linux/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-feature.rst
Quentin Monnet f9499fedf2 tools: bpftool: add probes for a network device
bpftool gained support for probing the current system in order to see
what program and map types, and what helpers are available on that
system. This patch adds the possibility to pass an interface index to
libbpf (and hence to the kernel) when trying to load the programs or to
create the maps, in order to see what items a given network device can
support.

A new keyword "dev <ifname>" can be used as an alternative to "kernel"
to indicate that the given device should be tested. If no target ("dev"
or "kernel") is specified bpftool defaults to probing the kernel.

Sample output:

    # bpftool -p feature probe dev lo
    {
        "syscall_config": {
            "have_bpf_syscall": true
        },
        "program_types": {
            "have_sched_cls_prog_type": false,
            "have_xdp_prog_type": false
        },
        ...
    }

As the target is a network device, /proc/ parameters and kernel
configuration are NOT dumped. Availability of the bpf() syscall is
still probed, so we can return early if that syscall is not usable
(since there is no point in attempting the remaining probes in this
case).

Among the program types, only the ones that can be offloaded are probed.
All map types are probed, as there is no specific rule telling which one
could or could not be supported by a device in the future. All helpers
are probed (but only for offload-able program types).

Caveat: as bpftool does not attempt to attach programs to the device at
the moment, probes do not entirely reflect what the device accepts:
typically, for Netronome's nfp, results will announce that TC cls
offload is available even if support has been deactivated (with e.g.
ethtool -K eth1 hw-tc-offload off).

v2:
- All helpers are probed, whereas previous version would only probe the
  ones compatible with an offload-able program type. This is because we
  do not keep a default compatible program type for each helper anymore.

Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com>
Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>
Reviewed-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2019-01-22 22:15:40 -08:00

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===============
bpftool-feature
===============
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tool for inspection of eBPF-related parameters for Linux kernel or net device
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SYNOPSIS
========
**bpftool** [*OPTIONS*] **feature** *COMMAND*
*OPTIONS* := { { **-j** | **--json** } [{ **-p** | **--pretty** }] }
*COMMANDS* := { **probe** | **help** }
MAP COMMANDS
=============
| **bpftool** **feature probe** [*COMPONENT*] [**macros** [**prefix** *PREFIX*]]
| **bpftool** **feature help**
|
| *COMPONENT* := { **kernel** | **dev** *NAME* }
DESCRIPTION
===========
**bpftool feature probe** [**kernel**] [**macros** [**prefix** *PREFIX*]]
Probe the running kernel and dump a number of eBPF-related
parameters, such as availability of the **bpf()** system call,
JIT status, eBPF program types availability, eBPF helper
functions availability, and more.
If the **macros** keyword (but not the **-j** option) is
passed, a subset of the output is dumped as a list of
**#define** macros that are ready to be included in a C
header file, for example. If, additionally, **prefix** is
used to define a *PREFIX*, the provided string will be used
as a prefix to the names of the macros: this can be used to
avoid conflicts on macro names when including the output of
this command as a header file.
Keyword **kernel** can be omitted. If no probe target is
specified, probing the kernel is the default behaviour.
Note that when probed, some eBPF helpers (e.g.
**bpf_trace_printk**\ () or **bpf_probe_write_user**\ ()) may
print warnings to kernel logs.
**bpftool feature probe dev** *NAME* [**macros** [**prefix** *PREFIX*]]
Probe network device for supported eBPF features and dump
results to the console.
The two keywords **macros** and **prefix** have the same
role as when probing the kernel.
**bpftool feature help**
Print short help message.
OPTIONS
=======
-h, --help
Print short generic help message (similar to **bpftool help**).
-v, --version
Print version number (similar to **bpftool version**).
-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**.
SEE ALSO
========
**bpf**\ (2),
**bpf-helpers**\ (7),
**bpftool**\ (8),
**bpftool-prog**\ (8),
**bpftool-map**\ (8),
**bpftool-cgroup**\ (8),
**bpftool-net**\ (8),
**bpftool-perf**\ (8)