Accept comma-separated BPF_F_* names for map create flags, so callers
can use the UAPI names without looking up their numeric values. Keep
base-0 numeric input, including bits unknown to this bpftool.

Reject empty names, unknown names, mixed numeric and symbolic lists,
and values outside the unsigned 32-bit range. Limit symbolic names to
map creation flags and let the kernel validate map-specific combinations.
Document the syntax and complete names within comma-separated lists.

Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-6
Signed-off-by: Tianyi Chen <[email protected]>
---
 .../bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst | 13 +++-
 tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool     | 25 +++++-
 tools/bpf/bpftool/map.c                       | 77 ++++++++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 109 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst 
b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst
index 5daf3de5c74..375321d5582 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst
@@ -76,9 +76,16 @@ bpftool map { show | list }   [*MAP*]
 bpftool map create *FILE* type *TYPE* key *KEY_SIZE* value *VALUE_SIZE*  
entries *MAX_ENTRIES* name *NAME* [flags *FLAGS*] [inner_map *MAP*] 
[offload_dev *NAME*]
     Create a new map with given parameters and pin it to *bpffs* as *FILE*.
 
-    *FLAGS* should be an integer which is the combination of desired flags,
-    e.g. 1024 for **BPF_F_MMAPABLE** (see bpf.h UAPI header for existing
-    flags).
+    *FLAGS* accepts an unsigned 32-bit integer combining the desired flags
+    (decimal, hexadecimal with a **0x** prefix, or octal with a **0** prefix),
+    or a comma-separated list of full, case-sensitive map creation flag names
+    from the bpf.h UAPI header. For example, **1024**, **0x400**, and
+    **BPF_F_MMAPABLE** are equivalent. Multiple names are combined with
+    bitwise OR, for example **BPF_F_NO_PREALLOC,BPF_F_RDONLY_PROG**.
+    Repeated names are allowed. Empty list elements, abbreviated names, and
+    lists mixing numbers with names are not accepted. Use **0** for no flags.
+    Numeric values can include bits unknown to bpftool. The kernel checks
+    whether the flags are valid for the requested map type.
 
     To create maps of type array-of-maps or hash-of-maps, the **inner_map**
     keyword must be used to pass an inner map. The kernel needs it to collect
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool 
b/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool
index 75cbcb512eb..95f16fff876 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool
@@ -718,6 +718,10 @@ _bpftool()
                     esac
                     ;;
                 create)
+                    # Keep a flags list together if readline splits at commas.
+                    if [[ $COMP_WORDBREAKS == *,* && ( $cur == , || $prev == , 
) ]]; then
+                        _get_comp_words_by_ref -n , cur prev
+                    fi
                     case $prev in
                         $command)
                             _filedir
@@ -729,7 +733,26 @@ _bpftool()
                             COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W 
"$BPFTOOL_MAP_CREATE_TYPES" -- "$cur" ) )
                             return 0
                             ;;
-                        key|value|flags|entries)
+                        flags)
+                            local flags='BPF_F_NO_PREALLOC BPF_F_NO_COMMON_LRU
+                                BPF_F_NUMA_NODE BPF_F_RDONLY BPF_F_WRONLY
+                                BPF_F_STACK_BUILD_ID BPF_F_ZERO_SEED
+                                BPF_F_RDONLY_PROG BPF_F_WRONLY_PROG BPF_F_CLONE
+                                BPF_F_MMAPABLE BPF_F_PRESERVE_ELEMS 
BPF_F_INNER_MAP
+                                BPF_F_LINK BPF_F_VTYPE_BTF_OBJ_FD 
BPF_F_TOKEN_FD
+                                BPF_F_SEGV_ON_FAULT BPF_F_NO_USER_CONV
+                                BPF_F_RB_OVERWRITE'
+                            local prefix= flag
+                            # Readline replaces only the suffix after a word 
break.
+                            if [[ $cur == *,* && $COMP_WORDBREAKS != *,* ]]; 
then
+                                prefix="${cur%,*},"
+                            fi
+                            for flag in $(compgen -W "$flags" -- 
"${cur##*,}"); do
+                                COMPREPLY+=( "${prefix}${flag}" )
+                            done
+                            return 0
+                            ;;
+                        key|value|entries)
                             return 0
                             ;;
                         inner_map)
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/map.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/map.c
index 684a8fb7241..d703af60d0b 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/map.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/map.c
@@ -1250,6 +1250,73 @@ static int do_pin(int argc, char **argv)
        return err;
 }
 
+static const struct {
+       const char *name;
+       __u32 value;
+} map_create_flags[] = {
+#define MAP_CREATE_FLAG(flag) { #flag, flag }
+       MAP_CREATE_FLAG(BPF_F_NO_PREALLOC),
+       MAP_CREATE_FLAG(BPF_F_NO_COMMON_LRU),
+       MAP_CREATE_FLAG(BPF_F_NUMA_NODE),
+       MAP_CREATE_FLAG(BPF_F_RDONLY),
+       MAP_CREATE_FLAG(BPF_F_WRONLY),
+       MAP_CREATE_FLAG(BPF_F_STACK_BUILD_ID),
+       MAP_CREATE_FLAG(BPF_F_ZERO_SEED),
+       MAP_CREATE_FLAG(BPF_F_RDONLY_PROG),
+       MAP_CREATE_FLAG(BPF_F_WRONLY_PROG),
+       MAP_CREATE_FLAG(BPF_F_CLONE),
+       MAP_CREATE_FLAG(BPF_F_MMAPABLE),
+       MAP_CREATE_FLAG(BPF_F_PRESERVE_ELEMS),
+       MAP_CREATE_FLAG(BPF_F_INNER_MAP),
+       MAP_CREATE_FLAG(BPF_F_LINK),
+       MAP_CREATE_FLAG(BPF_F_VTYPE_BTF_OBJ_FD),
+       MAP_CREATE_FLAG(BPF_F_TOKEN_FD),
+       MAP_CREATE_FLAG(BPF_F_SEGV_ON_FAULT),
+       MAP_CREATE_FLAG(BPF_F_NO_USER_CONV),
+       MAP_CREATE_FLAG(BPF_F_RB_OVERWRITE),
+#undef MAP_CREATE_FLAG
+};
+
+static int parse_map_create_flags(const char *arg, __u32 *flags)
+{
+       const char *name = arg, *comma;
+       long long value;
+       __u32 parsed = 0;
+       size_t len, i;
+       char *end;
+
+       /* Keep base-0 numeric input, including bits unknown to this bpftool. */
+       if (strncmp(arg, "BPF_F_", 6)) {
+               errno = 0;
+               value = strtoll(arg, &end, 0);
+               if (errno || end == arg || *end || value < 0 || value > 
UINT32_MAX)
+                       goto invalid;
+               *flags = value;
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       do {
+               comma = strchr(name, ',');
+               len = comma ? (size_t)(comma - name) : strlen(name);
+               for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(map_create_flags); i++) {
+                       if (strlen(map_create_flags[i].name) == len &&
+                           !strncmp(name, map_create_flags[i].name, len))
+                               break;
+               }
+               if (i == ARRAY_SIZE(map_create_flags))
+                       goto invalid;
+               parsed |= map_create_flags[i].value;
+               if (comma)
+                       name = comma + 1;
+       } while (comma);
+
+       *flags = parsed;
+       return 0;
+invalid:
+       p_err("can't parse %s as map creation flags", arg);
+       return -1;
+}
+
 static int do_create(int argc, char **argv)
 {
        LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_map_create_opts, attr);
@@ -1301,9 +1368,14 @@ static int do_create(int argc, char **argv)
                                          "max entries"))
                                goto exit;
                } else if (is_prefix(*argv, "flags")) {
-                       if (parse_u32_arg(&argc, &argv, &attr.map_flags,
-                                         "flags"))
+                       NEXT_ARG();
+                       if (attr.map_flags) {
+                               p_err("flags already specified");
+                               goto exit;
+                       }
+                       if (parse_map_create_flags(*argv, &attr.map_flags))
                                goto exit;
+                       NEXT_ARG();
                } else if (is_prefix(*argv, "dev")) {
                        p_info("Warning: 'bpftool map create [...] dev 
<ifname>' syntax is deprecated.\n"
                               "Going further, please use 'offload_dev 
<ifname>' to request hardware offload for the map.");
@@ -1474,6 +1546,7 @@ static int do_help(int argc, char **argv)
                "       DATA := { [hex] BYTES }\n"
                "       " HELP_SPEC_PROGRAM "\n"
                "       VALUE := { DATA | MAP | PROG }\n"
+               "       FLAGS := { integer | BPF_F_NAME[,BPF_F_NAME...] }\n"
                "       UPDATE_FLAGS := { any | exist | noexist }\n"
                "       TYPE := { hash | array | prog_array | perf_event_array 
| percpu_hash |\n"
                "                 percpu_array | stack_trace | cgroup_array | 
lru_hash |\n"
-- 
2.55.0


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