`-l2 -v` is a useful combination of flags to dump the entire
verification log. This is helpful when making changes to the verifier,
as you can see what it thinks program one instruction at a time.
This was more or less a hidden feature before. Document it so others can
discover it.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Xu <dxu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/veristat.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/veristat.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/veristat.c
index 974c808f9321..7d0a9cb753e3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/veristat.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/veristat.c
@@ -216,7 +216,8 @@ const char argp_program_doc[] =
"\n"
"USAGE: veristat <obj-file> [<obj-file>...]\n"
" OR: veristat -C <baseline.csv> <comparison.csv>\n"
-" OR: veristat -R <results.csv>\n";
+" OR: veristat -R <results.csv>\n"
+" OR: veristat -v -l2 <to_analyze.bpf.o>\n";
enum {
OPT_LOG_FIXED = 1000,
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ static const struct argp_option opts[] = {
{ "version", 'V', NULL, 0, "Print version" },
{ "verbose", 'v', NULL, 0, "Verbose mode" },
{ "debug", 'd', NULL, 0, "Debug mode (turns on libbpf debug logging)" },
- { "log-level", 'l', "LEVEL", 0, "Verifier log level (default 0 for normal mode, 1 for verbose mode)" },
+ { "log-level", 'l', "LEVEL", 0, "Verifier log level (default 0 for normal mode, 1 for verbose mode, 2 for full verification log)" },
{ "log-fixed", OPT_LOG_FIXED, NULL, 0, "Disable verifier log rotation" },
{ "log-size", OPT_LOG_SIZE, "BYTES", 0, "Customize verifier log size (default to 16MB)" },
{ "top-n", 'n', "N", 0, "Emit only up to first N results." },
--
2.47.1
