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Dev tools · August 27, 2024

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bpfquery – experimenting with compiling SQL to bpf(trace)

Hello! The last few weeks I've been experimenting with compiling sql queries to bpftrace programs and then working with the results. bpfquery.com is the result of that, source available at https://github.com/zmaril/bpfquery. It's a very minimal sql to bpftrace compiler that lets you explore what's going on with your systems. It implements queries, expressions, and filters/wheres/predicates, and has a streaming pivot table interface built on https://perspective.finos.org. I am still figuring out how to do windows, aggregations and joins though, but the…

bpfquery – experimenting with compiling SQL to bpf(trace) launched on August 27, 2024 with 58 votes, #760 of 5,471 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.

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bpfquery is a SQL-to-bpftrace compiler that translates SQL queries into bpftrace programs for system monitoring and exploration. It is designed for systems engineers and developers who need to investigate system behavior. The tool supports queries, expressions, and filtering predicates, and includes a streaming pivot table interface for analyzing results. While it currently handles basic functionality, windows, aggregations, and joins remain under development.

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Hello! The last few weeks I've been experimenting with compiling sql queries to bpftrace programs and then working with the results. bpfquery.com is the result of that, source available at https://github.com/zmaril/bpfquery. It's a very minimal sql to bpftrace compiler that lets you explore what's…

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