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author | Wang Yufen <wangyufen@huawei.com> | 2022-10-14 16:31:14 +0800 |
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committer | Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> | 2022-10-21 08:59:00 -0700 |
commit | ff0e9a579ec9f12cb4fec9bd94b15e3d613a1a77 (patch) | |
tree | d665d2ff20cd6d304f1c5d35c945892505c39f33 /tools/bpf | |
parent | 19526e701ea096d13ebf881d32511e567dc41557 (diff) |
bpftool: Update doc (add autoattach to prog load)
Add autoattach optional to prog load|loadall for supporting
one-step load-attach-pin_link.
Signed-off-by: Wang Yufen <wangyufen@huawei.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1665736275-28143-3-git-send-email-wangyufen@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/bpf')
-rw-r--r-- | tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst | 15 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst index eb1b2a254eb1..14de72544995 100644 --- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst +++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ PROG COMMANDS | **bpftool** **prog dump xlated** *PROG* [{**file** *FILE* | **opcodes** | **visual** | **linum**}] | **bpftool** **prog dump jited** *PROG* [{**file** *FILE* | **opcodes** | **linum**}] | **bpftool** **prog pin** *PROG* *FILE* -| **bpftool** **prog** { **load** | **loadall** } *OBJ* *PATH* [**type** *TYPE*] [**map** {**idx** *IDX* | **name** *NAME*} *MAP*] [**dev** *NAME*] [**pinmaps** *MAP_DIR*] +| **bpftool** **prog** { **load** | **loadall** } *OBJ* *PATH* [**type** *TYPE*] [**map** {**idx** *IDX* | **name** *NAME*} *MAP*] [**dev** *NAME*] [**pinmaps** *MAP_DIR*] [**autoattach**] | **bpftool** **prog attach** *PROG* *ATTACH_TYPE* [*MAP*] | **bpftool** **prog detach** *PROG* *ATTACH_TYPE* [*MAP*] | **bpftool** **prog tracelog** @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ DESCRIPTION contain a dot character ('.'), which is reserved for future extensions of *bpffs*. - **bpftool prog { load | loadall }** *OBJ* *PATH* [**type** *TYPE*] [**map** {**idx** *IDX* | **name** *NAME*} *MAP*] [**dev** *NAME*] [**pinmaps** *MAP_DIR*] + **bpftool prog { load | loadall }** *OBJ* *PATH* [**type** *TYPE*] [**map** {**idx** *IDX* | **name** *NAME*} *MAP*] [**dev** *NAME*] [**pinmaps** *MAP_DIR*] [**autoattach**] Load bpf program(s) from binary *OBJ* and pin as *PATH*. **bpftool prog load** pins only the first program from the *OBJ* as *PATH*. **bpftool prog loadall** pins all programs @@ -150,6 +150,17 @@ DESCRIPTION Optional **pinmaps** argument can be provided to pin all maps under *MAP_DIR* directory. + If **autoattach** is specified program will be attached + before pin. In that case, only the link (representing the + program attached to its hook) is pinned, not the program as + such, so the path won't show in **bpftool prog show -f**, + only show in **bpftool link show -f**. Also, this only works + when bpftool (libbpf) is able to infer all necessary + information from the object file, in particular, it's not + supported for all program types. If a program does not + support autoattach, bpftool falls back to regular pinning + for that program instead. + Note: *PATH* must be located in *bpffs* mount. It must not contain a dot character ('.'), which is reserved for future extensions of *bpffs*. |