Linux 7.3 Adds New "bpf_sock_read_xattr" Feature For systemd, BPF Programs

2026年8月18日1 次浏览来源:Phoronix阅读原文

Merged earlier this year for Linux 7.1 was extended attributes on sockets support as a feature sought after by the likes of GNOME and systemd for helping with Varlink IPC usage and other purposes.

A limitation though of the functionality has been no efficient means for a BPF program to read those user extended attribute labels back.

But with Linux 7.3 that's being addressed with the new bpf_sock_read_xattr() kernel function...

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