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EPISODE · Oct 17, 2026 · 25 MIN

Kernelless Kernel Programming (eBPF) - Computerphile

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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: https://github.com/richardclegg/ebpf_testing/ A tutorial if you want to find more:https://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:https://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2019-01-01/learn-ebpf-tracing.html libbpf is useful:https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf I used code from here by Brendan Gregg in my example:https://github.com/iovisor/bcchttps://www.facebook.com/computerphilehttps://twitter.com/computer_phileThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: https://bit.ly/nottscomputerComputerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at http://www.bradyharan.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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