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BPF/eBPF (bpf) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Current status: Proposed WG Chairs: Suresh Krishnan <sure...@cisco.com> David Vernet <v...@manifault.com> Assigned Area Director: Erik Kline <ek.i...@gmail.com> Internet Area Directors: Erik Kline <ek.i...@gmail.com> Éric Vyncke <evyn...@cisco.com> Technical advisors: Dave Thaler <dtha...@microsoft.com> Christoph Hellwig <h...@lst.de> Mailing list: Address: b...@ietf.org To subscribe: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/bpf Archive: https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/bpf/ Group page: https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/bpf/ Charter: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/charter-ietf-bpf/ eBPF (which is no longer an acronym for anything), also commonly referred to as BPF, is a technology with origins in the Linux kernel that can run untrusted programs in a privileged context such as the operating system kernel. BPF is increasingly being used beyond just the Linux kernel, with implementations in network interface cards, Microsoft Windows, etc. The BPF working group is initially tasked with documenting the existing state of the BPF ecosystem, and creating a clear process for extensions, including initial extensions that are widely useful and showcase the process. The working group will not adopt work focused on new versions or extensions until all documents required to capture the existing goals, particularly those in the bullets below, have completed IESG approval. The working group will produce one or more documents on the following work item topics (with intended document status annotations, e.g. [PS] Proposed Standard and [I] Informational): * [PS] the BPF instruction set architecture (ISA) that defines the instructions and low-level virtual machine for BPF programs, * [I] verifier expectations and building blocks for allowing safe execution of untrusted BPF programs, * [PS] the BPF Type Format (BTF) that defines debug information and introspection capabilities for BPF programs, * [I] one or more documents that recommend conventions and guidelines for producing portable BPF program binaries, * [PS] cross-platform map types allowing native data structure access from BPF programs, * [PS] cross-platform helper functions, e.g., for manipulation of maps, * [PS] cross-platform BPF program types that define the higher level execution environment for BPF programs, and * [I] an architecture and framework document. The BPF working group shall actively engage the BPF Foundation steering committee and the broader implementation community to ensure inclusion in the IETF's consensus-driven process. The working group is intended to only work on cross-platform aspects of BPF that are useful to the wider internet community and are not otherwise operating system or platform specific. Milestones: Mar 2024 - eBPF Instruction Set Specification [wg adoption] _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
