The Initial Rust Infrastructure Has Been Merged Into Linux 6.1

[phoronix]

Phoronix: The Initial Rust Infrastructure Has Been Merged Into Linux 6.1

As a follow-up to the Rust infrastructure pull request for Linux 6.1, Linus Torvalds pulled the initial Rust code into the mainline Linux kernel this evening...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Is-Merged-Linux-6.1

[bachchain]

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[coder]

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[zexelon]

zero.

(-1) Overflow mitigated!

[stormcrow]

(-1) Overflow mitigated!

Joke's on you, it was a signed integer with input verification!

[Vorpal]

Let's keep this a civilized discussion for once!

[archkde]

It has started 🎉. Let's see what's coming in the next few years.

[jacob]

It has started 🎉. Let's see what's coming in the next few years.

The results from this will come much sooner than in a few years. A usable version of the M1 GPU driver seems to be months away now.

[marios]

The results from this will come much sooner than in a few years. A usable version of the M1 GPU driver seems to be months away now.

This has nothing t do with rust, it would also be months away if it was written in C.

[jacob]

This has nothing t do with rust, it would also be months away if it was written in C.

It is written in rust, so it will be probably the first tangible benefit of merging rust support in.