Merge branch 'splice-2.6.23' of git://git.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-block

* 'splice-2.6.23' of git://git.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-block:
  pipe: add documentation and comments
  pipe: change the ->pin() operation to ->confirm()
  Remove remnants of sendfile()
  xip sendfile removal
  splice: completely document external interface with kerneldoc
  sendfile: remove bad_sendfile() from bad_file_ops
  shmem: convert to using splice instead of sendfile()
  relay: use splice_to_pipe() instead of open-coding the pipe loop
  pipe: allow passing around of ops private pointer
  splice: divorce the splice structure/function definitions from the pipe header
  splice: relay support
  sendfile: convert nfsd to splice_direct_to_actor()
  sendfile: convert nfs to using splice_read()
  loop: convert to using splice_direct_to_actor() instead of sendfile()
  splice: add void cookie to the actor data
  sendfile: kill generic_file_sendfile()
  sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile()
  sys_sendfile: switch to using ->splice_read, if available
  vmsplice: add vmsplice-to-user support
  splice: abstract out actor data

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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
index 38f88b6ae405..8c5698a8c2e1 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
@@ -643,4 +643,15 @@ X!Idrivers/video/console/fonts.c
 !Edrivers/spi/spi.c
   </chapter>
 
+  <chapter id="splice">
+      <title>splice API</title>
+  <para>)
+        splice is a method for moving blocks of data around inside the
+        kernel, without continually transferring it between the kernel
+        and user space.
+  </para>
+!Iinclude/linux/splice.h
+!Ffs/splice.c
+  </chapter>
+
 </book>