diff --git a/include/common/epoll.h b/include/common/epoll.h
index 10f7fa9..4953230 100644
--- a/include/common/epoll.h
+++ b/include/common/epoll.h
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 /*
-  include/common/epoll.h
-  epoll definitions for older libc.
-
-  Copyright (C) 2000-2006 Willy Tarreau - w@1wt.eu
-  
-  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-  License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2.1
-  exclusively.
-
-  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-  Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
-  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
-*/
+ * include/common/epoll.h
+ * epoll definitions for older libc.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2000-2011 Willy Tarreau - w@1wt.eu
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2.1
+ * exclusively.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ */
 
 /*
  * Those constants were found both in glibc and in the Linux kernel.
@@ -29,10 +29,18 @@
 #ifndef _COMMON_EPOLL_H
 #define _COMMON_EPOLL_H
 
+#if defined (__linux__) && (defined(ENABLE_EPOLL) || defined(ENABLE_SEPOLL))
+
+#ifndef USE_MY_EPOLL
+#include <sys/epoll.h>
+#else
+
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <linux/unistd.h>
-
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <common/config.h>
+#include <common/syscall.h>
 
 /* epoll_ctl() commands */
 #ifndef EPOLL_CTL_ADD
@@ -62,41 +70,33 @@
 	} data;
 };
 
-
-#if defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__powerpc64__)
-#define __NR_epoll_create 236
-#define __NR_epoll_ctl    237
-#define __NR_epoll_wait   238
-#elif defined(__sparc__) || defined(__sparc64__)
-#define __NR_epoll_create 193
-#define __NR_epoll_ctl    194
-#define __NR_epoll_wait   195
-#elif defined(__x86_64__)
-#define __NR_epoll_create 213
-#define __NR_epoll_ctl    214
-#define __NR_epoll_wait   215
-#elif defined(__alpha__)
-#define __NR_epoll_create 407
-#define __NR_epoll_ctl    408
-#define __NR_epoll_wait   409
-#elif defined (__i386__)
-#define __NR_epoll_create 254
-#define __NR_epoll_ctl    255
-#define __NR_epoll_wait   256
+#if defined(CONFIG_HAP_LINUX_VSYSCALL) && defined(__linux__) && defined(__i386__)
+/* Those are our self-defined functions */
+extern int epoll_create(int size);
+extern int epoll_ctl(int epfd, int op, int fd, struct epoll_event * event);
+extern int epoll_wait(int epfd, struct epoll_event * events, int maxevents, int timeout);
 #else
+
+/* We'll define a syscall, so for this we need __NR_splice. It should have
+ * been provided by syscall.h.
+ */
+#if !defined(__NR_epoll_ctl)
 #warning unsupported architecture, guessing __NR_epoll_create=254 like x86...
 #define __NR_epoll_create 254
 #define __NR_epoll_ctl    255
 #define __NR_epoll_wait   256
-#endif
+#endif /* __NR_epoll_ctl */
 
-/* Those are our self-defined functions */
-static int epoll_create(int size);
-static int epoll_ctl(int epfd, int op, int fd, struct epoll_event * event);
-static int epoll_wait(int epfd, struct epoll_event * events, int maxevents, int timeout);
+static inline _syscall1 (int, epoll_create, int, size);
+static inline _syscall4 (int, epoll_ctl, int, epfd, int, op, int, fd, struct epoll_event *, event);
+static inline _syscall4 (int, epoll_wait, int, epfd, struct epoll_event *, events, int, maxevents, int, timeout);
+#endif /* VSYSCALL */
 
-#endif /* _COMMON_EPOLL_H */
+#endif /* USE_MY_EPOLL */
 
+#endif /* __linux__ && (ENABLE_EPOLL || ENABLE_SEPOLL) */
+
+#endif /* _COMMON_EPOLL_H */
 
 /*
  * Local variables:
diff --git a/include/common/splice.h b/include/common/splice.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a776b9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/common/splice.h
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+ * include/common/splice.h
+ * Splice definition for older Linux libc.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2000-2011 Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2.1
+ * exclusively.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef _COMMON_SPLICE_H
+#define _COMMON_SPLICE_H
+
+#if defined (__linux__) && defined(CONFIG_HAP_LINUX_SPLICE)
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <common/syscall.h>
+
+/* On recent Linux kernels, the splice() syscall may be used for faster data copy.
+ * But it's not always defined on some OS versions, and it even happens that some
+ * definitions are wrong with some glibc due to an offset bug in syscall().
+ */
+
+#ifndef SPLICE_F_MOVE
+#define SPLICE_F_MOVE           0x1
+#endif
+
+#ifndef SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK
+#define SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK       0x2
+#endif
+
+#ifndef SPLICE_F_MORE
+#define SPLICE_F_MORE           0x4
+#endif
+
+#if defined(USE_MY_SPLICE)
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_HAP_LINUX_VSYSCALL) && defined(__linux__) && defined(__i386__)
+/* The syscall is redefined somewhere else */
+extern int splice(int fdin, loff_t *off_in, int fdout, loff_t *off_out, size_t len, unsigned long flags);
+#else
+
+/* We'll define a syscall, so for this we need __NR_splice. It should have
+ * been provided by syscall.h.
+ */
+#ifndef __NR_splice
+#warning unsupported architecture, guessing __NR_splice=313 like x86...
+#define __NR_splice             313
+#endif /* __NR_splice */
+
+static _syscall6(int, splice, int, fdin, loff_t *, off_in, int, fdout, loff_t *, off_out, size_t, len, unsigned long, flags);
+#endif /* VSYSCALL */
+
+#else
+/* use the system's definition */
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+#endif /* USE_MY_SPLICE */
+
+#endif /* __linux__ && CONFIG_HAP_LINUX_SPLICE */
+
+#endif /* _COMMON_SPLICE_H */
+
+/*
+ * Local variables:
+ *  c-indent-level: 8
+ *  c-basic-offset: 8
+ * End:
+ */
diff --git a/include/common/syscall.h b/include/common/syscall.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3b27eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/common/syscall.h
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+/*
+ * include/common/syscall.h
+ * Redefinition of some missing OS-specific system calls.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2000-2011 Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2.1
+ * exclusively.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ *
+ */
+
+
+#ifndef _COMMON_SYSCALL_H
+#define _COMMON_SYSCALL_H
+
+#ifdef __linux__
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+
+/* On Linux, _syscall macros were removed after 2.6.18, but we still prefer
+ * them because syscall() is buggy on old libcs. If _syscall is not defined,
+ * we're on a recent kernel with a recent libc and we should be safe, so we
+ * emulate is using syscall().
+ */
+#ifndef _syscall1
+#define _syscall1(tr, nr, t1, n1)              \
+	inline tr nr(t1 n1) {		       \
+		return syscall(__NR_##nr, n1); \
+	}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef _syscall2
+#define _syscall2(tr, nr, t1, n1, t2, n2)          \
+	inline tr nr(t1 n1, t2 n2) {               \
+		return syscall(__NR_##nr, n1, n2); \
+	}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef _syscall3
+#define _syscall3(tr, nr, t1, n1, t2, n2, t3, n3)      \
+	inline tr nr(t1 n1, t2 n2, t3 n3) {            \
+		return syscall(__NR_##nr, n1, n2, n3); \
+	}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef _syscall4
+#define _syscall4(tr, nr, t1, n1, t2, n2, t3, n3, t4, n4)  \
+	inline tr nr(t1 n1, t2 n2, t3 n3, t4 n4) {         \
+		return syscall(__NR_##nr, n1, n2, n3, n4); \
+	}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef _syscall5
+#define _syscall5(tr, nr, t1, n1, t2, n2, t3, n3, t4, n4, t5, n5) \
+	inline tr nr(t1 n1, t2 n2, t3 n3, t4 n4, t5 n5) {         \
+		return syscall(__NR_##nr, n1, n2, n3, n4, n5);    \
+	}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef _syscall6
+#define _syscall6(tr, nr, t1, n1, t2, n2, t3, n3, t4, n4, t5, n5, t6, n6) \
+	inline tr nr(t1 n1, t2 n2, t3 n3, t4 n4, t5 n5, t6 n6) {          \
+		return syscall(__NR_##nr, n1, n2, n3, n4, n5, n6);        \
+	}
+#endif
+
+
+/* Define some syscall numbers that are sometimes needed */
+
+/* Epoll was provided as a patch for 2.4 for a long time and was not always
+ * exported as a known sysctl number by libc.
+ */
+#if !defined(__NR_epoll_ctl)
+#if defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__powerpc64__)
+#define __NR_epoll_create 236
+#define __NR_epoll_ctl    237
+#define __NR_epoll_wait   238
+#elif defined(__sparc__) || defined(__sparc64__)
+#define __NR_epoll_create 193
+#define __NR_epoll_ctl    194
+#define __NR_epoll_wait   195
+#elif defined(__x86_64__)
+#define __NR_epoll_create 213
+#define __NR_epoll_ctl    214
+#define __NR_epoll_wait   215
+#elif defined(__alpha__)
+#define __NR_epoll_create 407
+#define __NR_epoll_ctl    408
+#define __NR_epoll_wait   409
+#elif defined (__i386__)
+#define __NR_epoll_create 254
+#define __NR_epoll_ctl    255
+#define __NR_epoll_wait   256
+#endif /* $arch */
+#endif /* __NR_epoll_ctl */
+
+/* splice is even more recent than epoll. It appeared around 2.6.18 but was
+ * not in libc for a while.
+ */
+#ifndef __NR_splice
+#if defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__powerpc64__)
+#define __NR_splice             283
+#elif defined(__sparc__) || defined(__sparc64__)
+#define __NR_splice             232
+#elif defined(__x86_64__)
+#define __NR_splice             275
+#elif defined(__alpha__)
+#define __NR_splice             468
+#elif defined (__i386__)
+#define __NR_splice             313
+#endif /* $arch */
+#endif /* __NR_splice */
+
+
+#endif /* __linux__ */
+#endif /* _COMMON_SYSCALL_H */
+
+/*
+ * Local variables:
+ *  c-indent-level: 8
+ *  c-basic-offset: 8
+ * End:
+ */