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[198.145.64.163]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id lx9sm1412890pjb.52.2020.07.10.09.10.07 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 10 Jul 2020 09:10:07 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 09:10:06 -0700 From: Kees Cook To: Christian Brauner Cc: Nick Desaulniers , alex.gaynor@gmail.com, Greg KH , geofft@ldpreload.com, jbaublitz@redhat.com, Masahiro Yamada , Linus Torvalds , Miguel Ojeda , Josh Triplett , Steven Rostedt , LKML , clang-built-linux Subject: Re: Linux kernel in-tree Rust support Message-ID: <202007100905.94A79A7A76@keescook> References: <20200710062803.GA1071395@kroah.com> <20200710125022.alry7wkymalmv3ge@wittgenstein> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200710125022.alry7wkymalmv3ge@wittgenstein> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 02:50:22PM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote: > On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 08:28:03AM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 09, 2020 at 11:41:47AM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote: > > > Hello folks, > > > I'm working on putting together an LLVM "Micro Conference" for the > > > upcoming Linux Plumbers Conf > > > (https://www.linuxplumbersconf.org/event/7/page/47-attend). It's not > > > solidified yet, but I would really like to run a session on support > > > for Rust "in tree." I suspect we could cover technical aspects of > > > what that might look like (I have a prototype of that, was trivial to > > > wire up KBuild support), but also a larger question of "should we do > > > this?" or "how might we place limits on where this can be used?" > > > > > > Question to folks explicitly in To:, are you planning on attending plumbers? > > > > > > If so, would this be an interesting topic that you'd participate in? > > > > Yes, I'll be there. > > We actually had this dicussion a while back and there were some more > people interested in this. I'd be interested to attend this and I've > spoken with Kees and a few others about this topic at last Plumbers (I > think Greg might have been around for this informal discussion as well. > But I might be imagining things.). I'm quite interested in this topic still, yes. :) (And will be attending Plumbers.) We had interesting discussions with the LSS 2019 "Rust in the kernel"[1] speakers, and I know Nick has reviewed their work[2] too. Perhaps we should reach out to them as well? -Kees [1] https://ldpreload.com/p/kernel-modules-in-rust-lssna2019.pdf [2] https://github.com/fishinabarrel/linux-kernel-module-rust -- Kees Cook