Article 6696Z [$] Yet another try at the BPF program allocator

[$] Yet another try at the BPF program allocator

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The BPF subsystem, which allows code to be loaded into the kernel from userspace and safely executed in the kernel context, is bound to create a number ofchallenges for the kernel as a whole. One might not think that allocatingmemory for BPF programs would be high on the list of problems, but life(and memory management) can be surprising. The attempts to do a better jobof providing space for compiled BPF code have, to date, only been partiallysuccessful; now Song Liu is back with a newapproach to finish the job.
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