[PATCH 6/18] splice: add void cookie to the actor data

We need that for passing driver private info.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
---
 include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
index c2bda03..1789ec7 100644
--- a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
+++ b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ struct splice_desc {
 	union {
 		void __user *userptr;	/* memory to write to */
 		struct file *file;	/* file to read/write */
+		void *data;		/* cookie */
 	};
 	loff_t pos;			/* file position */
 };
-- 
1.5.2.1.174.gcd03

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