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eBPF (extended Berkeley Packet Filter) instruction set and conventions

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RFC 9669: BPF Instruction Set Architecture (ISA)
Proposed Standard
D. Thaler
October 2024
IETF publication
Internet Area
Abstract
eBPF (which is no longer an acronym for anything), also commonly referred to as BPF, is a technology with origins in the Linux kernel that can run untrusted programs in a privileged context such as an operating system kernel. This document specifies the BPF instruction set architecture (ISA).
Abstract
eBPF (which is no longer an acronym for anything), also commonly referred to as BPF, is a technology with origins in the Linux kernel that can run untrusted programs in a privileged context such as an operating system kernel. This document specifies the BPF instruction set architecture (ISA).

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