diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/.gitignore b/tools/lib/bpf/.gitignore
index 12382b0c71c7..35bf013e368c 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ libbpf.so.*
 TAGS
 tags
 cscope.*
+/bpf_helper_defs.h
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile b/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile
index e7e346a5dda7..086147fc4659 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ all: fixdep
 
 all_cmd: $(CMD_TARGETS) check
 
-$(BPF_IN): force elfdep bpfdep
+$(BPF_IN): force elfdep bpfdep bpf_helper_defs.h
 	@(test -f ../../include/uapi/linux/bpf.h -a -f ../../../include/uapi/linux/bpf.h && ( \
 	(diff -B ../../include/uapi/linux/bpf.h ../../../include/uapi/linux/bpf.h >/dev/null) || \
 	echo "Warning: Kernel ABI header at 'tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h' differs from latest version at 'include/uapi/linux/bpf.h'" >&2 )) || true
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ $(BPF_IN): force elfdep bpfdep
 	echo "Warning: Kernel ABI header at 'tools/include/uapi/linux/if_xdp.h' differs from latest version at 'include/uapi/linux/if_xdp.h'" >&2 )) || true
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=libbpf
 
+bpf_helper_defs.h: $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+	$(srctree)/scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py --header --file $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h > bpf_helper_defs.h
+
 $(OUTPUT)libbpf.so: $(OUTPUT)libbpf.so.$(LIBBPF_VERSION)
 
 $(OUTPUT)libbpf.so.$(LIBBPF_VERSION): $(BPF_IN)
@@ -236,7 +239,7 @@ install_lib: all_cmd
 		$(call do_install_mkdir,$(libdir_SQ)); \
 		cp -fpR $(LIB_FILE) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir_SQ)
 
-install_headers:
+install_headers: bpf_helper_defs.h
 	$(call QUIET_INSTALL, headers) \
 		$(call do_install,bpf.h,$(prefix)/include/bpf,644); \
 		$(call do_install,libbpf.h,$(prefix)/include/bpf,644); \
@@ -244,6 +247,7 @@ install_headers:
 		$(call do_install,libbpf_util.h,$(prefix)/include/bpf,644); \
 		$(call do_install,xsk.h,$(prefix)/include/bpf,644); \
 		$(call do_install,bpf_helpers.h,$(prefix)/include/bpf,644); \
+		$(call do_install,bpf_helper_defs.h,$(prefix)/include/bpf,644); \
 		$(call do_install,bpf_tracing.h,$(prefix)/include/bpf,644); \
 		$(call do_install,bpf_endian.h,$(prefix)/include/bpf,644);
 
@@ -262,7 +266,7 @@ config-clean:
 clean:
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, libbpf) $(RM) $(TARGETS) $(CXX_TEST_TARGET) \
 		*.o *~ *.a *.so *.so.$(LIBBPF_MAJOR_VERSION) .*.d .*.cmd \
-		*.pc LIBBPF-CFLAGS
+		*.pc LIBBPF-CFLAGS bpf_helper_defs.h
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-gen) $(RM) $(OUTPUT)FEATURE-DUMP.libbpf
 
 
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h
index 6f68e4d3aff7..f5d70ce729f6 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #ifndef __BPF_HELPERS__
 #define __BPF_HELPERS__
 
+#include "bpf_helper_defs.h"
+
 #define __uint(name, val) int (*name)[val]
 #define __type(name, val) typeof(val) *name
 
@@ -24,268 +26,6 @@
 #define __always_inline __attribute__((always_inline))
 #endif
 
-/* helper functions called from eBPF programs written in C */
-static void *(*bpf_map_lookup_elem)(void *map, const void *key) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_map_lookup_elem;
-static int (*bpf_map_update_elem)(void *map, const void *key, const void *value,
-				  unsigned long long flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_map_update_elem;
-static int (*bpf_map_delete_elem)(void *map, const void *key) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_map_delete_elem;
-static int (*bpf_map_push_elem)(void *map, const void *value,
-				unsigned long long flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_map_push_elem;
-static int (*bpf_map_pop_elem)(void *map, void *value) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_map_pop_elem;
-static int (*bpf_map_peek_elem)(void *map, void *value) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_map_peek_elem;
-static int (*bpf_probe_read)(void *dst, int size, const void *unsafe_ptr) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_probe_read;
-static unsigned long long (*bpf_ktime_get_ns)(void) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_ktime_get_ns;
-static int (*bpf_trace_printk)(const char *fmt, int fmt_size, ...) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_trace_printk;
-static void (*bpf_tail_call)(void *ctx, void *map, int index) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_tail_call;
-static unsigned long long (*bpf_get_smp_processor_id)(void) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_get_smp_processor_id;
-static unsigned long long (*bpf_get_current_pid_tgid)(void) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_get_current_pid_tgid;
-static unsigned long long (*bpf_get_current_uid_gid)(void) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_get_current_uid_gid;
-static int (*bpf_get_current_comm)(void *buf, int buf_size) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_get_current_comm;
-static unsigned long long (*bpf_perf_event_read)(void *map,
-						 unsigned long long flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_perf_event_read;
-static int (*bpf_clone_redirect)(void *ctx, int ifindex, int flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_clone_redirect;
-static int (*bpf_redirect)(int ifindex, int flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_redirect;
-static int (*bpf_redirect_map)(void *map, int key, int flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_redirect_map;
-static int (*bpf_perf_event_output)(void *ctx, void *map,
-				    unsigned long long flags, void *data,
-				    int size) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_perf_event_output;
-static int (*bpf_get_stackid)(void *ctx, void *map, int flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_get_stackid;
-static int (*bpf_probe_write_user)(void *dst, const void *src, int size) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_probe_write_user;
-static int (*bpf_current_task_under_cgroup)(void *map, int index) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_current_task_under_cgroup;
-static int (*bpf_skb_get_tunnel_key)(void *ctx, void *key, int size, int flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_skb_get_tunnel_key;
-static int (*bpf_skb_set_tunnel_key)(void *ctx, void *key, int size, int flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_skb_set_tunnel_key;
-static int (*bpf_skb_get_tunnel_opt)(void *ctx, void *md, int size) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_skb_get_tunnel_opt;
-static int (*bpf_skb_set_tunnel_opt)(void *ctx, void *md, int size) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_skb_set_tunnel_opt;
-static unsigned long long (*bpf_get_prandom_u32)(void) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_get_prandom_u32;
-static int (*bpf_xdp_adjust_head)(void *ctx, int offset) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_xdp_adjust_head;
-static int (*bpf_xdp_adjust_meta)(void *ctx, int offset) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_xdp_adjust_meta;
-static int (*bpf_get_socket_cookie)(void *ctx) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_get_socket_cookie;
-static int (*bpf_setsockopt)(void *ctx, int level, int optname, void *optval,
-			     int optlen) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_setsockopt;
-static int (*bpf_getsockopt)(void *ctx, int level, int optname, void *optval,
-			     int optlen) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_getsockopt;
-static int (*bpf_sock_ops_cb_flags_set)(void *ctx, int flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_sock_ops_cb_flags_set;
-static int (*bpf_sk_redirect_map)(void *ctx, void *map, int key, int flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_sk_redirect_map;
-static int (*bpf_sk_redirect_hash)(void *ctx, void *map, void *key, int flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_sk_redirect_hash;
-static int (*bpf_sock_map_update)(void *map, void *key, void *value,
-				  unsigned long long flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_sock_map_update;
-static int (*bpf_sock_hash_update)(void *map, void *key, void *value,
-				   unsigned long long flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_sock_hash_update;
-static int (*bpf_perf_event_read_value)(void *map, unsigned long long flags,
-					void *buf, unsigned int buf_size) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_perf_event_read_value;
-static int (*bpf_perf_prog_read_value)(void *ctx, void *buf,
-				       unsigned int buf_size) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_perf_prog_read_value;
-static int (*bpf_override_return)(void *ctx, unsigned long rc) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_override_return;
-static int (*bpf_msg_redirect_map)(void *ctx, void *map, int key, int flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_msg_redirect_map;
-static int (*bpf_msg_redirect_hash)(void *ctx,
-				    void *map, void *key, int flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_msg_redirect_hash;
-static int (*bpf_msg_apply_bytes)(void *ctx, int len) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_msg_apply_bytes;
-static int (*bpf_msg_cork_bytes)(void *ctx, int len) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_msg_cork_bytes;
-static int (*bpf_msg_pull_data)(void *ctx, int start, int end, int flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_msg_pull_data;
-static int (*bpf_msg_push_data)(void *ctx, int start, int end, int flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_msg_push_data;
-static int (*bpf_msg_pop_data)(void *ctx, int start, int cut, int flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_msg_pop_data;
-static int (*bpf_bind)(void *ctx, void *addr, int addr_len) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_bind;
-static int (*bpf_xdp_adjust_tail)(void *ctx, int offset) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_xdp_adjust_tail;
-static int (*bpf_skb_get_xfrm_state)(void *ctx, int index, void *state,
-				     int size, int flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_skb_get_xfrm_state;
-static int (*bpf_sk_select_reuseport)(void *ctx, void *map, void *key, __u32 flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_sk_select_reuseport;
-static int (*bpf_get_stack)(void *ctx, void *buf, int size, int flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_get_stack;
-static int (*bpf_fib_lookup)(void *ctx, struct bpf_fib_lookup *params,
-			     int plen, __u32 flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_fib_lookup;
-static int (*bpf_lwt_push_encap)(void *ctx, unsigned int type, void *hdr,
-				 unsigned int len) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_lwt_push_encap;
-static int (*bpf_lwt_seg6_store_bytes)(void *ctx, unsigned int offset,
-				       void *from, unsigned int len) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_lwt_seg6_store_bytes;
-static int (*bpf_lwt_seg6_action)(void *ctx, unsigned int action, void *param,
-				  unsigned int param_len) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_lwt_seg6_action;
-static int (*bpf_lwt_seg6_adjust_srh)(void *ctx, unsigned int offset,
-				      unsigned int len) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_lwt_seg6_adjust_srh;
-static int (*bpf_rc_repeat)(void *ctx) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_rc_repeat;
-static int (*bpf_rc_keydown)(void *ctx, unsigned int protocol,
-			     unsigned long long scancode, unsigned int toggle) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_rc_keydown;
-static unsigned long long (*bpf_get_current_cgroup_id)(void) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_get_current_cgroup_id;
-static void *(*bpf_get_local_storage)(void *map, unsigned long long flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_get_local_storage;
-static unsigned long long (*bpf_skb_cgroup_id)(void *ctx) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_skb_cgroup_id;
-static unsigned long long (*bpf_skb_ancestor_cgroup_id)(void *ctx, int level) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_skb_ancestor_cgroup_id;
-static struct bpf_sock *(*bpf_sk_lookup_tcp)(void *ctx,
-					     struct bpf_sock_tuple *tuple,
-					     int size, unsigned long long netns_id,
-					     unsigned long long flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_sk_lookup_tcp;
-static struct bpf_sock *(*bpf_skc_lookup_tcp)(void *ctx,
-					     struct bpf_sock_tuple *tuple,
-					     int size, unsigned long long netns_id,
-					     unsigned long long flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_skc_lookup_tcp;
-static struct bpf_sock *(*bpf_sk_lookup_udp)(void *ctx,
-					     struct bpf_sock_tuple *tuple,
-					     int size, unsigned long long netns_id,
-					     unsigned long long flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_sk_lookup_udp;
-static int (*bpf_sk_release)(struct bpf_sock *sk) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_sk_release;
-static int (*bpf_skb_vlan_push)(void *ctx, __be16 vlan_proto, __u16 vlan_tci) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_skb_vlan_push;
-static int (*bpf_skb_vlan_pop)(void *ctx) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_skb_vlan_pop;
-static int (*bpf_rc_pointer_rel)(void *ctx, int rel_x, int rel_y) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_rc_pointer_rel;
-static void (*bpf_spin_lock)(struct bpf_spin_lock *lock) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_spin_lock;
-static void (*bpf_spin_unlock)(struct bpf_spin_lock *lock) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_spin_unlock;
-static struct bpf_sock *(*bpf_sk_fullsock)(struct bpf_sock *sk) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_sk_fullsock;
-static struct bpf_tcp_sock *(*bpf_tcp_sock)(struct bpf_sock *sk) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_tcp_sock;
-static struct bpf_sock *(*bpf_get_listener_sock)(struct bpf_sock *sk) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_get_listener_sock;
-static int (*bpf_skb_ecn_set_ce)(void *ctx) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_skb_ecn_set_ce;
-static int (*bpf_tcp_check_syncookie)(struct bpf_sock *sk,
-	    void *ip, int ip_len, void *tcp, int tcp_len) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_tcp_check_syncookie;
-static int (*bpf_sysctl_get_name)(void *ctx, char *buf,
-				  unsigned long long buf_len,
-				  unsigned long long flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_sysctl_get_name;
-static int (*bpf_sysctl_get_current_value)(void *ctx, char *buf,
-					   unsigned long long buf_len) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_sysctl_get_current_value;
-static int (*bpf_sysctl_get_new_value)(void *ctx, char *buf,
-				       unsigned long long buf_len) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_sysctl_get_new_value;
-static int (*bpf_sysctl_set_new_value)(void *ctx, const char *buf,
-				       unsigned long long buf_len) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_sysctl_set_new_value;
-static int (*bpf_strtol)(const char *buf, unsigned long long buf_len,
-			 unsigned long long flags, long *res) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_strtol;
-static int (*bpf_strtoul)(const char *buf, unsigned long long buf_len,
-			  unsigned long long flags, unsigned long *res) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_strtoul;
-static void *(*bpf_sk_storage_get)(void *map, struct bpf_sock *sk,
-				   void *value, __u64 flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_sk_storage_get;
-static int (*bpf_sk_storage_delete)(void *map, struct bpf_sock *sk) =
-	(void *)BPF_FUNC_sk_storage_delete;
-static int (*bpf_send_signal)(unsigned sig) = (void *)BPF_FUNC_send_signal;
-static long long (*bpf_tcp_gen_syncookie)(struct bpf_sock *sk, void *ip,
-					  int ip_len, void *tcp, int tcp_len) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_tcp_gen_syncookie;
-
-static int (*bpf_skb_load_bytes)(void *ctx, int off, void *to, int len) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_skb_load_bytes;
-static int (*bpf_skb_load_bytes_relative)(void *ctx, int off, void *to, int len, __u32 start_header) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_skb_load_bytes_relative;
-static int (*bpf_skb_store_bytes)(void *ctx, int off, void *from, int len, int flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_skb_store_bytes;
-static int (*bpf_l3_csum_replace)(void *ctx, int off, int from, int to, int flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_l3_csum_replace;
-static int (*bpf_l4_csum_replace)(void *ctx, int off, int from, int to, int flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_l4_csum_replace;
-static int (*bpf_csum_diff)(void *from, int from_size, void *to, int to_size, int seed) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_csum_diff;
-static int (*bpf_skb_under_cgroup)(void *ctx, void *map, int index) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_skb_under_cgroup;
-static int (*bpf_skb_change_head)(void *, int len, int flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_skb_change_head;
-static int (*bpf_skb_pull_data)(void *, int len) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_skb_pull_data;
-static unsigned int (*bpf_get_cgroup_classid)(void *ctx) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_get_cgroup_classid;
-static unsigned int (*bpf_get_route_realm)(void *ctx) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_get_route_realm;
-static int (*bpf_skb_change_proto)(void *ctx, __be16 proto, __u64 flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_skb_change_proto;
-static int (*bpf_skb_change_type)(void *ctx, __u32 type) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_skb_change_type;
-static unsigned int (*bpf_get_hash_recalc)(void *ctx) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_get_hash_recalc;
-static unsigned long long (*bpf_get_current_task)(void) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_get_current_task;
-static int (*bpf_skb_change_tail)(void *ctx, __u32 len, __u64 flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_skb_change_tail;
-static long long (*bpf_csum_update)(void *ctx, __u32 csum) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_csum_update;
-static void (*bpf_set_hash_invalid)(void *ctx) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_set_hash_invalid;
-static int (*bpf_get_numa_node_id)(void) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_get_numa_node_id;
-static int (*bpf_probe_read_str)(void *ctx, __u32 size,
-				 const void *unsafe_ptr) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_probe_read_str;
-static unsigned int (*bpf_get_socket_uid)(void *ctx) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_get_socket_uid;
-static unsigned int (*bpf_set_hash)(void *ctx, __u32 hash) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_set_hash;
-static int (*bpf_skb_adjust_room)(void *ctx, __s32 len_diff, __u32 mode,
-				  unsigned long long flags) =
-	(void *) BPF_FUNC_skb_adjust_room;
-
 /*
  * Helper structure used by eBPF C program
  * to describe BPF map attributes to libbpf loader
