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A thorough introduction to eBPF

A thorough introduction to eBPF

Posted Dec 2, 2017 20:35 UTC (Sat) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
Parent article: A thorough introduction to eBPF

Next step: JavaScript in the kernel.

/me runs and hides.


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A thorough introduction to eBPF

Posted Dec 2, 2017 22:33 UTC (Sat) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

Not that unbelievable. I've seen an in-kernel Lua interpreter (though of course Lua has a nice simple interpreter.)

A thorough introduction to eBPF

Posted Dec 3, 2017 4:59 UTC (Sun) by dc123 (guest, #117760) [Link] (3 responses)

In-kernel WebExtensions!

A thorough introduction to eBPF

Posted Dec 3, 2017 16:19 UTC (Sun) by mageta (subscriber, #89696) [Link] (2 responses)

Systemcalls are to difficult to maintain, and they are holding the kernel back, so lets replace them with WebExtensions.

A thorough introduction to eBPF

Posted Dec 3, 2017 22:05 UTC (Sun) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link] (1 responses)

Why not just a NodeJs server running a JSON REST service?

This way web designers will be able to use the same language everywhere from webpages down to device drivers. "Isomoprhic JavaScript drivers" has a nice ring to it!

A thorough introduction to eBPF

Posted Dec 7, 2017 22:17 UTC (Thu) by mb (subscriber, #50428) [Link]

I am all for kPHP.

A thorough introduction to eBPF

Posted Dec 3, 2017 19:32 UTC (Sun) by karkhaz (subscriber, #99844) [Link]

s/in the//

Here's an idea

Posted Dec 3, 2017 20:14 UTC (Sun) by pr1268 (subscriber, #24648) [Link]

Or, even better:

An eBPF compiler/interpreter in JavaScript.

A thorough introduction to eBPF

Posted Dec 3, 2017 23:01 UTC (Sun) by atai (subscriber, #10977) [Link] (1 responses)

no how about a Javascript virtual machine to execute the kernel--Emscripten can compile C into Javascript

A thorough introduction to eBPF

Posted Dec 4, 2017 9:01 UTC (Mon) by nijhof (subscriber, #4034) [Link]

no how about a Javascript virtual machine to execute the kernel--Emscripten can compile C into Javascript

Done already: JSLinux - Run Linux or other Operating Systems in your browser !

A thorough introduction to eBPF

Posted Dec 5, 2017 21:50 UTC (Tue) by randomguy3 (subscriber, #71063) [Link]

I think Gary Bernhardt beat you to that idea: The Birth & Death of Javascript (around 2/3 of the way through).


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