[PATCH bpf-next v3 3/5] bpftool: Update documentation of "bpftool feature" command
From: Michal Rostecki <hidden>
Date: 2020-02-25 19:45:06
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bpf, linux-kselftest, lkml
Subsystem:
bpf [general] (safe dynamic programs and tools), bpf [tooling] (bpftool), the rest · Maintainers:
Alexei Starovoitov, Daniel Borkmann, Andrii Nakryiko, Eduard Zingerman, Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi, Quentin Monnet, Linus Torvalds
Update documentation of "bpftool feature" command with information about new arguments: "full". Signed-off-by: Michal Rostecki <redacted> --- .../bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-feature.rst | 19 ++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-feature.rst b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-feature.rst
index 4d08f35034a2..b04156cfd7a3 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-feature.rst
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-feature.rst@@ -19,19 +19,24 @@ SYNOPSIS FEATURE COMMANDS ================ -| **bpftool** **feature probe** [*COMPONENT*] [**macros** [**prefix** *PREFIX*]] +| **bpftool** **feature probe** [*COMPONENT*] [**full**] [**macros** [**prefix** *PREFIX*]] | **bpftool** **feature help** | | *COMPONENT* := { **kernel** | **dev** *NAME* } DESCRIPTION =========== - **bpftool feature probe** [**kernel**] [**macros** [**prefix** *PREFIX*]] + **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
@@ -44,16 +49,12 @@ DESCRIPTION Keyword **kernel** can be omitted. If no probe target is specified, probing the kernel is the default behaviour. - Note that when probed, some eBPF helpers (e.g. - **bpf_trace_printk**\ () or **bpf_probe_write_user**\ ()) may - print warnings to kernel logs. - - **bpftool feature probe dev** *NAME* [**macros** [**prefix** *PREFIX*]] + **bpftool feature probe dev** *NAME* [**full**] [**macros** [**prefix** *PREFIX*]] Probe network device for supported eBPF features and dump results to the console. - The two keywords **macros** and **prefix** have the same - role as when probing the kernel. + The keywords **full**, **macros** and **prefix** have the + same role as when probing the kernel. **bpftool feature help** Print short help message.
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