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0 pointsrwmj1y ago0 comments

This isn't really true. eBPF programs in Linux have access to a large set of helper functions written in plain C. https://lwn.net/Articles/856005/

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umanwizard1y ago

I don't see how this contradicts what I said. Indeed, there are helpers, but the verifier is supposed to check that the eBPF program isn't calling them with invalid arguments.

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0 pointsrwmj1y ago0 comments

This isn't really true. eBPF programs in Linux have access to a large set of helper functions written in plain C. https://lwn.net/Articles/856005/

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umanwizard1y ago

I don't see how this contradicts what I said. Indeed, there are helpers, but the verifier is supposed to check that the eBPF program isn't calling them with invalid arguments.

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