BPFTOOL(8) System Manager's Manual BPFTOOL(8)
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 | prog | link | cgroup | perf | net | feature | btf
| gen | struct_ops | iter }
OPTIONS := { { -V | --version } | { -j | --json } [{ -p | --pretty
}] | { -d | --debug } }
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 fea-
tures that were included when bpftool was compiled. Optional
features include linking against LLVM or 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.
-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.
SEE ALSO
bpf(2), bpf-helpers(7), bpftool-btf(8), bpftool-cgroup(8),
bpftool-feature(8), bpftool-gen(8), bpftool-iter(8),
bpftool-link(8), bpftool-map(8), bpftool-net(8), bpftool-perf(8),
bpftool-prog(8), bpftool-struct_ops(8)
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