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diff --git a/scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py b/scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py
index 7548569e8076..91fa668fa860 100755
--- a/scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py
+++ b/scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
#
# Copyright (C) 2018-2019 Netronome Systems, Inc.
@@ -158,8 +158,6 @@ class HeaderParser(object):
break
self.reader.close()
- print('Parsed description of %d helper function(s)' % len(self.helpers),
- file=sys.stderr)
###############################################################################
@@ -320,6 +318,11 @@ may be interested in:
of eBPF maps are used with a given helper function.
* *kernel/bpf/* directory contains other files in which additional helpers are
defined (for cgroups, sockmaps, etc.).
+* The bpftool utility can be used to probe the availability of helper functions
+ on the system (as well as supported program and map types, and a number of
+ other parameters). To do so, run **bpftool feature probe** (see
+ **bpftool-feature**\ (8) for details). Add the **unprivileged** keyword to
+ list features available to unprivileged users.
Compatibility between helper functions and program types can generally be found
in the files where helper functions are defined. Look for the **struct
@@ -340,6 +343,7 @@ SEE ALSO
========
**bpf**\ (2),
+**bpftool**\ (8),
**cgroups**\ (7),
**ip**\ (8),
**perf_event_open**\ (2),
@@ -402,6 +406,7 @@ class PrinterHelpers(Printer):
'struct bpf_fib_lookup',
'struct bpf_perf_event_data',
'struct bpf_perf_event_value',
+ 'struct bpf_pidns_info',
'struct bpf_sock',
'struct bpf_sock_addr',
'struct bpf_sock_ops',
@@ -415,6 +420,7 @@ class PrinterHelpers(Printer):
'struct sk_reuseport_md',
'struct sockaddr',
'struct tcphdr',
+ 'struct seq_file',
'struct __sk_buff',
'struct sk_msg_md',
@@ -437,6 +443,7 @@ class PrinterHelpers(Printer):
'struct bpf_fib_lookup',
'struct bpf_perf_event_data',
'struct bpf_perf_event_value',
+ 'struct bpf_pidns_info',
'struct bpf_sock',
'struct bpf_sock_addr',
'struct bpf_sock_ops',
@@ -450,6 +457,7 @@ class PrinterHelpers(Printer):
'struct sk_reuseport_md',
'struct sockaddr',
'struct tcphdr',
+ 'struct seq_file',
}
mapped_types = {
'u8': '__u8',