diff --git a/ap/os/linux/linux-3.4.x/fs/splice.c b/ap/os/linux/linux-3.4.x/fs/splice.c
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+/*
+ * "splice": joining two ropes together by interweaving their strands.
+ *
+ * This is the "extended pipe" functionality, where a pipe is used as
+ * an arbitrary in-memory buffer. Think of a pipe as a small kernel
+ * buffer that you can use to transfer data from one end to the other.
+ *
+ * The traditional unix read/write is extended with a "splice()" operation
+ * that transfers data buffers to or from a pipe buffer.
+ *
+ * Named by Larry McVoy, original implementation from Linus, extended by
+ * Jens to support splicing to files, network, direct splicing, etc and
+ * fixing lots of bugs.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
+ *
+ */
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include <linux/splice.h>
+#include <linux/memcontrol.h>
+#include <linux/mm_inline.h>
+#include <linux/swap.h>
+#include <linux/writeback.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/syscalls.h>
+#include <linux/uio.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
+#include <linux/gfp.h>
+#include <linux/socket.h>
+
+/*
+ * Attempt to steal a page from a pipe buffer. This should perhaps go into
+ * a vm helper function, it's already simplified quite a bit by the
+ * addition of remove_mapping(). If success is returned, the caller may
+ * attempt to reuse this page for another destination.
+ */
+static int page_cache_pipe_buf_steal(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+				     struct pipe_buffer *buf)
+{
+	struct page *page = buf->page;
+	struct address_space *mapping;
+
+	lock_page(page);
+
+	mapping = page_mapping(page);
+	if (mapping) {
+		WARN_ON(!PageUptodate(page));
+
+		/*
+		 * At least for ext2 with nobh option, we need to wait on
+		 * writeback completing on this page, since we'll remove it
+		 * from the pagecache.  Otherwise truncate wont wait on the
+		 * page, allowing the disk blocks to be reused by someone else
+		 * before we actually wrote our data to them. fs corruption
+		 * ensues.
+		 */
+		wait_on_page_writeback(page);
+
+		if (page_has_private(page) &&
+		    !try_to_release_page(page, GFP_KERNEL))
+			goto out_unlock;
+
+		/*
+		 * If we succeeded in removing the mapping, set LRU flag
+		 * and return good.
+		 */
+		if (remove_mapping(mapping, page)) {
+			buf->flags |= PIPE_BUF_FLAG_LRU;
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Raced with truncate or failed to remove page from current
+	 * address space, unlock and return failure.
+	 */
+out_unlock:
+	unlock_page(page);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static void page_cache_pipe_buf_release(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+					struct pipe_buffer *buf)
+{
+	page_cache_release(buf->page);
+	buf->flags &= ~PIPE_BUF_FLAG_LRU;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check whether the contents of buf is OK to access. Since the content
+ * is a page cache page, IO may be in flight.
+ */
+static int page_cache_pipe_buf_confirm(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+				       struct pipe_buffer *buf)
+{
+	struct page *page = buf->page;
+	int err;
+
+	if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
+		lock_page(page);
+
+		/*
+		 * Page got truncated/unhashed. This will cause a 0-byte
+		 * splice, if this is the first page.
+		 */
+		if (!page->mapping) {
+			err = -ENODATA;
+			goto error;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Uh oh, read-error from disk.
+		 */
+		if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
+			err = -EIO;
+			goto error;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Page is ok afterall, we are done.
+		 */
+		unlock_page(page);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+error:
+	unlock_page(page);
+	return err;
+}
+
+const struct pipe_buf_operations page_cache_pipe_buf_ops = {
+	.can_merge = 0,
+	.map = generic_pipe_buf_map,
+	.unmap = generic_pipe_buf_unmap,
+	.confirm = page_cache_pipe_buf_confirm,
+	.release = page_cache_pipe_buf_release,
+	.steal = page_cache_pipe_buf_steal,
+	.get = generic_pipe_buf_get,
+};
+
+static int user_page_pipe_buf_steal(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+				    struct pipe_buffer *buf)
+{
+	if (!(buf->flags & PIPE_BUF_FLAG_GIFT))
+		return 1;
+
+	buf->flags |= PIPE_BUF_FLAG_LRU;
+	return generic_pipe_buf_steal(pipe, buf);
+}
+
+static const struct pipe_buf_operations user_page_pipe_buf_ops = {
+	.can_merge = 0,
+	.map = generic_pipe_buf_map,
+	.unmap = generic_pipe_buf_unmap,
+	.confirm = generic_pipe_buf_confirm,
+	.release = page_cache_pipe_buf_release,
+	.steal = user_page_pipe_buf_steal,
+	.get = generic_pipe_buf_get,
+};
+
+static void wakeup_pipe_readers(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe)
+{
+	smp_mb();
+	if (waitqueue_active(&pipe->wait))
+		wake_up_interruptible(&pipe->wait);
+	kill_fasync(&pipe->fasync_readers, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
+}
+
+/**
+ * splice_to_pipe - fill passed data into a pipe
+ * @pipe:	pipe to fill
+ * @spd:	data to fill
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *    @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.
+ *
+ */
+ssize_t splice_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+		       struct splice_pipe_desc *spd)
+{
+	unsigned int spd_pages = spd->nr_pages;
+	int ret, do_wakeup, page_nr;
+
+	ret = 0;
+	do_wakeup = 0;
+	page_nr = 0;
+
+	pipe_lock(pipe);
+
+	for (;;) {
+		if (!pipe->readers) {
+			send_sig(SIGPIPE, current, 0);
+			if (!ret)
+				ret = -EPIPE;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (pipe->nrbufs < pipe->buffers) {
+			int newbuf = (pipe->curbuf + pipe->nrbufs) & (pipe->buffers - 1);
+			struct pipe_buffer *buf = pipe->bufs + newbuf;
+
+			buf->page = spd->pages[page_nr];
+			buf->offset = spd->partial[page_nr].offset;
+			buf->len = spd->partial[page_nr].len;
+			buf->private = spd->partial[page_nr].private;
+			buf->ops = spd->ops;
+			if (spd->flags & SPLICE_F_GIFT)
+				buf->flags |= PIPE_BUF_FLAG_GIFT;
+
+			pipe->nrbufs++;
+			page_nr++;
+			ret += buf->len;
+
+			if (pipe->inode)
+				do_wakeup = 1;
+
+			if (!--spd->nr_pages)
+				break;
+			if (pipe->nrbufs < pipe->buffers)
+				continue;
+
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (spd->flags & SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK) {
+			if (!ret)
+				ret = -EAGAIN;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (signal_pending(current)) {
+			if (!ret)
+				ret = -ERESTARTSYS;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (do_wakeup) {
+			smp_mb();
+			if (waitqueue_active(&pipe->wait))
+				wake_up_interruptible_sync(&pipe->wait);
+			kill_fasync(&pipe->fasync_readers, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
+			do_wakeup = 0;
+		}
+
+		pipe->waiting_writers++;
+		pipe_wait(pipe);
+		pipe->waiting_writers--;
+	}
+
+	pipe_unlock(pipe);
+
+	if (do_wakeup)
+		wakeup_pipe_readers(pipe);
+
+	while (page_nr < spd_pages)
+		spd->spd_release(spd, page_nr++);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+void spd_release_page(struct splice_pipe_desc *spd, unsigned int i)
+{
+	page_cache_release(spd->pages[i]);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check if we need to grow the arrays holding pages and partial page
+ * descriptions.
+ */
+int splice_grow_spd(const struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct splice_pipe_desc *spd)
+{
+	unsigned int buffers = ACCESS_ONCE(pipe->buffers);
+
+	spd->nr_pages_max = buffers;
+	if (buffers <= PIPE_DEF_BUFFERS)
+		return 0;
+
+	spd->pages = kmalloc(buffers * sizeof(struct page *), GFP_KERNEL);
+	spd->partial = kmalloc(buffers * sizeof(struct partial_page), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (spd->pages && spd->partial)
+		return 0;
+
+	kfree(spd->pages);
+	kfree(spd->partial);
+	return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+void splice_shrink_spd(struct splice_pipe_desc *spd)
+{
+	if (spd->nr_pages_max <= PIPE_DEF_BUFFERS)
+		return;
+
+	kfree(spd->pages);
+	kfree(spd->partial);
+}
+
+static int
+__generic_file_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
+			   struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
+			   unsigned int flags)
+{
+	struct address_space *mapping = in->f_mapping;
+	unsigned int loff, nr_pages, req_pages;
+	struct page *pages[PIPE_DEF_BUFFERS];
+	struct partial_page partial[PIPE_DEF_BUFFERS];
+	struct page *page;
+	pgoff_t index, end_index;
+	loff_t isize;
+	int error, page_nr;
+	struct splice_pipe_desc spd = {
+		.pages = pages,
+		.partial = partial,
+		.nr_pages_max = PIPE_DEF_BUFFERS,
+		.flags = flags,
+		.ops = &page_cache_pipe_buf_ops,
+		.spd_release = spd_release_page,
+	};
+
+	if (splice_grow_spd(pipe, &spd))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	index = *ppos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+	loff = *ppos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
+	req_pages = (len + loff + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+	nr_pages = min(req_pages, spd.nr_pages_max);
+
+	/*
+	 * Lookup the (hopefully) full range of pages we need.
+	 */
+	spd.nr_pages = find_get_pages_contig(mapping, index, nr_pages, spd.pages);
+	index += spd.nr_pages;
+
+	/*
+	 * If find_get_pages_contig() returned fewer pages than we needed,
+	 * readahead/allocate the rest and fill in the holes.
+	 */
+	if (spd.nr_pages < nr_pages)
+		page_cache_sync_readahead(mapping, &in->f_ra, in,
+				index, req_pages - spd.nr_pages);
+
+	error = 0;
+	while (spd.nr_pages < nr_pages) {
+		/*
+		 * Page could be there, find_get_pages_contig() breaks on
+		 * the first hole.
+		 */
+		page = find_get_page(mapping, index);
+		if (!page) {
+			/*
+			 * page didn't exist, allocate one.
+			 */
+			page = page_cache_alloc_cold(mapping);
+			if (!page)
+				break;
+
+			error = add_to_page_cache_lru(page, mapping, index,
+						GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (unlikely(error)) {
+				page_cache_release(page);
+				if (error == -EEXIST)
+					continue;
+				break;
+			}
+			/*
+			 * add_to_page_cache() locks the page, unlock it
+			 * to avoid convoluting the logic below even more.
+			 */
+			unlock_page(page);
+		}
+
+		spd.pages[spd.nr_pages++] = page;
+		index++;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Now loop over the map and see if we need to start IO on any
+	 * pages, fill in the partial map, etc.
+	 */
+	index = *ppos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+	nr_pages = spd.nr_pages;
+	spd.nr_pages = 0;
+	for (page_nr = 0; page_nr < nr_pages; page_nr++) {
+		unsigned int this_len;
+
+		if (!len)
+			break;
+
+		/*
+		 * this_len is the max we'll use from this page
+		 */
+		this_len = min_t(unsigned long, len, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - loff);
+		page = spd.pages[page_nr];
+
+		if (PageReadahead(page))
+			page_cache_async_readahead(mapping, &in->f_ra, in,
+					page, index, req_pages - page_nr);
+
+		/*
+		 * If the page isn't uptodate, we may need to start io on it
+		 */
+		if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
+			lock_page(page);
+
+			/*
+			 * Page was truncated, or invalidated by the
+			 * filesystem.  Redo the find/create, but this time the
+			 * page is kept locked, so there's no chance of another
+			 * race with truncate/invalidate.
+			 */
+			if (!page->mapping) {
+				unlock_page(page);
+				page = find_or_create_page(mapping, index,
+						mapping_gfp_mask(mapping));
+
+				if (!page) {
+					error = -ENOMEM;
+					break;
+				}
+				page_cache_release(spd.pages[page_nr]);
+				spd.pages[page_nr] = page;
+			}
+			/*
+			 * page was already under io and is now done, great
+			 */
+			if (PageUptodate(page)) {
+				unlock_page(page);
+				goto fill_it;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * need to read in the page
+			 */
+			error = mapping->a_ops->readpage(in, page);
+			if (unlikely(error)) {
+				/*
+				 * We really should re-lookup the page here,
+				 * but it complicates things a lot. Instead
+				 * lets just do what we already stored, and
+				 * we'll get it the next time we are called.
+				 */
+				if (error == AOP_TRUNCATED_PAGE)
+					error = 0;
+
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+fill_it:
+		/*
+		 * i_size must be checked after PageUptodate.
+		 */
+		isize = i_size_read(mapping->host);
+		end_index = (isize - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+		if (unlikely(!isize || index > end_index))
+			break;
+
+		/*
+		 * if this is the last page, see if we need to shrink
+		 * the length and stop
+		 */
+		if (end_index == index) {
+			unsigned int plen;
+
+			/*
+			 * max good bytes in this page
+			 */
+			plen = ((isize - 1) & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK) + 1;
+			if (plen <= loff)
+				break;
+
+			/*
+			 * force quit after adding this page
+			 */
+			this_len = min(this_len, plen - loff);
+			len = this_len;
+		}
+
+		spd.partial[page_nr].offset = loff;
+		spd.partial[page_nr].len = this_len;
+		len -= this_len;
+		loff = 0;
+		spd.nr_pages++;
+		index++;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Release any pages at the end, if we quit early. 'page_nr' is how far
+	 * we got, 'nr_pages' is how many pages are in the map.
+	 */
+	while (page_nr < nr_pages)
+		page_cache_release(spd.pages[page_nr++]);
+	in->f_ra.prev_pos = (loff_t)index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+
+	if (spd.nr_pages)
+		error = splice_to_pipe(pipe, &spd);
+
+	splice_shrink_spd(&spd);
+	return error;
+}
+
+/**
+ * generic_file_splice_read - splice data from file to a pipe
+ * @in:		file to splice from
+ * @ppos:	position in @in
+ * @pipe:	pipe to splice to
+ * @len:	number of bytes to splice
+ * @flags:	splice modifier flags
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *    Will read pages from given file and fill them into a pipe. Can be
+ *    used as long as the address_space operations for the source implements
+ *    a readpage() hook.
+ *
+ */
+ssize_t generic_file_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
+				 struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
+				 unsigned int flags)
+{
+	loff_t isize, left;
+	int ret;
+
+	isize = i_size_read(in->f_mapping->host);
+	if (unlikely(*ppos >= isize))
+		return 0;
+
+	left = isize - *ppos;
+	if (unlikely(left < len))
+		len = left;
+
+	ret = __generic_file_splice_read(in, ppos, pipe, len, flags);
+	if (ret > 0) {
+		*ppos += ret;
+		file_accessed(in);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_splice_read);
+
+static const struct pipe_buf_operations default_pipe_buf_ops = {
+	.can_merge = 0,
+	.map = generic_pipe_buf_map,
+	.unmap = generic_pipe_buf_unmap,
+	.confirm = generic_pipe_buf_confirm,
+	.release = generic_pipe_buf_release,
+	.steal = generic_pipe_buf_steal,
+	.get = generic_pipe_buf_get,
+};
+
+static ssize_t kernel_readv(struct file *file, const struct iovec *vec,
+			    unsigned long vlen, loff_t offset)
+{
+	mm_segment_t old_fs;
+	loff_t pos = offset;
+	ssize_t res;
+
+	old_fs = get_fs();
+	set_fs(get_ds());
+	/* The cast to a user pointer is valid due to the set_fs() */
+	res = vfs_readv(file, (const struct iovec __user *)vec, vlen, &pos);
+	set_fs(old_fs);
+
+	return res;
+}
+
+static ssize_t kernel_write(struct file *file, const char *buf, size_t count,
+			    loff_t pos)
+{
+	mm_segment_t old_fs;
+	ssize_t res;
+
+	old_fs = get_fs();
+	set_fs(get_ds());
+	/* The cast to a user pointer is valid due to the set_fs() */
+	res = vfs_write(file, (const char __user *)buf, count, &pos);
+	set_fs(old_fs);
+
+	return res;
+}
+
+ssize_t default_file_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
+				 struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
+				 unsigned int flags)
+{
+	unsigned int nr_pages;
+	unsigned int nr_freed;
+	size_t offset;
+	struct page *pages[PIPE_DEF_BUFFERS];
+	struct partial_page partial[PIPE_DEF_BUFFERS];
+	struct iovec *vec, __vec[PIPE_DEF_BUFFERS];
+	ssize_t res;
+	size_t this_len;
+	int error;
+	int i;
+	struct splice_pipe_desc spd = {
+		.pages = pages,
+		.partial = partial,
+		.nr_pages_max = PIPE_DEF_BUFFERS,
+		.flags = flags,
+		.ops = &default_pipe_buf_ops,
+		.spd_release = spd_release_page,
+	};
+
+	if (splice_grow_spd(pipe, &spd))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	res = -ENOMEM;
+	vec = __vec;
+	if (spd.nr_pages_max > PIPE_DEF_BUFFERS) {
+		vec = kmalloc(spd.nr_pages_max * sizeof(struct iovec), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!vec)
+			goto shrink_ret;
+	}
+
+	offset = *ppos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
+	nr_pages = (len + offset + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages && i < spd.nr_pages_max && len; i++) {
+		struct page *page;
+
+		page = alloc_page(GFP_USER);
+		error = -ENOMEM;
+		if (!page)
+			goto err;
+
+		this_len = min_t(size_t, len, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset);
+		vec[i].iov_base = (void __user *) page_address(page);
+		vec[i].iov_len = this_len;
+		spd.pages[i] = page;
+		spd.nr_pages++;
+		len -= this_len;
+		offset = 0;
+	}
+
+	res = kernel_readv(in, vec, spd.nr_pages, *ppos);
+	if (res < 0) {
+		error = res;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	error = 0;
+	if (!res)
+		goto err;
+
+	nr_freed = 0;
+	for (i = 0; i < spd.nr_pages; i++) {
+		this_len = min_t(size_t, vec[i].iov_len, res);
+		spd.partial[i].offset = 0;
+		spd.partial[i].len = this_len;
+		if (!this_len) {
+			__free_page(spd.pages[i]);
+			spd.pages[i] = NULL;
+			nr_freed++;
+		}
+		res -= this_len;
+	}
+	spd.nr_pages -= nr_freed;
+
+	res = splice_to_pipe(pipe, &spd);
+	if (res > 0)
+		*ppos += res;
+
+shrink_ret:
+	if (vec != __vec)
+		kfree(vec);
+	splice_shrink_spd(&spd);
+	return res;
+
+err:
+	for (i = 0; i < spd.nr_pages; i++)
+		__free_page(spd.pages[i]);
+
+	res = error;
+	goto shrink_ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(default_file_splice_read);
+
+/*
+ * Send 'sd->len' bytes to socket from 'sd->file' at position 'sd->pos'
+ * using sendpage(). Return the number of bytes sent.
+ */
+static int pipe_to_sendpage(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+			    struct pipe_buffer *buf, struct splice_desc *sd)
+{
+	struct file *file = sd->u.file;
+	loff_t pos = sd->pos;
+	int more;
+
+	if (!likely(file->f_op && file->f_op->sendpage))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	more = (sd->flags & SPLICE_F_MORE) ? MSG_MORE : 0;
+
+	if (sd->len < sd->total_len && pipe->nrbufs > 1)
+		more |= MSG_SENDPAGE_NOTLAST;
+
+	return file->f_op->sendpage(file, buf->page, buf->offset,
+				    sd->len, &pos, more);
+}
+
+/*
+ * This is a little more tricky than the file -> pipe splicing. There are
+ * basically three cases:
+ *
+ *	- Destination page already exists in the address space and there
+ *	  are users of it. For that case we have no other option that
+ *	  copying the data. Tough luck.
+ *	- Destination page already exists in the address space, but there
+ *	  are no users of it. Make sure it's uptodate, then drop it. Fall
+ *	  through to last case.
+ *	- Destination page does not exist, we can add the pipe page to
+ *	  the page cache and avoid the copy.
+ *
+ * If asked to move pages to the output file (SPLICE_F_MOVE is set in
+ * sd->flags), we attempt to migrate pages from the pipe to the output
+ * file address space page cache. This is possible if no one else has
+ * the pipe page referenced outside of the pipe and page cache. If
+ * SPLICE_F_MOVE isn't set, or we cannot move the page, we simply create
+ * a new page in the output file page cache and fill/dirty that.
+ */
+int pipe_to_file(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct pipe_buffer *buf,
+		 struct splice_desc *sd)
+{
+	struct file *file = sd->u.file;
+	struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
+	unsigned int offset, this_len;
+	struct page *page;
+	void *fsdata;
+	int ret;
+
+	offset = sd->pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
+
+	this_len = sd->len;
+	if (this_len + offset > PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
+		this_len = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset;
+
+	ret = pagecache_write_begin(file, mapping, sd->pos, this_len,
+				AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, &page, &fsdata);
+	if (unlikely(ret))
+		goto out;
+
+	if (buf->page != page) {
+		char *src = buf->ops->map(pipe, buf, 1);
+		char *dst = kmap_atomic(page);
+
+		memcpy(dst + offset, src + buf->offset, this_len);
+		flush_dcache_page(page);
+		kunmap_atomic(dst);
+		buf->ops->unmap(pipe, buf, src);
+	}
+	ret = pagecache_write_end(file, mapping, sd->pos, this_len, this_len,
+				page, fsdata);
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(pipe_to_file);
+
+static void wakeup_pipe_writers(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe)
+{
+	smp_mb();
+	if (waitqueue_active(&pipe->wait))
+		wake_up_interruptible(&pipe->wait);
+	kill_fasync(&pipe->fasync_writers, SIGIO, POLL_OUT);
+}
+
+/**
+ * splice_from_pipe_feed - feed available data from a pipe to a file
+ * @pipe:	pipe to splice from
+ * @sd:		information to @actor
+ * @actor:	handler that splices the data
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *    This function loops over the pipe and calls @actor to do the
+ *    actual moving of a single struct pipe_buffer to the desired
+ *    destination.  It returns when there's no more buffers left in
+ *    the pipe or if the requested number of bytes (@sd->total_len)
+ *    have been copied.  It returns a positive number (one) if the
+ *    pipe needs to be filled with more data, zero if the required
+ *    number of bytes have been copied and -errno on error.
+ *
+ *    This, together with splice_from_pipe_{begin,end,next}, may be
+ *    used to implement the functionality of __splice_from_pipe() when
+ *    locking is required around copying the pipe buffers to the
+ *    destination.
+ */
+int splice_from_pipe_feed(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct splice_desc *sd,
+			  splice_actor *actor)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	while (pipe->nrbufs) {
+		struct pipe_buffer *buf = pipe->bufs + pipe->curbuf;
+		const struct pipe_buf_operations *ops = buf->ops;
+
+		sd->len = buf->len;
+		if (sd->len > sd->total_len)
+			sd->len = sd->total_len;
+
+		ret = buf->ops->confirm(pipe, buf);
+		if (unlikely(ret)) {
+			if (ret == -ENODATA)
+				ret = 0;
+			return ret;
+		}
+
+		ret = actor(pipe, buf, sd);
+		if (ret <= 0)
+			return ret;
+
+		buf->offset += ret;
+		buf->len -= ret;
+
+		sd->num_spliced += ret;
+		sd->len -= ret;
+		sd->pos += ret;
+		sd->total_len -= ret;
+
+		if (!buf->len) {
+			buf->ops = NULL;
+			ops->release(pipe, buf);
+			pipe->curbuf = (pipe->curbuf + 1) & (pipe->buffers - 1);
+			pipe->nrbufs--;
+			if (pipe->inode)
+				sd->need_wakeup = true;
+		}
+
+		if (!sd->total_len)
+			return 0;
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(splice_from_pipe_feed);
+
+/**
+ * splice_from_pipe_next - wait for some data to splice from
+ * @pipe:	pipe to splice from
+ * @sd:		information about the splice operation
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *    This function will wait for some data and return a positive
+ *    value (one) if pipe buffers are available.  It will return zero
+ *    or -errno if no more data needs to be spliced.
+ */
+int splice_from_pipe_next(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct splice_desc *sd)
+{
+	while (!pipe->nrbufs) {
+		if (!pipe->writers)
+			return 0;
+
+		if (!pipe->waiting_writers && sd->num_spliced)
+			return 0;
+
+		if (sd->flags & SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK)
+			return -EAGAIN;
+
+		if (signal_pending(current))
+			return -ERESTARTSYS;
+
+		if (sd->need_wakeup) {
+			wakeup_pipe_writers(pipe);
+			sd->need_wakeup = false;
+		}
+
+		pipe_wait(pipe);
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(splice_from_pipe_next);
+
+/**
+ * splice_from_pipe_begin - start splicing from pipe
+ * @sd:		information about the splice operation
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *    This function should be called before a loop containing
+ *    splice_from_pipe_next() and splice_from_pipe_feed() to
+ *    initialize the necessary fields of @sd.
+ */
+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
+generic_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
+			  loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	struct address_space *mapping = out->f_mapping;
+	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
+	struct splice_desc sd = {
+		.flags = flags,
+		.u.file = out,
+	};
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	ret = generic_write_checks(out, ppos, &len, S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode));
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	sd.total_len = len;
+	sd.pos = *ppos;
+
+	pipe_lock(pipe);
+
+	splice_from_pipe_begin(&sd);
+	do {
+		ret = splice_from_pipe_next(pipe, &sd);
+		if (ret <= 0)
+			break;
+
+		mutex_lock_nested(&inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_CHILD);
+		ret = file_remove_suid(out);
+		if (!ret) {
+			file_update_time(out);
+			ret = splice_from_pipe_feed(pipe, &sd, pipe_to_file);
+		}
+		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	} while (ret > 0);
+	splice_from_pipe_end(pipe, &sd);
+
+	pipe_unlock(pipe);
+
+	if (sd.num_spliced)
+		ret = sd.num_spliced;
+
+	if (ret > 0) {
+		unsigned long nr_pages;
+		int err;
+
+		nr_pages = (ret + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+
+		err = generic_write_sync(out, *ppos, ret);
+		if (err)
+			ret = err;
+		else
+			*ppos += ret;
+		balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(mapping, nr_pages);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_splice_write);
+
+static int write_pipe_buf(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct pipe_buffer *buf,
+			  struct splice_desc *sd)
+{
+	int ret;
+	void *data;
+
+	data = buf->ops->map(pipe, buf, 0);
+	ret = kernel_write(sd->u.file, data + buf->offset, sd->len, sd->pos);
+	buf->ops->unmap(pipe, buf, data);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static ssize_t default_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+					 struct file *out, loff_t *ppos,
+					 size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	ret = splice_from_pipe(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags, write_pipe_buf);
+	if (ret > 0)
+		*ppos += ret;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * generic_splice_sendpage - splice data from a pipe to a socket
+ * @pipe:	pipe to splice from
+ * @out:	socket to write to
+ * @ppos:	position in @out
+ * @len:	number of bytes to splice
+ * @flags:	splice modifier flags
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *    Will send @len bytes from the pipe to a network socket. No data copying
+ *    is involved.
+ *
+ */
+ssize_t generic_splice_sendpage(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_sendpage);
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_splice_sendpage);
+
+/*
+ * Attempt to initiate a splice from pipe to file.
+ */
+static long do_splice_from(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
+			   loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	ssize_t (*splice_write)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct file *,
+				loff_t *, size_t, unsigned int);
+	int ret;
+
+	if (unlikely(!(out->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)))
+		return -EBADF;
+
+	if (unlikely(out->f_flags & O_APPEND))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = rw_verify_area(WRITE, out, ppos, len);
+	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+		return ret;
+
+	if (out->f_op && out->f_op->splice_write)
+		splice_write = out->f_op->splice_write;
+	else
+		splice_write = default_file_splice_write;
+
+	return splice_write(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Attempt to initiate a splice from a file to a pipe.
+ */
+static long do_splice_to(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
+			 struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
+			 unsigned int flags)
+{
+	ssize_t (*splice_read)(struct file *, loff_t *,
+			       struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, unsigned int);
+	int ret;
+
+	if (unlikely(!(in->f_mode & FMODE_READ)))
+		return -EBADF;
+
+	ret = rw_verify_area(READ, in, ppos, len);
+	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+		return ret;
+
+	if (in->f_op && in->f_op->splice_read)
+		splice_read = in->f_op->splice_read;
+	else
+		splice_read = default_file_splice_read;
+
+	return splice_read(in, ppos, pipe, len, flags);
+}
+
+/**
+ * splice_direct_to_actor - splices data directly between two non-pipes
+ * @in:		file to splice from
+ * @sd:		actor information on where to splice to
+ * @actor:	handles the data splicing
+ *
+ * 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 lifetime of
+ *    that process.
+ *
+ */
+ssize_t splice_direct_to_actor(struct file *in, struct splice_desc *sd,
+			       splice_direct_actor *actor)
+{
+	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe;
+	long ret, bytes;
+	umode_t i_mode;
+	size_t len;
+	int i, flags;
+
+	/*
+	 * We require the input being a regular file, as we don't want to
+	 * randomly drop data for eg socket -> socket splicing. Use the
+	 * piped splicing for that!
+	 */
+	i_mode = in->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode;
+	if (unlikely(!S_ISREG(i_mode) && !S_ISBLK(i_mode)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * neither in nor out is a pipe, setup an internal pipe attached to
+	 * 'out' and transfer the wanted data from 'in' to 'out' through that
+	 */
+	pipe = current->splice_pipe;
+	if (unlikely(!pipe)) {
+		pipe = alloc_pipe_info(NULL);
+		if (!pipe)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		/*
+		 * We don't have an immediate reader, but we'll read the stuff
+		 * out of the pipe right after the splice_to_pipe(). So set
+		 * PIPE_READERS appropriately.
+		 */
+		pipe->readers = 1;
+
+		current->splice_pipe = pipe;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Do the splice.
+	 */
+	ret = 0;
+	bytes = 0;
+	len = sd->total_len;
+	flags = sd->flags;
+
+	/*
+	 * Don't block on output, we have to drain the direct pipe.
+	 */
+	sd->flags &= ~SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK;
+
+	while (len) {
+		size_t read_len;
+		loff_t pos = sd->pos, prev_pos = pos;
+
+		ret = do_splice_to(in, &pos, pipe, len, flags);
+		if (unlikely(ret <= 0))
+			goto out_release;
+
+		read_len = ret;
+		sd->total_len = read_len;
+
+		/*
+		 * NOTE: nonblocking mode only applies to the input. We
+		 * must not do the output in nonblocking mode as then we
+		 * could get stuck data in the internal pipe:
+		 */
+		ret = actor(pipe, sd);
+		if (unlikely(ret <= 0)) {
+			sd->pos = prev_pos;
+			goto out_release;
+		}
+
+		bytes += ret;
+		len -= ret;
+		sd->pos = pos;
+
+		if (ret < read_len) {
+			sd->pos = prev_pos + ret;
+			goto out_release;
+		}
+	}
+
+done:
+	pipe->nrbufs = pipe->curbuf = 0;
+	file_accessed(in);
+	return bytes;
+
+out_release:
+	/*
+	 * If we did an incomplete transfer we must release
+	 * the pipe buffers in question:
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < pipe->buffers; i++) {
+		struct pipe_buffer *buf = pipe->bufs + i;
+
+		if (buf->ops) {
+			buf->ops->release(pipe, buf);
+			buf->ops = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!bytes)
+		bytes = ret;
+
+	goto done;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(splice_direct_to_actor);
+
+static int direct_splice_actor(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+			       struct splice_desc *sd)
+{
+	struct file *file = sd->u.file;
+
+	return do_splice_from(pipe, file, &file->f_pos, sd->total_len,
+			      sd->flags);
+}
+
+/**
+ * do_splice_direct - splices data directly between two files
+ * @in:		file to splice from
+ * @ppos:	input file offset
+ * @out:	file to splice to
+ * @len:	number of bytes to splice
+ * @flags:	splice modifier flags
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *    For use by do_sendfile(). splice can easily emulate sendfile, but
+ *    doing it in the application would incur an extra system call
+ *    (splice in + splice out, as compared to just sendfile()). So this helper
+ *    can splice directly through a process-private pipe.
+ *
+ */
+long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
+		      size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	struct splice_desc sd = {
+		.len		= len,
+		.total_len	= len,
+		.flags		= flags,
+		.pos		= *ppos,
+		.u.file		= out,
+	};
+	long ret;
+
+	ret = splice_direct_to_actor(in, &sd, direct_splice_actor);
+	if (ret > 0)
+		*ppos = sd.pos;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int splice_pipe_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe,
+			       struct pipe_inode_info *opipe,
+			       size_t len, unsigned int flags);
+
+/*
+ * Determine where to splice to/from.
+ */
+static long do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t __user *off_in,
+		      struct file *out, loff_t __user *off_out,
+		      size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe;
+	struct pipe_inode_info *opipe;
+	loff_t offset, *off;
+	long ret;
+
+	ipipe = get_pipe_info(in);
+	opipe = get_pipe_info(out);
+
+	if (ipipe && opipe) {
+		if (off_in || off_out)
+			return -ESPIPE;
+
+		if (!(in->f_mode & FMODE_READ))
+			return -EBADF;
+
+		if (!(out->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
+			return -EBADF;
+
+		/* Splicing to self would be fun, but... */
+		if (ipipe == opipe)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		return splice_pipe_to_pipe(ipipe, opipe, len, flags);
+	}
+
+	if (ipipe) {
+		if (off_in)
+			return -ESPIPE;
+		if (off_out) {
+			if (!(out->f_mode & FMODE_PWRITE))
+				return -EINVAL;
+			if (copy_from_user(&offset, off_out, sizeof(loff_t)))
+				return -EFAULT;
+			off = &offset;
+		} else
+			off = &out->f_pos;
+
+		ret = do_splice_from(ipipe, out, off, len, flags);
+
+		if (off_out && copy_to_user(off_out, off, sizeof(loff_t)))
+			ret = -EFAULT;
+
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	if (opipe) {
+		if (off_out)
+			return -ESPIPE;
+		if (off_in) {
+			if (!(in->f_mode & FMODE_PREAD))
+				return -EINVAL;
+			if (copy_from_user(&offset, off_in, sizeof(loff_t)))
+				return -EFAULT;
+			off = &offset;
+		} else
+			off = &in->f_pos;
+
+		ret = do_splice_to(in, off, opipe, len, flags);
+
+		if (off_in && copy_to_user(off_in, off, sizeof(loff_t)))
+			ret = -EFAULT;
+
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	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 aligned,
+				unsigned int pipe_buffers)
+{
+	int buffers = 0, error = 0;
+
+	while (nr_vecs) {
+		unsigned long off, npages;
+		struct iovec entry;
+		void __user *base;
+		size_t len;
+		int i;
+
+		error = -EFAULT;
+		if (copy_from_user(&entry, iov, sizeof(entry)))
+			break;
+
+		base = entry.iov_base;
+		len = entry.iov_len;
+
+		/*
+		 * Sanity check this iovec. 0 read succeeds.
+		 */
+		error = 0;
+		if (unlikely(!len))
+			break;
+		error = -EFAULT;
+		if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, base, len))
+			break;
+
+		/*
+		 * Get this base offset and number of pages, then map
+		 * in the user pages.
+		 */
+		off = (unsigned long) base & ~PAGE_MASK;
+
+		/*
+		 * If asked for alignment, the offset must be zero and the
+		 * length a multiple of the PAGE_SIZE.
+		 */
+		error = -EINVAL;
+		if (aligned && (off || len & ~PAGE_MASK))
+			break;
+
+		npages = (off + len + PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+		if (npages > pipe_buffers - buffers)
+			npages = pipe_buffers - buffers;
+
+		error = get_user_pages_fast((unsigned long)base, npages,
+					0, &pages[buffers]);
+
+		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++;
+	}
+
+	if (buffers)
+		return buffers;
+
+	return error;
+}
+
+static int pipe_to_user(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct pipe_buffer *buf,
+			struct splice_desc *sd)
+{
+	char *src;
+	int ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * See if we can use the atomic maps, by prefaulting in the
+	 * pages and doing an atomic copy
+	 */
+	if (!fault_in_pages_writeable(sd->u.userptr, sd->len)) {
+		src = buf->ops->map(pipe, buf, 1);
+		ret = __copy_to_user_inatomic(sd->u.userptr, src + buf->offset,
+							sd->len);
+		buf->ops->unmap(pipe, buf, src);
+		if (!ret) {
+			ret = sd->len;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * No dice, use slow non-atomic map and copy
+ 	 */
+	src = buf->ops->map(pipe, buf, 0);
+
+	ret = sd->len;
+	if (copy_to_user(sd->u.userptr, src + buf->offset, sd->len))
+		ret = -EFAULT;
+
+	buf->ops->unmap(pipe, buf, src);
+out:
+	if (ret > 0)
+		sd->u.userptr += ret;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * For lack of a better implementation, implement vmsplice() to userspace
+ * as a simple copy of the pipes pages to the user iov.
+ */
+static long vmsplice_to_user(struct file *file, const struct iovec __user *iov,
+			     unsigned long nr_segs, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe;
+	struct splice_desc sd;
+	ssize_t size;
+	int error;
+	long ret;
+
+	pipe = get_pipe_info(file);
+	if (!pipe)
+		return -EBADF;
+
+	pipe_lock(pipe);
+
+	error = ret = 0;
+	while (nr_segs) {
+		void __user *base;
+		size_t len;
+
+		/*
+		 * 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;
+		if (unlikely(!base)) {
+			error = -EFAULT;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (unlikely(!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, base, len))) {
+			error = -EFAULT;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		sd.len = 0;
+		sd.total_len = len;
+		sd.flags = flags;
+		sd.u.userptr = base;
+		sd.pos = 0;
+
+		size = __splice_from_pipe(pipe, &sd, pipe_to_user);
+		if (size < 0) {
+			if (!ret)
+				ret = size;
+
+			break;
+		}
+
+		ret += size;
+
+		if (size < len)
+			break;
+
+		nr_segs--;
+		iov++;
+	}
+
+	pipe_unlock(pipe);
+
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = error;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+static long vmsplice_to_pipe(struct file *file, const struct iovec __user *iov,
+			     unsigned long nr_segs, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe;
+	struct page *pages[PIPE_DEF_BUFFERS];
+	struct partial_page partial[PIPE_DEF_BUFFERS];
+	struct splice_pipe_desc spd = {
+		.pages = pages,
+		.partial = partial,
+		.nr_pages_max = PIPE_DEF_BUFFERS,
+		.flags = flags,
+		.ops = &user_page_pipe_buf_ops,
+		.spd_release = spd_release_page,
+	};
+	long ret;
+
+	pipe = get_pipe_info(file);
+	if (!pipe)
+		return -EBADF;
+
+	if (splice_grow_spd(pipe, &spd))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	spd.nr_pages = get_iovec_page_array(iov, nr_segs, spd.pages,
+					    spd.partial, flags & SPLICE_F_GIFT,
+					    spd.nr_pages_max);
+	if (spd.nr_pages <= 0)
+		ret = spd.nr_pages;
+	else
+		ret = splice_to_pipe(pipe, &spd);
+
+	splice_shrink_spd(&spd);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Note that vmsplice only really supports true 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).
+ *
+ * Currently we punt and implement it as a normal copy, see pipe_to_user().
+ *
+ */
+SYSCALL_DEFINE4(vmsplice, int, fd, const struct iovec __user *, iov,
+		unsigned long, nr_segs, unsigned int, flags)
+{
+	struct file *file;
+	long error;
+	int fput;
+
+	if (unlikely(nr_segs > UIO_MAXIOV))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	else if (unlikely(!nr_segs))
+		return 0;
+
+	error = -EBADF;
+	file = fget_light(fd, &fput);
+	if (file) {
+		if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)
+			error = vmsplice_to_pipe(file, iov, nr_segs, flags);
+		else if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ)
+			error = vmsplice_to_user(file, iov, nr_segs, flags);
+
+		fput_light(file, fput);
+	}
+
+	return error;
+}
+
+SYSCALL_DEFINE6(splice, int, fd_in, loff_t __user *, off_in,
+		int, fd_out, loff_t __user *, off_out,
+		size_t, len, unsigned int, flags)
+{
+	long error;
+	struct file *in, *out;
+	int fput_in, fput_out;
+
+	if (unlikely(!len))
+		return 0;
+
+	error = -EBADF;
+	in = fget_light(fd_in, &fput_in);
+	if (in) {
+		if (in->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
+			out = fget_light(fd_out, &fput_out);
+			if (out) {
+				if (out->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)
+					error = do_splice(in, off_in,
+							  out, off_out,
+							  len, flags);
+				fput_light(out, fput_out);
+			}
+		}
+
+		fput_light(in, fput_in);
+	}
+
+	return error;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Make sure there's data to read. Wait for input if we can, otherwise
+ * return an appropriate error.
+ */
+static int ipipe_prep(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * Check ->nrbufs without the inode lock first. This function
+	 * is speculative anyways, so missing one is ok.
+	 */
+	if (pipe->nrbufs)
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = 0;
+	pipe_lock(pipe);
+
+	while (!pipe->nrbufs) {
+		if (signal_pending(current)) {
+			ret = -ERESTARTSYS;
+			break;
+		}
+		if (!pipe->writers)
+			break;
+		if (!pipe->waiting_writers) {
+			if (flags & SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK) {
+				ret = -EAGAIN;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		pipe_wait(pipe);
+	}
+
+	pipe_unlock(pipe);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Make sure there's writeable room. Wait for room if we can, otherwise
+ * return an appropriate error.
+ */
+static int opipe_prep(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * Check ->nrbufs without the inode lock first. This function
+	 * is speculative anyways, so missing one is ok.
+	 */
+	if (pipe->nrbufs < pipe->buffers)
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = 0;
+	pipe_lock(pipe);
+
+	while (pipe->nrbufs >= pipe->buffers) {
+		if (!pipe->readers) {
+			send_sig(SIGPIPE, current, 0);
+			ret = -EPIPE;
+			break;
+		}
+		if (flags & SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK) {
+			ret = -EAGAIN;
+			break;
+		}
+		if (signal_pending(current)) {
+			ret = -ERESTARTSYS;
+			break;
+		}
+		pipe->waiting_writers++;
+		pipe_wait(pipe);
+		pipe->waiting_writers--;
+	}
+
+	pipe_unlock(pipe);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Splice contents of ipipe to opipe.
+ */
+static int splice_pipe_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe,
+			       struct pipe_inode_info *opipe,
+			       size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	struct pipe_buffer *ibuf, *obuf;
+	int ret = 0, nbuf;
+	bool input_wakeup = false;
+
+
+retry:
+	ret = ipipe_prep(ipipe, flags);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = opipe_prep(opipe, flags);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * Potential ABBA deadlock, work around it by ordering lock
+	 * grabbing by pipe info address. Otherwise two different processes
+	 * could deadlock (one doing tee from A -> B, the other from B -> A).
+	 */
+	pipe_double_lock(ipipe, opipe);
+
+	do {
+		if (!opipe->readers) {
+			send_sig(SIGPIPE, current, 0);
+			if (!ret)
+				ret = -EPIPE;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (!ipipe->nrbufs && !ipipe->writers)
+			break;
+
+		/*
+		 * Cannot make any progress, because either the input
+		 * pipe is empty or the output pipe is full.
+		 */
+		if (!ipipe->nrbufs || opipe->nrbufs >= opipe->buffers) {
+			/* Already processed some buffers, break */
+			if (ret)
+				break;
+
+			if (flags & SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK) {
+				ret = -EAGAIN;
+				break;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * We raced with another reader/writer and haven't
+			 * managed to process any buffers.  A zero return
+			 * value means EOF, so retry instead.
+			 */
+			pipe_unlock(ipipe);
+			pipe_unlock(opipe);
+			goto retry;
+		}
+
+		ibuf = ipipe->bufs + ipipe->curbuf;
+		nbuf = (opipe->curbuf + opipe->nrbufs) & (opipe->buffers - 1);
+		obuf = opipe->bufs + nbuf;
+
+		if (len >= ibuf->len) {
+			/*
+			 * Simply move the whole buffer from ipipe to opipe
+			 */
+			*obuf = *ibuf;
+			ibuf->ops = NULL;
+			opipe->nrbufs++;
+			ipipe->curbuf = (ipipe->curbuf + 1) & (ipipe->buffers - 1);
+			ipipe->nrbufs--;
+			input_wakeup = true;
+		} else {
+			/*
+			 * Get a reference to this pipe buffer,
+			 * so we can copy the contents over.
+			 */
+			ibuf->ops->get(ipipe, ibuf);
+			*obuf = *ibuf;
+
+			/*
+			 * Don't inherit the gift flag, we need to
+			 * prevent multiple steals of this page.
+			 */
+			obuf->flags &= ~PIPE_BUF_FLAG_GIFT;
+
+			obuf->len = len;
+			opipe->nrbufs++;
+			ibuf->offset += obuf->len;
+			ibuf->len -= obuf->len;
+		}
+		ret += obuf->len;
+		len -= obuf->len;
+	} while (len);
+
+	pipe_unlock(ipipe);
+	pipe_unlock(opipe);
+
+	/*
+	 * If we put data in the output pipe, wakeup any potential readers.
+	 */
+	if (ret > 0)
+		wakeup_pipe_readers(opipe);
+
+	if (input_wakeup)
+		wakeup_pipe_writers(ipipe);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Link contents of ipipe to opipe.
+ */
+static int link_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe,
+		     struct pipe_inode_info *opipe,
+		     size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	struct pipe_buffer *ibuf, *obuf;
+	int ret = 0, i = 0, nbuf;
+
+	/*
+	 * Potential ABBA deadlock, work around it by ordering lock
+	 * grabbing by pipe info address. Otherwise two different processes
+	 * could deadlock (one doing tee from A -> B, the other from B -> A).
+	 */
+	pipe_double_lock(ipipe, opipe);
+
+	do {
+		if (!opipe->readers) {
+			send_sig(SIGPIPE, current, 0);
+			if (!ret)
+				ret = -EPIPE;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * If we have iterated all input buffers or ran out of
+		 * output room, break.
+		 */
+		if (i >= ipipe->nrbufs || opipe->nrbufs >= opipe->buffers)
+			break;
+
+		ibuf = ipipe->bufs + ((ipipe->curbuf + i) & (ipipe->buffers-1));
+		nbuf = (opipe->curbuf + opipe->nrbufs) & (opipe->buffers - 1);
+
+		/*
+		 * Get a reference to this pipe buffer,
+		 * so we can copy the contents over.
+		 */
+		ibuf->ops->get(ipipe, ibuf);
+
+		obuf = opipe->bufs + nbuf;
+		*obuf = *ibuf;
+
+		/*
+		 * Don't inherit the gift flag, we need to
+		 * prevent multiple steals of this page.
+		 */
+		obuf->flags &= ~PIPE_BUF_FLAG_GIFT;
+
+		if (obuf->len > len)
+			obuf->len = len;
+
+		opipe->nrbufs++;
+		ret += obuf->len;
+		len -= obuf->len;
+		i++;
+	} while (len);
+
+	/*
+	 * return EAGAIN if we have the potential of some data in the
+	 * future, otherwise just return 0
+	 */
+	if (!ret && ipipe->waiting_writers && (flags & SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK))
+		ret = -EAGAIN;
+
+	pipe_unlock(ipipe);
+	pipe_unlock(opipe);
+
+	/*
+	 * If we put data in the output pipe, wakeup any potential readers.
+	 */
+	if (ret > 0)
+		wakeup_pipe_readers(opipe);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This is a tee(1) implementation that works on pipes. It doesn't copy
+ * any data, it simply references the 'in' pages on the 'out' pipe.
+ * The 'flags' used are the SPLICE_F_* variants, currently the only
+ * applicable one is SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK.
+ */
+static long do_tee(struct file *in, struct file *out, size_t len,
+		   unsigned int flags)
+{
+	struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe = get_pipe_info(in);
+	struct pipe_inode_info *opipe = get_pipe_info(out);
+	int ret = -EINVAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Duplicate the contents of ipipe to opipe without actually
+	 * copying the data.
+	 */
+	if (ipipe && opipe && ipipe != opipe) {
+		/*
+		 * Keep going, unless we encounter an error. The ipipe/opipe
+		 * ordering doesn't really matter.
+		 */
+		ret = ipipe_prep(ipipe, flags);
+		if (!ret) {
+			ret = opipe_prep(opipe, flags);
+			if (!ret)
+				ret = link_pipe(ipipe, opipe, len, flags);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+SYSCALL_DEFINE4(tee, int, fdin, int, fdout, size_t, len, unsigned int, flags)
+{
+	struct file *in;
+	int error, fput_in;
+
+	if (unlikely(!len))
+		return 0;
+
+	error = -EBADF;
+	in = fget_light(fdin, &fput_in);
+	if (in) {
+		if (in->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
+			int fput_out;
+			struct file *out = fget_light(fdout, &fput_out);
+
+			if (out) {
+				if (out->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)
+					error = do_tee(in, out, len, flags);
+				fput_light(out, fput_out);
+			}
+		}
+ 		fput_light(in, fput_in);
+ 	}
+
+	return error;
+}