eBPF (Extended Berkeley Packet Filter) is a powerful network and performance analysis tool on the Linux kernel. It allows developers to dynamically load, update, and run user-defined code at runtime.

This article is the second part of the eBPF Tutorial by Example, focusing on using kprobe to capture the unlink system call in eBPF. The article will first explain the basic concepts and technical background of kprobes, and then introduce how to use kprobe to capture the unlink system call in eBPF.

Background of kprobes Technology

During the debugging process of the kernel or modules, developers often need to know whether certain functions are called, when they are called, whether the execution is correct, and what the input and return values of the functions are. A simple approach is to add log print information to the corresponding functions in the kernel code.…