[PATCH] Add support for the sys_vmsplice syscall

sys_splice() moves data to/from pipes with a file input/output. sys_vmsplice() moves data to a pipe, with the input being a user address range instead. This uses an approach suggested by Linus, where we can hold partial ranges inside the pages[] map. Hopefully this will be useful for network receive support as well. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
joolstorrentecalo · Apr 26, 2006 · 912d35f · 912d35f
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diff --git 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
@@ -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
@@ -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)