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diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-link.rst b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-link.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ee6500d6e6e4 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-link.rst @@ -0,0 +1,118 @@ +================ +bpftool-link +================ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +tool for inspection and simple manipulation of eBPF links +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +:Manual section: 8 + +SYNOPSIS +======== + + **bpftool** [*OPTIONS*] **link** *COMMAND* + + *OPTIONS* := { { **-j** | **--json** } [{ **-p** | **--pretty** }] | { **-f** | **--bpffs** } } + + *COMMANDS* := { **show** | **list** | **pin** | **help** } + +LINK COMMANDS +============= + +| **bpftool** **link { show | list }** [*LINK*] +| **bpftool** **link pin** *LINK* *FILE* +| **bpftool** **link help** +| +| *LINK* := { **id** *LINK_ID* | **pinned** *FILE* } + + +DESCRIPTION +=========== + **bpftool link { show | list }** [*LINK*] + Show information about active links. If *LINK* is + specified show information only about given link, + otherwise list all links currently active on the system. + + Output will start with link ID followed by link type and + zero or more named attributes, some of which depend on type + of link. + + **bpftool link pin** *LINK* *FILE* + Pin link *LINK* as *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 link help** + Print short help message. + +OPTIONS +======= + -h, --help + Print short generic help message (similar to **bpftool help**). + + -V, --version + Print version number (similar to **bpftool version**). + + -j, --json + Generate JSON output. For commands that cannot produce JSON, this + option has no effect. + + -p, --pretty + Generate human-readable JSON output. Implies **-j**. + + -f, --bpffs + When showing BPF links, show file names of pinned + links. + + -n, --nomount + Do not automatically attempt to mount any virtual file system + (such as tracefs or BPF virtual file system) when necessary. + + -d, --debug + Print all logs available, even debug-level information. This + includes logs from libbpf. + +EXAMPLES +======== +**# bpftool link show** + +:: + + 10: cgroup prog 25 + cgroup_id 614 attach_type egress + +**# bpftool --json --pretty link show** + +:: + + [{ + "type": "cgroup", + "prog_id": 25, + "cgroup_id": 614, + "attach_type": "egress" + } + ] + +| +| **# bpftool link pin id 10 /sys/fs/bpf/link** +| **# ls -l /sys/fs/bpf/** + +:: + + -rw------- 1 root root 0 Apr 23 21:39 link + + +SEE ALSO +======== + **bpf**\ (2), + **bpf-helpers**\ (7), + **bpftool**\ (8), + **bpftool-prog\ (8), + **bpftool-map**\ (8), + **bpftool-cgroup**\ (8), + **bpftool-feature**\ (8), + **bpftool-net**\ (8), + **bpftool-perf**\ (8), + **bpftool-btf**\ (8) |