linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/13] [RFC] Rust support

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Message-ID: <CANiq72=2g3nrbT9r-9=vW0toHgByLmzh2vYfWPGs6tUGLB9Y4g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 16 Apr 2021 18:21:22 +0200
From:   Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...gle.com>,
        Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/13] [RFC] Rust support

On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 5:43 PM Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
>
> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n2659.htm
>
> That's just not making any damn sense what so ever. That seems to be
> about sprinkling abort() all over the place, which is just total
> rubbish.

No, it is not about that. It is semantically a no-op: N2659 is not
about a safe subset of C -- it just triggered discussions about it in
the reflector.

The point is that we think it is important to improve C for the kernel
too. We are not working on bringing Rust to the kernel "just because
we want Rust", but because we believe it has a sizable amount of
advantages that outweigh the costs.

Cheers,
Miguel