Explore the latest advancements in BPF technology through this comprehensive 4-hour 57-minute conference session from the Linux Plumbers Conference. Delve into the core BPF infrastructure and its subsystems, covering topics such as improving verifier scalability, BPF type format enhancements, dynamic tracing without on-the-fly compilation, string and loop support, host JIT reuse for offloads, LRU heuristics and timers, syscall interception, and microkernels. Gain insights into BPF's crucial role in networking, tracing, and security within the Linux kernel ecosystem. Learn about the progress made since the previous year's conference and discover the future directions of this versatile and efficient technology.
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Syllabus
LPC2018 - BPF MC
Taught by
Linux Plumbers Conference