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Whistler: Live eBPF Programming from the Common Lisp REPL

Quality: 7/10 Relevance: 9/10

Summary

The article introduces Whistler, a Lisp-based DSL for eBPF that compiles bytecode during macroexpansion and can inline BPF programs into SBCL Lisp code. It showcases kprobe and uprobe examples, explains kernel/userspace integration, and highlights a no-root workflow via setcap.

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