+ssize_t splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
+ loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags,
+ splice_actor *actor)
+{
+ ssize_t ret;
+ struct inode *inode = out->f_mapping->host;
+
+ /*
+ * The actor worker might be calling ->prepare_write and
+ * ->commit_write. Most of the time, these expect i_mutex to
+ * be held. Since this may result in an ABBA deadlock with
+ * pipe->inode, we have to order lock acquiry here.
+ */
+ inode_double_lock(inode, pipe->inode);
+ ret = __splice_from_pipe(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags, actor);
+ inode_double_unlock(inode, pipe->inode);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * generic_file_splice_write_nolock - generic_file_splice_write without mutexes
+ * @pipe: pipe info
+ * @out: file to write to
+ * @len: number of bytes to splice
+ * @flags: splice modifier flags
+ *
+ * Will either move or copy pages (determined by @flags options) from
+ * the given pipe inode to the given file. The caller is responsible
+ * for acquiring i_mutex on both inodes.
+ *
+ */
+ssize_t
+generic_file_splice_write_nolock(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
+ loff_t *ppos, size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+{
+ struct address_space *mapping = out->f_mapping;
+ struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
+ ssize_t ret;
+ int err;
+
+ err = remove_suid(out->f_path.dentry);
+ if (unlikely(err))
+ return err;
+
+ ret = __splice_from_pipe(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags, pipe_to_file);
+ if (ret > 0) {
+ *ppos += ret;
+
+ /*
+ * If file or inode is SYNC and we actually wrote some data,
+ * sync it.
+ */
+ if (unlikely((out->f_flags & O_SYNC) || IS_SYNC(inode))) {
+ err = generic_osync_inode(inode, mapping,
+ OSYNC_METADATA|OSYNC_DATA);
+
+ if (err)
+ ret = err;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_splice_write_nolock);
+