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5G Visibility Using eBPF Technology
eBPF is a powerful tool to use in cloud-native environments. This post discusses the basic features of eBPF and how it can be leverage for observability
Read moreDifferentiate three types of eBPF redirections
There are three types of eBPF redirection fashions in Linux kernel that may confuse developers often: bpf_redirect_peer(), bpf_redirect_neighbor(), and bpf_redirect(). This post helps to clarify them by digging into the code in history order, and also discusses usages & related problems in real world.
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A story about AF_XDP, network namespaces and a cookie
A crash in a development version of flowtrackd (the daemon that powers our Advanced TCP Protection) highlighted the fact that libxdp (and specifically the AF_XDP part) was not Linux network namespace aware. This blogpost describes the debugging journey to find the bug, as well as a fix.
Read moreLinux tracing/profiling 基础:符号表、调用栈、perf /bpftrace 示例等
整理一些 tracing/profiling 笔记,目前内容主要来自 Practical Linux tracing 系列几篇文章。
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Live-patching security vulnerabilities inside the Linux kernel with eBPF Linux Security Module
Learn how to patch Linux security vulnerabilities without rebooting the hardware and how to tighten the security of your Linux operating system with eBPF Linux Security Module
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Production ready eBPF, or how we fixed the BSD socket API
We are open sourcing the production tooling we’ve built for the sk_lookup hook we contributed to the Linux kernel, called tubular.
Read moreBPF CO-RE reference guide
A practical reference guide to using the full power of BPF CO-RE (Compile Once – Run Everywhere).
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eBPF Instruction Sets
Not everyone who develops BPF programs knows that several versions of the instruction set exist. This isn’t really surprising given documentation on the subject is scarce. So let’s go through the different eBPF instruction sets, why they exist, and why their choice matters.
Read moreFeatures of bpftool: the thread of tips and examples to work with eBPF objects
Working with eBPF? Discover how bpftool can help you load, inspect, update your eBPF programs, maps, and more.
Read moreHow To Add eBPF Observability To Your Product
There's an arms race to add eBPF to commercial observability products, and in this post I'll describe how to quickly do that. This is also applicable for people adding it to their own in-house monitoring systems.
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