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1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
2
3===============
4bpftool-feature
5===============
6-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7tool for inspection of eBPF-related parameters for Linux kernel or net device
8-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9
10:Manual section: 8
11
12.. include:: substitutions.rst
13
14SYNOPSIS
15========
16
17**bpftool** [*OPTIONS*] **feature** *COMMAND*
18
19*OPTIONS* := { |COMMON_OPTIONS| }
20
21*COMMANDS* := { **probe** | **help** }
22
23FEATURE COMMANDS
24================
25
26| **bpftool** **feature probe** [*COMPONENT*] [**full**] [**unprivileged**] [**macros** [**prefix** *PREFIX*]]
27| **bpftool** **feature list_builtins** *GROUP*
28| **bpftool** **feature help**
29|
30| *COMPONENT* := { **kernel** | **dev** *NAME* }
31| *GROUP* := { **prog_types** | **map_types** | **attach_types** | **link_types** | **helpers** }
32
33DESCRIPTION
34===========
35bpftool feature probe [kernel] [full] [macros [prefix *PREFIX*]]
36    Probe the running kernel and dump a number of eBPF-related parameters, such
37    as availability of the **bpf**\ () system call, JIT status, eBPF program
38    types availability, eBPF helper functions availability, and more.
39
40    By default, bpftool **does not run probes** for **bpf_probe_write_user**\
41    () and **bpf_trace_printk**\() helpers which print warnings to kernel logs.
42    To enable them and run all probes, the **full** keyword should be used.
43
44    If the **macros** keyword (but not the **-j** option) is passed, a subset
45    of the output is dumped as a list of **#define** macros that are ready to
46    be included in a C header file, for example. If, additionally, **prefix**
47    is used to define a *PREFIX*, the provided string will be used as a prefix
48    to the names of the macros: this can be used to avoid conflicts on macro
49    names when including the output of this command as a header file.
50
51    Keyword **kernel** can be omitted. If no probe target is specified, probing
52    the kernel is the default behaviour.
53
54    When the **unprivileged** keyword is used, bpftool will dump only the
55    features available to a user who does not have the **CAP_SYS_ADMIN**
56    capability set. The features available in that case usually represent a
57    small subset of the parameters supported by the system. Unprivileged users
58    MUST use the **unprivileged** keyword: This is to avoid misdetection if
59    bpftool is inadvertently run as non-root, for example. This keyword is
60    unavailable if bpftool was compiled without libcap.
61
62bpftool feature probe dev *NAME* [full] [macros [prefix *PREFIX*]]
63    Probe network device for supported eBPF features and dump results to the
64    console.
65
66    The keywords **full**, **macros** and **prefix** have the same role as when
67    probing the kernel.
68
69bpftool feature list_builtins *GROUP*
70    List items known to bpftool. These can be BPF program types
71    (**prog_types**), BPF map types (**map_types**), attach types
72    (**attach_types**), link types (**link_types**), or BPF helper functions
73    (**helpers**). The command does not probe the system, but simply lists the
74    elements that bpftool knows from compilation time, as provided from libbpf
75    (for all object types) or from the BPF UAPI header (list of helpers). This
76    can be used in scripts to iterate over BPF types or helpers.
77
78bpftool feature help
79    Print short help message.
80
81OPTIONS
82=======
83.. include:: common_options.rst
84