Add a "bpftool feature list" subcommand to list BPF "features".
Contrarily to "bpftool feature probe", this is not about the features
available on the system. Instead, it lists all features known to bpftool
from compilation time; in other words, all program, map, attach, link
types known to the libbpf version in use, and all helpers found in the
UAPI BPF header.
The first use case for this feature is bash completion: running the
command provides a list of types that can be used to produce the list of
candidate map types, for example.
Now that bpftool uses "standard" names provided by libbpf for the
program, map, link, and attach types, having the ability to list these
types and helpers could also be useful in scripts to loop over existing
items.
Sample output:
# bpftool feature list prog_types | grep -vw unspec | head -n 6
socket_filter
kprobe
sched_cls
sched_act
tracepoint
xdp
# bpftool -p feature list map_types | jq '.[1]'
"hash"
# bpftool feature list attach_types | grep '^cgroup_'
cgroup_inet_ingress
cgroup_inet_egress
[...]
cgroup_inet_sock_release
# bpftool feature list helpers | grep -vw bpf_unspec | wc -l
207
The "unspec" types and helpers are not filtered out by bpftool, so as to
remain closer to the enums, and to preserve the indices in the JSON
arrays (e.g. "hash" at index 1 == BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH in map types list).
v2: Add missing "link_types" to the list of GROUPs in man page.
Acked-by: Daniel Müller <deso@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-feature.rst | 12 ++++
tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool | 7 ++-
tools/bpf/bpftool/feature.c | 55 +++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-feature.rst b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-feature.rst
index 4ce9a77bc1e0..c08064628d39 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-feature.rst
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-feature.rst
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ FEATURE COMMANDS
================
| **bpftool** **feature probe** [*COMPONENT*] [**full**] [**unprivileged**] [**macros** [**prefix** *PREFIX*]]
+| **bpftool** **feature list** *GROUP*
| **bpftool** **feature help**
|
| *COMPONENT* := { **kernel** | **dev** *NAME* }
+| *GROUP* := { **prog_types** | **map_types** | **attach_types** | **link_types** | **helpers** }
DESCRIPTION
===========
@@ -70,6 +72,16 @@ DESCRIPTION
The keywords **full**, **macros** and **prefix** have the
same role as when probing the kernel.
+ **bpftool feature list** *GROUP*
+ List items known to bpftool. These can be BPF program types
+ (**prog_types**), BPF map types (**map_types**), attach types
+ (**attach_types**), link types (**link_types**), or BPF helper
+ functions (**helpers**). The command does not probe the system, but
+ simply lists the elements that bpftool knows from compilation time,
+ as provided from libbpf (for all object types) or from the BPF UAPI
+ header (list of helpers). This can be used in scripts to iterate over
+ BPF types or helpers.
+
**bpftool feature help**
Print short help message.
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool b/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool
index 91f89a9a5b36..9cef6516320b 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool
@@ -1175,9 +1175,14 @@ _bpftool()
_bpftool_once_attr 'full unprivileged'
return 0
;;
+ list)
+ [[ $prev != "$command" ]] && return 0
+ COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W 'prog_types map_types \
+ attach_types link_types helpers' -- "$cur" ) )
+ ;;
*)
[[ $prev == $object ]] && \
- COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W 'help probe' -- "$cur" ) )
+ COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W 'help list probe' -- "$cur" ) )
;;
esac
;;
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/feature.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/feature.c
index bac4ef428a02..576cc6b90c6a 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/feature.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/feature.c
@@ -1258,6 +1258,58 @@ static int do_probe(int argc, char **argv)
return 0;
}
+static const char *get_helper_name(unsigned int id)
+{
+ if (id >= ARRAY_SIZE(helper_name))
+ return NULL;
+
+ return helper_name[id];
+}
+
+static int do_list(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ const char *(*get_name)(unsigned int id);
+ unsigned int id = 0;
+
+ if (argc < 1)
+ usage();
+
+ if (is_prefix(*argv, "prog_types")) {
+ get_name = (const char *(*)(unsigned int))libbpf_bpf_prog_type_str;
+ } else if (is_prefix(*argv, "map_types")) {
+ get_name = (const char *(*)(unsigned int))libbpf_bpf_map_type_str;
+ } else if (is_prefix(*argv, "attach_types")) {
+ get_name = (const char *(*)(unsigned int))libbpf_bpf_attach_type_str;
+ } else if (is_prefix(*argv, "link_types")) {
+ get_name = (const char *(*)(unsigned int))libbpf_bpf_link_type_str;
+ } else if (is_prefix(*argv, "helpers")) {
+ get_name = get_helper_name;
+ } else {
+ p_err("expected 'prog_types', 'map_types', 'attach_types', 'link_types' or 'helpers', got: %s", *argv);
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ if (json_output)
+ jsonw_start_array(json_wtr); /* root array */
+
+ while (true) {
+ const char *name;
+
+ name = get_name(id++);
+ if (!name)
+ break;
+ if (json_output)
+ jsonw_string(json_wtr, name);
+ else
+ printf("%s\n", name);
+ }
+
+ if (json_output)
+ jsonw_end_array(json_wtr); /* root array */
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int do_help(int argc, char **argv)
{
if (json_output) {
@@ -1267,9 +1319,11 @@ static int do_help(int argc, char **argv)
fprintf(stderr,
"Usage: %1$s %2$s probe [COMPONENT] [full] [unprivileged] [macros [prefix PREFIX]]\n"
+ " %1$s %2$s list GROUP\n"
" %1$s %2$s help\n"
"\n"
" COMPONENT := { kernel | dev NAME }\n"
+ " GROUP := { prog_types | map_types | attach_types | link_types | helpers }\n"
" " HELP_SPEC_OPTIONS " }\n"
"",
bin_name, argv[-2]);
@@ -1279,6 +1333,7 @@ static int do_help(int argc, char **argv)
static const struct cmd cmds[] = {
{ "probe", do_probe },
+ { "list", do_list },
{ "help", do_help },
{ 0 }
};
--
2.34.1
