Re: [PATCH v3 bpf-next 2/4] bpftool/docs: add btf sub-command documentation

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On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 12:20 PM Quentin Monnet
<quentin.monnet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 2019-04-25 09:55 UTC-0700 ~ Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@xxxxxx>
> > Document usage and sample output format for `btf dump` sub-command.
> >
> > Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxx>
> > Cc: Yonghong Song <yhs@xxxxxx>
> > Cc: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@xxxxxx>
> > Cc: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx>
> > Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@xxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@xxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   .../bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-btf.rst | 205 ++++++++++++++++++
> >   .../bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-cgroup.rst  |   3 +-
> >   .../bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-feature.rst |   3 +-
> >   .../bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst |   3 +-
> >   .../bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-net.rst |   3 +-
> >   .../bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-perf.rst    |   3 +-
> >   .../bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst    |   3 +-
> >   tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool.rst   |   3 +-
> >   8 files changed, 219 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >   create mode 100644 tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-btf.rst
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-btf.rst b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-btf.rst
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..d37d782a1cfb
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-btf.rst
> > @@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
> > +================
> > +bpftool-btf
> > +================
> > +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > +tool for inspection of BTF data
> > +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > +
> > +:Manual section: 8
> > +
> > +SYNOPSIS
> > +========
> > +
> > +     **bpftool** [*OPTIONS*] **btf** *COMMAND*
> > +
> > +     *OPTIONS* := { { **-j** | **--json** } [{ **-p** | **--pretty** }] }
> > +
> > +     *COMMANDS* :=
> > +     { **dump** | **help** }
>
> Commands fit on a single line.

Fixed.

>
> > +
> > +MAP COMMANDS
> > +=============
> > +
> > +|    **bpftool** **btf dump**       *BTF_SRC*
>
> Why so much space between "dump" and "BTF_SRC"? Is it to make it easier
> to align it if other commands are added in the future? For now it looks
> a bit strange in my opinion.

I took bpftool-map.rst as a source and kept existing spacing. Will fix.

>
> > +|    **bpftool** **btf help**
> > +|
> > +|    *BTF_SRC* := { **id** *BTF_ID* | **prog** *PROG* | **map** *MAP* [{**key** | **value** | **kv** | **all**}] | **file** *FILE* }
> > +|    *MAP* := { **id** *MAP_ID* | **pinned** *FILE* }
> > +|    *PROG* := { **id** *PROG_ID* | **pinned** *FILE* | **tag** *PROG_TAG* }
> > +
> > +DESCRIPTION
> > +===========
> > +     **bpftool map dump**    *MAP*
>
> That's a lot of space again. I think you copied it from bpftool-map.rst.
> But it looks like you forgot to replace "map dump MAP" with "btf dump
> BTF_SRC" :).

Yeah, and few more places as well. I think I fixed all of those now.

>
> A brief description of key/value/kv/all, or of what kind of FILE is
> expected, would be welcome here.

Added.

>
> > +               Dump BTF entries from a given *BTF_SRC*.
> > +
> > +     **bpftool map help**
>
> "bpftool btf 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**.
> > +
> > +EXAMPLES
> > +========
> > +**# bpftool btf dump id 1226**
> > +::
> > +
> > +  [1] PTR '(anon)' type_id=2
> > +  [2] STRUCT 'dummy_tracepoint_args' size=16 vlen=2
> > +          'pad' type_id=3 bits_offset=0
> > +          'sock' type_id=4 bits_offset=64
> > +  [3] INT 'long long unsigned int' size=8 bits_offset=0 nr_bits=64 encoding=(none)
> > +  [4] PTR '(anon)' type_id=5
> > +  [5] FWD 'sock' fwd_kind=union
> > +
> > +This gives an example of default output for all supported BTF kinds.
> > +
> > +**$ cat prog.c**
> > +::
> > +
> > +  struct fwd_struct;
> > +
> > +  enum my_enum {
> > +          VAL1 = 3,
> > +          VAL2 = 7,
> > +  };
> > +
> > +  typedef struct my_struct my_struct_t;
> > +
> > +  struct my_struct {
> > +          const unsigned int const_int_field;
> > +          int bitfield_field: 4;
> > +          char arr_field[16];
> > +          const struct fwd_struct *restrict fwd_field;
> > +          enum my_enum enum_field;
> > +          volatile my_struct_t *typedef_ptr_field;
> > +  };
> > +
> > +  union my_union {
> > +          int a;
> > +          struct my_struct b;
> > +  };
> > +
> > +  struct my_struct struct_global_var __attribute__((section("data_sec"))) = {
> > +          .bitfield_field = 3,
> > +          .enum_field = VAL1,
> > +  };
> > +  int global_var __attribute__((section("data_sec"))) = 7;
> > +
> > +  __attribute__((noinline))
> > +  int my_func(union my_union *arg1, int arg2)
> > +  {
> > +          static int static_var __attribute__((section("data_sec"))) = 123;
> > +          static_var++;
> > +          return static_var;
> > +  }
> > +
> > +**$ bpftool btf dump file prog.o**
> > +::
> > +
> > +  [1] PTR '(anon)' type_id=2
> > +  [2] UNION 'my_union' size=48 vlen=2
> > +          'a' type_id=3 bits_offset=0
> > +          'b' type_id=4 bits_offset=0
> > +  [3] INT 'int' size=4 bits_offset=0 nr_bits=32 encoding=SIGNED
> > +  [4] STRUCT 'my_struct' size=48 vlen=6
> > +          'const_int_field' type_id=5 bits_offset=0
> > +          'bitfield_field' type_id=3 bits_offset=32 bitfield_size=4
> > +          'arr_field' type_id=8 bits_offset=40
> > +          'fwd_field' type_id=10 bits_offset=192
> > +          'enum_field' type_id=14 bits_offset=256
> > +          'typedef_ptr_field' type_id=15 bits_offset=320
> > +  [5] CONST '(anon)' type_id=6
> > +  [6] INT 'unsigned int' size=4 bits_offset=0 nr_bits=32 encoding=(none)
> > +  [7] INT 'char' size=1 bits_offset=0 nr_bits=8 encoding=SIGNED
> > +  [8] ARRAY '(anon)' type_id=7 index_type_id=9 nr_elems=16
> > +  [9] INT '__ARRAY_SIZE_TYPE__' size=4 bits_offset=0 nr_bits=32 encoding=(none)
> > +  [10] RESTRICT '(anon)' type_id=11
> > +  [11] PTR '(anon)' type_id=12
> > +  [12] CONST '(anon)' type_id=13
> > +  [13] FWD 'fwd_struct' fwd_kind=union
> > +  [14] ENUM 'my_enum' size=4 vlen=2
> > +          'VAL1' val=3
> > +          'VAL2' val=7
> > +  [15] PTR '(anon)' type_id=16
> > +  [16] VOLATILE '(anon)' type_id=17
> > +  [17] TYPEDEF 'my_struct_t' type_id=4
> > +  [18] FUNC_PROTO '(anon)' ret_type_id=3 vlen=2
> > +          'arg1' type_id=1
> > +          'arg2' type_id=3
> > +  [19] FUNC 'my_func' type_id=18
> > +  [20] VAR 'struct_global_var' type_id=4, linkage=global-alloc
> > +  [21] VAR 'global_var' type_id=3, linkage=global-alloc
> > +  [22] VAR 'my_func.static_var' type_id=3, linkage=static
> > +  [23] DATASEC 'data_sec' size=0 vlen=3
> > +          type_id=20 offset=0 size=48
> > +          type_id=21 offset=0 size=4
> > +          type_id=22 offset=52 size=4
> > +
> > +The following commands print BTF types associated with specified map's key,
> > +value, both key and value, and all BTF types, respectively. By default, both
> > +key and value types will be printed.
>
> This kind of info should go into the command's description (although I
> don't mind if we also repeat it here).

Yeah, I added specification above, but also left examples.

>
> > +
> > +**# bpftool btf dump map id 123 key**
> > +
> > +::
> > +
> > +  [39] TYPEDEF 'u32' type_id=37
> > +
> > +**# bpftool btf dump map id 123 value**
> > +
> > +::
> > +
> > +  [86] PTR '(anon)' type_id=87
> > +
> > +**# bpftool btf dump map id 123 kv**
> > +
> > +::
> > +
> > +  [39] TYPEDEF 'u32' type_id=37
> > +  [86] PTR '(anon)' type_id=87
> > +
> > +**# bpftool btf dump map id 123 all**
> > +
> > +::
> > +
> > +  [1] PTR '(anon)' type_id=0
> > +  .
> > +  .
> > +  .
> > +  [2866] ARRAY '(anon)' type_id=52 index_type_id=51 nr_elems=4
> > +
> > +All the standard ways to specify map or program is supported:
>
> s/is/are/

Eagle eye :)

>
> > +
> > +**# bpftool btf dump map id 123**
> > +
> > +**# bpftool btf dump map pinned /sys/fs/bpf/map_name**
> > +
> > +**# bpftool btf dump prog id 456**
> > +
> > +**# bpftool btf dump prog tag b88e0a09b1d9759d**
> > +
> > +**# bpftool btf dump prog pinned /sys/fs/bpf/prog_name**
> > +
> > +SEE ALSO
> > +========



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