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Committing to Rust in the Kernel

kernel [LWN subscriber-only content] The project to enable the writing of kernel code in Rust has been underway for several years, and each kernel release includes more Rust code. Even so, some developers have expressed frustration at the time it takes to get new functionality merged, and an air of uncertainty still hangs over the project.

He has read through thousands of comments and emails on recent events, and has seen a wide range of opinions on the state of the Rust-for-Linux project and where it is headed. Airlie added that the first real driver to be merged will be a sort of inflection point, after which the pace will pick up; the next challenge after that will be the creation of Rust infrastructure that is callable from C. As the session closed, though, the primary outcome may well have been expressed by Torvalds, who suggested telling people that getting kernel Rust up to production levels will happen, but it will take years.

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