2018-11-08 16:22 UTC-0800 ~ Stanislav Fomichev <[email protected]>
> From: Stanislav Fomichev <[email protected]>
>
> This patch adds new *loadall* command which slightly differs from the
> existing *load*. *load* command loads all programs from the obj file,
> but pins only the first programs. *loadall* pins all programs from the
> obj file under specified directory.
>
> The intended usecase is flow_dissector, where we want to load a bunch
> of progs, pin them all and after that construct a jump table.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <[email protected]>
> ---
> .../bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst | 14 +++-
> tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool | 4 +-
> tools/bpf/bpftool/common.c | 31 ++++----
> tools/bpf/bpftool/main.h | 1 +
> tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c | 74 ++++++++++++++-----
> 5 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst
> b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst
> index ac4e904b10fb..d943d9b67a1d 100644
> --- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst
> +++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst
> @@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ MAP COMMANDS
> | **bpftool** **prog dump xlated** *PROG* [{**file** *FILE* | **opcodes**
> | **visual**}]
> | **bpftool** **prog dump jited** *PROG* [{**file** *FILE* |
> **opcodes**}]
> | **bpftool** **prog pin** *PROG* *FILE*
> -| **bpftool** **prog load** *OBJ* *FILE* [**type** *TYPE*] [**map**
> {**idx** *IDX* | **name** *NAME*} *MAP*] [**dev** *NAME*]
> +| **bpftool** **prog { load | loadall }** *OBJ* *FILE* [**type** *TYPE*]
> [**map** {**idx** *IDX* | **name** *NAME*} *MAP*] [**dev** *NAME*]
> | **bpftool** **prog attach** *PROG* *ATTACH_TYPE* *MAP*
> | **bpftool** **prog detach** *PROG* *ATTACH_TYPE* *MAP*
> | **bpftool** **prog help**
> @@ -79,8 +80,13 @@ DESCRIPTION
> contain a dot character ('.'), which is reserved for future
> extensions of *bpffs*.
>
> - **bpftool prog load** *OBJ* *FILE* [**type** *TYPE*] [**map** {**idx**
> *IDX* | **name** *NAME*} *MAP*] [**dev** *NAME*]
> - Load bpf program from binary *OBJ* and pin as *FILE*.
> + **bpftool prog { load | loadall }** *OBJ* *FILE* [**type** *TYPE*]
> [**map** {**idx** *IDX* | **name** *NAME*} *MAP*] [**dev** *NAME*]
> + Load bpf program(s) from binary *OBJ* and pin as *FILE*.
> + Both **bpftool prog load** and **bpftool prog loadall** load
> + all maps and programs from the *OBJ* and differ only in
> + pinning. **load** pins only the first program from the *OBJ*
> + as *FILE*. **loadall** pins all programs from the *OBJ*
> + under *FILE* directory.
> **type** is optional, if not specified program type will be
> inferred from section names.
> By default bpftool will create new maps as declared in the ELF
Thanks a lot for all the changes! The series looks really good to me
now. The last nit I might have is that we could maybe replace "FILE"
with "PATH" (as it can now be a directory), in the doc an below. No need
to respin just for this, though.
> @@ -1035,7 +1067,8 @@ static int do_help(int argc, char **argv)
> " %s %s dump xlated PROG [{ file FILE | opcodes | visual
> }]\n"
> " %s %s dump jited PROG [{ file FILE | opcodes }]\n"
> " %s %s pin PROG FILE\n"
> - " %s %s load OBJ FILE [type TYPE] [dev NAME] \\\n"
> + " %s %s { load | loadall } OBJ FILE \\\n"
> + " [type TYPE] [dev NAME] \\\n"
> " [map { idx IDX | name NAME } MAP]\n"
> " %s %s attach PROG ATTACH_TYPE MAP\n"
> " %s %s detach PROG ATTACH_TYPE MAP\n"
