Had some free time last week so I made a visual explainer on how eBPF lets Linux run user-loaded code inside the kernel. It follows a small program through Clang, the bpf() syscall, the verifier, JIT compilation, attach points, maps and ring buffers. It also covers bpftrace, XDP, BPF LSM, sched_ext, and what happens when the verifier gets it...
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