NAME

BPFTOOL - tool for inspection and simple manipulation of eBPF programs and maps

SYNOPSIS

bpftool [OPTIONS] OBJECT { COMMAND | help }
 
bpftool batch file FILE
 
bpftool version
 
OBJECT := { map | program | link | cgroup | perf | net | feature | btf | gen | struct_ops | iter }
 
OPTIONS := { { -V | --version } | { -j | --json } [{ -p | --pretty }] | { -d | --debug } | { -l | --legacy } }
 
MAP-COMMANDS := { show | list | create | dump | update | lookup | getnext | delete | pin | event_pipe | help }
 
PROG-COMMANDS := { show | list | dump jited | dump xlated | pin | load | attach | detach | help }
 
LINK-COMMANDS := { show | list | pin | detach | help }
 
CGROUP-COMMANDS := { show | list | attach | detach | help }
 
PERF-COMMANDS := { show | list | help }
 
NET-COMMANDS := { show | list | help }
 
FEATURE-COMMANDS := { probe | help }
 
BTF-COMMANDS := { show | list | dump | help }
 
GEN-COMMANDS := { object | skeleton | min_core_btf | help }
 
STRUCT-OPS-COMMANDS := { show | list | dump | register | unregister | help }
 
ITER-COMMANDS := { pin | help }


DESCRIPTION

bpftool allows for inspection and simple modification of BPF objects on the system.
 
Note that format of the output of all tools is not guaranteed to be stable and should not be depended upon.


OPTIONS

-h, --help
Print short help message (similar to bpftool help).
-V, --version
Print bpftool's version number (similar to bpftool version), the number of the libbpf version in use, and optional features that were included when bpftool was compiled. Optional features include linking against libbfd to provide the disassembler for JIT-ted programs ( bpftool prog dump jited) and usage of BPF skeletons (some features like bpftool prog profile or showing pids associated to BPF objects may rely on it).
-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.
-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.
-l, --legacy
Use legacy libbpf mode which has more relaxed BPF program requirements. By default, bpftool has more strict requirements about section names, changes pinning logic and doesn't support some of the older non-BTF map declarations. See https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf/wiki/Libbpf:-the-road-to-v1.0 for details.

-m, --mapcompat
Allow loading maps with unknown map definitions.
-n, --nomount
Do not automatically attempt to mount any virtual file system (such as tracefs or BPF virtual file system) when necessary.



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