cilium/ebpf

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ebpf-go is a pure-Go library to read, modify and load eBPF programs and attach them to various hooks in the Linux kernel.

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Indexed issues: 16
Avg merge: 6d 8h
Merged PRs (30d): 6

Dominant language: Go
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 17, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
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16 open issues indexed

TestProgramVerifierOutputOnError fails on mainline Open

bug

cilium/ebpf#2105 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 16, 2026
perf: Reader registers event FDs under wrong map keys when online CPU IDs are non-contiguous Open

bug

cilium/ebpf#2100 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 10, 2026
Deprecate `features.HaveProgramHelper` Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

cilium/ebpf#2089 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 21, 2026
Use kallsyms iterator to read kernel symbols and addresses in restricted environments. Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

cilium/ebpf#2080 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 13, 2026
sys: BPF token discovery rejects Android Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

cilium/ebpf#2062 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 20, 2026
Unable to resolve kfuncs with "suffixes" Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

cilium/ebpf#2057 · Opened Jul 15, 2026
BTF Layouts and "unknown" types support Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

cilium/ebpf#2044 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 26, 2026
perf: Add DrainAll() for batch consumption of perf events Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

cilium/ebpf#2034 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 9, 2026
support StructOps declarative initialization in bpf2go Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

cilium/ebpf#1957 · Opened Feb 28, 2026
`Program.Benchmark` should take a `testing.B` Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

cilium/ebpf#1907 · 4 comments · Opened Nov 24, 2025
windows: support ringbuf / perf maps Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

cilium/ebpf#1792 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 2, 2025
bpf2go: support multiple source files Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

cilium/ebpf#1758 · 6 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Apr 18, 2025
Add BatchLookup support for a pointer to a slice Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

cilium/ebpf#1290 · 9 comments · Opened Jan 2, 2024
btf: move wire type definitions into sys Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

cilium/ebpf#1218 · 3 comments · Opened Nov 10, 2023
Document more parts of the library Open

documentation

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

cilium/ebpf#1152 · 9 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Oct 4, 2023
btf: libbpf doesn't update instructions when deduplicating types Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

cilium/ebpf#739 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 19, 2022

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