The Xcapture and Xtop Ebpf Tools Are Now in Beta, with a Demo Dataset
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The release of xCapture and xtop eBPF tools in beta with a demo dataset is announced, with improvements and updates to the codebase.
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I have since converted the entire codebase to use modern eBPF functionality (task iterators, task-local storage maps, sleepable iterators capable of reading user-space memory of other processes, etc), with libbpf-based userspace frontend.