From: sdf@google.com
To: Gavin Ray <ray.gavin97@gmail.com>
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Applicability of BPF as a general-purpose programming language/runtime platform?
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 18:02:02 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y3BQGgcCMaSptEFJ@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFtvWZN937H9D2mKTXevpH8SvrZ_pSNGmAwT5vOR3CZoCzipZQ@mail.gmail.com>
On 11/12, Gavin Ray wrote:
> Hi all,
> Apologies if questions/non-patch content aren't allowed on the mailing
> list,
> I've not used the Linux kernel lists before so not certain of the
> rules/etiquette.
> I watched the talk from LPC, "The journey of BPF from restricted C
> language
> towards extended and safe C" recently and many of the properties seemed
> desirable. Particularly things like bounds-checking and verifiable
> locking.
> Is it possible to use BPF as a general-purpose language for writing
> software?
> If not, is it planned for the future? (Or maybe it's not technically
> possible)
I'm aware of at least the following:
https://github.com/iovisor/ubpf
https://github.com/qmonnet/rbpf
These projects are developed outside of the kernel and provide a
more-or-less-general-purpose BPF runtime.
> Would be pretty neat, in my opinion.
> Thanks and best regards,
> --
> Gavin
> (P.S. Will I receive replies to this message?)
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2022-11-12 19:46 Applicability of BPF as a general-purpose programming language/runtime platform? Gavin Ray
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