Bridging Innovation and Challenges in eBPF
a comprehensive survey of eBPF applications — fall 2024
Student Researcher, Princeton University (Fall 2024)
A research project I defined and pursued independently on the architectural and verification limitations of eBPF, written as a final paper for a graduate-level systems seminar.
- Surveyed eBPF’s architecture, verifier design, and 40+ real-world applications (from companies such as Meta, Netflix, and Google).
- Identified trends, limitations, and open challenges in verifier correctness, ML integration, and tooling portability.
If you’re new to eBPF, I also wrote a gentler introduction on my blog: eBPF Basics.