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-rw-r--r--tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/Makefile6
-rw-r--r--tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-btf.rst9
-rw-r--r--tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst17
3 files changed, 22 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/Makefile b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/Makefile
index 4315652678b9..bf843f328812 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -5,12 +5,6 @@ INSTALL ?= install
RM ?= rm -f
RMDIR ?= rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty
-ifeq ($(V),1)
- Q =
-else
- Q = @
-endif
-
prefix ?= /usr/local
mandir ?= $(prefix)/man
man8dir = $(mandir)/man8
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-btf.rst b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-btf.rst
index 3f6bca03ad2e..d47dddc2b4ee 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-btf.rst
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-btf.rst
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ BTF COMMANDS
=============
| **bpftool** **btf** { **show** | **list** } [**id** *BTF_ID*]
-| **bpftool** **btf dump** *BTF_SRC* [**format** *FORMAT*]
+| **bpftool** **btf dump** *BTF_SRC* [**format** *FORMAT*] [**root_id** *ROOT_ID*]
| **bpftool** **btf help**
|
| *BTF_SRC* := { **id** *BTF_ID* | **prog** *PROG* | **map** *MAP* [{**key** | **value** | **kv** | **all**}] | **file** *FILE* }
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ bpftool btf { show | list } [id *BTF_ID*]
that hold open file descriptors (FDs) against BTF objects. On such kernels
bpftool will automatically emit this information as well.
-bpftool btf dump *BTF_SRC*
+bpftool btf dump *BTF_SRC* [format *FORMAT*] [root_id *ROOT_ID*]
Dump BTF entries from a given *BTF_SRC*.
When **id** is specified, BTF object with that ID will be loaded and all
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ bpftool btf dump *BTF_SRC*
formatting, the output is sorted by default. Use the **unsorted** option
to avoid sorting the output.
+ **root_id** option can be used to filter a dump to a single type and all
+ its dependent types. It cannot be used with any other types of filtering
+ (such as the "key", "value", or "kv" arguments when dumping BTF for a map).
+ It can be passed multiple times to dump multiple types.
+
bpftool btf help
Print short help message.
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst
index d6304e01afe0..f69fd92df8d8 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst
@@ -31,10 +31,11 @@ PROG COMMANDS
| **bpftool** **prog dump xlated** *PROG* [{ **file** *FILE* | [**opcodes**] [**linum**] [**visual**] }]
| **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*] [{ **offload_dev** | **xdpmeta_dev** } *NAME*] [**pinmaps** *MAP_DIR*] [**autoattach**]
+| **bpftool** **prog** { **load** | **loadall** } *OBJ* *PATH* [**type** *TYPE*] [**map** { **idx** *IDX* | **name** *NAME* } *MAP*] [{ **offload_dev** | **xdpmeta_dev** } *NAME*] [**pinmaps** *MAP_DIR*] [**autoattach**] [**kernel_btf** *BTF_FILE*]
| **bpftool** **prog attach** *PROG* *ATTACH_TYPE* [*MAP*]
| **bpftool** **prog detach** *PROG* *ATTACH_TYPE* [*MAP*]
| **bpftool** **prog tracelog**
+| **bpftool** **prog tracelog** [ { **stdout** | **stderr** } *PROG* ]
| **bpftool** **prog run** *PROG* **data_in** *FILE* [**data_out** *FILE* [**data_size_out** *L*]] [**ctx_in** *FILE* [**ctx_out** *FILE* [**ctx_size_out** *M*]]] [**repeat** *N*]
| **bpftool** **prog profile** *PROG* [**duration** *DURATION*] *METRICs*
| **bpftool** **prog help**
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ bpftool prog pin *PROG* *FILE*
Note: *FILE* must be located in *bpffs* mount. It must not 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*] [{ offload_dev | xdpmeta_dev } *NAME*] [pinmaps *MAP_DIR*] [autoattach]
+bpftool prog { load | loadall } *OBJ* *PATH* [type *TYPE*] [map { idx *IDX* | name *NAME* } *MAP*] [{ offload_dev | xdpmeta_dev } *NAME*] [pinmaps *MAP_DIR*] [autoattach] [kernel_btf *BTF_FILE*]
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 from the *OBJ* under *PATH* directory. **type**
@@ -153,6 +154,12 @@ bpftool prog { load | loadall } *OBJ* *PATH* [type *TYPE*] [map { idx *IDX* | na
program does not support autoattach, bpftool falls back to regular pinning
for that program instead.
+ The **kernel_btf** option allows specifying an external BTF file to replace
+ the system's own vmlinux BTF file for CO-RE relocations. Note that any
+ other feature relying on BTF (such as fentry/fexit programs, struct_ops)
+ requires the BTF file for the actual kernel running on the host, often
+ exposed at /sys/kernel/btf/vmlinux.
+
Note: *PATH* must be located in *bpffs* mount. It must not contain a dot
character ('.'), which is reserved for future extensions of *bpffs*.
@@ -173,6 +180,12 @@ bpftool prog tracelog
purposes. For streaming data from BPF programs to user space, one can use
perf events (see also **bpftool-map**\ (8)).
+bpftool prog tracelog { stdout | stderr } *PROG*
+ Dump the BPF stream of the program. BPF programs can write to these streams
+ at runtime with the **bpf_stream_vprintk**\ () kfunc. The kernel may write
+ error messages to the standard error stream. This facility should be used
+ only for debugging purposes.
+
bpftool prog run *PROG* data_in *FILE* [data_out *FILE* [data_size_out *L*]] [ctx_in *FILE* [ctx_out *FILE* [ctx_size_out *M*]]] [repeat *N*]
Run BPF program *PROG* in the kernel testing infrastructure for BPF,
meaning that the program works on the data and context provided by the