2 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
index ef7f33c0be19..0008d4bd4059 100644
--- a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
+++ b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
@@ -61,4 +61,21 @@ void __free_pipe_info(struct pipe_inode_info *);
                                  /* from/to, of course */
 #define SPLICE_F_MORE   (0x04)  /* expect more data */
 
+/*
+ * Passed to the actors
+ */
+struct splice_desc {
+        unsigned int len, total_len;    /* current and remaining length */
+        unsigned int flags;             /* splice flags */
+        struct file *file;              /* file to read/write */
+        loff_t pos;                     /* file position */
+};
+
+typedef int (splice_actor)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *,
+                           struct splice_desc *);
+
+extern ssize_t splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct file *,
+                                loff_t *, size_t, unsigned int,
+                                splice_actor *);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index d3ebc0e68b2b..3996960fc565 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -574,6 +574,9 @@ asmlinkage long sys_splice(int fd_in, loff_t __user *off_in,
                            int fd_out, loff_t __user *off_out,
                            size_t len, unsigned int flags);
 
+asmlinkage long sys_vmsplice(int fd, const struct iovec __user *iov,
+                             unsigned long nr_segs, unsigned int flags);
+
 asmlinkage long sys_tee(int fdin, int fdout, size_t len, unsigned int flags);
 
 asmlinkage long sys_sync_file_range(int fd, loff_t offset, loff_t nbytes,