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diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst index 4b42629ade3e..8eac254ade48 100644 --- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst +++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst @@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ MAP COMMANDS | **bpftool** **map** { **show** | **list** } [*MAP*] | **bpftool** **map create** *FILE* **type** *TYPE* **key** *KEY_SIZE* **value** *VALUE_SIZE* \ -| **entries** *MAX_ENTRIES* **name** *NAME* [**flags** *FLAGS*] [**dev** *NAME*] +| **entries** *MAX_ENTRIES* **name** *NAME* [**flags** *FLAGS*] [**inner_map** *MAP*] \ +| [**dev** *NAME*] | **bpftool** **map dump** *MAP* | **bpftool** **map update** *MAP* [**key** *DATA*] [**value** *VALUE*] [*UPDATE_FLAGS*] | **bpftool** **map lookup** *MAP* [**key** *DATA*] @@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ DESCRIPTION maps. On such kernels bpftool will automatically emit this information as well. - **bpftool map create** *FILE* **type** *TYPE* **key** *KEY_SIZE* **value** *VALUE_SIZE* **entries** *MAX_ENTRIES* **name** *NAME* [**flags** *FLAGS*] [**dev** *NAME*] + **bpftool map create** *FILE* **type** *TYPE* **key** *KEY_SIZE* **value** *VALUE_SIZE* **entries** *MAX_ENTRIES* **name** *NAME* [**flags** *FLAGS*] [**inner_map** *MAP*] [**dev** *NAME*] Create a new map with given parameters and pin it to *bpffs* as *FILE*. @@ -75,6 +76,11 @@ DESCRIPTION desired flags, e.g. 1024 for **BPF_F_MMAPABLE** (see bpf.h UAPI header for existing flags). + To create maps of type array-of-maps or hash-of-maps, the + **inner_map** keyword must be used to pass an inner map. The + kernel needs it to collect metadata related to the inner maps + that the new map will work with. + Keyword **dev** expects a network interface name, and is used to request hardware offload for the map. |