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diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-feature.rst b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-feature.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e44039f89b --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-feature.rst @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause) + +=============== +bpftool-feature +=============== +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +tool for inspection of eBPF-related parameters for Linux kernel or net device +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +:Manual section: 8 + +.. include:: substitutions.rst + +SYNOPSIS +======== + + **bpftool** [*OPTIONS*] **feature** *COMMAND* + + *OPTIONS* := { |COMMON_OPTIONS| } + + *COMMANDS* := { **probe** | **help** } + +FEATURE COMMANDS +================ + +| **bpftool** **feature probe** [*COMPONENT*] [**full**] [**unprivileged**] [**macros** [**prefix** *PREFIX*]] +| **bpftool** **feature list_builtins** *GROUP* +| **bpftool** **feature help** +| +| *COMPONENT* := { **kernel** | **dev** *NAME* } +| *GROUP* := { **prog_types** | **map_types** | **attach_types** | **link_types** | **helpers** } + +DESCRIPTION +=========== + **bpftool feature probe** [**kernel**] [**full**] [**macros** [**prefix** *PREFIX*]] + Probe the running kernel and dump a number of eBPF-related + parameters, such as availability of the **bpf**\ () system call, + JIT status, eBPF program types availability, eBPF helper + functions availability, and more. + + By default, bpftool **does not run probes** for + **bpf_probe_write_user**\ () and **bpf_trace_printk**\() + helpers which print warnings to kernel logs. To enable them + and run all probes, the **full** keyword should be used. + + If the **macros** keyword (but not the **-j** option) is + passed, a subset of the output is dumped as a list of + **#define** macros that are ready to be included in a C + header file, for example. If, additionally, **prefix** is + used to define a *PREFIX*, the provided string will be used + as a prefix to the names of the macros: this can be used to + avoid conflicts on macro names when including the output of + this command as a header file. + + Keyword **kernel** can be omitted. If no probe target is + specified, probing the kernel is the default behaviour. + + When the **unprivileged** keyword is used, bpftool will dump + only the features available to a user who does not have the + **CAP_SYS_ADMIN** capability set. The features available in + that case usually represent a small subset of the parameters + supported by the system. Unprivileged users MUST use the + **unprivileged** keyword: This is to avoid misdetection if + bpftool is inadvertently run as non-root, for example. This + keyword is unavailable if bpftool was compiled without + libcap. + + **bpftool feature probe dev** *NAME* [**full**] [**macros** [**prefix** *PREFIX*]] + Probe network device for supported eBPF features and dump + results to the console. + + The keywords **full**, **macros** and **prefix** have the + same role as when probing the kernel. + + **bpftool feature list_builtins** *GROUP* + List items known to bpftool. These can be BPF program types + (**prog_types**), BPF map types (**map_types**), attach types + (**attach_types**), link types (**link_types**), or BPF helper + functions (**helpers**). The command does not probe the system, but + simply lists the elements that bpftool knows from compilation time, + as provided from libbpf (for all object types) or from the BPF UAPI + header (list of helpers). This can be used in scripts to iterate over + BPF types or helpers. + + **bpftool feature help** + Print short help message. + +OPTIONS +======= + .. include:: common_options.rst |