1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
2
3================
4bpftool-prog
5================
6-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7tool for inspection and simple manipulation of eBPF progs
8-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9
10:Manual section: 8
11
12.. include:: substitutions.rst
13
14SYNOPSIS
15========
16
17	**bpftool** [*OPTIONS*] **prog** *COMMAND*
18
19	*OPTIONS* := { |COMMON_OPTIONS| |
20	{ **-f** | **--bpffs** } | { **-m** | **--mapcompat** } | { **-n** | **--nomount** } |
21	{ **-L** | **--use-loader** } }
22
23	*COMMANDS* :=
24	{ **show** | **list** | **dump xlated** | **dump jited** | **pin** | **load** |
25	**loadall** | **help** }
26
27PROG COMMANDS
28=============
29
30|	**bpftool** **prog** { **show** | **list** } [*PROG*]
31|	**bpftool** **prog dump xlated** *PROG* [{**file** *FILE* | **opcodes** | **visual** | **linum**}]
32|	**bpftool** **prog dump jited**  *PROG* [{**file** *FILE* | **opcodes** | **linum**}]
33|	**bpftool** **prog pin** *PROG* *FILE*
34|	**bpftool** **prog** { **load** | **loadall** } *OBJ* *PATH* [**type** *TYPE*] [**map** {**idx** *IDX* | **name** *NAME*} *MAP*] [**dev** *NAME*] [**pinmaps** *MAP_DIR*]
35|	**bpftool** **prog attach** *PROG* *ATTACH_TYPE* [*MAP*]
36|	**bpftool** **prog detach** *PROG* *ATTACH_TYPE* [*MAP*]
37|	**bpftool** **prog tracelog**
38|	**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*]
39|	**bpftool** **prog profile** *PROG* [**duration** *DURATION*] *METRICs*
40|	**bpftool** **prog help**
41|
42|	*MAP* := { **id** *MAP_ID* | **pinned** *FILE* }
43|	*PROG* := { **id** *PROG_ID* | **pinned** *FILE* | **tag** *PROG_TAG* | **name** *PROG_NAME* }
44|	*TYPE* := {
45|		**socket** | **kprobe** | **kretprobe** | **classifier** | **action** |
46|		**tracepoint** | **raw_tracepoint** | **xdp** | **perf_event** | **cgroup/skb** |
47|		**cgroup/sock** | **cgroup/dev** | **lwt_in** | **lwt_out** | **lwt_xmit** |
48|		**lwt_seg6local** | **sockops** | **sk_skb** | **sk_msg** | **lirc_mode2** |
49|		**cgroup/bind4** | **cgroup/bind6** | **cgroup/post_bind4** | **cgroup/post_bind6** |
50|		**cgroup/connect4** | **cgroup/connect6** | **cgroup/getpeername4** | **cgroup/getpeername6** |
51|               **cgroup/getsockname4** | **cgroup/getsockname6** | **cgroup/sendmsg4** | **cgroup/sendmsg6** |
52|		**cgroup/recvmsg4** | **cgroup/recvmsg6** | **cgroup/sysctl** |
53|		**cgroup/getsockopt** | **cgroup/setsockopt** | **cgroup/sock_release** |
54|		**struct_ops** | **fentry** | **fexit** | **freplace** | **sk_lookup**
55|	}
56|	*ATTACH_TYPE* := {
57|		**sk_msg_verdict** | **sk_skb_verdict** | **sk_skb_stream_verdict** |
58|		**sk_skb_stream_parser** | **flow_dissector**
59|	}
60|	*METRICs* := {
61|		**cycles** | **instructions** | **l1d_loads** | **llc_misses** |
62|		**itlb_misses** | **dtlb_misses**
63|	}
64
65
66DESCRIPTION
67===========
68	**bpftool prog { show | list }** [*PROG*]
69		  Show information about loaded programs.  If *PROG* is
70		  specified show information only about given programs,
71		  otherwise list all programs currently loaded on the system.
72		  In case of **tag** or **name**, *PROG* may match several
73		  programs which will all be shown.
74
75		  Output will start with program ID followed by program type and
76		  zero or more named attributes (depending on kernel version).
77
78		  Since Linux 5.1 the kernel can collect statistics on BPF
79		  programs (such as the total time spent running the program,
80		  and the number of times it was run). If available, bpftool
81		  shows such statistics. However, the kernel does not collect
82		  them by defaults, as it slightly impacts performance on each
83		  program run. Activation or deactivation of the feature is
84		  performed via the **kernel.bpf_stats_enabled** sysctl knob.
85
86		  Since Linux 5.8 bpftool is able to discover information about
87		  processes that hold open file descriptors (FDs) against BPF
88		  programs. On such kernels bpftool will automatically emit this
89		  information as well.
90
91	**bpftool prog dump xlated** *PROG* [{ **file** *FILE* | **opcodes** | **visual** | **linum** }]
92		  Dump eBPF instructions of the programs from the kernel. By
93		  default, eBPF will be disassembled and printed to standard
94		  output in human-readable format. In this case, **opcodes**
95		  controls if raw opcodes should be printed as well.
96
97		  In case of **tag** or **name**, *PROG* may match several
98		  programs which will all be dumped.  However, if **file** or
99		  **visual** is specified, *PROG* must match a single program.
100
101		  If **file** is specified, the binary image will instead be
102		  written to *FILE*.
103
104		  If **visual** is specified, control flow graph (CFG) will be
105		  built instead, and eBPF instructions will be presented with
106		  CFG in DOT format, on standard output.
107
108		  If the programs have line_info available, the source line will
109		  be displayed by default.  If **linum** is specified,
110		  the filename, line number and line column will also be
111		  displayed on top of the source line.
112
113	**bpftool prog dump jited**  *PROG* [{ **file** *FILE* | **opcodes** | **linum** }]
114		  Dump jited image (host machine code) of the program.
115
116		  If *FILE* is specified image will be written to a file,
117		  otherwise it will be disassembled and printed to stdout.
118		  *PROG* must match a single program when **file** is specified.
119
120		  **opcodes** controls if raw opcodes will be printed.
121
122		  If the prog has line_info available, the source line will
123		  be displayed by default.  If **linum** is specified,
124		  the filename, line number and line column will also be
125		  displayed on top of the source line.
126
127	**bpftool prog pin** *PROG* *FILE*
128		  Pin program *PROG* as *FILE*.
129
130		  Note: *FILE* must be located in *bpffs* mount. It must not
131		  contain a dot character ('.'), which is reserved for future
132		  extensions of *bpffs*.
133
134	**bpftool prog { load | loadall }** *OBJ* *PATH* [**type** *TYPE*] [**map** {**idx** *IDX* | **name** *NAME*} *MAP*] [**dev** *NAME*] [**pinmaps** *MAP_DIR*]
135		  Load bpf program(s) from binary *OBJ* and pin as *PATH*.
136		  **bpftool prog load** pins only the first program from the
137		  *OBJ* as *PATH*. **bpftool prog loadall** pins all programs
138		  from the *OBJ* under *PATH* directory.
139		  **type** is optional, if not specified program type will be
140		  inferred from section names.
141		  By default bpftool will create new maps as declared in the ELF
142		  object being loaded.  **map** parameter allows for the reuse
143		  of existing maps.  It can be specified multiple times, each
144		  time for a different map.  *IDX* refers to index of the map
145		  to be replaced in the ELF file counting from 0, while *NAME*
146		  allows to replace a map by name.  *MAP* specifies the map to
147		  use, referring to it by **id** or through a **pinned** file.
148		  If **dev** *NAME* is specified program will be loaded onto
149		  given networking device (offload).
150		  Optional **pinmaps** argument can be provided to pin all
151		  maps under *MAP_DIR* directory.
152
153		  Note: *PATH* must be located in *bpffs* mount. It must not
154		  contain a dot character ('.'), which is reserved for future
155		  extensions of *bpffs*.
156
157	**bpftool prog attach** *PROG* *ATTACH_TYPE* [*MAP*]
158		  Attach 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		  attached to current networking name space.
162
163	**bpftool prog detach** *PROG* *ATTACH_TYPE* [*MAP*]
164		  Detach bpf program *PROG* (with type specified by
165		  *ATTACH_TYPE*). Most *ATTACH_TYPEs* require a *MAP*
166		  parameter, with the exception of *flow_dissector* which is
167		  detached from the current networking name space.
168
169	**bpftool prog tracelog**
170		  Dump the trace pipe of the system to the console (stdout).
171		  Hit <Ctrl+C> to stop printing. BPF programs can write to this
172		  trace pipe at runtime with the **bpf_trace_printk**\ () helper.
173		  This should be used only for debugging purposes. For
174		  streaming data from BPF programs to user space, one can use
175		  perf events (see also **bpftool-map**\ (8)).
176
177	**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*]
178		  Run BPF program *PROG* in the kernel testing infrastructure
179		  for BPF, meaning that the program works on the data and
180		  context provided by the user, and not on actual packets or
181		  monitored functions etc. Return value and duration for the
182		  test run are printed out to the console.
183
184		  Input data is read from the *FILE* passed with **data_in**.
185		  If this *FILE* is "**-**", input data is read from standard
186		  input. Input context, if any, is read from *FILE* passed with
187		  **ctx_in**. Again, "**-**" can be used to read from standard
188		  input, but only if standard input is not already in use for
189		  input data. If a *FILE* is passed with **data_out**, output
190		  data is written to that file. Similarly, output context is
191		  written to the *FILE* passed with **ctx_out**. For both
192		  output flows, "**-**" can be used to print to the standard
193		  output (as plain text, or JSON if relevant option was
194		  passed). If output keywords are omitted, output data and
195		  context are discarded. Keywords **data_size_out** and
196		  **ctx_size_out** are used to pass the size (in bytes) for the
197		  output buffers to the kernel, although the default of 32 kB
198		  should be more than enough for most cases.
199
200		  Keyword **repeat** is used to indicate the number of
201		  consecutive runs to perform. Note that output data and
202		  context printed to files correspond to the last of those
203		  runs. The duration printed out at the end of the runs is an
204		  average over all runs performed by the command.
205
206		  Not all program types support test run. Among those which do,
207		  not all of them can take the **ctx_in**/**ctx_out**
208		  arguments. bpftool does not perform checks on program types.
209
210	**bpftool prog profile** *PROG* [**duration** *DURATION*] *METRICs*
211		  Profile *METRICs* for bpf program *PROG* for *DURATION*
212		  seconds or until user hits <Ctrl+C>. *DURATION* is optional.
213		  If *DURATION* is not specified, the profiling will run up to
214		  **UINT_MAX** seconds.
215
216	**bpftool prog help**
217		  Print short help message.
218
219OPTIONS
220=======
221	.. include:: common_options.rst
222
223	-f, --bpffs
224		  When showing BPF programs, show file names of pinned
225		  programs.
226
227	-m, --mapcompat
228		  Allow loading maps with unknown map definitions.
229
230	-n, --nomount
231		  Do not automatically attempt to mount any virtual file system
232		  (such as tracefs or BPF virtual file system) when necessary.
233
234	-L, --use-loader
235		  Load program as a "loader" program. This is useful to debug
236		  the generation of such programs. When this option is in
237		  use, bpftool attempts to load the programs from the object
238		  file into the kernel, but does not pin them (therefore, the
239		  *PATH* must not be provided).
240
241		  When combined with the **-d**\ \|\ **--debug** option,
242		  additional debug messages are generated, and the execution
243		  of the loader program will use the **bpf_trace_printk**\ ()
244		  helper to log each step of loading BTF, creating the maps,
245		  and loading the programs (see **bpftool prog tracelog** as
246		  a way to dump those messages).
247
248EXAMPLES
249========
250**# bpftool prog show**
251
252::
253
254    10: xdp  name some_prog  tag 005a3d2123620c8b  gpl run_time_ns 81632 run_cnt 10
255            loaded_at 2017-09-29T20:11:00+0000  uid 0
256            xlated 528B  jited 370B  memlock 4096B  map_ids 10
257            pids systemd(1)
258
259**# bpftool --json --pretty prog show**
260
261::
262
263    [{
264            "id": 10,
265            "type": "xdp",
266            "tag": "005a3d2123620c8b",
267            "gpl_compatible": true,
268            "run_time_ns": 81632,
269            "run_cnt": 10,
270            "loaded_at": 1506715860,
271            "uid": 0,
272            "bytes_xlated": 528,
273            "jited": true,
274            "bytes_jited": 370,
275            "bytes_memlock": 4096,
276            "map_ids": [10
277            ],
278            "pids": [{
279                    "pid": 1,
280                    "comm": "systemd"
281                }
282            ]
283        }
284    ]
285
286|
287| **# bpftool prog dump xlated id 10 file /tmp/t**
288| **$ ls -l /tmp/t**
289
290::
291
292    -rw------- 1 root root 560 Jul 22 01:42 /tmp/t
293
294**# bpftool prog dump jited tag 005a3d2123620c8b**
295
296::
297
298    0:   push   %rbp
299    1:   mov    %rsp,%rbp
300    2:   sub    $0x228,%rsp
301    3:   sub    $0x28,%rbp
302    4:   mov    %rbx,0x0(%rbp)
303
304|
305| **# mount -t bpf none /sys/fs/bpf/**
306| **# bpftool prog pin id 10 /sys/fs/bpf/prog**
307| **# bpftool prog load ./my_prog.o /sys/fs/bpf/prog2**
308| **# ls -l /sys/fs/bpf/**
309
310::
311
312    -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jul 22 01:43 prog
313    -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jul 22 01:44 prog2
314
315**# bpftool prog dump jited pinned /sys/fs/bpf/prog opcodes**
316
317::
318
319   0:   push   %rbp
320        55
321   1:   mov    %rsp,%rbp
322        48 89 e5
323   4:   sub    $0x228,%rsp
324        48 81 ec 28 02 00 00
325   b:   sub    $0x28,%rbp
326        48 83 ed 28
327   f:   mov    %rbx,0x0(%rbp)
328        48 89 5d 00
329
330|
331| **# bpftool prog load xdp1_kern.o /sys/fs/bpf/xdp1 type xdp map name rxcnt id 7**
332| **# bpftool prog show pinned /sys/fs/bpf/xdp1**
333
334::
335
336    9: xdp  name xdp_prog1  tag 539ec6ce11b52f98  gpl
337            loaded_at 2018-06-25T16:17:31-0700  uid 0
338            xlated 488B  jited 336B  memlock 4096B  map_ids 7
339
340**# rm /sys/fs/bpf/xdp1**
341
342|
343| **# bpftool prog profile id 337 duration 10 cycles instructions llc_misses**
344
345::
346
347         51397 run_cnt
348      40176203 cycles                                                 (83.05%)
349      42518139 instructions    #   1.06 insns per cycle               (83.39%)
350           123 llc_misses      #   2.89 LLC misses per million insns  (83.15%)
351
352|
353| Output below is for the trace logs.
354| Run in separate terminals:
355| **# bpftool prog tracelog**
356| **# bpftool prog load -L -d file.o**
357
358::
359
360    bpftool-620059  [004] d... 2634685.517903: bpf_trace_printk: btf_load size 665 r=5
361    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
362    bpftool-620059  [004] d... 2634685.517997: bpf_trace_printk: prog_load sample insn_cnt 13 r=7
363    bpftool-620059  [004] d... 2634685.517999: bpf_trace_printk: close(5) = 0
364