David Basck Dull

Welcome

Hello. My name is David Basck Dull. I am a 23-year-old systems developer with a BSc in Computer Science.

My primary focus is on writing robust, memory-safe code at the lowest levels of the software stack. I spend most of my time working with the Linux kernel, POSIX APIs, and bare-metal environments. While I am highly proficient in C and Assembly, my language of choice for modern systems engineering is Rust.

This homepage is intentionally simple. For longer writing, visit the blog archive, the MonkeOS project page, or the Coops retrospective.

Debian Contributions

I am an official Debian Maintainer (DM). I volunteer my time to help package systems software and bring memory-safe Rust utilities into the official Debian repositories.

Maintained Package: ebpf-sysmon

Description: ebpf-sysmon is a low-overhead daemon that utilizes Linux eBPF (Extended Berkeley Packet Filter) to trace system calls and track kernel memory allocations in real-time. It is written entirely in Rust. Because it uses eBPF, it provides deep kernel introspection without requiring the user to load custom, potentially unsafe kernel modules.

Packaging details: Bringing a Rust-based eBPF project into Debian was a rigorous process. I utilized debcargo to package the individual crate dependencies, ensuring the final binary complies with Debian's strict policies on reproducible builds and static linking.

# Installation on Debian Unstable (sid)
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install ebpf-sysmon

# Example usage: Tracing memory allocs for a specific PID
$ sudo ebpf-sysmon --trace-kmalloc --pid 1234

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