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diff --git a/man2/splice.2 b/man2/splice.2 index d92dbe792e..00984c986d 100644 --- a/man2/splice.2 +++ b/man2/splice.2 @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ .\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by .\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work. .\" -.TH SPLICE 2 2008-01-31 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH SPLICE 2 2008-09-26 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME splice \- splice data to/from a pipe .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ This is only a hint to the kernel: pages may still be copied if the kernel cannot move the pages from the pipe, or if the pipe buffers don't refer to full pages. +The initial implementation of this flag was buggy: +therefore starting in Linux 2.6.21 it is a no-op +(but is still permitted in a +.BR splice () +call); +in the future, a correct implementation may be restored. .TP .B SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK Do not block on I/O. |