NAME
bpftool-link - tool for inspection and simple manipulation of eBPF links
SYNOPSIS
bpftool [OPTIONS] link COMMAND
OPTIONS := { { -j | --json } [{ -p | --pretty }] | { -d | --debug } | { -f | --bpffs } | { -n | --nomount } }
COMMANDS := { show | list | pin | help }
LINK COMMANDS
bpftool link
{ show | list } [LINK]
bpftool link pin LINK FILE
bpftool link detach LINK
bpftool link help
LINK := { id LINK_ID | pinned FILE }
DESCRIPTION
bpftool link { show | list } [LINK]
Show information about active links. If LINK is specified show information only about given link, otherwise list all links currently active on the system.
Output will start with link ID followed by link type and zero or more named attributes, some of which depend on type of link.
Since Linux 5.8 bpftool is able to discover information about processes that hold open file descriptors (FDs) against BPF links. On such kernels bpftool will automatically emit this information as well.
bpftool link pin LINK FILE
Pin link LINK as FILE.
Note: FILE must be located in bpffs mount. It must not contain a dot character ('.'), which is reserved for future extensions of bpffs.
bpftool link detach LINK
Force-detach link LINK. BPF link and its underlying BPF program will stay valid, but they will be detached from the respective BPF hook and BPF link will transition into a defunct state until last open file descriptor for that link is closed.
bpftool link help
Print short help message.
OPTIONS
-h, --help
Print short help message (similar to bpftool help).
-V, --version
Print bpftool's version number (similar to bpftool version), the number of the libbpf version in use, and optional features that were included when bpftool was compiled. Optional features include linking against LLVM or libbfd to provide the disassembler for JIT-ted programs (bpftool prog dump jited) and usage of BPF skeletons (some features like bpftool prog profile or showing pids associated to BPF objects may rely on it).
-j, --json
Generate JSON output. For commands that cannot produce JSON, this option has no effect.
-p, --pretty
Generate human-readable JSON output. Implies -j.
-d, --debug
Print all logs available, even debug-level information. This includes logs from libbpf as well as from the verifier, when attempting to load programs.
-f, --bpffs
When showing BPF links, show file names of pinned links.
-n, --nomount
Do not automatically attempt to mount any virtual file system (such as tracefs or BPF virtual file system) when necessary.
EXAMPLES
# bpftool link show
10: cgroup prog
25
cgroup_id 614 attach_type egress
pids test_progs(223)
# bpftool --json --pretty link show
[{
"type": "cgroup",
"prog_id": 25,
"cgroup_id": 614,
"attach_type": "egress",
"pids": [{
"pid": 223,
"comm": "test_progs"
}
]
}
]
# bpftool
link pin id 10 /sys/fs/bpf/link
# ls -l /sys/fs/bpf/
-rw------- 1 root root 0 Apr 23 21:39 link
SEE ALSO
bpf(2), bpf-helpers(7), bpftool(8), bpftool-btf(8), bpftool-cgroup(8), bpftool-feature(8), bpftool-gen(8), bpftool-iter(8), bpftool-map(8), bpftool-net(8), bpftool-perf(8), bpftool-prog(8), bpftool-struct_ops(8)