Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The tongue-in-cheek title refers to the fact that eBPF can be a shortcut to programming inside the kernel. Dr Richard G Clegg of Queen Mary University London explains how this networking tool has morphed into more.
Richard's notes:
The Github link: github.com/richardclegg/ebpf_testing
A tutorial if you want to find more:
play.instruqt.com/embed/isovalent/tracks/ebpf-getting-started?token=em_9nxLzhlV41gb3rKM&show_challenges=true
This is written by an expert but a bit dated now:
brendangregg.com/blog/2019-01-01/learn-ebpf-tracing.html
libbpf is useful:
github.com/libbpf/libbpf
I used code from here by Brendan Gregg in my example:
github.com/iovisor/bcc
facebook.com/computerphile
twitter.com/computer_phile
This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: bit.ly/nottscomputer
Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at bradyharan.com
The tongue-in-cheek title refers to the fact that eBPF can be a shortcut to programming inside the kernel. Dr Richard G Clegg of Queen Mary University London explains how this networking tool has morphed into more.
Richard's notes:
The Github link: github.com/richardclegg/ebpf_testing
A tutorial if you want to find more:
play.instruqt.com/embed/isovalent/tracks/ebpf-getting-started?token=em_9nxLzhlV41gb3rKM&show_challenges=true
This is written by an expert but a bit dated now:
brendangregg.com/blog/2019-01-01/learn-ebpf-tracing.html
libbpf is useful:
github.com/libbpf/libbpf
I used code from here by Brendan Gregg in my example:
github.com/iovisor/bcc
facebook.com/computerphile
twitter.com/computer_phile
This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: bit.ly/nottscomputer
Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at bradyharan.com
