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| author | Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com> | 2019-05-24 11:59:06 -0700 |
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| committer | Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> | 2019-05-24 14:05:58 -0700 |
| commit | 220ba451124e275ff548bec33b0dc01e40895b06 (patch) | |
| tree | 718424cb8cccb7647e104e5fbd881be682124783 /tools/bpf/bpftool | |
| parent | 2119f2189df1836d28909fe5a90b3d93638ecf65 (diff) | |
bpftool/docs: add description of btf dump C option
Document optional **c** option for btf dump subcommand.
Cc: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>
Reviewed-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/bpf/bpftool')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-btf.rst | 35 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-btf.rst b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-btf.rst index 2dbc1413fabd..3daed9eba766 100644 --- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-btf.rst +++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-btf.rst @@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ SYNOPSIS BTF COMMANDS ============= -| **bpftool** **btf dump** *BTF_SRC* +| **bpftool** **btf dump** *BTF_SRC* [**format** *FORMAT*] | **bpftool** **btf help** | | *BTF_SRC* := { **id** *BTF_ID* | **prog** *PROG* | **map** *MAP* [{**key** | **value** | **kv** | **all**}] | **file** *FILE* } +| *FORMAT* := { **raw** | **c** } | *MAP* := { **id** *MAP_ID* | **pinned** *FILE* } | *PROG* := { **id** *PROG_ID* | **pinned** *FILE* | **tag** *PROG_TAG* } @@ -31,23 +32,27 @@ DESCRIPTION **bpftool btf dump** *BTF_SRC* Dump BTF entries from a given *BTF_SRC*. - When **id** is specified, BTF object with that ID will be - loaded and all its BTF types emitted. + When **id** is specified, BTF object with that ID will be + loaded and all its BTF types emitted. - When **map** is provided, it's expected that map has - associated BTF object with BTF types describing key and - value. It's possible to select whether to dump only BTF - type(s) associated with key (**key**), value (**value**), - both key and value (**kv**), or all BTF types present in - associated BTF object (**all**). If not specified, **kv** - is assumed. + When **map** is provided, it's expected that map has + associated BTF object with BTF types describing key and + value. It's possible to select whether to dump only BTF + type(s) associated with key (**key**), value (**value**), + both key and value (**kv**), or all BTF types present in + associated BTF object (**all**). If not specified, **kv** + is assumed. - When **prog** is provided, it's expected that program has - associated BTF object with BTF types. + When **prog** is provided, it's expected that program has + associated BTF object with BTF types. - When specifying *FILE*, an ELF file is expected, containing - .BTF section with well-defined BTF binary format data, - typically produced by clang or pahole. + When specifying *FILE*, an ELF file is expected, containing + .BTF section with well-defined BTF binary format data, + typically produced by clang or pahole. + + **format** option can be used to override default (raw) + output format. Raw (**raw**) or C-syntax (**c**) output + formats are supported. **bpftool btf help** Print short help message. |