Aug 24 – 26, 2024
Asia/Kolkata timezone

Linux Kernel eBPF concepts and use cases

Aug 25, 2024, 4:10 PM
40m
Room 1: Plenary

Room 1: Plenary

Talk (40 min) Development/Coding

Speaker

Kiran Divekar
Linux Kernel Engineer

Description

This talk provides understanding of extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) in the Linux Kernel. This is intended for Students/Professionals looking to understand system level concepts and how ePBF can be used for reading kernel functionality and tweaking it as necessary. The various use cases like tracking, performance tracking, security enablement would be discussed in detail. The author would show demonstrations of various eBPF tools and techniques.

Session author's bio

The speaker has more than 20 years of IT industry experience and worked on various technologies like embedded systems, wireless networking in kernel, kernel tracing systems, container security etc. He was a major Linux kernel contributor for 2.6.36 Linux kernel version. He has delivered multiple sessions on Linux system programming and kernel at various educational institutes and IT companies in India.

Any other info we should know?

Audience would understand how performance critical systems are managed and how cybersecurity agents are designed using eBPF Linux Kernel technology.

Level of Difficulty Intermediate
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