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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
+
+================
+bpftool-link
+================
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+tool for inspection and simple manipulation of eBPF links
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+:Manual section: 8
+
+.. include:: substitutions.rst
+
+SYNOPSIS
+========
+
+ **bpftool** [*OPTIONS*] **link** *COMMAND*
+
+ *OPTIONS* := { |COMMON_OPTIONS| | { **-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
+=======
+ .. include:: common_options.rst
+
+ -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