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Re: Rust in the kernel
From: |
Akib Azmain Turja |
Subject: |
Re: Rust in the kernel |
Date: |
Tue, 05 Jul 2022 14:47:09 +0600 |
Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
> Hi!
>
> Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> skribis:
>
>> The effort to use the Rust programming language within the Linux kernel
>> is progressing and may be realized in the next few months:
>>
>> https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/899182/6c831b90eaee015e/
>> https://www.memorysafety.org/blog/memory-safety-in-linux-kernel/
>>
>> Within Guix, we'll need to adapt our kernel build processes in order to
>> support this.
>>
>> Although I help with updating and configuring the kernel builds, I won't
>> be able to participate in the "Rust in the kernel" effort for Guix.
>
> Understood…
>
>> So, interested volunteers should begin organizing :)
>
> Yup!
>
> Now, concretely, how long will it take before key parts of the kernel
> are written in Rust? Hopefully a long time, no? Per the article above,
> it’s starting small, with Rust usage in well-defined locations.
>
> This is not to say that we shouldn’t start organizing, but rather that
> we still have a bit of time ahead.
>
> (During that time, interested readers can also take a stab at improving
> support for the Hurd, which relies on that revolutionary technology
> called “address spaces” to ensure Memory Safety™ among other things!)
>
> Ludo’.
>
Why "address spaces" is a revolutionary technology? All kernels (except
the "Hello, World!" ones) use it.
By the way, what basic features are lacking (read available) in the Hurd
port? Last time when I checked the pre-built disk image, I found that
it completely breaks after a reboot. I mailed at help-guix list[1],
but got no response.
[1]: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2021-09/msg00043.html
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