snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months agoTo what extent, if at all, would have CrowdStrike's faulty update have been easier to deal with with an immutable distro?message-squaremessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down112
arrow-up1102arrow-down1message-squareTo what extent, if at all, would have CrowdStrike's faulty update have been easier to deal with with an immutable distro?snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months agomessage-square51linkfedilink
minus-squareNekkoDroidlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoI did hear that one of their newer versions does use eBPF, but I haven’t even remotely looked into it. https://nondeterministic.computer/@mjg59/112816011370924959
minus-squarelemmyng@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThey do have a bpf sensor. It’s still shite, managing to periodically peg a CPU core on an idle system. They just lifted and shifted their legacy code into the bpf sensor, they don’t actually make good use of eBPF capabilities.
I did hear that one of their newer versions does use eBPF, but I haven’t even remotely looked into it.
https://nondeterministic.computer/@mjg59/112816011370924959
They do have a bpf sensor. It’s still shite, managing to periodically peg a CPU core on an idle system. They just lifted and shifted their legacy code into the bpf sensor, they don’t actually make good use of eBPF capabilities.