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| author | Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com> | 2020-06-20 02:17:03 +0300 |
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| committer | Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> | 2020-06-23 03:01:49 +0300 |
| commit | 075c776658190681d2bf9997306f871d6c8a9b36 (patch) | |
| tree | 4f2cf6abf36ea9c8a85be8b1164976ca5320ae0e /tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst | |
| parent | d53dee3fe0138610fcce5721bae9414377c41ec3 (diff) | |
| download | linux-075c776658190681d2bf9997306f871d6c8a9b36.tar.xz | |
tools/bpftool: Add documentation and sample output for process info
Add statements about bpftool being able to discover process info, holding
reference to BPF map, prog, link, or BTF. Show example output as well.
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin@isovalent.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200619231703.738941-10-andriin@fb.com
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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst index 31101643e57c..5bc2123e9944 100644 --- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst +++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst @@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ DESCRIPTION Output will start with map ID followed by map type and zero or more named attributes (depending on kernel version). + Since Linux 5.8 bpftool is able to discover information about + processes that hold open file descriptors (FDs) against BPF + maps. On such kernels bpftool will automatically emit this + information as well. + **bpftool map create** *FILE* **type** *TYPE* **key** *KEY_SIZE* **value** *VALUE_SIZE* **entries** *MAX_ENTRIES* **name** *NAME* [**flags** *FLAGS*] [**dev** *NAME*] Create a new map with given parameters and pin it to *bpffs* as *FILE*. @@ -180,7 +185,8 @@ EXAMPLES :: 10: hash name some_map flags 0x0 - key 4B value 8B max_entries 2048 memlock 167936B + key 4B value 8B max_entries 2048 memlock 167936B + pids systemd(1) The following three commands are equivalent: |