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Message-ID: <6bed1b34-3e92-2deb-94b5-9c194c6c7e6c@isovalent.com>
Date:   Tue, 20 Sep 2022 16:12:25 +0100
From:   Quentin Monnet <quentin@...valent.com>
To:     Wang Yufen <wangyufen@...wei.com>, ast@...nel.org,
        daniel@...earbox.net, andrii@...nel.org, martin.lau@...ux.dev,
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Cc:     bpf@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [bpf-next v4 2/3] bpftool: Update doc (add auto_attach to prog
 load)

Tue Sep 13 2022 03:54:46 GMT+0100 (British Summer Time) ~ Wang Yufen
<wangyufen@...wei.com>
> Add auto_attach optional to prog load|loadall for supporting
> one-step load-attach-pin_link.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wang Yufen <wangyufen@...wei.com>
> ---
>  tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst | 12 ++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst
> index eb1b2a2..463f895 100644
> --- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst
> +++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst
> @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ PROG COMMANDS
>  |	**bpftool** **prog dump xlated** *PROG* [{**file** *FILE* | **opcodes** | **visual** | **linum**}]
>  |	**bpftool** **prog dump jited**  *PROG* [{**file** *FILE* | **opcodes** | **linum**}]
>  |	**bpftool** **prog pin** *PROG* *FILE*
> -|	**bpftool** **prog** { **load** | **loadall** } *OBJ* *PATH* [**type** *TYPE*] [**map** {**idx** *IDX* | **name** *NAME*} *MAP*] [**dev** *NAME*] [**pinmaps** *MAP_DIR*]
> +|	**bpftool** **prog** { **load** | **loadall** } *OBJ* *PATH* [**type** *TYPE*] [**map** {**idx** *IDX* | **name** *NAME*} *MAP*] [**dev** *NAME*] [**pinmaps** *MAP_DIR*] [**auto_attach**]
>  |	**bpftool** **prog attach** *PROG* *ATTACH_TYPE* [*MAP*]
>  |	**bpftool** **prog detach** *PROG* *ATTACH_TYPE* [*MAP*]
>  |	**bpftool** **prog tracelog**
> @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
>  		  contain a dot character ('.'), which is reserved for future
>  		  extensions of *bpffs*.
>  
> -	**bpftool prog { load | loadall }** *OBJ* *PATH* [**type** *TYPE*] [**map** {**idx** *IDX* | **name** *NAME*} *MAP*] [**dev** *NAME*] [**pinmaps** *MAP_DIR*]
> +	**bpftool prog { load | loadall }** *OBJ* *PATH* [**type** *TYPE*] [**map** {**idx** *IDX* | **name** *NAME*} *MAP*] [**dev** *NAME*] [**pinmaps** *MAP_DIR*] [**auto_attach**]
>  		  Load bpf program(s) from binary *OBJ* and pin as *PATH*.
>  		  **bpftool prog load** pins only the first program from the
>  		  *OBJ* as *PATH*. **bpftool prog loadall** pins all programs
> @@ -150,6 +150,14 @@ DESCRIPTION
>  		  Optional **pinmaps** argument can be provided to pin all
>  		  maps under *MAP_DIR* directory.
>  
> +		  If **auto_attach** is specified program will be attached
> +		  before pin. 1)in that case, only the link (representing the program

"1)in" -> "In"

> +		  attached to its hook) is pinned, not the program as such, so the
> +		  path won't show in "bpftool prog show -f", only show in

Let's use markup instead of quotes around the commands please, **bpftool
prog show -f** and **bpftool link show -f** (below).

> +		  "bpftool link show -f", and 2)this only works when bpftool (libbpf)

", and 2)this..." -> ". Also, this..."

> +		  is able to infer all necessary information from the object file,
> +		  in particular, it's not supported for all program types.
> +
>  		  Note: *PATH* must be located in *bpffs* mount. It must not
>  		  contain a dot character ('.'), which is reserved for future
>  		  extensions of *bpffs*.

Apart from the formatting nits above, looks good, thank you.