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--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-iter.rst
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-iter.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
+
============
bpftool-iter
============
@@ -7,53 +9,51 @@ tool to create BPF iterators
:Manual section: 8
+.. include:: substitutions.rst
+
SYNOPSIS
========
- **bpftool** [*OPTIONS*] **iter** *COMMAND*
+**bpftool** [*OPTIONS*] **iter** *COMMAND*
+
+*OPTIONS* := { |COMMON_OPTIONS| }
- *COMMANDS* := { **pin** | **help** }
+*COMMANDS* := { **pin** | **help** }
ITER COMMANDS
-===================
+=============
-| **bpftool** **iter pin** *OBJ* *PATH*
-| **bpftool** **iter help**
+| **bpftool** **iter pin** *OBJ* *PATH* [**map** *MAP*]
+| **bpftool** **iter help**
|
-| *OBJ* := /a/file/of/bpf_iter_target.o
+| *OBJ* := /a/file/of/bpf_iter_target.o
+| *MAP* := { **id** *MAP_ID* | **pinned** *FILE* }
DESCRIPTION
===========
- **bpftool iter pin** *OBJ* *PATH*
- A bpf iterator combines a kernel iterating of
- particular kernel data (e.g., tasks, bpf_maps, etc.)
- and a bpf program called for each kernel data object
- (e.g., one task, one bpf_map, etc.). User space can
- *read* kernel iterator output through *read()* syscall.
+bpftool iter pin *OBJ* *PATH* [map *MAP*]
+ A bpf iterator combines a kernel iterating of particular kernel data (e.g.,
+ tasks, bpf_maps, etc.) and a bpf program called for each kernel data object
+ (e.g., one task, one bpf_map, etc.). User space can *read* kernel iterator
+ output through *read()* syscall.
- The *pin* command creates a bpf iterator from *OBJ*,
- and pin it to *PATH*. The *PATH* should be located
- in *bpffs* mount. It must not contain a dot
- character ('.'), which is reserved for future extensions
- of *bpffs*.
+ The *pin* command creates a bpf iterator from *OBJ*, and pin it to *PATH*.
+ The *PATH* should be located in *bpffs* mount. It must not contain a dot
+ character ('.'), which is reserved for future extensions of *bpffs*.
- User can then *cat PATH* to see the bpf iterator output.
+ Map element bpf iterator requires an additional parameter *MAP* so bpf
+ program can iterate over map elements for that map. User can have a bpf
+ program in kernel to run with each map element, do checking, filtering,
+ aggregation, etc. without copying data to user space.
- **bpftool iter help**
- Print short help message.
+ User can then *cat PATH* to see the bpf iterator output.
+
+bpftool iter 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**).
-
- -d, --debug
- Print all logs available, even debug-level information. This
- includes logs from libbpf as well as from the verifier, when
- attempting to load programs.
+.. include:: common_options.rst
EXAMPLES
========
@@ -64,18 +64,9 @@ EXAMPLES
Create a file-based bpf iterator from bpf_iter_netlink.o and pin it
to /sys/fs/bpf/my_netlink
-SEE ALSO
-========
- **bpf**\ (2),
- **bpf-helpers**\ (7),
- **bpftool**\ (8),
- **bpftool-btf**\ (8),
- **bpftool-cgroup**\ (8),
- **bpftool-feature**\ (8),
- **bpftool-gen**\ (8),
- **bpftool-link**\ (8),
- **bpftool-map**\ (8),
- **bpftool-net**\ (8),
- **bpftool-perf**\ (8),
- **bpftool-prog**\ (8),
- **bpftool-struct_ops**\ (8)
+**# bpftool iter pin bpf_iter_hashmap.o /sys/fs/bpf/my_hashmap map id 20**
+
+::
+
+ Create a file-based bpf iterator from bpf_iter_hashmap.o and map with
+ id 20, and pin it to /sys/fs/bpf/my_hashmap