[PATCH bpf-next 4/6] bpftool: Update documentation of "bpftool feature" command
From: Michal Rostecki
Date: Tue Feb 18 2020 - 14:02:57 EST
Update documentation of "bpftool feature" command with information about
new arguments: "section", "filter_in" and "filter_out".
Signed-off-by: Michal Rostecki <mrostecki@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-feature.rst | 37 ++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-feature.rst b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-feature.rst
index 4d08f35034a2..39b4c47e3c75 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-feature.rst
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-feature.rst
@@ -19,19 +19,45 @@ SYNOPSIS
FEATURE COMMANDS
================
-| **bpftool** **feature probe** [*COMPONENT*] [**macros** [**prefix** *PREFIX*]]
+| **bpftool** **feature probe** [*COMPONENT*] [**section** *SECTION*] [**filter_in** *PATTERN*] [**filter_out** *PATTERN*] [**macros** [**prefix** *PREFIX*]]
| **bpftool** **feature help**
|
| *COMPONENT* := { **kernel** | **dev** *NAME* }
+| *SECTION* := { **system_config** | **syscall_config** | **program_types** | **map_types** | **helpers** | **misc** }
DESCRIPTION
===========
- **bpftool feature probe** [**kernel**] [**macros** [**prefix** *PREFIX*]]
+ **bpftool feature probe** [**kernel**] [**section** *SECTION*] [**filter_in** *PATTERN*] [**filter_out** *PATTERN*] [**macros** [**prefix** *PREFIX*]]
Probe the running kernel and dump a number of eBPF-related
parameters, such as availability of the **bpf()** system call,
JIT status, eBPF program types availability, eBPF helper
functions availability, and more.
+ If the **section** keyword is passed, only the specified
+ probes section will be checked and printed. The only probe
+ which is always going to be performed is **syscall_config**,
+ but if the other section was provided as an argument,
+ **syscall_config** check will perform silently without
+ printing the result and bpftool will exit if the **bpf()**
+ syscall is not available (because in that case performing
+ other checks relying on the **bpf()** system call does not
+ make sense).
+
+ If the **filter_in** keyword is passed, only checks with
+ names matching the given *PATTERN* are going the be printed
+ and performed.
+
+ If the **filter_out** keyword is passed, checks with names
+ matching the given *PATTERN* are not going to be printed and
+ performed.
+
+ Please refer to the **regex**\ (7) man page for details on
+ the syntax for *PATTERN*.
+
+ **filter_in** is executed before **filter_out** which means
+ that **filter_out** is always applied only on probes
+ selected by **filter_in** if both arguments are used together.
+
If the **macros** keyword (but not the **-j** option) is
passed, a subset of the output is dumped as a list of
**#define** macros that are ready to be included in a C
@@ -48,12 +74,13 @@ DESCRIPTION
**bpf_trace_printk**\ () or **bpf_probe_write_user**\ ()) may
print warnings to kernel logs.
- **bpftool feature probe dev** *NAME* [**macros** [**prefix** *PREFIX*]]
+ **bpftool feature probe dev** *NAME* [**section** *SECTION*] [**filter_in** *PATTERN*] [**filter_out** *PATTERN*] [**macros** [**prefix** *PREFIX*]]
Probe network device for supported eBPF features and dump
results to the console.
- The two keywords **macros** and **prefix** have the same
- role as when probing the kernel.
+ The keywords **section**, **filter_in**, **filter_out**,
+ **macros** and **prefix** have the same role as when probing
+ the kernel.
**bpftool feature help**
Print short help message.
--
2.25.0