mptcp_splice_read(9)

💅 mptcp_splice_read(9) — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for mptcp_splice_read(9) 🫶 this one is short and sweet, and it’s literally all about splicing data from an MPTCP socket into a pipe. no cap. 💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

mptcp_splice_read — splice data from MPTCP socket to a pipe 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ssize_t mptcp_splice_read (struct socket *sock , loff_t *ppos , struct
       pipe_inode_info *pipe , size_t len , unsigned int flags );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• sock — the socket you’re splicing from, bestie 💅
• ppos — position, but heads up: it’s not valid here 🙈
• pipe — the pipe you’re splicing to 🎀
• len — number of bytes to splice 🔥
• flags — splice modifier flags ⭐

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Will read pages from the given socket and fill them into a pipe. that’s the whole vibe ✨

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

Amount of bytes that have been spliced. periodt 💅

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./net/mptcp/protocol.c — go peek if you’re curious, iykyk 🧚

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mptcp_splice_read(9) is brought to you by the source/version ./net/mptcp, dated October 2026 — and that’s the cute little sign-off, bestie 💖🦋🌸