linux/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-feature.rst
Quentin Monnet 2d3ea5e85d tools: bpftool: add probes for eBPF helper functions
Similarly to what was done for program types and map types, add a set of
probes to test the availability of the different eBPF helper functions
on the current system.

For each known program type, all known helpers are tested, in order to
establish a compatibility matrix. Output is provided as a set of lists
of available helpers, one per program type.

Sample output:

    # bpftool feature probe kernel
    ...
    Scanning eBPF helper functions...
    eBPF helpers supported for program type socket_filter:
            - bpf_map_lookup_elem
            - bpf_map_update_elem
            - bpf_map_delete_elem
    ...
    eBPF helpers supported for program type kprobe:
            - bpf_map_lookup_elem
            - bpf_map_update_elem
            - bpf_map_delete_elem
    ...

    # bpftool --json --pretty feature probe kernel
    {
        ...
        "helpers": {
            "socket_filter_available_helpers": ["bpf_map_lookup_elem", \
                    "bpf_map_update_elem","bpf_map_delete_elem", ...
            ],
            "kprobe_available_helpers": ["bpf_map_lookup_elem", \
                    "bpf_map_update_elem","bpf_map_delete_elem", ...
            ],
            ...
        }
    }

v5:
- In libbpf.map, move global symbol to the new LIBBPF_0.0.2 section.

v4:
- Use "enum bpf_func_id" instead of "__u32" in bpf_probe_helper()
  declaration for the type of the argument used to pass the id of
  the helper to probe.
- Undef BPF_HELPER_MAKE_ENTRY after using it.

v3:
- Do not pass kernel version from bpftool to libbpf probes (kernel
  version for testing program with kprobes is retrieved directly from
  libbpf).
- Dump one list of available helpers per program type (instead of one
  list of compatible program types per helper).

v2:
- Move probes from bpftool to libbpf.
- Test all program types for each helper, print a list of working prog
  types for each helper.
- Fall back on include/uapi/linux/bpf.h for names and ids of helpers.
- Remove C-style macros output from this patch.

Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com>
Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>
Reviewed-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2019-01-22 22:15:40 -08:00

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===============
bpftool-feature
===============
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tool for inspection of eBPF-related parameters for Linux kernel or net device
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:Manual section: 8
SYNOPSIS
========
**bpftool** [*OPTIONS*] **feature** *COMMAND*
*OPTIONS* := { { **-j** | **--json** } [{ **-p** | **--pretty** }] }
*COMMANDS* := { **probe** | **help** }
MAP COMMANDS
=============
| **bpftool** **feature probe** [**kernel**]
| **bpftool** **feature help**
DESCRIPTION
===========
**bpftool feature probe** [**kernel**]
Probe the running kernel and dump a number of eBPF-related
parameters, such as availability of the **bpf()** system call.
Keyword **kernel** can be omitted.
Note that when probed, some eBPF helpers (e.g.
**bpf_trace_printk**\ () or **bpf_probe_write_user**\ ()) may
print warnings to kernel logs.
**bpftool feature 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**.
SEE ALSO
========
**bpf**\ (2),
**bpf-helpers**\ (7),
**bpftool**\ (8),
**bpftool-prog**\ (8),
**bpftool-map**\ (8),
**bpftool-cgroup**\ (8),
**bpftool-net**\ (8),
**bpftool-perf**\ (8)