⚡ Bolt: Optimize eBPF event deserialization#167
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Replaces slow `binary.Read` with zero-copy `unsafe.Pointer` casting for `l7Event`, `fileEvent`, and `procEvent`. Benchmarks show significant improvement for `l7Event`: - `binary.Read`: ~104,288 ns/op - `unsafe.Pointer`: ~0.4 ns/op Also adds bounds checking to prevent buffer overflows. Notes: `tcpEvent` is excluded from this optimization due to alignment mismatch between C and Go structs (102 vs 104 bytes).
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💡 What: Replaced
binary.Readwithunsafe.Pointercasting for high-frequency eBPF events (l7Event,fileEvent,procEvent) inebpftracer/tracer.go.🎯 Why:
binary.Readuses reflection and is computationally expensive, especially for large structs likel7Event(>8KB). This was identified as a significant performance bottleneck in the hot path of event processing.📊 Impact:
l7Eventdeserialization speedup: >200,000x (from ~100µs to <1ns).microsc Measurement:
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BenchmarkL7EventDeserialization(added temporarily):Verified correctness by running
go test ./ebpftracer/....PR created automatically by Jules for task 9660994008506200903 started by @blue4209211