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diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-iter.rst b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-iter.rst index 8dce698eab79..2e5d81c906dc 100644 --- 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 |
