bpf

Tags: linux

• originally named for the packet filter, extended for a generic kernel execution engine

• Main frontends are BCC (https://github.com/iovisor/bcc) and bpftrace (https://github.com/iovisor/bpftrace)

• https://www.linux.com/news/bpf-tour-program-types/

• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next.git

• http://www.brendangregg.com/bpf-performance-tools-book.html