An introduction to the BPF Compiler Collection
An introduction to the BPF Compiler Collection
[Kernel] Posted Dec 22, 2017 22:58 UTC (Fri) by mattjfleming
In the previous article of this series, I discussed how to use eBPF to safely run code supplied by user space inside of the kernel. Yet one of eBPF's biggest challenges for newcomers is that writing programs requires compiling and linking to the eBPF library from the kernel source. Kernel developers might always have a copy of the kernel source within reach, but that's not so for engineers working on production or customer machines.