the given file.
+ *
+ */
+ssize_t