I think this is a fair take:

> We currently do not support unprivileged use case (same as BPF). Basically, Rex extensions are expected to be loaded by privileged context only.

As I understand it, in privileged context would be one where one is also be able to load new kernel modules, that also don't have any limitations, although I suppose the system could be configured otherwise as well for some reasons.

So this is like a more convenient way to inject kernel code at runtime than kernel modules or eBPF modules are, with some associated downsides (such as being less safe than eBPF; the question about non-termination seems apt at the end of the thread). It doesn't seem like they are targeting to actually put this into mainstream kernel, and I doubt it could really happen anyway..

Yeah I agree with this assessment. It is not an eBPF replacement for many reasons. But could be a slightly safer alternative to kernel modules.