osquery / osquery/osquery

bpf_socket_events: Add support for non-blocking sockets

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Description

With PR7269 we introduced support for non-blocking sockets to the Audit-based socket_events table. This task is about implementing the same functionality in the bpf_socket_events table.

Related issue: https://github.com/osquery/osquery/issues/6609

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Research direction

Start by reviewing PR7269 and the existing Audit-based socket_events support, then locate the bpf_socket_events implementation and the context from related issue 6609. The work is done when bpf_socket_events supports non-blocking sockets in the same way as the Audit-based table.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, linux
Domain
networking, operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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