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diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-gen.rst b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-gen.rst index 94d91322895a..df85dbd962c0 100644 --- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-gen.rst +++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-gen.rst @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS *OPTIONS* := { { **-j** | **--json** } [{ **-p** | **--pretty** }] } - *COMMAND* := { **skeleton | **help** } + *COMMAND* := { **skeleton** | **help** } GEN COMMANDS ============= @@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ DESCRIPTION etc. Skeleton eliminates the need to lookup mentioned components by name. Instead, if skeleton instantiation succeeds, they are populated in skeleton structure as valid - libbpf types (e.g., struct bpf_map pointer) and can be + libbpf types (e.g., **struct bpf_map** pointer) and can be passed to existing generic libbpf APIs. In addition to simple and reliable access to maps and - programs, skeleton provides a storage for BPF links (struct - bpf_link) for each BPF program within BPF object. When + programs, skeleton provides a storage for BPF links (**struct + bpf_link**) for each BPF program within BPF object. When requested, supported BPF programs will be automatically attached and resulting BPF links stored for further use by user in pre-allocated fields in skeleton struct. For BPF @@ -82,14 +82,14 @@ DESCRIPTION - **example__open** and **example__open_opts**. These functions are used to instantiate skeleton. It - corresponds to libbpf's **bpf_object__open()** API. + corresponds to libbpf's **bpf_object__open**\ () API. **_opts** variants accepts extra **bpf_object_open_opts** options. - **example__load**. This function creates maps, loads and verifies BPF programs, initializes global data maps. It corresponds to - libppf's **bpf_object__load** API. + libppf's **bpf_object__load**\ () API. - **example__open_and_load** combines **example__open** and **example__load** invocations in one commonly used @@ -296,10 +296,13 @@ SEE ALSO **bpf**\ (2), **bpf-helpers**\ (7), **bpftool**\ (8), - **bpftool-map**\ (8), - **bpftool-prog**\ (8), + **bpftool-btf**\ (8), **bpftool-cgroup**\ (8), **bpftool-feature**\ (8), + **bpftool-iter**\ (8), + **bpftool-link**\ (8), + **bpftool-map**\ (8), **bpftool-net**\ (8), **bpftool-perf**\ (8), - **bpftool-btf**\ (8) + **bpftool-prog**\ (8), + **bpftool-struct_ops**\ (8) |