eBPF is a way to run micro programs in the kernel without really having to create kernel modules. That’s what I understand anyway. It’s powering things like Cil

eBPF is a way to run micro programs in the kernel without really having to create kernel modules. That’s what I understand anyway. It’s powering things like Cilium — the networking startup doing cool networking things for kubernetes. I’m sure there’s more to it I just am not all that versed in it just that I know it’s being touted as a great boon. Io_uring is async file io done right. There have been benchmarks that show huge gains with it.