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1================
2bpftool-prog
3================
4-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5tool for inspection and simple manipulation of eBPF progs
6-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7
8:Manual section: 8
9
10SYNOPSIS
11========
12
13	**bpftool** [*OPTIONS*] **prog** *COMMAND*
14
15	*OPTIONS* := { { **-j** | **--json** } [{ **-p** | **--pretty** }] | { **-d** | **--debug** } |
16		{ **-f** | **--bpffs** } | { **-m** | **--mapcompat** } | { **-n** | **--nomount** } |
17		{ **-L** | **--use-loader** } }
18
19	*COMMANDS* :=
20	{ **show** | **list** | **dump xlated** | **dump jited** | **pin** | **load**
21	| **loadall** | **help** }
22
23PROG COMMANDS
24=============
25
26|	**bpftool** **prog** { **show** | **list** } [*PROG*]
27|	**bpftool** **prog dump xlated** *PROG* [{**file** *FILE* | **opcodes** | **visual** | **linum**}]
28|	**bpftool** **prog dump jited**  *PROG* [{**file** *FILE* | **opcodes** | **linum**}]
29|	**bpftool** **prog pin** *PROG* *FILE*
30|	**bpftool** **prog** { **load** | **loadall** } *OBJ* *PATH* [**type** *TYPE*] [**map** {**idx** *IDX* | **name** *NAME*} *MAP*] [**dev** *NAME*] [**pinmaps** *MAP_DIR*]
31|	**bpftool** **prog attach** *PROG* *ATTACH_TYPE* [*MAP*]
32|	**bpftool** **prog detach** *PROG* *ATTACH_TYPE* [*MAP*]
33|	**bpftool** **prog tracelog**
34|	**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*]
35|	**bpftool** **prog profile** *PROG* [**duration** *DURATION*] *METRICs*
36|	**bpftool** **prog help**
37|
38|	*MAP* := { **id** *MAP_ID* | **pinned** *FILE* }
39|	*PROG* := { **id** *PROG_ID* | **pinned** *FILE* | **tag** *PROG_TAG* | **name** *PROG_NAME* }
40|	*TYPE* := {
41|		**socket** | **kprobe** | **kretprobe** | **classifier** | **action** |
42|		**tracepoint** | **raw_tracepoint** | **xdp** | **perf_event** | **cgroup/skb** |
43|		**cgroup/sock** | **cgroup/dev** | **lwt_in** | **lwt_out** | **lwt_xmit** |
44|		**lwt_seg6local** | **sockops** | **sk_skb** | **sk_msg** | **lirc_mode2** |
45|		**cgroup/bind4** | **cgroup/bind6** | **cgroup/post_bind4** | **cgroup/post_bind6** |
46|		**cgroup/connect4** | **cgroup/connect6** | **cgroup/getpeername4** | **cgroup/getpeername6** |
47|               **cgroup/getsockname4** | **cgroup/getsockname6** | **cgroup/sendmsg4** | **cgroup/sendmsg6** |
48|		**cgroup/recvmsg4** | **cgroup/recvmsg6** | **cgroup/sysctl** |
49|		**cgroup/getsockopt** | **cgroup/setsockopt** | **cgroup/sock_release** |
50|		**struct_ops** | **fentry** | **fexit** | **freplace** | **sk_lookup**
51|	}
52|       *ATTACH_TYPE* := {
53|		**msg_verdict** | **skb_verdict** | **stream_verdict** | **stream_parser** | **flow_dissector**
54|	}
55|	*METRICs* := {
56|		**cycles** | **instructions** | **l1d_loads** | **llc_misses**
57|	}
58
59
60DESCRIPTION
61===========
62	**bpftool prog { show | list }** [*PROG*]
63		  Show information about loaded programs.  If *PROG* is
64		  specified show information only about given programs,
65		  otherwise list all programs currently loaded on the system.
66		  In case of **tag** or **name**, *PROG* may match several
67		  programs which will all be shown.
68
69		  Output will start with program ID followed by program type and
70		  zero or more named attributes (depending on kernel version).
71
72		  Since Linux 5.1 the kernel can collect statistics on BPF
73		  programs (such as the total time spent running the program,
74		  and the number of times it was run). If available, bpftool
75		  shows such statistics. However, the kernel does not collect
76		  them by defaults, as it slightly impacts performance on each
77		  program run. Activation or deactivation of the feature is
78		  performed via the **kernel.bpf_stats_enabled** sysctl knob.
79
80		  Since Linux 5.8 bpftool is able to discover information about
81		  processes that hold open file descriptors (FDs) against BPF
82		  programs. On such kernels bpftool will automatically emit this
83		  information as well.
84
85	**bpftool prog dump xlated** *PROG* [{ **file** *FILE* | **opcodes** | **visual** | **linum** }]
86		  Dump eBPF instructions of the programs from the kernel. By
87		  default, eBPF will be disassembled and printed to standard
88		  output in human-readable format. In this case, **opcodes**
89		  controls if raw opcodes should be printed as well.
90
91		  In case of **tag** or **name**, *PROG* may match several
92		  programs which will all be dumped.  However, if **file** or
93		  **visual** is specified, *PROG* must match a single program.
94
95		  If **file** is specified, the binary image will instead be
96		  written to *FILE*.
97
98		  If **visual** is specified, control flow graph (CFG) will be
99		  built instead, and eBPF instructions will be presented with
100		  CFG in DOT format, on standard output.
101
102		  If the programs have line_info available, the source line will
103		  be displayed by default.  If **linum** is specified,
104		  the filename, line number and line column will also be
105		  displayed on top of the source line.
106
107	**bpftool prog dump jited**  *PROG* [{ **file** *FILE* | **opcodes** | **linum** }]
108		  Dump jited image (host machine code) of the program.
109
110		  If *FILE* is specified image will be written to a file,
111		  otherwise it will be disassembled and printed to stdout.
112		  *PROG* must match a single program when **file** is specified.
113
114		  **opcodes** controls if raw opcodes will be printed.
115
116		  If the prog has line_info available, the source line will
117		  be displayed by default.  If **linum** is specified,
118		  the filename, line number and line column will also be
119		  displayed on top of the source line.
120
121	**bpftool prog pin** *PROG* *FILE*
122		  Pin program *PROG* as *FILE*.
123
124		  Note: *FILE* must be located in *bpffs* mount. It must not
125		  contain a dot character ('.'), which is reserved for future
126		  extensions of *bpffs*.
127
128	**bpftool prog { load | loadall }** *OBJ* *PATH* [**type** *TYPE*] [**map** {**idx** *IDX* | **name** *NAME*} *MAP*] [**dev** *NAME*] [**pinmaps** *MAP_DIR*]
129		  Load bpf program(s) from binary *OBJ* and pin as *PATH*.
130		  **bpftool prog load** pins only the first program from the
131		  *OBJ* as *PATH*. **bpftool prog loadall** pins all programs
132		  from the *OBJ* under *PATH* directory.
133		  **type** is optional, if not specified program type will be
134		  inferred from section names.
135		  By default bpftool will create new maps as declared in the ELF
136		  object being loaded.  **map** parameter allows for the reuse
137		  of existing maps.  It can be specified multiple times, each
138		  time for a different map.  *IDX* refers to index of the map
139		  to be replaced in the ELF file counting from 0, while *NAME*
140		  allows to replace a map by name.  *MAP* specifies the map to
141		  use, referring to it by **id** or through a **pinned** file.
142		  If **dev** *NAME* is specified program will be loaded onto
143		  given networking device (offload).
144		  Optional **pinmaps** argument can be provided to pin all
145		  maps under *MAP_DIR* directory.
146
147		  Note: *PATH* must be located in *bpffs* mount. It must not
148		  contain a dot character ('.'), which is reserved for future
149		  extensions of *bpffs*.
150
151	**bpftool prog attach** *PROG* *ATTACH_TYPE* [*MAP*]
152		  Attach bpf program *PROG* (with type specified by
153		  *ATTACH_TYPE*). Most *ATTACH_TYPEs* require a *MAP*
154		  parameter, with the exception of *flow_dissector* which is
155		  attached to current networking name space.
156
157	**bpftool prog detach** *PROG* *ATTACH_TYPE* [*MAP*]
158		  Detach bpf program *PROG* (with type specified by
159		  *ATTACH_TYPE*). Most *ATTACH_TYPEs* require a *MAP*
160		  parameter, with the exception of *flow_dissector* which is
161		  detached from the current networking name space.
162
163	**bpftool prog tracelog**
164		  Dump the trace pipe of the system to the console (stdout).
165		  Hit <Ctrl+C> to stop printing. BPF programs can write to this
166		  trace pipe at runtime with the **bpf_trace_printk**\ () helper.
167		  This should be used only for debugging purposes. For
168		  streaming data from BPF programs to user space, one can use
169		  perf events (see also **bpftool-map**\ (8)).
170
171	**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*]
172		  Run BPF program *PROG* in the kernel testing infrastructure
173		  for BPF, meaning that the program works on the data and
174		  context provided by the user, and not on actual packets or
175		  monitored functions etc. Return value and duration for the
176		  test run are printed out to the console.
177
178		  Input data is read from the *FILE* passed with **data_in**.
179		  If this *FILE* is "**-**", input data is read from standard
180		  input. Input context, if any, is read from *FILE* passed with
181		  **ctx_in**. Again, "**-**" can be used to read from standard
182		  input, but only if standard input is not already in use for
183		  input data. If a *FILE* is passed with **data_out**, output
184		  data is written to that file. Similarly, output context is
185		  written to the *FILE* passed with **ctx_out**. For both
186		  output flows, "**-**" can be used to print to the standard
187		  output (as plain text, or JSON if relevant option was
188		  passed). If output keywords are omitted, output data and
189		  context are discarded. Keywords **data_size_out** and
190		  **ctx_size_out** are used to pass the size (in bytes) for the
191		  output buffers to the kernel, although the default of 32 kB
192		  should be more than enough for most cases.
193
194		  Keyword **repeat** is used to indicate the number of
195		  consecutive runs to perform. Note that output data and
196		  context printed to files correspond to the last of those
197		  runs. The duration printed out at the end of the runs is an
198		  average over all runs performed by the command.
199
200		  Not all program types support test run. Among those which do,
201		  not all of them can take the **ctx_in**/**ctx_out**
202		  arguments. bpftool does not perform checks on program types.
203
204	**bpftool prog profile** *PROG* [**duration** *DURATION*] *METRICs*
205		  Profile *METRICs* for bpf program *PROG* for *DURATION*
206		  seconds or until user hits <Ctrl+C>. *DURATION* is optional.
207		  If *DURATION* is not specified, the profiling will run up to
208		  **UINT_MAX** seconds.
209
210	**bpftool prog help**
211		  Print short help message.
212
213OPTIONS
214=======
215	.. include:: common_options.rst
216
217	-f, --bpffs
218		  When showing BPF programs, show file names of pinned
219		  programs.
220
221	-m, --mapcompat
222		  Allow loading maps with unknown map definitions.
223
224	-n, --nomount
225		  Do not automatically attempt to mount any virtual file system
226		  (such as tracefs or BPF virtual file system) when necessary.
227
228	-L, --use-loader
229		  Load program as a "loader" program. This is useful to debug
230		  the generation of such programs. When this option is in
231		  use, bpftool attempts to load the programs from the object
232		  file into the kernel, but does not pin them (therefore, the
233		  *PATH* must not be provided).
234
235		  When combined with the **-d**\ \|\ **--debug** option,
236		  additional debug messages are generated, and the execution
237		  of the loader program will use the **bpf_trace_printk**\ ()
238		  helper to log each step of loading BTF, creating the maps,
239		  and loading the programs (see **bpftool prog tracelog** as
240		  a way to dump those messages).
241
242EXAMPLES
243========
244**# bpftool prog show**
245
246::
247
248    10: xdp  name some_prog  tag 005a3d2123620c8b  gpl run_time_ns 81632 run_cnt 10
249            loaded_at 2017-09-29T20:11:00+0000  uid 0
250            xlated 528B  jited 370B  memlock 4096B  map_ids 10
251            pids systemd(1)
252
253**# bpftool --json --pretty prog show**
254
255::
256
257    [{
258            "id": 10,
259            "type": "xdp",
260            "tag": "005a3d2123620c8b",
261            "gpl_compatible": true,
262            "run_time_ns": 81632,
263            "run_cnt": 10,
264            "loaded_at": 1506715860,
265            "uid": 0,
266            "bytes_xlated": 528,
267            "jited": true,
268            "bytes_jited": 370,
269            "bytes_memlock": 4096,
270            "map_ids": [10
271            ],
272            "pids": [{
273                    "pid": 1,
274                    "comm": "systemd"
275                }
276            ]
277        }
278    ]
279
280|
281| **# bpftool prog dump xlated id 10 file /tmp/t**
282| **$ ls -l /tmp/t**
283
284::
285
286    -rw------- 1 root root 560 Jul 22 01:42 /tmp/t
287
288**# bpftool prog dump jited tag 005a3d2123620c8b**
289
290::
291
292    0:   push   %rbp
293    1:   mov    %rsp,%rbp
294    2:   sub    $0x228,%rsp
295    3:   sub    $0x28,%rbp
296    4:   mov    %rbx,0x0(%rbp)
297
298|
299| **# mount -t bpf none /sys/fs/bpf/**
300| **# bpftool prog pin id 10 /sys/fs/bpf/prog**
301| **# bpftool prog load ./my_prog.o /sys/fs/bpf/prog2**
302| **# ls -l /sys/fs/bpf/**
303
304::
305
306    -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jul 22 01:43 prog
307    -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jul 22 01:44 prog2
308
309**# bpftool prog dump jited pinned /sys/fs/bpf/prog opcodes**
310
311::
312
313   0:   push   %rbp
314        55
315   1:   mov    %rsp,%rbp
316        48 89 e5
317   4:   sub    $0x228,%rsp
318        48 81 ec 28 02 00 00
319   b:   sub    $0x28,%rbp
320        48 83 ed 28
321   f:   mov    %rbx,0x0(%rbp)
322        48 89 5d 00
323
324|
325| **# bpftool prog load xdp1_kern.o /sys/fs/bpf/xdp1 type xdp map name rxcnt id 7**
326| **# bpftool prog show pinned /sys/fs/bpf/xdp1**
327
328::
329
330    9: xdp  name xdp_prog1  tag 539ec6ce11b52f98  gpl
331            loaded_at 2018-06-25T16:17:31-0700  uid 0
332            xlated 488B  jited 336B  memlock 4096B  map_ids 7
333
334**# rm /sys/fs/bpf/xdp1**
335
336|
337| **# bpftool prog profile id 337 duration 10 cycles instructions llc_misses**
338
339::
340
341         51397 run_cnt
342      40176203 cycles                                                 (83.05%)
343      42518139 instructions    #   1.06 insns per cycle               (83.39%)
344           123 llc_misses      #   2.89 LLC misses per million insns  (83.15%)
345
346|
347| Output below is for the trace logs.
348| Run in separate terminals:
349| **# bpftool prog tracelog**
350| **# bpftool prog load -L -d file.o**
351
352::
353
354    bpftool-620059  [004] d... 2634685.517903: bpf_trace_printk: btf_load size 665 r=5
355    bpftool-620059  [004] d... 2634685.517912: bpf_trace_printk: map_create sample_map idx 0 type 2 value_size 4 value_btf_id 0 r=6
356    bpftool-620059  [004] d... 2634685.517997: bpf_trace_printk: prog_load sample insn_cnt 13 r=7
357    bpftool-620059  [004] d... 2634685.517999: bpf_trace_printk: close(5) = 0
358