Re: Rust kernel policy

Felipe Contreras
2025-02-21T05:59:22Z

Boqun Feng wrote:
>
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 11:19:09PM -0600, Felipe Contreras wrote:
> > Greg KH wrote:
> > > But for new code / drivers, writing them in rust where these types of
> > > bugs just can't happen (or happen much much less) is a win for all of
> > > us, why wouldn't we do this?
> >
> > *If* they can be written in Rust in the first place. You are skipping that
> > very important precondition.
>
> Hmm.. there are multiple old/new drivers (not a complete list) already
> in Rust:

That is a black swan fallacy. Just because you've seen 4 white swans
that doesn't mean all swans are white.

> , so is there still a question that drivers can be written in Rust?

I didn't say no driver can be written Rust, I questioned whether *all*
drivers can be written in Rust.

People are operating under that assumption, but it isn't necessarily true.

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Felipe Contreras