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diff --git a/extensions/libxt_bpf.man b/extensions/libxt_bpf.man index 302e0103..1d2aa9e6 100644 --- a/extensions/libxt_bpf.man +++ b/extensions/libxt_bpf.man @@ -1,8 +1,21 @@ -Match using Linux Socket Filter. Expects a BPF program in decimal format. This -is the format generated by the \fBnfbpf_compile\fP utility. +Match using Linux Socket Filter. Expects a path to an eBPF object or a cBPF +program in decimal format. +.TP +\fB\-\-object\-pinned\fP \fIpath\fP +Pass a path to a pinned eBPF object. +.PP +Applications load eBPF programs into the kernel with the bpf() system call and +BPF_PROG_LOAD command and can pin them in a virtual filesystem with BPF_OBJ_PIN. +To use a pinned object in iptables, mount the bpf filesystem using +.IP +mount \-t bpf bpf ${BPF_MOUNT} +.PP +then insert the filter in iptables by path: +.IP +iptables \-A OUTPUT \-m bpf \-\-object\-pinned ${BPF_MOUNT}/{PINNED_PATH} \-j ACCEPT .TP \fB\-\-bytecode\fP \fIcode\fP -Pass the BPF byte code format (described in the example below). +Pass the BPF byte code format as generated by the \fBnfbpf_compile\fP utility. .PP The code format is similar to the output of the tcpdump -ddd command: one line that stores the number of instructions, followed by one line for each |