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		IshKebab on Feb 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Testing the Lua kernel interpreter in NetBSD (2021... Last I heard ePBF is basically stalled due to Spectre. They aren't planning to expand it. Interesting to see NetBSD doing that.

comex on Feb 12, 2023 [–]

eBPF is being eagerly and actively expanded; just look at [1]. What's stalled is unprivileged eBPF, i.e. using it without being root.

[1] https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/922405/d85450150ef64840/

IshKebab on Feb 13, 2023 | [–]

Ah yes, I meant unprivileged eBPF. Although your link doesn't really support your statement given the only review comment!

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