Chapter 8. pipes API

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struct pipe_buffer — a linux kernel pipe buffer

struct pipe_inode_info — a linux kernel pipe

pipe_buf_get — get a reference to a pipe_buffer

pipe_buf_release — put a reference to a pipe_buffer

pipe_buf_confirm — verify contents of the pipe buffer

pipe_buf_steal — attempt to take ownership of a pipe_buffer

generic_pipe_buf_steal — attempt to take ownership of a &pipe_buffer

generic_pipe_buf_get get a reference to a struct pipe_buffer

generic_pipe_buf_confirm — verify contents of the pipe buffer

generic_pipe_buf_release put a reference to a struct pipe_buffer