linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 25/27] x86: enable initial Rust support

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Date:   Fri, 14 Oct 2022 20:05:00 +0200
From:   Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To:     Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,
        Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...gle.com>,
        David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
        Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 25/27] x86: enable initial Rust support

On Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 1:16 AM Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> Rust supports IBT with -Z cf-protection=branch, but I don't see this
> option being enabled in the kernel yet. Cross-language CFI is going to
> require a lot more work though because the type systems are not quite
> compatible:
>
> https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/3296

I have pinged Ramon de C Valle as he is the author of the RFC above
and implementation work too; since a month or so ago he also leads the
Exploit Mitigations Project Group in Rust.

Cheers,
Miguel