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[$] The future of libraries in BPF
WHY IT MATTERS
Changes to how BPF programs are composed and reused would directly affect engineers building observability, networking, and security tooling on BPF. A library model for BPF could reduce duplication and lower the barrier to writing complex programs, but the direction remains unsettled.
Written by elseif from the cluster below · every claim links back to a sourceThe three things worth knowing
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Song Liu presented on the future of libraries in BPF at the 2026 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory-Management, and BPF Summit.
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He indicated that the way programmers assemble complex BPF programs will be changing rapidly.
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No concrete proposals were shared during the session, suggesting the direction is still under discussion.
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