2019-03-20 18:33 UTC+0100 ~ Alban Crequy <alban.cre...@gmail.com> > From: Alban Crequy <al...@kinvolk.io> > > Using a file descriptor passed by the parent process enables > applications to fork a bpftool command to inspect a map they know by > file descriptor even when they don't support bpffs or map ids. > > Documentation and bash completion updated as well. > > Signed-off-by: Alban Crequy <al...@kinvolk.io> > --- > tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst | 8 ++++++++ > tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool | 10 +++++----- > tools/bpf/bpftool/map.c | 13 +++++++++++++ > 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst > b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst > index dfd8352fa453..658fe2fb8ecf 100644 > --- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst > +++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst > @@ -265,6 +265,14 @@ would be lost as soon as bpftool exits). > > anon_inode:bpf-map > > +**# bpftool map exec pinned /sys/fs/bpf/foo fd 99 cmd -- bpftool map show fd > 99** > + > +:: > + > + 10: hash name some_map flags 0x0 > + key 4B value 8B max_entries 2048 memlock 167936B > + > +
Could you please also update the description of the command higher in that page, and in the interactive help?
