Merge tag 'v5.9-rc2' into regulator-5.9

Linux 5.9-rc2

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-iter.rst b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-iter.rst
index 8dce698eab79..070ffacb42b5 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-iter.rst
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-iter.rst
@@ -17,14 +17,15 @@ SYNOPSIS
 ITER COMMANDS
 ===================
 
-|	**bpftool** **iter pin** *OBJ* *PATH*
+|	**bpftool** **iter pin** *OBJ* *PATH* [**map** *MAP*]
 |	**bpftool** **iter help**
 |
 |	*OBJ* := /a/file/of/bpf_iter_target.o
+|	*MAP* := { **id** *MAP_ID* | **pinned** *FILE* }
 
 DESCRIPTION
 ===========
-	**bpftool iter pin** *OBJ* *PATH*
+	**bpftool iter pin** *OBJ* *PATH* [**map** *MAP*]
 		  A bpf iterator combines a kernel iterating of
 		  particular kernel data (e.g., tasks, bpf_maps, etc.)
 		  and a bpf program called for each kernel data object
@@ -37,6 +38,12 @@ DESCRIPTION
 		  character ('.'), which is reserved for future extensions
 		  of *bpffs*.
 
+		  Map element bpf iterator requires an additional parameter
+		  *MAP* so bpf program can iterate over map elements for
+		  that map. User can have a bpf program in kernel to run
+		  with each map element, do checking, filtering, aggregation,
+		  etc. without copying data to user space.
+
 		  User can then *cat PATH* to see the bpf iterator output.
 
 	**bpftool iter help**
@@ -64,6 +71,13 @@ EXAMPLES
    Create a file-based bpf iterator from bpf_iter_netlink.o and pin it
    to /sys/fs/bpf/my_netlink
 
+**# bpftool iter pin bpf_iter_hashmap.o /sys/fs/bpf/my_hashmap map id 20**
+
+::
+
+   Create a file-based bpf iterator from bpf_iter_hashmap.o and map with
+   id 20, and pin it to /sys/fs/bpf/my_hashmap
+
 SEE ALSO
 ========
 	**bpf**\ (2),