BPF Getting Error Injection & More In Linux 4.16

Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 16 January 2018 at 05:47 AM EST. Add A Comment
LINUX KERNEL
While BPF has been under the spotlight recently in light of Spectre, with the upcoming Linux 4.16 cycle this in-kernel virtual machine and originally packet filter will be picking up new features.

BPF in Linux 4.16 is introducing error injection support and a fault injection framework. Via DebugFS, users can inject a conditional error. Details are outlined via the documentation in this commit.

BPF is also getting map offload support and various other improvements.
Related News
About The Author
Michael Larabel

Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael has written more than 20,000 articles covering the state of Linux hardware support, Linux performance, graphics drivers, and other topics. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software. He can be followed via Twitter, LinkedIn, or contacted via MichaelLarabel.com.

Popular News This Week