Confused about libbpf-tools：since we have the .py tools, why do we still need libbpf-tools?

[violence-max]

Using tools/cpudist.py as an example, there are other files with similar names, such as cpudist.bpf.c, cpudist.c, and cpudist.h. Moreover, nearly all tools have corresponding files with .c, .bpf.c, and .h extensions. At one point, I thought cpudist.bpf.c was directly embedded and executed within cpudist.py. This is quite unfriendly for beginners, as I couldn’t figure out the purpose or significance of the cpudist C source code files.

[ekyooo]

I hope the Useful links on the page below will be helpful to you.
https://github.com/iovisor/bcc/tree/master/libbpf-tools#readme

[chenhengqi]

Also check Andrii's blog https://nakryiko.com/posts/bpf-portability-and-co-re/

[chenhengqi]

As for beginner-friendly, I would recommend bpftrace.