3 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 7e6454454fbd..9e8e2ee353b4 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1613,6 +1613,8 @@ extern void do_generic_mapping_read(struct address_space *mapping,
                                     loff_t *, read_descriptor_t *, read_actor_t);
 extern ssize_t generic_file_splice_read(struct file *, struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, unsigned int);
 extern ssize_t generic_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct file *, size_t, unsigned int);
+extern long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, struct file *out,
+                             size_t len, unsigned int flags);
 extern void
 file_ra_state_init(struct file_ra_state *ra, struct address_space *mapping);
 extern ssize_t generic_file_readv(struct file *filp, const struct iovec *iov, 
diff --git a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
index 9cf99cb34c15..660e9d866e5d 100644
--- a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
+++ b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ void pipe_wait(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe);
 
 struct pipe_inode_info * alloc_pipe_info(struct inode * inode);
 void free_pipe_info(struct inode * inode);
+void __free_pipe_info(struct pipe_inode_info *);
 
 /*
  * splice is tied to pipes as a transport (at least for now), so we'll just
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 541f4828f5e7..e194ec75833d 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -684,6 +684,7 @@ static inline void prefetch_stack(struct task_struct *t) { }
 
 struct audit_context;           /* See audit.c */
 struct mempolicy;
+struct pipe_inode_info;
 
 enum sleep_type {
         SLEEP_NORMAL,
@@ -882,6 +883,11 @@ struct task_struct {
 
         atomic_t fs_excl;       /* holding fs exclusive resources */
         struct rcu_head rcu;
+
+        /*
+         * cache last used pipe for splice
+         */
+        struct pipe_inode_info *splice_pipe;
 };
 
 static inline pid_t process_group(struct task_struct *tsk)