- Introduce support of cgroup-bpf programs managed (i.e. compiled,
loaded to and unloaded from kernel) externally. Systemd is only
responsible for attaching programs to unit cgroup hence the name
'foreign'.
Foreign BPF programs are identified by bpf program ID and attach type.
systemd:
- Gets kernel FD of BPF program;
- Makes a unique identifier of BPF program from BPF attach type and
program ID. Same program IDs mean the same program, i.e the same
chunk of kernel memory. Even if the same program is passed multiple
times, identical (program_id, attach_type) instances are collapsed
into one;
- Attaches programs to unit cgroup.