eBPF is a pure Go library that provides utilities for loading, compiling, and debugging eBPF programs. It has minimal external dependencies and is intended to be used in long running processes.
The library is maintained by Cloudflare and Cilium.
See ebpf.io for other projects from the eBPF ecosystem.
A small collection of Go and eBPF programs that serve as examples for building your own tools can be found under examples/.
Contributions are highly encouraged, as they highlight certain use cases of eBPF and the library, and help shape the future of the project.
Please join the #ebpf-go channel on Slack if you have questions regarding the library.
This library includes the following packages:
PERF_EVENT_ARRAYBPF_MAP_TYPE_RINGBUF mapbpftool feature probe for discovering BPF-related kernel features using native Go.RLIMIT_MEMLOCK constraint on kernels before 5.11.Run make in the root of this repository to rebuild testdata in all subpackages. This requires Docker, as it relies on a standardized build environment to keep the build output stable.
It is possible to regenerate data using Podman by overriding the CONTAINER_* variables: CONTAINER_ENGINE=podman CONTAINER_RUN_ARGS= make.
The toolchain image build files are kept in testdata/docker/.
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The eBPF honeygopher is based on the Go gopher designed by Renee French.