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Crate Improvements & Other Rust Changes Merged For Linux 6.16


ber of new Rust abstractions in different Linux kernel subsystems, the main Rust infrastructure pull request was submitted and merged yesterday as we approach the end of the Linux 6.16 merge window. The Rust pull for Linux 6.16 adds support for KUnit-mapped "assert!" macros to build off the initial code that landed the previous cycle, compiling core with Rust Edition 2024 for Rust 1.87 and newer, and various fixes/workarounds.

In addition to a number of new Rust abstractions in different Linux kernel subsystems, the main Rust infrastructure pull request was submitted and merged yesterday as we approach the end of the Linux 6.16 merge window. The Rust pull for Linux 6.16 adds support for KUnit-mapped "assert!" More details on these Rust changes for Linux 6.16 via this pull request that overnight was merged to Git.

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