Mar 25, 2025
Advancing eBPF: Research Progress from the eBPF Foundation’s Sponsored Projects
The eBPF Foundation is committed to fostering innovation and expanding the boundaries of eBPF technology. In 2024, we granted $250,000 to five academic research projects aimed at improving eBPF’s performance, security, and usability. As we step into 2025, we are excited to share significant progress from each of these projects,…
Mar 17, 2025
Improving the eBPF tests in the kernel
This article was originally posted at Bootlin, and is republished with permission. By Alexis Lothoré, Bootlin As part of a partnership with the eBPF Foundation, Bootlin engineers Bastien Curutchet and Alexis Lothoré are working with the kernel community in order to improve eBPF support in the kernel on different aspects. This post is the first one…
Mar 6, 2025
Case Study: Meta’s Strobelight Leverages eBPF to Reduce CPU Cycles and Server Demands by up to 20%
Download this case study in PDF format Summary Meta, a global leader in technology and social networking, faced the challenge of providing comprehensive profiling data for its backend services without disrupting performance. To address this, Meta developed Strobelight, a profiling orchestrator that leverages eBPF to collect observability data efficiently. This…
