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5 tool for inspection and simple manipulation of eBPF progs
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13 **bpftool** [*OPTIONS*] **prog** *COMMAND*
15 *OPTIONS* := { { **-j** | **--json** } [{ **-p** | **--pretty** }] | { **-f** | **--bpffs** } }
18 { **show** | **list** | **dump xlated** | **dump jited** | **pin** | **load**
19 | **loadall** | **help** }
24 | **bpftool** **prog** { **show** | **list** } [*PROG*]
25 | **bpftool** **prog dump xlated** *PROG* [{**file** *FILE* | **opcodes** | **visual** | **linum**}]
26 | **bpftool** **prog dump jited** *PROG* [{**file** *FILE* | **opcodes** | **linum**}]
27 | **bpftool** **prog pin** *PROG* *FILE*
28 | **bpftool** **prog** { **load** | **loadall** } *OBJ* *PATH* [**type** *TYPE*] [**map** {**idx** *IDX* | **name** *NAME*} *MAP*] [**dev** *NAME*] [**pinmaps** *MAP_DIR*]
29 | **bpftool** **prog attach** *PROG* *ATTACH_TYPE* [*MAP*]
30 | **bpftool** **prog detach** *PROG* *ATTACH_TYPE* [*MAP*]
31 | **bpftool** **prog tracelog**
32 | **bpftool** **prog run** *PROG* **data_in** *FILE* [**data_out** *FILE* [**data_size_out** *L*]] [**ctx_in** *FILE* [**ctx_out** *FILE* [**ctx_size_out** *M*]]] [**repeat** *N*]
33 | **bpftool** **prog profile** *PROG* [**duration** *DURATION*] *METRICs*
34 | **bpftool** **prog help**
36 | *MAP* := { **id** *MAP_ID* | **pinned** *FILE* }
37 | *PROG* := { **id** *PROG_ID* | **pinned** *FILE* | **tag** *PROG_TAG* | **name** *PROG_NAME* }
39 | **socket** | **kprobe** | **kretprobe** | **classifier** | **action** |
40 | **tracepoint** | **raw_tracepoint** | **xdp** | **perf_event** | **cgroup/skb** |
41 | **cgroup/sock** | **cgroup/dev** | **lwt_in** | **lwt_out** | **lwt_xmit** |
42 | **lwt_seg6local** | **sockops** | **sk_skb** | **sk_msg** | **lirc_mode2** |
43 | **cgroup/bind4** | **cgroup/bind6** | **cgroup/post_bind4** | **cgroup/post_bind6** |
44 | **cgroup/connect4** | **cgroup/connect6** | **cgroup/getpeername4** | **cgroup/getpeername6** |
45 | **cgroup/getsockname4** | **cgroup/getsockname6** | **cgroup/sendmsg4** | **cgroup/sendmsg6** |
46 | **cgroup/recvmsg4** | **cgroup/recvmsg6** | **cgroup/sysctl** |
47 | **cgroup/getsockopt** | **cgroup/setsockopt** |
48 | **struct_ops** | **fentry** | **fexit** | **freplace** | **sk_lookup**
51 | **msg_verdict** | **stream_verdict** | **stream_parser** | **flow_dissector**
54 | **cycles** | **instructions** | **l1d_loads** | **llc_misses**
60 **bpftool prog { show | list }** [*PROG*]
61 Show information about loaded programs. If *PROG* is
62 specified show information only about given programs,
63 otherwise list all programs currently loaded on the system.
64 In case of **tag** or **name**, *PROG* may match several
65 programs which will all be shown.
67 Output will start with program ID followed by program type and
68 zero or more named attributes (depending on kernel version).
70 Since Linux 5.1 the kernel can collect statistics on BPF
71 programs (such as the total time spent running the program,
72 and the number of times it was run). If available, bpftool
73 shows such statistics. However, the kernel does not collect
74 them by defaults, as it slightly impacts performance on each
75 program run. Activation or deactivation of the feature is
76 performed via the **kernel.bpf_stats_enabled** sysctl knob.
78 Since Linux 5.8 bpftool is able to discover information about
79 processes that hold open file descriptors (FDs) against BPF
80 programs. On such kernels bpftool will automatically emit this
83 **bpftool prog dump xlated** *PROG* [{ **file** *FILE* | **opcodes** | **visual** | **linum** }]
84 Dump eBPF instructions of the programs from the kernel. By
85 default, eBPF will be disassembled and printed to standard
86 output in human-readable format. In this case, **opcodes**
87 controls if raw opcodes should be printed as well.
89 In case of **tag** or **name**, *PROG* may match several
90 programs which will all be dumped. However, if **file** or
91 **visual** is specified, *PROG* must match a single program.
93 If **file** is specified, the binary image will instead be
96 If **visual** is specified, control flow graph (CFG) will be
97 built instead, and eBPF instructions will be presented with
98 CFG in DOT format, on standard output.
100 If the programs have line_info available, the source line will
101 be displayed by default. If **linum** is specified,
102 the filename, line number and line column will also be
103 displayed on top of the source line.
105 **bpftool prog dump jited** *PROG* [{ **file** *FILE* | **opcodes** | **linum** }]
106 Dump jited image (host machine code) of the program.
108 If *FILE* is specified image will be written to a file,
109 otherwise it will be disassembled and printed to stdout.
110 *PROG* must match a single program when **file** is specified.
112 **opcodes** controls if raw opcodes will be printed.
114 If the prog has line_info available, the source line will
115 be displayed by default. If **linum** is specified,
116 the filename, line number and line column will also be
117 displayed on top of the source line.
119 **bpftool prog pin** *PROG* *FILE*
120 Pin program *PROG* as *FILE*.
122 Note: *FILE* must be located in *bpffs* mount. It must not
123 contain a dot character ('.'), which is reserved for future
124 extensions of *bpffs*.
126 **bpftool prog { load | loadall }** *OBJ* *PATH* [**type** *TYPE*] [**map** {**idx** *IDX* | **name** *NAME*} *MAP*] [**dev** *NAME*] [**pinmaps** *MAP_DIR*]
127 Load bpf program(s) from binary *OBJ* and pin as *PATH*.
128 **bpftool prog load** pins only the first program from the
129 *OBJ* as *PATH*. **bpftool prog loadall** pins all programs
130 from the *OBJ* under *PATH* directory.
131 **type** is optional, if not specified program type will be
132 inferred from section names.
133 By default bpftool will create new maps as declared in the ELF
134 object being loaded. **map** parameter allows for the reuse
135 of existing maps. It can be specified multiple times, each
136 time for a different map. *IDX* refers to index of the map
137 to be replaced in the ELF file counting from 0, while *NAME*
138 allows to replace a map by name. *MAP* specifies the map to
139 use, referring to it by **id** or through a **pinned** file.
140 If **dev** *NAME* is specified program will be loaded onto
141 given networking device (offload).
142 Optional **pinmaps** argument can be provided to pin all
143 maps under *MAP_DIR* directory.
145 Note: *PATH* must be located in *bpffs* mount. It must not
146 contain a dot character ('.'), which is reserved for future
147 extensions of *bpffs*.
149 **bpftool prog attach** *PROG* *ATTACH_TYPE* [*MAP*]
150 Attach bpf program *PROG* (with type specified by
151 *ATTACH_TYPE*). Most *ATTACH_TYPEs* require a *MAP*
152 parameter, with the exception of *flow_dissector* which is
153 attached to current networking name space.
155 **bpftool prog detach** *PROG* *ATTACH_TYPE* [*MAP*]
156 Detach bpf program *PROG* (with type specified by
157 *ATTACH_TYPE*). Most *ATTACH_TYPEs* require a *MAP*
158 parameter, with the exception of *flow_dissector* which is
159 detached from the current networking name space.
161 **bpftool prog tracelog**
162 Dump the trace pipe of the system to the console (stdout).
163 Hit <Ctrl+C> to stop printing. BPF programs can write to this
164 trace pipe at runtime with the **bpf_trace_printk**\ () helper.
165 This should be used only for debugging purposes. For
166 streaming data from BPF programs to user space, one can use
167 perf events (see also **bpftool-map**\ (8)).
169 **bpftool prog run** *PROG* **data_in** *FILE* [**data_out** *FILE* [**data_size_out** *L*]] [**ctx_in** *FILE* [**ctx_out** *FILE* [**ctx_size_out** *M*]]] [**repeat** *N*]
170 Run BPF program *PROG* in the kernel testing infrastructure
171 for BPF, meaning that the program works on the data and
172 context provided by the user, and not on actual packets or
173 monitored functions etc. Return value and duration for the
174 test run are printed out to the console.
176 Input data is read from the *FILE* passed with **data_in**.
177 If this *FILE* is "**-**", input data is read from standard
178 input. Input context, if any, is read from *FILE* passed with
179 **ctx_in**. Again, "**-**" can be used to read from standard
180 input, but only if standard input is not already in use for
181 input data. If a *FILE* is passed with **data_out**, output
182 data is written to that file. Similarly, output context is
183 written to the *FILE* passed with **ctx_out**. For both
184 output flows, "**-**" can be used to print to the standard
185 output (as plain text, or JSON if relevant option was
186 passed). If output keywords are omitted, output data and
187 context are discarded. Keywords **data_size_out** and
188 **ctx_size_out** are used to pass the size (in bytes) for the
189 output buffers to the kernel, although the default of 32 kB
190 should be more than enough for most cases.
192 Keyword **repeat** is used to indicate the number of
193 consecutive runs to perform. Note that output data and
194 context printed to files correspond to the last of those
195 runs. The duration printed out at the end of the runs is an
196 average over all runs performed by the command.
198 Not all program types support test run. Among those which do,
199 not all of them can take the **ctx_in**/**ctx_out**
200 arguments. bpftool does not perform checks on program types.
202 **bpftool prog profile** *PROG* [**duration** *DURATION*] *METRICs*
203 Profile *METRICs* for bpf program *PROG* for *DURATION*
204 seconds or until user hits <Ctrl+C>. *DURATION* is optional.
205 If *DURATION* is not specified, the profiling will run up to
206 **UINT_MAX** seconds.
208 **bpftool prog help**
209 Print short help message.
213 .. include:: common_options.rst
216 When showing BPF programs, show file names of pinned
220 Allow loading maps with unknown map definitions.
223 Do not automatically attempt to mount any virtual file system
224 (such as tracefs or BPF virtual file system) when necessary.
228 **# bpftool prog show**
232 10: xdp name some_prog tag 005a3d2123620c8b gpl run_time_ns 81632 run_cnt 10
233 loaded_at 2017-09-29T20:11:00+0000 uid 0
234 xlated 528B jited 370B memlock 4096B map_ids 10
237 **# bpftool --json --pretty prog show**
244 "tag": "005a3d2123620c8b",
245 "gpl_compatible": true,
246 "run_time_ns": 81632,
248 "loaded_at": 1506715860,
253 "bytes_memlock": 4096,
265 | **# bpftool prog dump xlated id 10 file /tmp/t**
270 -rw------- 1 root root 560 Jul 22 01:42 /tmp/t
272 **# bpftool prog dump jited tag 005a3d2123620c8b**
280 4: mov %rbx,0x0(%rbp)
283 | **# mount -t bpf none /sys/fs/bpf/**
284 | **# bpftool prog pin id 10 /sys/fs/bpf/prog**
285 | **# bpftool prog load ./my_prog.o /sys/fs/bpf/prog2**
286 | **# ls -l /sys/fs/bpf/**
290 -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jul 22 01:43 prog
291 -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jul 22 01:44 prog2
293 **# bpftool prog dump jited pinned /sys/fs/bpf/prog opcodes**
305 f: mov %rbx,0x0(%rbp)
309 | **# bpftool prog load xdp1_kern.o /sys/fs/bpf/xdp1 type xdp map name rxcnt id 7**
310 | **# bpftool prog show pinned /sys/fs/bpf/xdp1**
314 9: xdp name xdp_prog1 tag 539ec6ce11b52f98 gpl
315 loaded_at 2018-06-25T16:17:31-0700 uid 0
316 xlated 488B jited 336B memlock 4096B map_ids 7
318 **# rm /sys/fs/bpf/xdp1**
321 | **# bpftool prog profile id 337 duration 10 cycles instructions llc_misses**
326 40176203 cycles (83.05%)
327 42518139 instructions # 1.06 insns per cycle (83.39%)
328 123 llc_misses # 2.89 LLC misses per million insns (83.15%)